Villagers Worcester

Villagers Worcester Rugby Football Club – known as One Logix United Bulk Villagers Worcester for sponsorship reasons – is an amateur rugby union club based in Worcester, South Africa. They are a member of the Boland Rugby Union and can provide players to the Boland Cavaliers provincial team.

Villagers Worcester
Full nameVillagers Worcester Rugby Football Club
UnionBoland Rugby Union
Founded1883
Ground(s)Boland Park, Worcester
Captain(s)André du Toit
League(s)Boland Premier League and Gold Cup
Official website
twitter.com/villagers_worc
Current season

Origins

The club was founded in 1883 in Worcester and is one of the oldest rugby clubs in South Africa and the oldest from a formerly disadvantaged community.

Achievements
  • 2012: Villagers Worcester's sevens team won the Boland Union Provincial sevens tournament. Villagers Worcester won the Boland Premier League title in 2012 and represented the union in the inaugural SARU Community Cup competition in 2013, where they finished fourth in Pool A and failed to qualify to the finals tournament in George.[1]
  • 2014: Villagers Worcester once again win the 2014 Boland Premier League[2] to qualify for the 2015 edition of the SARU Community Cup.[3]

Notable members

Six players from Villagers had the honour of wearing the green and gold of SARU: Johnny Neethling, Isak Neethling, Abe Felix, Maurice Hankey, Christy Noble and Charles January.

In 1931, Schalk du Toit and Alvi van der Merwe were selected to tour with Bennie Osler's Springbok side to the United Kingdom with Van der Merwe playing in the test against Wales. His son Johan became Boland captain and later played for Villagers Worcester.

Wendal Wehr, currently playing with Griquas, also played for Villagers Worcester.

See also

References
  1. "SA Rugby Log – 2013 Cell C Community Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. "SA Rugby Log – 2014 2015 Community Cup Qualifying - Boland Premier League". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. "Rustenburg to host Cell C Community Cup play-offs". South African Rugby Union. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

Sources
  • Theron, Paul; de Jong, A.L. (1990). Boland Rugby 50: die Eerste Halfeeu [Boland Rugby 50: the first half-century] (in Afrikaans). Bolandse Rugby-Voetbalunien.
  • Various articles from the Worcester Standard and Advertiser
  • Greyvenstein, Chris (1989). Springbok Saga: 100 Years of Springbok Rugby. Don Nelson. ISBN 9781868060573.


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