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3 unusual facts about Pill Harriers RFC


Pill Harriers RFC

During this period Pill Harriers provided a stream of intelligent, strong players who would first move to first class team Newport before playing for Wales.

In about 1881-82 Lord Tredegar gave the people of Pill a ground on built up swampland on the 'Mendalgief'.

At the end of Jeddo Street, Baldwin Street and Marion Street in Pill was an area of bogland which was filled with ballast from ships calling at the Old Town Dock, North Dock and Alexandra Dock.



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