Newport Saracens RFC

Newport Saracens RFC
Full name Newport Saracens Rugby Football Club
Founded 1932
Location Maesglas, Newport
Ground(s) Maesglas Fields
Chairman Nicky Parkes
Coach(es) Nick Fish
Captain(s) Dale Tucker
League(s) WRU Division 3 East - League C
Team kit
Official website
www.newportsaracens.co.uk

Newport Saracens RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[1]

The club was founded in the 1932/33 and after disbanding during the Second World War, with 95% of their team joining HM Armed Forces, reformed for the 1945/46 season.[2] In 2010 the team withdrew from the WRU Division Three East just before the start of the new season.[3]

References

  1. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  2. 1949 Around the Junior Clubs
  3. "Start-of-season shock as Saracens pull out". Wales. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.


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