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WELCOME - CROESO
Thank you for visiting the Official Abertillery RFC website - the virtual home of one of Wales' major rugby clubs, the Green & Whites. We are pleased to welcome rugby supporters from Abertillery and all around the world. Abertillery was the first Welsh club to establish an official website back in 1995. The site is designed to be easy to navigate.
If you travel anywhere around the globe and say you’re from the Abertillery area and it’s a good bet that they will mention the word RUGBY. Abertillery's roots go back to 1883 and the town and its rugby team have been synonymous with good reason. The Green & Whites have been Welsh Champions twice, hosted the All Blacks, Springboks, Wallabies and other international sides at The Park, and provided players for Wales and the British Lions, including Haydn Morgan, Allan Lewis and the late Alun Pask. The home of the Green & Whites is Abertillery Park (cap. 15,000), widely acknowledged as one of the most picturesque grounds in the rugby world.
The club runs sections from under-8s right through to the senior side. If you are interested in obtaining fixtures with any of the sections, please E-mail us (fixtures@abertillery-rfc.co.uk) or contact the secretary of the appropriate section at the club address (see above). We are also keen to attract overseas players who wish to play rugby at a top league level in Wales, and to hear from exiled townspeople and ex-players who may be able to help support the team and club wherever possible.
If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please e-mail us (webmaster@abertillery-rfc.co.uk) or visit our message board.
Martyn Edwards
Martyn
Edwards
Chairman, ARFC
Formed 1883
Blaenau Gwent Formed 1870
GROUND
The
Park, Glandwr Street, Abertillery
ADMINISTRATIVE
HEADQUARTERS
The Penndragon, Oak Street, Abertillery, Wales
COLOURS
Home:
Green & White hooped jerseys, White
shorts, Green and White hooped socks
Away:
Red, Black and Yellow hooped jerseys, Black
shorts, Red, Black and Yellow hooped socks
| President | Ian Mounter Esq. |
| Chairman | Martyn Edwards |
| Treasurer | Phil Smith |
| Hon. Secretary | David Mason |
| Head Coach | Paul Rossitter |
| Coach | Mike James |
| THE
PARK
Described by the great BBC rugby commentator, Bill McLaren as one of the most picturesque grounds in world rugby. In 1931, 30,000 people packed the venue to watch a combined Abertillery-Cross Keys side narrowly lose 10-9 to Benny Osler's South Africa tourists in a bruising battle. This was during Abertillery's golden period when they twice won the Welsh Championship. The All Blacks and the Wallabies have played twice at the venue whilst on tour with Abertillery famously drawing 6-6 on Christmas Day 1908 with the Australians. This view above looking south towards the town of Abertillery shows the new grandstand on the eastern side with team dressing rooms, medical rooms, sponsors' lounge and great uninterrupted views for all 800 seated spectators. |
How to reach The Park.
From
the South (Cardiff, Newport etc):
Take the
A467 road from the M4 'Tredegar Park' junction signposted
Brynmawr and Risca. Follow this road north, following signs
for Brynmawr and Abertillery, for 15 miles until you reach
Abertillery. After seeing the Welcome to Abertillery
sign, with TESCO on the right, carry on for a couple of
hundred yards and then turn left just after the Railway Inn on
the left. Immediately turn right and follow the road along
Carlyle Street and Glandwr Street to their end where you will
find the Ground car park. The Park is a minute's walk from the
car park taking the path left of the river for the terraces or
the right hand path for the Grandstand.
Approximate travelling times: Newport - 30 minutes, Cardiff - 40 minutes, Bridgend - 55 minutes
From
the North, west Wales, or Swansea via the A465 Heads of the
Valleys' road:
Take the
A467 road from the A465 junction signposted Brynmawr and
follow this road south, following signs for Blaina and
Abertillery, for 4 miles until you reach Abertillery. After
seeing the Welcome to Abertillery sign, carry on for
a couple of hundred yards through the traffic lights and turn
right further on just before the Railway Inn in front of you
on the right-hand side. Immediately turn right and follow the
road along Carlyle Street and Glandwr Street to their end
where you will find the Ground car park. The Park is a
minute's walk from the car park taking the path left of the
river for the terraces or the right hand path for the
Grandstand.
Approximate travelling times: Neath - 45 minutes, Swansea - 55 minutes, Carmarthen - 75 minutes
FACILITIES
Pre-match
and match
The Park has a modern
800-seater Grandstand and terracing with a capacity of about
6,000. Refreshments, light snacks as well as hot and cold
drinks are available at the ground at the scoreboard
refreshment bar at the north end of the ground. Disabled
viewing facilities for wheelchairs and toilets are available
under the stand.
There is also a hospitality room for supporters prior to games situated under the stand where refreshments are available.
Post Match
After the game,
officials and players from visiting clubs are entertained at The
Penndragon, the headquarters of Abertillery Rugby Football
Club. A warm welcome is extended to visiting supporters.
Excellent pre-match meals (on booking) and drinks can also be obtained at the venue which is two minutes drive from the Park (see map). Contact 01495 212555 for details and bookings. Car parking is available opposite The Penndragon.
Phone plugs and electric points for video and TV cameras etc are available in the gantry and press box in the stand. Drinks and match day magazines are available free of charge to recognised accredited members of the media.