Teamname: | Villagers Worcester |
Fullname: | Villagers Worcester Rugby Football Club |
Union: | Boland Rugby Union |
Region: | Breede Valley |
Founded: | 1883 |
Rugby Director: | Alridge Mecuur |
Captain: | Edward Haas |
League: | Sanlam Boland Top12 and Gold Cup |
Season: | 2014 SARU Community Cup |
Ground: | Boland Park |
Capacity: | 10000 |
Url: | https://twitter.com/villagers_worc |
Current: | 2019 Gold Cup (rugby union) |
Villagers Worcester Rugby Football Club is a one of the best rugby union club based in Worcester, South Africa. They are a member of the Boland Rugby Union and can provide players to the provincial team and the URC Rugby team.
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.
Villager Worcester have won the Sanlam Boland Top 12 4 times in 2012,2014,2015 and 2018.
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. Other former notable players include Lindsey Eksteen, John Vergotini, Yashrie Karriem,Jovelian DeKoker. The clubs most capped player is Moggamat Faeez "Fazli" Isaacs. Wayne Julies who was a part of the 2007 Rugby world cup squad also represented the club.
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, who played for Griquas, made his return to the club in 2024 and lead them to the final of the Sanlam Boland top 12 in a losing effort to Robertson Town .
Gurshwin Africa scrumhalf of the club won the 2024 Sanlam Boland Top 12 Confident player of the Tournament.
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