Editing Neath (section)

==Sport==
[[File:The Gnoll - Neath RFC - geograph-2277123.jpg|left|thumb|[[The Gnoll]] Sportsground. Home to [[Neath RFC]]]]
The [[Welsh Rugby Union]] was formed at a meeting held at the Castle Hotel in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castlehotelneath.co.uk/history.htm |title=The History of The Castle Hotel |access-date=2009-02-05 |publisher=The Castle Hotel |location=Neath SA11 1RB, Wales |quote=The Castle Hotel was the meeting place for the founders of the Welsh Rugby Union. The inaugural meeting of the Welsh Rugby Union took place in the Nelson Room at the Castle Hotel on 12th March, 1881. There is a plaque outside the hotel commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Welsh Rugby Union, and at that time the Nelson Room name was changed to the Centenary Room. Still displayed in the room are the plaques of the original eleven members of the Welsh Rugby Union. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514215243/http://www.castlehotelneath.co.uk/history.htm |archive-date=14 May 2008 }}</ref> [[Neath RFC|Neath Rugby Football Club]], the famous and successful "Welsh All Blacks", play at [[The Gnoll]].

[[Motorcycle speedway]] was staged at the Abbey Stadium in Neath in 1962. The Welsh Dragons, led by New Zealander [[Trevor Redmond]], raced with some success in the [[Speedway Provincial League|Provincial League]] but, because of local problems, a number of the "home" fixtures were raced at [[St Austell]]. The Dragons introduced the Australian rider Charlie Monk to British speedway. After a season at [[Long Eaton Invaders|Long Eaton Archers]], Monk went on to have considerable success at [[Glasgow Tigers (speedway)|Glasgow]]. The team also featured South African Howdy Cornell. In the early 1960s there was also stock car racing held at Neath Abbey, opposite the monastery

[[Neath Athletic A.F.C.]] was the town's largest football team, playing at [[Neath RFC]]'s ground, The Gnoll, and played in the top flight of [[Welsh football]], the [[Welsh Premier League]], until the club was wound up in 2012. In the 2006–07 season, Neath Athletic A.F.C. were promoted from the [[Welsh Football League]] First Division to the Welsh Premier League. Neath Athletic A.F.C. had an average of 300 supporters attending a domestic, Welsh Premier League game, which was typical of the Welsh Premier League.