London Welsh R.F.C.
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London Welsh Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in London that currently plays in National Division One, the second level of the English rugby union league system (below the Guinness Premiership).
London Welsh, established by and for London's Welsh community, has played senior-level rugby in England since its formation in 1885.
Over the years the club has contributed 177 players to the Wales national team and 43 players to the British and Irish Lions. Seven London Welsh players were selected for the 1971 tour to New Zealand (a Lions record in amateur times): captain John Dawes (now London Welsh president), JPR Williams, Gerald Davies, Mervyn Davies, John Taylor (now board member and ITV commentator), Mike Roberts and Geoff Evans (now a WRU Committee man).
London Welsh is one of the few 'senior' clubs that have retained the atmosphere of an amateur club. Unlike many clubs in the professional era, who have tended to run a 1st XV squad and distance themselves from 2nd, 3rd and lower sides, London Welsh still run multiple senior sides. They also have a successful social section, the Occasionals (or 'Occies'), who go a long way towards maintaining the 'amateur ethos' of enjoying a game and a pint on a Saturday.
London Welsh has one of the longest standing women's sides - LWWRFC, who celebrated twenty years of women's rugby at the club in the 2005/6 season. Whilst still being amateur, the women train hard and have enjoyed recent success with the club, both in XVs in the winter and 7s during the summer. There are also London Welsh Women representatives at England Regional Level.
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Competitions Guinness Premiership | National Division One | Heineken Cup | European Challenge Cup | European Shield | Powergen Cup | ||
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Guinness Premiership teams Bath | Bristol | Gloucester | Harlequins | Leicester Tigers | London Irish | Newcastle Falcons | Northampton Saints | Sale Sharks | Saracens | London Wasps | Worcester Warriors | ||
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National Division One teams Bedford | Cornish Pirates | Coventry | Doncaster | Exeter | Leeds Tykes | London Welsh | Newbury | Nottingham | Otley | Pertemps Bees | Plymouth Albion | Rotherham | Sedgley Park | ||
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