Chapter 1

Introduction

This book is the history of St. Peter’s Rugby Football Club for its first hundred years from 1886. The Club began as the Parish Club of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Roath, Cardiff and retains its links to this day.

There was a time when a reference to St. Peter’s was normally accompanied by the suffix ‘Cardiff’ in order to identify the Club accurately. It is fair to say that the suffix has long been redundant since there are few in Welsh rugby who do not know of St. Peter’s R.F.C.

The Club in 1986 is a credit to all those who have gone before. Its facilities are second to none and its achievements particularly in recent years mark it as one of the strongest Clubs outside the first class grouping in the whole of Wales.

A glance at the Appendices showing the results of last season will illustrate the point more powerfully than words.

Those who founded the Club and those who worked so hard through its difficult years would surely be proud of it today. This book is dedicated to them.