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===Rugby=== [[File:78 Front Row.JPG|thumb|a [[Grogg]] of the Pontypool frontrow, (left to right: [[Graham Price]], [[Bobby Windsor]] and [[Charlie Faulkner]])]] [[Pontypool RFC|Pontypool Rugby Football Club]] is one of the town's cornerstones. Founded in the 1870s, the club became a founder member of the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] in 1881. Under the captaincy of [[Terry Cobner]] the intervening years saw 'Pooler' become one of the great teams of Welsh rugby. The legendary 'Pontypool Front Row' in the 1970s, of [[Bobby Windsor]], [[Charlie Faulkner]] and [[Graham Price]] was immortalised in song by [[Max Boyce]]. The club's contribution to Wales was seen again in 1983, when Pontypool's "forward factory" produced five of the Welsh pack in the [[Five Nations Championship]]. Other [[rugby union]] clubs based in or near the town are [[Pontypool United RFC]], [[Abersychan RFC]], [[Garndiffaith RFC]], [[New Panteg RFC]], [[Talywain RFC]], [[West Mon RFC]], [[Blaenavon RFC]] and [[Forgeside RFC]]. Pontypool's [[rugby league]] club are called the [[Torfaen Tigers]] and play in the [[Rugby League Conference Welsh Premier]].
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