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Full name | Merthyr Tydfil Rugby League Football Club |
Founded | 15 July 1907 |
Exited | 1911 |
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Competition | Welsh League Northern Union |
1910–11 | 26th |
Merthyr Tydfil Rugby League Football Club was a professional rugby league club based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales playing in the Welsh League and Northern Union.[1] Based at College Field, Merthyr Tydfil were one of the first professional Welsh teams, and folded in 1911 after the failure of the Welsh League. Merthyr Tydfil produced five players who would go on to represent the Wales national rugby league team, and in the 1908-09 season finished eighth in the Northern League, the best result achieved by any of the first six professional Welsh teams.