Llantwit Fardre RFC is a feeder club for the [2] Cardiff Rugby Source:[3] 'Parish Rugby was played as early as 1886 on the Duffryn Bach field and continued to be played there until 1908 when the team moved to Tynywaun field, Hollybush, where the game continued until the Great War.

'[4] A South Wales Daily News article for December 1900 named a Llantwit Fardre team that played Ystrad Stars.

After the First World War, Llantwit Fardre Rugby Football Club was a member of the Pontypridd and Rhondda League, but little evidence exists after 1926, where it appears the team disbanded.

The present day club was founded in 1946 as a result of a casual meeting at the Carpenter's Arms, Efail Isaf.

Club Headquarters and changing rooms were based at the Cross Inn, Church Village, some distance from the playing fields.