In 1923, the club merged with another local club, Germania, and in 1937, changed its name to the current one.

Looking for ways to halt the club's decline, CDV's administrators sought to merge it with another club.

After that season, the club merged with another local club, Vitrolles de Rugby à XV.

In 1974 Almondsbury merged with another local club, Greenway Sports.

Among those 74 clubs, 44 still exist and the 30 other clubs either went into liquidation or merged with another club.

The club returning to amateur status merged with another club called Southall Athletic, and moved to a new ground called at Western Road.

It reemerged in 1945 at the end of World War II and kept its name before merging with another club to form Ciocanul.

Many matricule numbers no longer exist due to clubs ceasing to exist or merging with another club.

However, it has often occurred that a club with multiple championship titles have to merge with another less successful club in order to survive.

The club reached the finals for the last time in 1980 and by 1982 there were calls for West Torrens to merge with another club.