For the American rugby union team, see Newport Rugby Football Club (Rhode Island). For the English rugby union team, see Newport (Salop) Rugby Union Football Club.
Rugby team
Newport RFC
Full name
Newport Rugby Football Club
Union
Welsh Rugby Union
Nickname(s)
Black & Ambers
Founded
1874; 150 years ago (1874)[1]
Location
Newport, Wales
Ground(s)
Newport Stadium, Newport (Capacity: 5,058)
Chairman
Will Godfrey
Coach(es)
Craig Warlow
Captain(s)
Adam Brown
Most caps
David Waters, 702
Top scorer
Daniel Griffiths, 1,551
Most tries
Arthur Gould, 159
League(s)
Welsh Premier Division
2021–22
2nd
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.blackandambers.co.uk
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Newport Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Casnewydd) is a Welsh rugby union club based in the city of Newport, Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Premier Division. Until 2021 Newport RFC were based at Rodney Parade situated on the east bank of the River Usk.
Every major rugby union touring team to visit Wales has played at Rodney Parade, and all of them were beaten at least once in the twentieth century by a side who, in 1951, played in the match at Cardiff RFC that attracted what was, a world-record crowd of 48,500 for a rugby union match between two clubs.[2]
In addition to matches against all the major national sides a highlight of the Newport season was the annual match against the Barbarians, ensuring that the Newport fans enjoyed watching world-class players to supplement the Welsh internationals who were a common feature of the 'Black and Ambers'.
Newport supplied over 150 players to the Wales national team and international players to England, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Czech Republic, Canada and Fiji as well as over 80 Barbarians.
Following the regionalisation of Welsh rugby in 2003, Newport RFC are now a feeder club to the Dragons regional team.
In March 2017, sale of Rodney Parade to the Welsh Rugby Union was agreed following a vote of Newport RFC shareholders.[3] The takeover was completed on 27 June 2017 and work started to install a hybrid grass pitch for the 2017–18 rugby and football season.[4]
In October 2021 Newport RFC relocated their home matches to Newport Stadium whilst agreeing with the WRU to play two matches per season at Rodney Parade.[5]
^The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pp782 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
^Parry-Jones, David (1989). The Rugby Clubs of Wales. p. 96. ISBN 0-09-173850-4.
^WRU buy Rodney Parade.
^"Tough start fine by Exiles boss as pitch work is set to begin". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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presenter. In rugby he represented NewportRFC, Pontypridd RFC, Celtic Warriors, Leeds Tykes, Perpignan and Newport Gwent Dragons over a professional career...
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was allocated to Ebbw Vale RFC for the 2021–22 Indigo Group Premiership. In 2023, Westwood made his debut for NewportRFC. Westwood also attended Cardiff...
speaker in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen. Brew began his professional rugby career at NewportRFC, signing for the Black and Ambers when he was still only 19. He made...
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chose Wales, after being offered the chance to play for Newport. Howarth moved to NewportRFC in 1999 and played for the club until 2003, scoring 1,035...
Stormers in Super Rugby; before moving to Wales in 2002 to join NewportRFC, and joined the Newport Gwent Dragons after the 2003 reorganisation of Welsh rugby...
for over 10 years. The back row forward played for Cross Keys RFC, NewportRFC and Newport Gwent Dragons in Wales before joining Bath in England in 2016...
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and now rugby commentator for Sky Sports. Barnes played fly-half for NewportRFC, Bristol, Bath; and represented England at international level. Born...
boot and mixed ability to manage games when in winning positions. Newport HSOB RFC were recognised by the Welsh Rugby Union as the biggest community rugby...
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