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Pontypridd RFC

Pontypridd Rugby Football Club
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Full name Pontypridd Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) Ponty, The Valley Commandos
Founded 1876
Location Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Ground(s) Sardis Road (Capacity: 7,861)
Chairman Roger E. Davies
Coach(es) Wales Paul John Peter Sidoli
Captain(s) Wales Dafydd Lockyer
Most caps Wales Bob Penberthy
877
Top scorer Wales Neil Jenkins
3,185
Most tries Wales Karl Swain
179
League(s) Welsh Premier Division
2015-16 1st
Official website
www.ponty.net

Coordinates: 51°36′02″N 3°20′48″W / 51.600460°N 3.346571°W / 51.600460; -3.346571 Pontypridd Rugby Football Club, known as Ponty, are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and are the current Principality Premiership Champions, a title which they have achieved in the last four consecutive seasons.

Established in 1876, Pontypridd RFC play their home games on the banks of the River Rhondda, at Sardis Road, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales, with their age-grade section playing at Taff Vale Park in Pontypridd, and Pontypridd High School Fields in nearby Cilfynydd.

Pontypridd RFC experienced a successful period during the mid-1990s under head coach, Dennis John, referred to as the club's "Golden Age", and saw a resurgence between 2001 and 2003 with the appointment of head coach, Lynn Howells. The transition to Regional Rugby in Wales in 2003 saw the downgrading of Pontypridd to a semi-professional team, followed by the eventual financial collapse of the Club, and subsequent demise of Pontypridd's "Celtic Warriors" region.

Pontypridd RFC have since refinanced and restructured, and, despite a mooted stadium sale, continue to be regarded as a beacon for rugby in the south Wales Valleys.


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