Honours
Bridgend RFC won their first unofficial Welsh Championship in season 1963/64 under the captaincy of Marsden Young, playing a total of 49 games, with 39 wins, 5 drawn matches and losing just 5, it was also the first season that the club didn't lose a home game. In fact, between 26 April 1963 and 3 January 1966, the club went 70 successive home game without defeat. The club won the titles again in 1966, 1970 and 1971.
Bridgend have appeared in the WRU Challenge Cup final on five occasions since the competition's formation in 1971/2 season. 1979 saw the club beat Pontypridd RFC 18-12 in the final, lifting the thophy for the first time, retaining it a season later by beating Swansea RFC 15-9 in 1980. This was followed by being beaten finalists the next two seasons and both times losing to Cardiff RFC, one of which was lost on try count. The club have not appeared in the final since 1990, when they lost to Neath RFC 16-10. The winning cup finals were:
1979 - Bridgend 18 Pontypridd 12
1980 - Bridgend 15 Swansea 9
The Snelling Sevens was a WRU seven-a-side tounament that ran from 1954 until 1995, with Bridgend RFC appearing in the final on twelve occasions, winning six. The six wins in the final were:
1968 - Bridgend 13 Pontypool 10
1974 - Bridgend 30 Swansea 14
1975 - Bridgend 32 Cardiff 12
1978 - Bridgend 38 Cardiff 16
1980 - Bridgend 24 Newport 16
1987 - Bridgend 34 Newport 12
The club hadn't been very successful since the advert of professional rugby, but 2003 saw the club lift the Welsh Premier Division title, in what was the last season before regional rugby became the top tier of Welsh rugby. The team secured the title after a 22-13 win over Neath RFC at the Brewery Field with two games to spare, tries from Sililo Martens, Jon Thiel and Gareth Cull, with the latter scoring a drop goal from 35 metres to seal the victory and the first title in over 20 years. They had won 14 out of 16 league games that season.
Season 2010/11 saw the club lift the Division One West crown with 4 games to spare after beating title rivals Bonymaen RFC 25-19.
Welsh Championship (Western Mail Table) - 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971
Welsh Premier Division - 2003
WRU Challenge Cup - 1979, 1980
Snelling Sevens - 1968, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1987
Floodlight Alliance - 1967
David Chinn Memorial Trophy Winners - 2011
WRU Division One West Champions - 2011
WRU Premiership/Relegation Play-off winners - 2011
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