2018/19 Pontypridd Away Rugby Shirt #8 (XL)

Condition: 8/10 Excellent. A couple of small, faint marks on the side of the chest

Size: Adult Extra Large (slim fitting)

Chest Measurement: 40-42 Inches / 101-106 CM

Manufacturer: Kappa

Colour: Grey & white hoops, cerise trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2018/2019

Player: #8

Patches: N/A

Official Kappa Pontypridd away rugby shirt from the 2018/19 season. Complete with #8 printed on the back of the shirt in official numbering.

The condition of this original football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. A couple of small, faint marks on the side of the chest (see photos).

Pontypridd RFC were formed in 1876 by a number of young local men who moved into the area during the Industrial Revolution. However, the first reported match involving Pontypridd was played on 18 December 1873 against Roath (Cardiff). They were represented at a meeting in Tenby in 1880 that would later lead to the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881. Pontypridd's Edward Treharne, who also played for Cowbridge Grammar School as a student, was named in the first Welsh International side in 1881. Pontypridd supplied two more players to the Welsh team before the turn of the 19th century, Tom Williams and Ernie George.

In their early days, Pontypridd RFC played their home games at Taff Vale Park in Treforest, the current home of their junior section, before moving to the People's Park alongside the River Rhondda. However, in 1908 they moved once more to a new home in Ynysangharad Park in Pontypridd itself, where they would stay for 65 years.