Tondu Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Aberkenfig, South Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Championship and are a feeder club for the Ospreys.
During the early 1990s Tondu RFC dominated the Glamorgan County Silver Ball competition, winning the trophy in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Tondu are the joint leading winners of the competition having now won it on four occasions.
An ad first appeared in "The Western Mail" on 22 November 1879, announcing the formation of the Tondu Football Club.
Club badge The club badge consists of a shield housing three Celtic crosses and a waterwheel symbolising the water mill that once stood on the River Ogmore.Clubhouse website
Club honours Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1986-87 Winners Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1990-91 Winners Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1991-92 Winners Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1993-94 Winners District Div 1 cup winners 2023/24 Welsh youth cup winners - 1989/90 2011/12 2022/23 Welsh youth plate winners - 2017/18 Osprey youth league winners - 2021/22 2022/23
Notable former players see also :Category:Tondu RFC players The following are former Tondu players who have been capped at international level.
Keith Bradshaw J. P. R. Williams Neil Boobyer Ian Boobyer Gavin Thomas Lee Byrne Owen Watkin Ryan Matyas
External links Tondu Rugby Football Club
References
Tour to USA 2019 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/tondu-rfcs-special-rendition-welsh-16339265?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_rugby
First record of Mini & Juniors: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3465851/3465854/83/Tondu%20Football