[2] Like many Welsh rugby teams the origin of the club is difficult to piece together having been formed by local workers rather than by a college or university.

At the outbreak of World War I (1914) rugby ceased in most of South Wales and this was true of Bedwas.

During this period Bedwas RFC enjoyed connections with local colliery owner and airline magnate Sir Samuel Instone.

[3] 1926 saw a great economic depression in South Wales and as local young men left to find work in more prosperous areas, rugby in Bedwas waned.

In 2007, Bedwas were the only club in the Welsh Premier League to be threatened with relegation due to them initially failing a facilities review conducted by the WRU.