* 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player

* 1904 – The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team ( Welsh & Scottish players ) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

The Aberdare Athletic Ground was the venue of the first rugby league international between Wales and the New Zealand All Golds on New Year's Day 1908, which was won by the Welsh 9-8.

* 1972 – Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player

* 1988 – Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player

* 1908 – Claude Davey, Welsh rugby union footballer ( d. 2001 )

* 1985 – Tom Smith, Welsh rugby union footballer

* 1923 – Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player ( d. 2009 )

* 1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player

* 1977 – Shane Williams, Welsh rugby player

* 1973 – Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby footballer

* 1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player

* 1975 – Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player

* 1975 – Dafydd James, Welsh rugby player

* 1947 – Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player

* John Alf Brown ( 1881 – 1936 ), Welsh international rugby player

* 1949 – J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union player

The rugby ground has two main entrances, the south entrance, and the Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates ( north entrance ), which was unveiled on 26 December 1949 in honour of the Welsh international rugby player Gwyn Nicholls.

* Ossie Male, Welsh rugby union player

* 1957 – Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player

* 1918 – Sir Tasker Watkins, Welsh Victoria Cross recipient and rugby administrator ( d. 2007 )

* 1986 – Jamie Roberts, Welsh and British & Irish Lions rugby player

* 1970 – Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player

* 25-Dai Davies, 78, Welsh rugby player.

They play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Two East league.

* August 6 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer

* Crusaders Rugby League, a Welsh rugby league club ( formerly the " Celtic Crusaders ").

* Wharton Davies ( 1874-1961 ), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

* Chris Smith ( rugby league ) ( born 1975 ), Welsh rugby league footballer

* Thomas Brown ( rugby ) ( born 1983 ), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player, not to be confused with Tom Brown ( rugby union ), born 1990

David Watkins MBE ( born 5 March 1942 in Blaina, Wales ) is a Welsh former dual-code rugby international, having played both rugby union and rugby league football for both codes ' national teams between 1967 and 1983.

* Paul Moriarty ( rugby player ), Welsh former international rugby union and rugby league player

The Welsh Premier League () is the national football league for Wales.

It has both Professional and Semi-Professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system.

Currently, the full sponsored name of the league is the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier Football League.

The league was formed in October 1991 by Alun Evans, Secretary General of the Football Association of Wales ( FAW ), as he believed that the Welsh international football team was under threat from FIFA.

Because of poor north-south transport links within Wales, it has always been easier for Welsh clubs to travel east-west so Welsh clubs tended to look east to England for competitors and many of the top semi-professional sides in Wales played in the English football league system ; Bangor City were founder members of the Football Conference ( then the Alliance Premier League ) in 1979 and reached the FA Trophy final in 1984, before transferring to the new League of Wales in 1992.

One option to extend participation may be for the Welsh clubs playing in the English Football League to field reserve or representative teams in the Welsh Premier League ; however this would also affect European qualification as there would be a representation conflict between the existing WPL clubs and the major Welsh clubs which qualify through the English league system ( see below ).

However, Cardiff Grange Quins, who finished bottom of the Welsh Premier League resigned leaving the league to operate with an odd number of clubs for 2006 – 07.

The champions of the Welsh Premier League qualify, along with the champions of every European domestic league, for the UEFA Champions League.

If the winners of the Welsh Cup have already qualified for Europe via their league placing ( e. g. finishing first and winning the Cup ) the fourth placed team inherits the Europa spot.

Although there is sometimes complaint about the lack of it at times, the league does enjoy coverage by the Welsh national ( notably the Western Mail and Daily Post ) and local press.

In 2007 Afan Lido were accepted into the pan Welsh disability league and play in the second tier.