Rugby team
Monmouthshire County RFC |
Full name | Monmouthshire County Rugby Football Club |
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Location | Monmouthshire |
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Monmouthshire County RFC is a Welsh rugby union club that manages an invitational team, known as Monmouthshire that originally played rugby at county level. The team was made up of amateur players from sports clubs in the Monmouthshire region and historically played matches against other county teams from Wales and England, and during the 20th century was a fixture for touring international teams. Today clubs from the Monmouthshire region are still affiliated to Monmouthshire County RFC, as well as the Welsh Rugby Union.
Games played against international opposition
[edit] Year | Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Tour | Ground |
1906 | 26 December | South Africa | Loss | 0–17 | 1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe | Rodney Parade, Newport |
1912 | 12 October | South Africa | Loss | 0–16 | 1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe | Recreation Ground, Pontypool |
1919 | 5 May | New Zealand | Win | 4–3 | New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919 | Ebbw Vale |
1946 | 27 February | New Zealand Services | Win | 15–0 | 1945–46 New Zealand Services tour of Britain | Recreation Ground, Pontypool |
1967 | 6 December | New Zealand | Loss | 12–23 | 1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada | Rodney Parade, Newport |
1969 | 19 November | South Africa | Win | 14–8 | 1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland | Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale |
1973 | 26 September | Japan | Win | 26–16 | 1973 Japan tour of Wales, England and France | Pontypool Park, Pontypool |
1976 | 21 January | Australia | Loss | 15-26 | 1975-76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and the United States | Pontypool Park, Pontypool |
1978 | 29 November | New Zealand | Loss | 9–26 | 1978 New Zealand tour of Britain and Ireland | Rodney Parade, Newport |
1982 | 3 November | New Zealand Māori | Loss | 9–18 | 1982 New Zealand Māori tour of Wales | Rodney Parade, Newport |
1992 | 17 November | Australia | Loss | 9–19 | 1992 Australia rugby union tour of Europe | Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale |