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The Cardiff RFC club side take part in the Welsh Premier Division, WRU Challenge Cup and the British and Irish Cup. The club's great form began to stutter as the millennium drew to a close, but it was in January the wheels really came off. Both Edwards and Davies represented Wales in the 1976 Five Nations Grand Slam. In 1881, Newport based sports administrator, Richard Mullock, formed the first Welsh international rugby team. The disappointed players made up for their failure the next year by winning the Grand Slam with Wales for the second time in a row[19] and winning the unofficial championship with Cardiff. These were the Cardiff Blues, the Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets. In December 1920, just after his 17th birthday, he became the youngest player to ever appear for the Barbarians. Gabe scored a try in the third test against Australia, while Harding converted a try in the first Test and was the only Lions player to get on the score sheet against New Zealand, after scoring a penalty goal in the game against them at the end of the tour. In 1974–75 Cardiff failed to reach the WRU Challenge Cup semi-finals for the first time, losing 13–12 to Bridgend in the third round, despite not conceding a try in the entire Cup. Cardiff go into the game looking, Cardiff entertain Carmarthen Quins in the Indigo Premiership on Saturday in front of a live TV audience. On the site of the old Arms Park stadium, a new stadium was built, Welsh National Rugby Ground (also known as The National Stadium). The Cardiff RFC section, of the Cardiff Athletic Club, helo run and administer the team in conjunction with the owners Cardiff Blues, The first recognised team to begin playing rugby in Cardiff was Glamorgan Football Club, formed as a club team while Cardiff was still a town. This is the place to come for information on Cardifff RFC, who play in the Principality Premiership in Wales at the Cardiff Arms Park. Also, don’t miss a second of City’s matches throughout the 2020/21 season - to follow all the live action see our list of subscription packages below. Wales, Tel: 02920 302 000 However, on 1 November 1975, Cardiff met Australia for the fifth time in their history and, for the fifth time defeated them, 14–9, despite the absence of Edwards due to influenza. Cardiff had been knocked in the quarter-finals of the 1982–83 cup by eventual winners Pontypool,[35] but made it up for it with a third triumph in four years, beating Neath 24–19 in the final with tries from flanker Owen Golding and wing Gerald Cordle and 16 points from Gareth Davies. The 1968 Lions tour was a historic one, containing a record six Cardiff players, wings Keri Jones and Maurice Richards, prop John O'Shea, (then) centre Gerald Davies, fly-half Barry John and scrum-half Gareth Edwards. However, in June 1921 he signed for professional rugby league club Wigan, beginning a new trend of Welsh union players "going north" to play rugby league.[22]. The history of the rugby ground begins with the first stands appearing for spectators in the ground in 1881–1882. It was a game of attack and counterattack, and the Barbarians won the match 23–11, handing the … After the unsuccessful rebel season, Cardiff sign British Lion outside-half Neil Jenkins as well as Wales internationals second-row Craig Quinnell and flanker Martyn Williams. After the resumption of regular rugby, Cardiff beat Australia 11–3 on 21 November 1947, captained by scrum-half Haydn Tanner[23] and were also unofficial Welsh champions in 1947/48, when Bleddyn Williams set a club record of 41 tries in one season,[23] and 1948/49, when the Blue and Blacks went completely unbeaten against Welsh opposition, only Swansea and Newport succeeding in salvaging draws. Australian Alex Evans took over at Cardiff as coach for the 1992–93 season, bringing in former Arms Park legend Terry Holmes and famous ex-Pontypool front-row member Charlie Faulkner as assistants,[48] and helped a turnaround in the club's fortunes, winning their first seven matches of the season and 20 of their first 22 to top the league in the new year. [68] Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC roles key to Jenkins' coaching development Age Grade & Academy | 9th February. Three players have moved on after signing professional contracts, with Kieron Assiratti, Shane Lewis-Hughes and James Botham now officially first team squad members, while Callum Bradbury will be registered with Cardiff RFC but… Despite all the new signings, Cardiff lost their first three games of the season, and the 1996/97 season was in many respects worse than the year before – Cardiff were knocked out in the Heineken Cup semi-finals by eventual champions Brive, and in the Welsh Premier Division they fell to third, behind champions Pontypridd and Llanelli. Seven Cardiff Blues star named in Wales Women squad for Six Nations campaign Women | 25th March. The Cardiff Blues now back at Cardiff Arms Park after three years playing at Cardiff City Stadium. [51], With professionalism dawned a new era at Cardiff RFC. Their decent start to the season collapsed after that however, with Cardiff failing to score at home for the first-time in 30 years in a 31–0 defeat in the Heineken Cup against Northampton in December. Cardiff RFC chairman Chris Norman believes his Blues counterpart Alun Jones has finally twigged the region’s strength lies in their historic appeal. The team was formed by a group of young men during the 1873/74 season, after a circular letter was sent to interested parties by S. Campell Cory. 66 talking about this. Daf Smith (Wales 7s) In 1983 Terry Holmes was again picked for the Lions, this time alongside second row Bob Norster. December saw the end of the Alex Evans era, as he departed to return home to Australia. Cardiff props Dai Young, Jeff Whitefoot and Steve Blackmore, wing Adrian Hadley, centre Mark Ring and hooker Alan Phillips all were selected in Wales's squad (Young was called up as an injury replacement) which finished third. This run came to an end on 23 January; they were knocked out of the Schweppes Cup by St Peter's,[49] who were fourth from bottom of Division Four. They reached the semi-finals of the Cup, although they capitulated in a similar fashion to their Celtic League semi-final, this time 44–10 away to Llanelli. With the return of the Guinness Pro14 around the corner it's time to have a look at the Cardiff Blues squad that John Mulvihill will have at his disposal. This was Cardiff's first defeat at the Arms Park for over two years, since 13 December 1997, again against Swansea. In the Heineken Cup, rugby league convert Iestyn Harris, signed for £1million scored a hat-trick on his debut in a 46–7 against Glasgow. In 1905, there were four Cardiff players in the Wales team that famously beat New Zealand: Harding, Nicholls, Bush, Gabe and Bert Winfield, who would go on to captain Wales three years later. But no Cardiff players were selected for another Lions tour for the next sixteen years, and they would not become Welsh champions again for the best part of three decades. In the first two months of the season, Cardiff managed to improve on their Celtic League record from the previous year, winning four out of seven games and progressing to the knockout stage. The pool stage would begin in mid-August and continue on for a month. The season did involve some highlights however, such as beating league runners-up and Cup champions Llanelli 43–0 at the Arms Park and beating league champions Neath 18–4 away in the last game of the season. However, despite this poor start and failing to win in the first rounds of the Heineken Cup, they progressed to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals, where they were beaten by Llanelli, and clinched the Welsh/Scottish League title with three games remaining, The season is also notable for a club record victory of 116–0 over Duvnant in the Welsh/Scottish League,[59] and the club going unbeaten at home for almost the whole season, before losing 41–40 to Swansea in their very last game of the season (with the title already sewn up). [37] Gerald Davies also retired from Wales after a 19–17 defeat in Sydney – tied with Edwards on 20 tries, scored in 46 caps.[38]. Domestically, the Blue and Blacks' final season as a top-tier rugby team was less disappointing. Australia haven't played Cardiff RFC since, leaving the club with a perfect record of six wins from six games against the Wallabies (although Cardiff Blues did lose to Australia 31–3 in 2009). On 21 November 1953, Cardiff faced New Zealand in front of a crowd of 56,000 at the Arms Park and, after a brilliant defensive effort following a 5–0 lead at half-time, hung on to win 8–3. Cardiff have beaten both South Africa[2] and New Zealand,[3] and Australia have failed to beat the club in six attempts. Cardiff crashed out of the Cup before the quarter-final stage and lost at home to Maesteg and Newbridge in the league. Terry Holmes took charge of the club, and in his first full match the Blue and Blacks beat Leinster away to progress to the first Heineken Cup final. 2001–02 was the first year of the Celtic League, containing teams from Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Gibbs remains the only player to have been capped for Wales at least 10 times and averaged more than a try a game, with 17 tries in 16 caps,[17] and Williams came very close to his record with 17 tries in 17 Tests.[18]. For the 2001 Lions tour, four Cardiff players were picked, Rob Howley, Neil Jenkins, Dai Young and Martyn Williams. LONDON WELSH RFC TEAM UP WITH CARDIFF MET. [35] Unfortunately in 1972 Barry John announced his decision to retire at the age of 27, not liking the celebrity status shoved on him and his family after the Lions tour. Despite only playing in the first Test, John Bevan became the Lions' record try scorer (including matches against club teams) with 17. However, another Cardiff scrum-half, uncapped Brynmor Williams was picked, and played in the first three Tests before being injured in the third. However, following this, the glory years were largely over for Cardiff and Wales, although Wales did manage to win the Grand Slam in 1911,[21] and Cardiff came within one point of beating South Africa in a 7–6 defeat in 1912. Morgan, in front of a then-world record crowd of 100,000, helped defeat the South Africans 23–22 with a brilliant try despite an injury to Reg Higgins reducing the Lions to 14 men (no replacements were allowed at this time). The club also won their first unofficial Welsh championship for 28 years in 1937, and managed to retain the title in 1938 and 1939, before the start of the Second World War. [4] Playing under the Cheltenham College rules,[4] Glamorgan FC had increased its membership to sixty six by November 1874. One year later, centre Gwyn Nicholls became the first Cardiff player to play for the British and Irish Lions (then only representing the British Isles), and scored a try in both the first and second Tests against Australia. In the League they finished third, 3 points behind Neath and 11 behind Bridgend. Harding was selected as the first Cardiff player to captain the tour and was the only one of the four to have played for the Lions before, the other three being uncapped half-back Willie Morgan, and three-quarters Johnnie Williams and Reggie Gibbs. They were soundly beaten by New Zealand 20–4, only a week after Llanelli had beaten them 9–3. Both teams reached the semi-finals, Swansea were to play Cross Keys and Cardiff Llanelli. In 1952–53, Cardiff won the unofficial Welsh championship again, helped by the rise of prodigiously talented fly-half Cliff Morgan, but the best was still to come. Young followed Hadley and Cordle to rugby league shortly after this, while Whitefoot and Norster both retired in 1990. However, the Cardiff Blues team was slightly different to the others. Club Rugby games were moved to what was the cricket ground and a new stadium was built in 1969 as a result of an agreement between the Cardiff Athletic Club and the Welsh Rugby Union. He was part of the Under 21 team which won the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005. The game will be shown on S4C, Cardiff begin the defence of the WRU National Cup with a tough trip to North Wales on Saturday. In the 1997/98 season, Cardiff were Wales's sole representative in the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup, and were beaten away in rematch of the previous year's quarter-final, by Bath, who would go on to win the tournament. [35] The score in the final was 15–8, with tries from Mike Rayer and club captain centre Mike Hall and kicks from fly-half Adrian Davies. Cardiff RFC Cardiff Arms Park Westgate Street Cardiff CF10 1JA Wales. Cardiff competed in top flight but could only manage a fourth-place finish in 1990–91, and exited the Cup at the quarter-final stage. Another defeat at Ebbw Vale in March condemned them to a trophyless season. In 1999, a brand new stadium was built in place of the National Stadium, which was named the Millennium Stadium. On Friday 22 September 1876 members of the Glamorgan and Wanderers clubs met at the Swiss Hall in Queen Street, Cardiff and decided to make a single club, to be called Cardiff Football Club. Cardiff Blues have announced the largest Academy squad in recent years as the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be strongly based on homegrown talent in the seasons to come. In 1987, the first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand. [62] The highlight of the season was in late October, when the Blue and Blacks stunned English Premiership leaders Saracens by defeating them home and away in the Heineken Cup.[63]. [29] Wales won another Grand Slam in 1952, with much the same side. In 1990, the unofficial Welsh championship was replaced by a league structure involving promotion and relegation. On New Year's Day 1907, Cardiff beat South Africa 17–0, a great achievement considering the national side had been beaten 11–0 by the Boks only a month earlier, and France were thrashed by them 55–6 two days later. Cardiff return to the Arms Park in the Indigo Group Premiership on Friday night when they entertain RGC1404 (7:15). [66] January was a disastrous month for the club too, with a 32–10 thrashing away to Neath in the Celtic League semi-finals,[67] despite the home team making 12 handling errors in Cardiff's 22. UNIVERSITY 26/02/2021 11:05. Originally the Arms Park had a [25][26][27][28] Cardiff players helped Wales win their first Grand Slam in nearly forty years in 1950, and later that year supplied five players to the Lions for the first time later that year. In 1881, Cardiff beat Llanelli to win the South Wales Challenge Cup, though the tournament was scrapped soon after due to persistent crowd trouble. UNIVERSITY 26/02/2021 11:05. this season, supporters, right down to the ball boys could stand and be proud of a very good squad of players. (women's football), Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C. [5] Of the three teams, Glamorgan and Wanderers became the most notable, but both teams rarely travelled, and both had difficulty beating the now established clubs of Newport and Swansea. Cardiff rugby finally managed a revival of some sort in the 1930s. The Cardiff club side have also had a number of players selected for Wales at U20 level and the Sevens side. The Allied Dunbar Premiership (the English league) teams announced that two teams would have a rest weekend every week allowing them to play friendlies against Cardiff and Swansea. LONDON WELSH RFC TEAM UP WITH CARDIFF MET. [24] The club had a fantastic record against Newport during these years, going 15 games unbeaten against them between 1946 and 1950. [44] After this, Terry Holmes left the club to play rugby league. Cardiff Blues announced the make-up of the academy squad for the 2019/20 season this week, with seven new faces joining the set-up. (football), Cardiff Metropolitan University (rugby union), Cardiff Met. Cardiff were drawn into the smaller, seven-team pool (with four teams going through to the quarter-finals).and started their campaign in unconvincing fashion, winning three games but still being knocked out of the competition on points difference. The quarter final was away to Edinburgh on 30 November and, despite a dreadful first half performance that saw them 19–6 down at the break, a much improved second half performance saw them record a 26–22 win, and go through to the semi-finals.[65]. [39] Cardiff's cup run continued to the semi-finals, where they were beaten by Swansea 18–13. Today, Cardiff RFC Ltd runs two sides. In the Cup, they defeated South Wales Police, Mountain Ash, Ebbw Vale, Blaina and Swansea on their way to the final, but were again outclassed and lost 30–7 to Llanelli. Cardiff Rugby remains fully committed to fulfilling its wider regional responsibilities for Welsh rugby. However, the slump began to end in 1964, when Wales shared the Five Nations title with Scotland, after which Wales won the Triple Crown and the title in 1965, followed by another championship in 1966, although the Grand Slam still eluded them. Playing under the Cheltenham College rules, Glamorgan FC had increased its membership to sixty six by November 1874. However, both Dai Young and Bob Norster were selected for the Lions tour to Australia in 1989, the only Lions team to come from 1–0 down to win the series. Gareth Thomas was selected for the 2005 Lions tour whilst playing for Toulouse. During the 2005–06 season, he represented Cardiff RFC. They have shown us we can look forward to many more seasons of good attractive rugby. The professional regional side, Cardiff Blues take part in the Pro14 league, Anglo-Welsh Cup and Heineken Cup. One year later, Cardiff were part of the first Challenge Cup final to go to extra time, with the scores 9–9 after 80 minutes, all Cardiff's points coming from the boot of Davies's replacement, Geraint John. The off season was all change for Cardiff. Tel: 02920 302 000 Email: generalenquiries@cardiffrfc.com [45], The club bounced back immediately however, beating Newport in the final of 1985–86 cup final 28–21, with Adrian Hadley scoring a hat-trick, Holmes's replacement, scrum-half Neil O'Brien, bagging another try and 12 points coming from the boot of fly-half Gareth Davies[46] in his last game for the club against Welsh opposition before retiring. Australia played against and were defeated by Cardiff for the third time in 1957, 14–11 thanks to two great tries from Gordon Wells, after which a reporter from the Sydney Daily Telegraph wrote "we fell to the world's best rugby union club", and another unofficial championship title was secured in 1957–58, but only second row Bill "Roddy" Evans was selected for the Lions in 1959, although he started four of the six Tests. Nicholls would also go on to captain Wales between 1902 and 1906. Cardiff RFC Season Review 1876 – 1877: Cardiff RFC Season Review 1877 – 1878: Cardiff RFC Season Review 1878 – 1879: Cardiff RFC Season Review 1879 – 1880 Howley started the first two Tests, with Williams on the bench in all three, and Jenkins coming on to replace Jonny Wilkinson in the second. Cardiff Rugby remains fully committed to fulfilling its wider regional responsibilities for Welsh rugby. They built a reputation as one of the great clubs in world rugby, largely through a series of wins against international touring sides. Tel: 02920 302 000 Email: generalenquiries@cardiffrfc.com Cardiff RFC Cardiff Arms Park Westgate Street Cardiff CF10 1JA Wales. [50] In 1994–95 Cardiff won the final league title of the amateur era in Wales, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Cup before going down 16–9 to Swansea. The only other team to beat South Africa during their 29-match tour were Scotland. cardiff 22 hours ago. However, after Alex Evans returned to head up the coaching team, that season did lead to some silverware, as Cardiff beat Llanelli 36–26 in the semi-final and Swansea 33–26 in the final of the SWALEC Cup. In 1993–94 they slid back to fourth in the league but won the SWALEC Cup (renamed from Schweppes Cup for sponsorship reasons) by beating Llanelli, who'd won the tournament for the last three years running. Both the RFU and the English clubs had agreed to this, but the WRU refused due to an ongoing legal battle with the English clubs over the negotiation of commercial rights (which would lead to the English clubs not participating in the 1998–99 Heineken Cup). [60] They won their first five Welsh/Scottish League matches, seemingly making certain they would retain their title,[61] especially as Swansea lost three of their first five games. [52], Cardiff, despite not losing a league game under Holmes, were runners-up on the domestic front as well, finishing level with Neath on points but coming second on try count. Last weekend the Blue & Blacks, Cardiff return to Indigo Premiership action on Saturday with the visit of Bridgend Ravens to the Arms Park Having not played for five weeks, Cardiff entertain reigning Premiership Champions Merthyr at the Arms Park on Saturday afternoon (2:30pm) This will undoubtedly be one of the Blue & Blacks, Cardiff return to Indigo Premiership action this weekend with a visit to Rodney Parade. (7:30pm). Flanker Stuart Lane, fly-half Gareth Davies, hooker Alan Phillips and scrum-half Terry Holmes from the club were chosen to tour with the Lions to South Africa in 1980, however Davies was the only one to start a Test match. 6 talking about this. Six days later, it was announced Terry Holmes would stand down as coach at the end of the season, and Pontypridd and Wales assistant coach Lyn Howells would take charge on a two-year contract. The tour was not a success, with the Lions managing to draw the second Test but losing the first and third by over twenty-five points each. The following players represented Cardiff and were capped at international level, but do not warrant inclusion in the above two lists. Internationals Rob Howley, Neil Jenkins, Craig Quinnell and Jonathan Humphreys all left the club as well. Despite the team losing heavily to England, Mullock had chosen four players from Cardiff to represent the team; club captain William David Phillips, vice-captain B. 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Cardiff's first home match of the season was against Saracens, who'd finished second in the Allied Dunbar Premiership the season before. [56], Although Cardiff and Swansea were both expelled from the Welsh League, they were allowed to continue to compete in the SWALEC Cup against Welsh opposition. Cardiff repeated their unofficial championship victory two years later in 1955, and had three Lions in the 1955 touring side, notable for not including any of the five that toured in 1950. Jim Sullivan was a prime example of this, making his first appearance for Cardiff at the age of 16 in October 1920, and went on to make 38 appearances over the rest of the season. [4] The team was formed by a group of young men during the 1873/74 season, after a circular letter was sent to interested parties by S. Campell Cory. After the South Africans squared the series in the second Test, Morgan was made captain for the third Test and inspired the team with a combination a stirring team talk and a great kicking game to a 9–6 victory, ensuring the series could not be lost, after which he was dubbed "Morgan the Magnificent" by the South African press. In the week prior to the game, Cardiff chairman Peter Thomas spoke to the players following a training session, where he emphasised the importance of winning the game, describing it as "the biggest game in the club's history". After three seasons Cardiff Blues returned to their 'spiritual home' and will play the majority of future games at their traditional Arms Park home. In 1974, Gerald Davies decided to return to Cardiff from London Welsh. On the domestic front, Cardiff again went unbeaten at home until the final game of the season, but again were unable to back it up on the road and finished fourth – their first season out of the top three in a decade. 5 talking about this. Davies by this time had left for London Welsh, although he would later return. [15], After this performance, and Wales winning the Five Nations Grand Slam for the first time in 1908,[16] four Cardiff players were selected for the Lions in 1908. Cardiff Arms Park [40] They repeated the feat in 1982, winning on try count thanks to a score from prop Ian Eidman after a 12–12 draw again against Bridgend, with the other points coming from fly-half David Barry,[41] and also ended a 24-year wait by winning the Unofficial Welsh Championship, thereby completing the club's first (and so far only) league and cup double. Cardiff and Swansea had proposed the formation of a British league, containing the top division English clubs, the two Scottish regional sides (Edinburgh and Glasgow) and four Welsh clubs (seeing as Cardiff had got further than any other Welsh club in every Heineken Cup so far, Swansea were the league champions and they represented the two largest urban areas in Wales, it was assumed two of these clubs would be Cardiff and Swansea). Instead, the WRU demanded all top-flight clubs sign 10-year loyalty agreements, where they were guaranteed top-flight status and committed themselves to staying within the Welsh league structure. Since the advent of regional rugby in 2003, a number of Cardiff RFC players have gone on to represent Wales (some while still playing for the club rather than the regional side). Two weeks later the club's first ever Heineken Cup whitewash was completed with a record 75–25 defeat away to Biarritz. Barney Nightingale (Cardiff RFC) Signed from Bargoed this summer, the centre is a former Wales U20 cap and Dragons Academy player, and was thought of highly there only to be released in 2018. 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