Worthington Welsh Districts Cup

The Worthington Welsh Districts Cup (previously the Welsh Brewers Cup) was a national rugby union competition in Wales that ran for 36 years, sponsored most recently by Worthington Brewery. The 1990 winner’s are missing Hartridge HSOB bear Bala in the final

Background

The Welsh Districts Cup involved an annual knock-out competition involving all rugby union clubs of the 12 districts of the Welsh District Rugby Union (WDRU). It first took place in 1974. The finals took place at Cardiff Arms Park or the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.^[1] The first competition was won by Girling RFC (Cwmbran), who beat Baglan RFC 16-3.^[2]

The competition initially involved 128^[2] of the approximately 300 clubs, but in the early 1980s 80 clubs were admitted to the main Wales Rugby Union (WRU).^[1]

Worthington Brewery began their sponsorship of the competition in 1998.^[3]

The last Welsh Districts Cup took place in the 2008/9 season, after which time the remaining Welsh Districts clubs were given full membership of the WRU.^[1] Cambrian Welfare RFC were the winners of the 2009 final, beating Wattstown RFC 29-18 at the Millennium Stadium.^[4]

Wattstown RFC have appeared in the most finals playing in 5 which included 4 finals in a golden period for the club of 5 years - 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2009.

Previous winners

Year	Winners	Runners up	Score
1974	Girling RFC	Baglan RFC	16 - 3
1975 [2]	Girling RFC	St Joseph RFC	6 - 3
1976 [2]	Cross Keys RFC	Caldicott RFC	9 - 6
1977 [2]	Cardiff Internationals	Cross Keys RFC	16 - 3
1978 [2]	Rumney RFC	Nantyglo RFC	25 - 9
1979 [2]	Rumney RFC	Nantyglo RFC	18 - 10
1980 [2]	Tondu RFC	Rumney RFC	15 - 10
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987	CIAC	Hartridge HSOB	26-3
1988
1989	St Albans	Hartridge HSOB	13-10
1990	Hartridge HSOB	Newtown	24-18
1991	Fairwater (Cardiff)[5]
1992	St Albans RFC	Fairwater RFC	21-20
1993	Birchgrove RFC	Wattstown RFC
1994	Wattstown RFC	Hartridge HSOB	15-6
1995
1996	St Albans RFC	Wattstown RFC	15-12
1997 [3]	Cambrian Welfare RFC	Wattstown RFC	18-11
1998
1999	"Cefn Fforest RFC"
2000[5]	Fairwater (Cardiff)	Nant Conwy	16 - 6
2001[6]	Penallta RFC	Beaufort	36 - 19
2002[7]	Blackwood Stars	Llanrumney	21 - 20
2003 [8]	Clwb Rygbi Cymru Caerdydd	Glyncorrwg	24 - 20
2004	Blackwood Stars [9]
2005
2006[10]	Bryncethin RFC [3]	Clwb Rygbi Cymru Caerdydd	28 - 15
2007		Bryncethin RFC [3]
2008	Cambrian Welfare RFC [4]	Bryncethin RFC
2009 [4]	Cambrian Welfare RFC	Wattstown RFC	29 - 18

See also

• 2007–08 Worthington's District Cup
• 2008–09 Worthington's District Cup

References

1. Anthony Woolford (3 November 2009). "End of an era as Welsh Districts are disbanded". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
2. Anthony Woolford (12 October 2010). "Rumney's rich history in the Welsh Districts Cup". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
3. "Bryncethin target cup final success". Wales Online. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
4. "Cambrian Welfare retain Worthington Welsh Districts Cup". Wales Online. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
5. "Rugby Union: REED ALL ABOUT IT". Sunday Mirror. London. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
6. Evans, Howard (25 October 2011). "'Pitmen' on their way back towards summit; Local rugby". South Wales Echo. Cardiff, Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
7. Roberts, David (1 April 2002). "Heel puts the boot in for Stars; WORTHINGTON DISTRICTS CUP: Llanrumney 20 Blackwood Stars 21". Western Mail. Cardiff, Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
8. Anthony Woolford (21 October 2008). "Strictly Come Dancing star was a Clwb man". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
9. "Blackwood looking for another starring role in Districts Cup final". Wales Online. 17 April 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
10. "District joy for Sports". South Wales Echo. Cardiff, Wales. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2014.