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Get well soon wishes go to Peter Rees, Scarlets and Wales rugby hero. The former Llanelli RFC Chairman and President went into hospital in November and had to have a second emergency operation on Saturday - but he came around from surgery in time to watch the Wales team beat South Africa! Peter is the last surviving player from the 1947 Five Nations Tournament, which was the first after World War Two and the first Five Nations tournament for 16 years. Wales were joint Champions with England. Peter, 89 (90 in February), is currently in Preseli Ward in Glangwili Hospital. Mark John, Secretary Llanelli Rugby Football Club, said everyone at Llanelli RFC and the Scarlets wished Peter a speedy recovery.

A cool professional performance saw six-try Llanelli win this Premiership game with ease, running out 46-6 winners away to Newport. Report on link.

Aberavon 48-29 Llanelli - Welsh Premier - Rugby - WalesOnline Top-of-the-table Aberavon put on a wonder show to run in seven tries against the reigning champions in the Welsh rugby Premiership.

CROSS KEYS brushed aside the challenge of champions Llanelli to gain a bonus-point victory in fine style at Pandy Park. - Welsh Premier - Rugby - WalesOnline Cross Keys brushed aside the challenge of Welsh Premier Division rugby champions Llanelli RFC to gain a bonus-point victory in fine style at Pandy Park.

I am grateful to my good friend Les Williams for the following . . . It’s every statistician’s nightmare – what happens when the goalposts are moved? It’s happened in the proud history of rugby in Llanelli, but time waits for no man and every historian knows that decisions have to be made, for good or for ill. The Gordian Knot we have had to wrestle with in Llanelli is tangled around the move to regional rugby in 2003. Llanelli RFC (the Scarlets) played their very first game on January 1, 1876 (versus the Cambrian Club at People’s Park, Llanelli). In 2003, regional rugby came in and Llanelli RFC continued as a semi-professional team alongside the premier rugby side of the Llanelli Scarlets (now simply known as the Scarlets). At the heart of the Gordian Knot was the question of what to do with the statistics which detailed Llanelli appearances, points and try scorers. The nitty-gritty statistics are the treasured archive of rugby in Llanelli for us rugby historians. Alexander The Great ...

Llanelli make it an all West final as Cardiff are put to the sword It's Llanelli versus Carmarthen Quins in the Welsh Cup rugby final. Also see - http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/sport/Quins-rip-formbook-stunning-cup-win/article-2034947-detail/article.html

Buchanan's men looking to bow out at home with another win The Llanelli RFC team hope for another home win.

Plenty of positives to take as Llanelli sign off with win Llanelli RFC result.

WalesOnline - RugbyNation - Welsh Premier - Cup kings too good for spirited Bargoed Llanelli RFC beat Bargoed to progress in Welsh Cup.

Ebbw Vale v Llanelli on... at Tredegar (From South Wales Argus)

Llanelli cup game off