Full name | Abertillery Blaenau Gwent Rugby Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Green Army | |
Founded | 1883 | |
Location | Abertillery, Wales | |
Ground(s) | Abertillery Park – capacity 15,250 | |
Coach(es) | Matt Penny & Nick Meredith | |
League(s) | WRU Division 2 East | |
2022/23 | 1st[1] WRU Division Two East | |
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Official website | ||
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Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their website, they were founded in 1883 by a coal miner named Doug Wallace who was a local resident who moved from Scotland in 1882, Wallace was known for his commitment for the club until he died in 1899 and will be remembered as a special part of the club even to do this day. Every year the club celebrates Wallace's life by competing in a cross country race with 100s of the locals competing in the last 10 years Mr Phelps has won the race 10 times and is now the all-time leading winner in the competition, in one year he run the race twice before anyone had cross the line for the first time.