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2013 A Brief History of Newport RFC |
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Real success is not only measured by results from match to match or even season to season. Newport Rugby Club has had many successful seasons but when one looks at what this clu...
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1976 Retirement of Eric Greenfield |
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From Newport v Llanelli match programme Saturday, 28th February 1976:
TRIBUTE TO ERIC GREENFIELD
To-day marks the end of an...
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1925 Newport Athletic Club 1875-1925 |
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As the club reached its 50th birthday it published, NEWPORT ATHLETIC CLUB The Record of half a Century 1875-1925, which was compiled from various sources and...
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2002 The Canadian Connection |
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Two Canadian players have made a lasting impression on the history of Newport RFC to the eternal gratitude of its supporters: Gareth Rees and Rod Snow. Their record...
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1897 The Arthur J. Gould Testimonial |
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The Arthur Gould "affair" is arguably the greatest controversy that has ever been associated with the Newport Athletic Club. Considered the greatest rugby player of...
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1946 A Peep in my Diary |
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The 1946-47 season match programmes included a series of twenty guest articles in a series entitled 'A Peep in my Diary'. They are fascinating snapshots of the past.
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1949 Around the Junior Clubs |
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Match programmes for the 1949-50 season included a number of articles relating to other rugby clubs in and around Newport. Some of these clubs were fledgling, others long standi...
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1918 Tredegar House to Constantinople |
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Most Newport supporters will be familiar with the ultimate sacrifice made by players and others associated with our club in the two World Wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45. The memory...
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2012 Hall of Fame |
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The morning of Friday 27th May 2011 saw the following question posted on the Friends of Newport Rugby Trust committee message board: "How about asking the club if FoNR can arran...
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1920 Hints on Half and Three-quarter Play |
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The following article is reproduced from the 'Boy's Own Annual' of 1920. Very much in the style and vocabulary of the time, it gives an insight to changes in back play from...
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1906 Davis Cup Tennis at Rodney Parade |
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The history 'Newport Athletic Club 1875-1925' records that Lawn Tennis was introduced at Newport Athletic Club within four years of the foundation of the Club. The first court p...
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2013 Hall of Fame |
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The early hours of Friday, 23rd March 2012 saw happy, contented, past players, officials and supporters of Newport RFC, drift homewards from the Bisley Suite at Rodney Parade, a...
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2014 Hall of Fame |
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Thursday, 17th April 2014, saw past players, officials and supporters of Newport RFC, gather in the Bisley Suite at Rodney Parade for the third Newport RFC/Friends of Newport Ru...
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2015 Hall of Fame |
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Friday, 27th March 2015, once again saw current and past players, officials and supporters of Newport RFC, gather in the Bisley Suite at Rodney Parade for the fourth ...
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