 Part of the Cwmtwrch RFC junior section consists of a merge with two other local junior sections that are Cwmgors RFC and Abercrave RFC called the Valley Dragons.The youth fifteen consists of a merge with neighbouring club Cwmgors RFC simply called “Cwm”, they play in the Ospreys youth league C.

In 1890 an official Cwmtwrch team took the field for the first time; though it is presumed that rugby had been played in the town before this.The first ground for Cwmtwrch RFC, Glyncawl Park View, is the pitch the team still plays on today; since returning there after the Second World War.