Lampeter Town RFC
| Full name | Lampeter Town Rugby Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Maroons | |
| Founded | 1875 | |
| Location | Lampeter, Wales | |
| Region | Llanelli Scarlets | |
| Ground(s) | North Road | |
| Coach(es) | Trystan Lloyd and Rhys Jones | |
| Captain(s) | Brynmor Jones | |
| League(s) | WRU Division Two West | |
| 2024/25 | 1st | |
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| Official website | ||
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Lampeter Town Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Lampeter, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.
Lampeter is believed to be the first town in Wales to field a rugby union team when in 1850 the Reverend Professor Rowland Williams brought the game with him from Cambridge to St. David's College, Lampeter. Although no evidence exists of the origination of Lampeter RFC as a separate club team from Lampeter College there is written proof of a match in the Western Mail between the college team and a Lampeter club in 1879. In 1881 the Carmarthen Journal reported representatives from Lampeter were present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Lampeter Town First Team were crowned champions of Division 3 West in 2024 earning promotion to Division 2 West. They were unlucky to be knocked out of the National cup in the Semi Finals by the eventual winners but redeemed themselves by beating St Clears in the Final of the West Wales Cup a few weeks later.
They finished the 2023-24 season in 3rd position and are pushing for promotion this season to Division 1.
Under new coaching Staff Trystan Lloyd and Rhys Jones the Firsts currently sit top of Division 2 and are unbeaten after 7 games.