Mountain Ash Rfc

Mountain Ash RFC is a Welsh Rugby Union club in the South Wales town of Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taff. The club operates two senior teams, a youth team and a mini & junior section with teams from U7's to U16's. The 1st XV play in the WRU National League Division 1 East Central (as of the 2019/20 season). Mountain Ash Rugby Football Club play their home matches at Parc Dyffryn Pennar, Dyffryn Road in Caegarw, Mountain Ash. As it's name implies,the ground is situated on the site of the famous Deep Dyffryn Colliery which was sunk in 1850 before it's closure in 1981. Records show that in 1918, the Dyffryn employed 2,684 men and in 1935 - 1,400, although near it's closure that figure was halved, it still remained the towns main employer.The end of the colliery hit Mountain Ash hard and the eventual demise of the South Wales coalfield in the 1980's decimated the coal mining communities of the South Wales valley's. But from the dereliction, Parc Dyffryn Pennar emerged and thanks to the forward thinking of the Old Firm officials and the local authorities the ground was opened in 1994. The clubhouse in the town centre is attended by enthusiastic supporters club and committee and offers a fitting location for many a social gathering or special occasion.