Welsh League

Welsh League
SportRugby league
Instituted1908
Ceased1909
Number of teams6 (1908)
3 (1909)
Country Wales
Most titlesEbbw Vale RLFC (2 titles)

The Welsh League was the first club rugby league competition in Wales.[1] Its inaugural season was in 1908/09 when four additional teams were formed to join Ebbw Vale RLFC and Merthyr Tydfil RLFC, which allowed a league tournament to take place.[2] The Welsh League ran for just two seasons, after three of the teams, Aberdare, Barry and Mid-Rhondda left the Northern Union and ceased playing rugby in the first season; followed by the collapse of Treherbert in 1910. Both seasons were won by Ebbw Vale.

  1. ^ Lush (1998), pg. 19
  2. ^ "History of Welsh Clubs". Welsh Rugby League. Retrieved 29 July 2010.