{{Infobox rugby team | teamname = Ebbw Vale RFC | fullname = Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club | nickname = The Steelmen | image = New ebbw vale rfc logo.png | location = Ebbw Vale, Wales | founded = 1879<ref>Smith (1980) p. 11</ref> | ground = 1919 - 1973 Welfare Ground 1973 - 2021 Eugene Cross Park 2021 - Present Ciner Glass Community Stadium | capacity = 8,000 | president = | chairman = | coach = Jason Strange | captain = Joe Franchi | league = Principality Premiership | season = 2017-18 | position = 6th (Principality Premiership) | url = www.evrfc.co.uk | pattern_la1 = _redshoulders |pattern_b1 = _greenredwhitehoops |pattern_ra1 = _redshoulders | leftarm1 = DE0005 |body1 = 006400 |rightarm1 = DE0005 |shorts1 = DE0005 |socks1 = 114511 | pattern_la2 = |pattern_b2 = _bulls12aw |pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = F052A6 |body2 = |rightarm2 = F052A6 |shorts2 = F052A6 |socks2 = F052A6 }} Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club () is a Welsh Rugby Union Club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. The club play in the Welsh Premiership and act as a feeder club for the Dragons regional team. History Evidence of rugby union being played in Ebbw Vale is noted around 1879. Ebbw Vale RFC applied for and achieved Welsh Rugby Union (then known as the Welsh Football Union) membership between 1893 and 1894. In 1907, the committee of Ebbw Vale rugby club voted 63–20 to switch from amateur rugby union to professional rugby league. Deals were made with the Northern Union, and on 26 July 1907 Ebbw Vale RFC became Ebbw Vale RLFC. The club, its players and members were all suspended from rugby union activities by the Welsh Rugby Union, though after Ebbw Vale RLFC collapsed in 1912, Ebbw Vale were readmitted as a union team after World War I. In 1927 due to falling gate receipts, caused by the increasing attraction of rival sports such as football, Ebbw Vale staged a rugby league game on their pitch, the Welfare Ground. The WRU reacted strongly and threatened Ebbw Vale RFC with expulsion from the league. This was seen by many as an overly aggressive stance to a club that was desperate for aid not sanctions. By 1932 the gate at Ebbw Vale rarely reached twenty shillings, despite a catchment area population of 40,000. The club was forced to resort to public subscriptions.