Full name | Villager Football Club |
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Union | Western Province RFU |
Nickname(s) | The Dirty Whites |
Founded | 1876 |
Location | Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa |
Ground(s) | Brookside |
President | TBC |
Director of Rugby | Warren Edwards |
Coach(es) | Charl Jacobs, Gareth Rowe, Morgan Newman, Andy Coetzee |
Captain(s) | TBC |
League(s) | Super League A - Western Province Club Rugby |
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Villager Football Club was established on 2 June 1876 and claims to be the second oldest rugby club in Cape Town, South Africa. Villager FC were scheduled to play against Stellenbosch Rugby Football Club in the first official match at Newlands Stadium after it opened on 31 May 1890.[2] Many notable South African rugby players began their careers at the club, including Paddy Carolin, vice-captain on the 1906 Springbok tour to Europe, and former 800m track world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro.