The Club
The village of Laugharne is
known throughout the literary world as the home of Dylan Thomas. Laugharne
RFC is renown through the rugby world for the enterprising play of its
back and the stern test afforded by its forwards to any team.
Centenary
No-one is quite sure when Laugharne
Rugby Football Club was
formed or the game itself first played here. Our
Centenary is being celebrated this year because an
1893/4 team photograph is our earliest actual
proof of the club's formation. However, it is said locally that Laugharne had a Rugby team in 1883, and quite
probably in 1879, two years before the formation
of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Evidence for 1879 is stong. A
newspaper report appeared that year
saying Llandeilo had to
cancel their football game in Laugharne because
of flooding on the railway
line outside Llandeilo. The word ' Rugby'
was not used, but in those days football was football and
the separate names had not fallen into everyday
use. Searching through back issues
of The Carmarthen Journal, we have discovered
that 'Rugby' was not
referred to as such until many years later.
Today
The
club has always offered its visitors a very warm welcome on the field
and magnificent hospitality off the field. Although in recent years
the Club has not enjoyed the success the talent it has produced
suggests it should enjoy, it has always played with passion.
Players
nurtured at Laugharne have gone to other Clubs to hone their talents.
The classic example being Gary Pearce whose totalling skills were
developed at home in Laugharne before flourishing with Bridgend RFC,
Llanelli RFC and Wales. He was a fine Ambassador for Laugharne RFC. It
is a testimony to the Club that players who have tested rugby with the
larger Clubs are anxious to end their playing days back home in
Laugharne, contributing to the development of the Club.
Contact
Neil Speed,
Fountain Inn, The Grist Square
Laugharne
(01994
4273920
