Carmarthen Quins Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Cwins Caerfyrddin) are one of two Welsh rugby union clubs based in Carmarthen in West Wales, the other being Carmarthen Athletic.
Full name | Carmarthen Quins Rugby Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Quins | |
Founded | 1875[1] | |
Location | Carmarthen, Wales | |
Ground(s) | Carmarthen Park (Capacity: 3,000) | |
President | Brian Jones | |
Coach(es) | Marc Jones | |
League(s) | Super Rygbi Cymru | |
2023-2024 | Indigo Group Premiership, 12th | |
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They currently play in the Welsh Premier Division and are a feeder club for the Scarlets regional team.[2]
Club history
editDuring the 2005–06 season Carmarthen Quins were relegated from the Welsh Premier Division and placed in Division One West, making a return to the Premier league after winning the West league in 2008–09. Carmarthen were to face Blackwood, winners of Division One East in a play-off for promotion; but because Blackwood's ground was deemed not to meet WRU standards for the Premier league, the game was forfeited.[3]
Club honours
edit- WRU Division One West Champions: 2008–09
Current squad
editNote: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Notable former players
editReferences
edit- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881–1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp11 ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
- ^ "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC News. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ^ .Blackwood RFC would dispute that their ground was not up to standard with new modern stand and floodlights and thought by many as having one of the best valley grounds in Gwent. Would have also been an interesting game to watch to see who was the best as both sides played in the same black, red and amber hooped jerseys. Carmarthen Quins and Blackwood are champions of Swalec league Walesonline.co.uk 22 September 2014