Rhys Griffiths (born 1 March 1980) is a Welsh footballer and current manager of Cymru Premier side Penybont.
An aggressive target man and goal-getter, Rhys dominated the Welsh Premier scoring charts for the best part of a decade.
[5][6] Griffiths combined his role as a part-time footballer with being a firefighter in the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service before signing his first professional contract with Plymouth Argyle in 2012.
[10] Griffiths scored a hat-trick in a 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup first round tie against Lithuanian A Lyga club Vėtra in July 2007.
[13][14] Griffiths joined Football League club Plymouth Argyle on trial in July,[15] and scored the only goal in a pre-season friendly win at Truro City.
[25][26] "I prefer to think of it as three goals in two starts, rather than five games," said Griffiths, who donated the fee he received for an interview on Soccer Saturday that weekend to Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales.
"[26] Griffiths failed to score again over the next two months and, after making 17 appearances in league and cup competition, was told that he was free to leave the club by new manager John Sheridan.
"[33] In the 2012,13 season his opportunities were limited due to requiring a hernia operation, but he was part of the Newport squad that finished third in the league, making ten appearances, to qualify for the Conference Premier play-offs.
[35] He began a third stint with Port Talbot Town later in July, twelve months after leaving the club to join Plymouth Argyle.
It's nice to feel that I'm still wanted but I narrowed it down to two in the end and I felt [joining Port Talbot] would be the right thing to do," Griffiths said on the club's website.
[38] On 14 March 2014 Griffiths broke the all time Welsh league record of most goals in a game scoring 7 against Afan Lido.
Another injury cursed season followed this time at Aberystwyth Town F.C., where he scored 7 goals in 21 appearances, before he became manager of recently-formed Bridgend club Penybont F.C.