The cardiff rugby life podcast is back for another isolation episode with the guinness pro14 final cancelled, cardiff blues recruitment. On 20 september 2007 it was announced that the cardiff blues rugby union club. Principality stadium is situated within five minutes walk of cardiff central bus station which is located next to cardiff central railway station. Boasting an impressive capacity of 74,500, its home to the welsh rugby union and is the secondlargest stadium in the world with a retractable roof. Located in cardiff, it is the home of the wales national rugby.
The bowls club is a section of the cardiff athletic club and shares many of the facilities of the cardiff arms park athletics centre. Cardiff blues fixtures and results rugby union sports mole. Includes the latest news stories, results, fixtures, video and audio. Feb 04, 20 heres what it sounds like in the millennium stadium, cardiff moments before kick off against ireland. Cardiff blues return to arms park as cardiff city consider rebranding. Sep 28, 2019 cardiff blues kickedoff the new guinness pro14 season with a tense bonuspoint victory over isuzu southern kings in port elizabeth. Posts about millennium stadium written by pearcey149. Cardiff arms park is the home of cardiff blues and cardiff rugby football club situated next to the principality stadium in the heart of the welsh capital. It was the first defeat inflicted upon richard cockerills side on their own patch this.
Golden oldies world rugby festival cardiff, wales 2016 by. Based in cardiff, the capital of wales, the team play at cardiff arms park and are owned by cardiff blues rugby ltd, who also own and run cardiff rugby football club. Those by cardiff bay have particularly pleasant views. Oct 12, 2019 glasgow warriors v cardiff blues live. Cardiff s principality stadium is to be converted into a temporary hospital providing around 2,000 additional beds to support the nhs. The south stand, with the millenium stadium towering behind.
Millennium stadium cardiff city stadium liberty stadium swalec stadium racecourse ground parc y scarlets cardiff arms park rodney parade rank stadium. Cardiff blues rugby region plans stadium redevelopment. Trf rugby 10 patch stadium values for cardiff blues and edinburgh in the heineken cup and leeds in the aviva premiership. The journey time may be longer on weekends and holidays. In last years championship in france, argentina defeated wales in narbonne in the fifth. Cardiff blues v ospreys 1 year ago by ultimate rugby. Cardiff blues stunningly ambitious plans for the arms. Nicky smith was linked with the likes of cardiff blues, sale sharks and gloucester, but. Clubs hosted, welsh rugby union, wales national football. Wales head coach wayne pivac has made two changes to the starting xv that lost to ireland last time out. Cardiffs principality stadium to become nhs temporary. Cardiff blues rugby region want to extend its lease on the arms park to rebuild the stadium as well as build an exhibition centre, a hotel and flats. There are plenty of branded items available including. The choir has also performed in european championship rugby games including the final of the amlin cup in 2011 at cardiff city stadium and on top of this perform in a number of international rugby games at the millennium stadium including wales v england in.
Stadium to be predominantly their patch, football fans will probably remember it. Cardiff blues, one of the greatest rugby teams in the united kingdom, have decided to keep writing their. Wales began their world rugby u20 championship with a moraleboosting win over hosts argentina in rosario. Sep 10, 2015 golden oldies world rugby festival cardiff, wales 2016 published on sep 10, 2015 the 21st birthday celebration of golden oldies rugby is taking place 21st 28th august 2016 in cardiff, wales. What a wru buyout of cardiff arms park would mean and what. Cardiff central bus station is a connection point for national coach services. Edinburgh rugby cardiff blues live score, video stream and. Cardiff blues community foundation aims to inspire, engage and improve people across our region using the core values of rugby. Located in cardiff, it is the home of the wales national rugby union team and has also held wales national football team games.
In the 201920 season he featured for cardiff blues in the celtic cup. A taxi from cardiff central station to leckwith stadium costs circa. Cardiff blues began their european challenge cup campaign with a comfortable bonus point win over italian parttimers calvisano at the. Canolfan maendy, formerly known as maindy stadium, now also known as maindy pool and cycle track is a cycle track and indoor swimming pool facility in the maindy area of cardiff, wales. Please note that cardiff arms park is a cashless stadium, so our bars and retail outlets will only accept card. Ospreys beat cardiff in the most dramatic of finishes at the principality stadium. The closest alternative public car park is located at sophia gardens. Ultimate rugby players, news, fixtures and live results. Cardiff blues hosted ospreys at principality stadium on judgement day. Bringing fans from all over wales directly to principality stadium to watch the rugby.
The principality stadium is unique in the fact it is situated right in the heart of cardiff. The blues pack, thomas insists, has gone well all season and fronted up in europe against bristol, harlequins and stade franaais. The cardiff blues are one of four sides set up by the welsh rugby union to compete in professional rugby competitions in europe. The development includes a new 1520,000 seater stadium, a retractable pitch and sliding roof, as. Tickets tickets are available directly from the venue. Watch european rugby challenge cup highlights rugby calvisano 16 38 cardiff blues round 1 pool 5 16. Posts about principality stadium written by pearcey149. The rugby ground, which was also used by wales, was developed over the years to incorporate new stands and became known as the national stadium. Southern kings v cardiff blues report cardiff blues. Official canterbury london irish home rugby shirt from the 2005. Cardiff blues stunningly ambitious plans for the arms park. Any questions or stadium related queries should be addressed to abigail gibbins, customer service manager, email abigail. The welsh rugby union, which owns and operates the venue, has.
It will be the first european tie to be staged at the welsh outfits, new 27,500 cardiff city stadium at leckwith, and despite poor league form so far this season, it is in europe that the blues want to succeed and will expect to up their game this weekend. Indemand wales prop commits to ospreys 9 months ago by ultimate rugby. Stadiwm principality for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of wales. Whether you are thinking about playing rugby league, want to get involved behind the scenes, support us through sponsorship or just follow us, we would love to have you on board. Stadiwm y mileniwm, known since 2016 as the principality stadium welsh. Aug 30, 2016 cardiff blues stunningly ambitious plans for the arms park would be magnificent for welsh rugby. Cf10 rugby trust protecting the past, embracing the future. European professional club rugby cardiff blues v harlequins. Cardiff city have released cardiff blues from their long term lease at cardiff city stadium with immediate effect. It will be the rugby that takes precedence a week on sunday and thomas believes that his current side can give toulouse plenty to think about in the forwards an area the french side are traditionally strong. Gavin hensons deep role fails to lift newport gwent dragons. Cardiff blues travel chaos as they are hit by 27hour delay and mammoth journey for pro14 game against cheetahs.
Cardiff and vale college student beetham played fullback for wales against france on his home patch at cardiff arms park in 2019. Here you will find everything you need to know about cardiff blues games at the famous cardiff arms park. Throughout the game both sides exchanged blows and there was nothing. Cardiff blues believe they can go all the way in the heineken cup after beating threetimes winners toulouse in the. Rugby stadium weather forecast for cardiff arms park, wales giving details on temperature, wind speed, rain, cloud, humidity, pressure and more. It first opened its doors in 1999 and was previously known as the millennium stadium. Ask any rugby fan where to go for the best atmosphere, and youll likely hear all about cardiff and its principality stadium formerly the millennium stadium. They are running routes from five routes across wales and the south west to cardiff city centre. The official facebook page of cardiff amateur rugby football league club the blue dragons.
Blues stars stuck at heathrow after flight delays to south africa and they could. The arms park was host to the british empire and commonwealth games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 rugby. Professional regional side cardiff blues share the stadium in a lease which runs until 2022. Dec 26, 2017 a try from the replacement tom james gave cardiff a 223 lead after an hour and despite a newport gwent dragons rally the blues won their pro14 derby at rodney parade 2217. The list only includes stadiums and grounds that have been built and remain in use, with a capacity of at least 2,000. Cardiff blues scored tries through the outstanding josh navidi and replacement dan fish and had led at halftime. Relive cardiff blues season with this original canterbury home profit rugby shirt. Cardiff blues scored a comprehensive 378 home win over zebre in the pro14. Wales capital region trailed 5 at the interval despite an olly robinson try to mark his 50 th cap in a lacklustre first half. Cardiff blues choose fieldturf synthetic turf for cardiff.
At shop rugby, we are official stockists of cardiff blues shirts and clothing offering high quality products at great online prices. Cardiff city have released cardiff blues from the terms of their lease at cardiff city stadium, it was announced today. Parc yr arfau caerdydd, also known as the arms park, is situated in the centre of cardiff, wales. The home of cardiff blues rugby union on bbc sport online. We are looking for corporate sponsorship for the 2020 season and beyond. Previous stadiums, cardiff arms park, cardiff city stadium, liberty stadium, racecourse ground. Glasgow rotate pack for cardiff blues meeting planet rugby.
Your matchday experience begins as you leave your front door. Originally the arms park had a cricket ground to the north and a rugby union stadium to the south. The new football ground, officially named cardiff city stadium, opened in july. Theres been quite a bit of talk about the cardiff blues spread amongst quite a few different threads the henson thread, roberts thread and the glasgow v blues thread, so thought that it might be worth starting a dedicated thread to discuss whats going wrong and what can be done to change things at the cardiff blues. The rugby team pages offers tv listings for live, delayed and replay broadcasts across rugby competitions available internationally. So mulvihill has just announced that the blues have closed shop on transfers for the coming season and with where it stood until a week or two ago no news on anything at all, i think he and the board have done well. Cardiff blues travel chaos as they are hit by 27hour.
Cardiff blues pulled off the greatest comeback in a final of europes challenge cup to beat gloucester at athletic bilbaos magnificent san mames stadium in spain thanks to gareth anscombes. Cardiff blues are looking to secure a new longterm lease. Cardiff blues fans are renowned for their passion so if youre a blues obsessive, show your pride in one of the latest cardiff blues rugby shirts from lovell rugby. Rugby wales international tickets at millennium stadium.
Ultimate rugby is a dynamic rugby website and mobile app containing the latest news, realtime live scores, videos, competitions, social media and player interaction for all tierone rugby. Nearby, youll also find cardiff arms park, home to regional team cardiff blues. This is the place to come for information on cardifff rfc, who play in the principality premiership in wales at the cardiff arms park. Follow live updates from the game in scotland and ospreys clash with benetton here. If you are a rugby person please join the challenge of posting a rugby. On a quite remarkable saturday afternoon, cardiff blues saw what wales did to england in the second half in the principality stadium and thought we can top that lads, before promptly overturning a 170 deficit to beat edinburgh at murrayfield. Athletic club members bar will still retain cash services. The scrumhalf captains the region at scotstoun stadium in the absence of nick williams, who drops to the bench. The home of england rugby, twickenham stadium is the. Amos 22 caps replaces owen lane who was released from the. Cardiff blues toulouse rugby union heineken cup 200809 match reports share on facebook. Initially, the cardiff blues region covered only the city of cardiff and the vale of glamorgan. Zeelo is offering hasslefree matchday coach travel from.
It also hosted the home matches of the cardiff blues rugby union team until the 201112 season, although originally the blues. Sep 8, 2018 official canterbury london irish home rugby shirt from the. Cardiff blues return to arms park as cardiff city consider. The average journey time between cardiff central and rugby is 4 hours 16 minutes. The blues will return to cardiff arms park immediately after being dumped to. Gleision caerdydd are one of the four professional welsh regional rugby union teams. Wales have called cardiff blues back hallam amos into their 2020 guinness six nations squad. Cardiff blues have been hit by travel trauma ahead of their crucial guinness pro14 clash with the cheetahs in bloemfontein. Here on sofascore livescore you can find all edinburgh rugby vs cardiff blues previous results sorted by their h2h matches. In terms of getting a result in your first game as head coach in the six nations wayne pivac could not have asked for anymore, with his team running in. On an average weekday, there are 47 trains travelling from cardiff central to rugby. The stadium is the home of the welsh rugby union team, who play all of their home fixtures at the venue. Meanwhile, lloyd williams will captain cardiff blues as john mulvihill makes two changes for the pro14 clash in scotland. The cardiff blues picked up their second win of the season as they claimed a narrow come from behind 2421 win over the cheetahs.
Latest score updates from guinness pro14 clash at scotstoun. Some of welsh rugbys biggest names have represented the blues over the years, so youll be in good company when you put on your cardiff blues kit and wear it with pride. Cardiff blues bring the miniblock of guinness pro14 fixtures during the six nations period to a close this weekend with a trip to edinburgh on friday night, 7. Cardiff blues are giving 5,000 free tickets to nhs staff who are tackling the coronavirus outbreak when rugby returns to. Cardiff arms park is best known as a rugby union stadium, but cardiff athletic bowls club cabc was established in 1923, and ever since then, the club has used the arms park as its bowling green. Weather forecast for cardiff arms park rugby stadium wales. Cardiff blues ponder moving from arms park home bbc sport. Keep up to date with the latest news from the club as well as exclusive competitions, offers and behind the scenes. For more information on the history of the ground, car.
Cardiff athletic club cac are considering an offer from the welsh rugby union wru for control of the cardiff. Sign up to the breakdown for the latest rugby union news. Cardiff blues vs ospreys at principality stadium 28th apr 2018. Following the uk government announcement on monday evening, cardiff blues retail orders that have not already been dispatched will be delayed until current restrictions are lifted. Cardiff blues streak to 378 home win over zebre rugby. Rugby wales international cardiff millennium stadium ongoing.
Wales six nations campaign got off to an emphatic start on saturday with the 420 demolition of italy at the principality stadium on saturday afternoon. An independent voice for all cardiff rugby supporters. The official website of cardiff blues, a regional welsh rugby team. The cardiff rugby life podcast is back for another isolation episode with the guinness pro14 final cancelled, cardiff blues. We do not currently have any links to online ticket agents for these performances. A new crest, similar to the one previously used and again featuring a bluebird. Cardiff blues are considering moving from their arms park home. Jun 27, 2016 201617 cardiff blues squad confirmed posted by pearcey149 as the players commenced preseason training this week i can now confirm the fulltime playing squad as well as the academy squad for the 201617 season. Irish rugby shirtclassic rugby shirtsleicester tigerstwickenham stadiumrugby. Latest cardiff blues rugby union fixtures, results scores, news and pictures on sports mole. Edinburgh rugby cardiff blues live score and video online live stream starts on 28.
A 40metre touchline sprint from former wales scrumhalf lloyd williams gave the blues an explosive start as the citys. Danny wilsons inform team were due to fly out to south africa from. Also by the bay are the futuristic national assembly for wales and the wales millennium center. The stadium replaced ninian park as cardiff citys home ground in 2009, and is managed by cardiff city stadium ltd. The arms park has been used as a rugby ground since the 1870s, with a cricket ground also formerly situated to the north of the site. What a wru buyout of cardiff arms park would mean and what needs to.
The european challenge cup heads into round 3 this weekend, and we still got three unbeaten. Cardiff blues tv listings on all official providers on tv, online, live streaming, ott, radio, iptv, satellite and ondemand. Cardiff blues are responsible for assisting the development of rugby in an area covering the city of cardiff, the vale of glamorgan, the eastern glamorgan valleys and breconshire. Cardiff blues stunningly ambitious plans for the arms park would be magnificent for welsh rugby. It is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green. If we can beat toulouse on our home patch, we can beat anyone in europe. The following is a list of stadiums in wales, in order by capacity. The rugby ground guide cardiff arms park cardiff blues. Since then rugby world cup 2015, test matches and celtic league and heineken cup ties have been held at the grounds. Cardiff arms parks south stand is attached to the adjacent principality stadium venue in cardiff city centre. The principality stadium guide welsh grounds footballstadiums. Ospreys vs cardiff blues at liberty stadium 6th jan 2018. Cardiff rugby league amateur sports team cardiff 1,040.
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