Pontypridd RFC
Player Position Union
Rhydian Jenkins Hooker Wales
Rob Jones Hooker Wales
Nathan Huish Hooker Wales
Huw Owen Prop Wales
Morgan Bosanko Prop Wales
Curtis Hicks Prop Wales
Ben Stephens Prop Wales
Chris Dicomidis Lock Cyprus
Kristian Parker Lock Wales
James Murphy Lock Wales
Lloyd Evans Lock Wales
Sion Parry Back row Wales
Rhys Shellard Back row Wales
Kyle Evans Back row Wales
Dafydd Smith Back row Wales
Pontypridd RFC are generally accepted to have been formed in 1876 by a number of young local men who had moved into the area during the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century. They were represented at a meeting in Tenby in 1880 that would later lead to the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881 and had a player, Edward Treharne, named in the very first Welsh International side also in 1881, who also played for Cowbridge Grammar School as a student. Pontypridd supplied two more players to the Welsh team before the turn of the century, Tom Williams and Ernie George. In their early days, Pontypridd RFC played their home games at Taff Vale Park in Treforest, the current home of their junior section, before moving to the People's Park alongside the River Rhondda. However, in 1908 they moved once more to a new home in Ynysyngharad Park in Pontypridd itself, where they would stay for 65 years.