 The club was formed on 1 December 1974 at the Mount Pleasant Inn, Brynithel, after a meeting of local men who were at the time playing for teams from the Mount Pleasant Inn and T9 face at Six Bells colliery.They played six matches at the end of the 1974/75 season captained by Robert Williams.The first official game was against Bargoed 2nd XV in which Brynithel opened the scoring but ended up being beaten by 50-5.