# Tonna RFC

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{{Short description|Welsh rugby union club, based in Tonna}}
{{Infobox rugby team
  | teamname    = Tonna RFC
  | fullname    = Tonna Rugby Football Club
  | image       = Tonna RFC logo.jpeg
  | nickname    = Dingle Boys / The Ton
  | location    = [Tonna](/source/Tonna%2C_Neath), [Wales](/source/Wales)
  | founded     = {{Start date and age|1888}}
  | league      = A [WRU Division 3C West Central](/source/WRU_Division_3C_West_Central)
  | season      = 2017–18
 | position    = 11th<ref>[http://www.wru.co.uk/2128.php WRU official site]</ref> [WRU Division Four South West](/source/WRU_Division_Four_South_West)
  | url         = tonnarfc.co.uk
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'''Tonna Rugby Football Club''' is a [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) team from the village of [Tonna](/source/Tonna%2C_Neath), [Wales](/source/Wales). Tonna RFC is a member of the [Welsh Rugby Union](/source/Welsh_Rugby_Union) and is a [feeder club](/source/feeder_club) for the [Ospreys](/source/Ospreys_(rugby_union)).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/3877085.stm |title=Wales' regional rugby map |author=BBC News |publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC) |date=2004-07-08 |access-date=2008-08-22}}</ref>

==History==
Although it is believed that Tonna RFC existed before 1888, the club was first mentioned during the 1887/88 season, when the Cambria Daily Reader stated that Tonna RFC were drawn to play [Mynydd-bach](/source/Mynydd-Bach%2C_Swansea) in the local [Neath](/source/Neath) cup challenge. It is therefore regarded that Tonna RFC came into being on 28 February 1888.

Tonna RFC's first international player was [David Harris Davies](/source/David_Harris_Davies). Although he played for [Neath RFC](/source/Neath_RFC) at the time of his one and only [cap](/source/cap_(sport)) against Scotland in 1904, he came through the playing ranks of Tonna.

The club disbanded after the outbreak of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), but reformed as Dulais United after the war ended. This team was an amalgamation of local villages Tonna, [Aberdulais](/source/Aberdulais), [Cadoxton](/source/Cadoxton%2C_Neath_Port_Talbot), and Cilfrew but the team was still housed in Tonna.

==Notable players==
Full Senior Internationals
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [David Harris Davies](/source/David_Harris_Davies) - Neath RFC (1 cap)<ref>''Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981'', David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp464 {{ISBN|0-7083-0766-3}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [Arthur Lemon](/source/Arthur_Lemon) - Neath RFC (13 caps)
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [Martyn Davies](/source/Martyn_Davies) - Neath RFC (1 Cap)
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [Alan Edmunds](/source/Alan_Edmunds)- Aberavon RFC,Neath RFC (2 caps)
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [Craig Mitchell](/source/Craig_Mitchell_(rugby_player))  Neath RFC, Ospreys, Exeter Chiefs, Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Bath (15 caps)
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [Leigh Davies](/source/Leigh_Davies)   Neath RFC, Cardiff RFC, Bristol RFC, Ospreys, Llanelli Scarlets (Captain) - 21 Caps
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* {{Flagicon|UK}} [Doug Phillips (rugby)](/source/Doug_Phillips_(rugby)) Douglas V Phillips Rugby League International Oldham RLFC, Broughton Park Rangers RLFC Belle Vue RLFC. 9 Wales RL Caps & 4 Great Britain Caps (including 1950 Series win in Australia)
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* [Barbarians RFC](/source/Barbarians_RFC)  Martyn Davies (Neath RFC), Chris Gittins (Aberavon RFC)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130206182838/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/tonnarfc

{{Rugby Wales links}}

Category:Rugby union teams in Wales
Category:1888 establishments in Wales
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1888
Category:Rugby union in Neath Port Talbot

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