Bargoed: Children's rugby coach Matthew Davies had abuse images
GeographA rugby coach has been banned from the sport for life after being caught with child abuse films on his phone.
Matthew Davies had 61 indecent images, including 23 category A ones, the most serious kind.
Davies, 43, of Gilfach, Caerphilly county, was the coach of children's sides at Bargoed RFC.
He was given a three-year community order at Cardiff Crown Court, must carry out 160 hours of unpaid work and do a 40-day rehabilitation programme.
He must also register as a sex offender for five years and was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for the same period of time.
The Welsh Rugby Union said: "On the day of the arrest by the police, the individual was immediately suspended from all rugby activity pending the outcome of the investigation.
"This suspension has now been made permanent."