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Builth Wells RFC

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Builth Wells RFC
Full nameBuilth Wells Rugby Football Club
UnionWelsh Rugby Union
Nickname(s)The Bulls
Founded1888; 136 years ago (1888)
LocationBuilth Wells, Wales
Ground(s)The Groe
PresidentMike Price
Coach(es)Ben Duggan & Lex Botha
League(s)WRU Division One West
2012–131st WRU Division Two West
Team kit
Official website
www.builthrugby.co.uk

Builth Wells Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Builth Wells. Today, Builth Wells RFC play in the Welsh Rugby Union, Division Two West Central League. Builth Wells RFC are a feeder club for Cardiff Blues.[1]

The club badge shows a bull charging beneath a rugby post. Builth is thought to be a corruption of Llanfair Ym Muallt (buallt), meaning the Church of St. Mary in the Cow Pasture. The original bull was white.

Past honours

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Notable former players

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The following players have represented Builth Wells and have been capped at international level.

References

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  1. ^ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2013.