Defunct Welsh rugby league club, based in Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil R.L.F.C.
Club information
Full name
Merthyr Tydfil Rugby League Football Club
Founded
15 July 1907; 116 years ago (15 July 1907)
Exited
1911; 113 years ago (1911)
Former details
Ground(s)
College Field
Competition
Welsh League Northern Union
1910–11
26th
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Merthyr Tydfil Rugby League Football Club was a professional rugby league club based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales playing in the Welsh League and Northern Union.[1] Based at College Field, Merthyr Tydfil were one of the first professional Welsh teams, and folded in 1911 after the failure of the Welsh League. Merthyr Tydfil produced five players who would go on to represent the Wales national rugby league team, and in the 1908-09 season finished eighth in the Northern League, the best result achieved by any of the first six professional Welsh teams.
^"History of Welsh Clubs". Welsh Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
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