Rugby Club Issue 69 | Page 62

St Clears
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Malcolm Herbert has been a sponsor and principal sponsor of St Clears Rugby Club for the past 15 years . He recently told Rugby Club Magazine , “ I played youth rugby back in the day as a front row player but with work taking up most of my time and working seven days a week I had to give it up .
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When I moved my business to St Clears I felt that sponsoring the rugby club would be a great way of gaining some good local exposure . These days I get along to most home games and have to say the lads have been playing very well this season . Hopefully another promotion is on the horizon . I would like to wish everyone associated with St Clears Rugby club the very best of success for the rest of the season !” part of the plan involves further investment off the park with additional changing rooms , catering facilities and function room . This will bring up our facilities to the next level and with planning now approved we aim to undertake the work ready for opening in September 17 .
We are grateful to the support of the WRU and various other funders in making our vision a reality , in order that we can move forward and deliver our aspirations as a club i . e . to be a true community club , play a competitive brand of rugby and support the social interaction of the community with a real sense of belonging whether a senior or a junior player , supporter or a local business .”
Challenges / Ambitions
“ Rugby is always competing with other sports and we need to ensure that our coaching , facilities and ethos remains focused on delivering the game to the future players in the right manner i . e . development and fun being the main driver and ensuring with the support of the WRU and their local resources that we aim to be the best we can .
One of our main ambitions is to complete the proposed development on time and within budget . We will introduce U17s and youth rugby teams as soon as we are able . With a new senior coaching team at the helm this season , Michael Jones and Aled Davies , they have really stepped up our performance and have raised playing standards , thus we are keen to ensure we work with this coaching team for years to come and congratulate them and their squad in what has been our best ever year from a performance view point . Finally we are keen to maintain our relationship with many supportive local businesses .”

Jonathan Davies in Profile

Position : Centre Current team : Scarlets Playing career
2006 - 08 : Llanelli – 14 appearances 2014 - 16 : Clermont Auvergne – 31 appearances 2006 - 14 , 2016 – present : Scarlets – 129 appearances 2009 – present : Wales – 61 appearances
Jonathan Davies was brought up in Bancyfelin and played his first rugby at Under 8s for St Clears .
He made his senior professional debut for Llanelli Scarlets and made his first appearance for Wales at outside centre against Canada on 30th May 2009 . Davies has gone on to form a superb partnership with Jamie Roberts with the highlight coming in the 2011 World Cup when they helped the side to the semi-final .
Davies also was selected for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia , featuring in the third test victory . He is part of the current Welsh squad at this year ’ s RBS 6 Nations and scored in their opening fixture against Italy .
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