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However , anyone who moves to play at a higher level does so with our best wishes , as long as they are playing regularly . Abercwmboi has benefitted from this over the last three or four seasons , as a few players who have played regularly in the higher leagues have returned to us as better players .
Although we are a relatively young club , we have produced a number of players who have gone on to greater things . The most notable of these being the Wales and British Lions second row , Ian Evans , along with Wales Youth captain and current Pontypridd captain Dafydd Lockyear .
Our first representative honour however came in the mid 1990 ’ s when scrum half Mark Rees was capped for the Wels Districts team . A number of our players , including Steven Jones and David Barry , have gained Welsh age grade caps whilst others have played in the top divisions .
Abercwmboi RFC is very much a community club with rugby for all ages . We also have lots of other organisations making use of our 3G training area in addition to hosting school matches and age group regional matches . The clubhouse is used by many local organisations for meetings and functions . The local road-running club meet here twice a week and part of the building houses a gym which members of the public are able to join .
Alun James of Abercwmboi Rugby Club recently spoke to Rugby Club Magazine about his positive association with the club , saying , “ I am a Mountain Ash boy , playing most of my rugby at school and a few seasons at the club for the 2nds as their scrum half or on the wing .
Abercwmboi are a very young club with a young side and I ’ m sure if we can hold onto our players for the next three seasons we will only become stronger and stronger as our youth players come through .
At the moment our confidence is very high , sitting 3rd in our league on the back of last season ’ s promotion and a great match in the silver bowl when we won 144 nil in one of our fixtures , scoring 23 tries , a new club record . We are all very proud of our club at Abercwmboi and I would like to wish everyone at our club continued success !”
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