Rugby - WRU Challenge Cup - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1971/1972

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Llanelli RFC	14	1972/1973	2009/2010
  Cardiff RFC	8	1980/1981	2018/2019
  Neath RFC	6	1971/1972	2008/2009
  Pontypridd RFC	6	1995/1996	2013/2014
  Bridgend RFC	3	1978/1979	2014/2015
  Swansea RFC	3	1977/1978	1998/1999
  Newport RFC	2	1976/1977	2000/2001
  Llandovery RFC	2	2006/2007	2015/2016
  Pontypool RFC	1	1982/1983	1982/1983
  Cross Keys RFC	1	2011/2012	2011/2012
  Merthyr RFC	1	2017/2018	2017/2018
  RGC 1404	1	2016/2017	2016/2017

• Winners and finalists since 1971/1972

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Llanelli RFC	14	6
  Cardiff RFC	8	4
  Neath RFC	6	7
  Pontypridd RFC	6	7
  Swansea RFC	3	7
  Bridgend RFC	3	3
  Newport RFC	2	4
  Llandovery RFC	2	0
  Pontypool RFC	1	1
  Cross Keys RFC	1	1
  Merthyr RFC	1	1
  RGC 1404	1	0
  Aberavon RFC		3
  Carmarthen Quins		2
  Ebbw Vale RFC		1
  Caerphilly RFC		1

• Winners and finalists by city since 1971/1972

  Location	Winners	Finalists
  Llanelli	14	6
  Cardiff	8	4
  Neath	6	7
  Pontypridd	6	7
  Swansea	3	7
  Bridgend	3	3
  Newport	2	4
  Llandovery	2	0
  Crosskeys	1	1
  Merthyr Tydfil	1	1
  Pontypool	1	1
  Colwyn Bay	1	0
  Aberavon		3
  Carmarthen		2
  Caerphilly		1
  Ebbw Vale		1

• Various statistics since 2008/2009
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Pontypridd RFC 2	9
  2	Cross Keys RFC 2	7
  3	Llandovery RFC 2	7
  4	Carmarthen Quins 2	6
  5	Ebbw Vale RFC 2	6
  6	Merthyr RFC 2	6
  7	Aberavon RFC 2	5
  8	Cardiff RFC 2	5
  9	Swansea RFC 2	5
  10	Bedwas RFC 2	4

  Number of matches

  1	Pontypridd RFC 2	23
  2	Cross Keys RFC 2	14
  3	Llandovery RFC 2	13
  4	Carmarthen Quins 2	12
  5	Merthyr RFC 2	11
  6	Aberavon RFC 2	10
  7	Neath RFC 2	8
  8	Cardiff RFC 2	8
  9	Ebbw Vale RFC 2	8
  10	Llanelli RFC 2	7

  Games per appearance

  1	Pontypridd RFC 2	2.6
  2	Llanelli RFC 2	2.3
  3	Aberavon RFC 2	2
  4	Bridgend RFC 2	2
  5	Carmarthen Quins 2	2
  6	Cross Keys RFC 2	2
  7	Neath RFC 2	2
  8	Newbridge RFC 2	2
  9	RGC 1404 2	2
  10	Llandovery RFC 2	1.9

  ---

  Wins

  1	Pontypridd RFC 2	17
  2	Cross Keys RFC 2	8
  3	Llandovery RFC 2	7
  4	Carmarthen Quins 2	6
  5	Merthyr RFC 2	6
  6	Aberavon RFC 2	5
  7	Llanelli RFC 2	5
  8	Neath RFC 2	5
  9	Cardiff RFC 2	4
  10	Bridgend RFC 2	3

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Bridgend RFC 2	75 %
  2	RGC 1404 2	75 %
  3	Pontypridd RFC 2	74 %
  4	Llanelli RFC 2	71 %
  5	Neath RFC 2	63 %
  6	Cross Keys RFC 2	57 %
  7	Merthyr RFC 2	55 %
  8	Llandovery RFC 2	54 %
  9	Aberavon RFC 2	50 %
  10	Cardiff RFC 2	50 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Aberavon RFC 2	0
  2	Bargoed RFC 2	0
  3	Bedwas RFC 2	0
  4	Blackwood RFC 2	0
  5	Bridgend RFC 2	0
  6	Caerphilly RFC 2	0
  7	Cardiff RFC 2	0
  8	Carmarthen Quins 2	0
  9	Cross Keys RFC 2	0
  10	Ebbw Vale RFC 2	0

  ---

  Losses

  1	Carmarthen Quins 2	6
  2	Cross Keys RFC 2	6
  3	Ebbw Vale RFC 2	6
  4	Llandovery RFC 2	6
  5	Pontypridd RFC 2	6
  6	Aberavon RFC 2	5
  7	Merthyr RFC 2	5
  8	Swansea RFC 2	5
  9	Bedwas RFC 2	4
  10	Cardiff RFC 2	4

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Bargoed RFC 2	100 %
  2	Bedwas RFC 2	100 %
  3	Blackwood RFC 2	100 %
  4	Caerphilly RFC 2	100 %
  5	Glamorgan Wanderers RFC 2	100 %
  6	Tonmawr RFC 2	100 %
  7	UWIC RFC 2	100 %
  8	Ebbw Vale RFC 2	75 %
  9	Pontypool RFC 2	75 %
  10	Swansea RFC 2	71 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Aberavon RFC 2	0 %
  2	Bargoed RFC 2	0 %
  3	Bedwas RFC 2	0 %
  4	Blackwood RFC 2	0 %
  5	Bridgend RFC 2	0 %
  6	Caerphilly RFC 2	0 %
  7	Cardiff RFC 2	0 %
  8	Carmarthen Quins 2	0 %
  9	Cross Keys RFC 2	0 %
  10	Ebbw Vale RFC 2	0 %

• All time table since 2008/2009

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=2 pts and L=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Pontypridd RFC	9	2009/2010	1st	57	23	17	0	6	627	443	+184
  2	Cross Keys RFC	7	2008/2009	1st	30	14	8	0	6	384	277	+107
  3	Llandovery RFC	7	2010/2011	1st	27	13	7	0	6	251	263	-12
  4	Carmarthen Quins	6	2009/2010	2nd	24	12	6	0	6	283	247	+36
  5	Merthyr RFC	6	2010/2011	1st	23	11	6	0	5	216	166	+50
  6	Aberavon RFC	5	2008/2009	2nd	20	10	5	0	5	194	259	-65
  7	Neath RFC	4	2008/2009	1st	18	8	5	0	3	185	247	-62
  8	Llanelli RFC	3	2008/2009	1st	17	7	5	0	2	181	174	+7
  9	Cardiff RFC	5	2009/2010	1st	16	8	4	0	4	213	199	+14
  10	Ebbw Vale RFC	6	2011/2012	-	12	8	2	0	6	122	120	+2
  11	Swansea RFC	5	2008/2009	-	11	7	2	0	5	181	178	+3
  12	RGC 1404	2	2015/2016	1st	10	4	3	0	1	101	92	+9
  13	Bridgend RFC	2	2014/2015	1st	10	4	3	0	1	72	73	-1
  14	Newport RFC	4	2008/2009	2nd	10	6	2	0	4	131	156	-25
  15	Pontypool RFC	3	2016/2017	-	6	4	1	0	3	48	71	-23
  16	Newbridge RFC	1	2011/2012	-	4	2	1	0	1	37	31	+6
  17	Bedwas RFC	4	2009/2010	-	4	4	0	0	4	57	133	-76
  18	Glamorgan Wanderers RFC	2	2008/2009	-	2	2	0	0	2	46	58	-12
  19	Tonmawr RFC	2	2009/2010	-	2	2	0	0	2	29	49	-20
  20	Bargoed RFC	2	2012/2013	-	2	2	0	0	2	30	65	-35
  21	UWIC RFC	1	2011/2012	-	1	1	0	0	1	3	13	-10
  22	Blackwood RFC	1	2012/2013	-	1	1	0	0	1	14	32	-18
  23	Caerphilly RFC	1	2008/2009	-	1	1	0	0	1	3	62	-59

General Informations

• Location : Wales
• First edition : 1971/1972
• Editions : 48 (including 2018/2019)
• Official name : Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRU_Challenge_Cup
• Organiser : Welsh Rugby Union
• First winner : Neath RFC
• Most wins : Llanelli RFC (14)
• Most recent winner : Cardiff RFC