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Cardiff Rugby
Cardiff Rugby (Welsh: Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four remaining professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. In 2003, Cardiff RFC's professional players and coaches became the Cardiff Blues, representing Cardiff city and parts of South Wales in the newly established regional rugby structure. The Cardiff RFC name was retained for the club's reserve team, which since 2003 has competed in Wales's semi-professional competitions (currently Super Rygbi Cymru) and uses the nickname The Rags - the traditional name for Cardiff's second string squad. In 2021, the Cardiff Blues rebranded as Cardiff Rugby ahead of the 2021–22 season due to popular demand. The new badge contains the wording "Since 1876" to emphasise this entity is the first team and retains its pre-2003 history from when Cardiff RFC was the name of the first team.
They won European Challenge Cup titles in 2010 and 2018, beating Toulon and Gloucester respectively. Cardiff most recently made the knockout stages of the European Rugby Champions Cup in 2012.
Between 2005 and 2018, they also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup and won the 2009 title, beating Gloucester at Twickenham.
Today they compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions.
The club also runs one of the five Welsh rugby academies, age group teams and the semi professional Cardiff RFC side, affectionately nicknamed "The Rags", which competes in Super Rygbi Cymru.
The first reliably recorded Rugby club in Cardiff were Tredegarville, who began playing around 1870. By 1874 a team named Glamorgan FC had been formed and in 1876 they merged with Cardiff Wanderers to form the Cardiff Football Club. At the time, association football was little known in South Wales and it was not until the 20th century that the team became known as Cardiff Rugby Football Club.
Cardiff FC played their first fixture on 2 December 1876, versus Newport at Wentloog Marshes. In 1881, Cardiff beat Llanelli to win the South Wales Challenge Cup, though the tournament was scrapped soon after due to persistent crowd trouble.
In 1885 under Frank Hancock, Cardiff began playing with seven backs and eight forwards and perfected what was known at the time as "the passing game". Up until this time, rugby had been played with 9 forwards and 6 backs, with play focused on forward exchanges. Hancock's methods for the first time utilised the full width of the pitch and clever timing of passes to make use of overlaps. He banned his players from kicking penalties and drop goals. For the whole of the 1885–86 season, Cardiff would only score through tries and conversions. They won all but one game all season. Crowds flocked to the Arms Park and the Cardiff style of play helped make rugby football hugely popular throughout the city and surrounding areas. Giving the club a huge well of talent on which to draw from.
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Cardiff Rugby
Cardiff Rugby (Welsh: Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four remaining professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. In 2003, Cardiff RFC's professional players and coaches became the Cardiff Blues, representing Cardiff city and parts of South Wales in the newly established regional rugby structure. The Cardiff RFC name was retained for the club's reserve team, which since 2003 has competed in Wales's semi-professional competitions (currently Super Rygbi Cymru) and uses the nickname The Rags - the traditional name for Cardiff's second string squad. In 2021, the Cardiff Blues rebranded as Cardiff Rugby ahead of the 2021–22 season due to popular demand. The new badge contains the wording "Since 1876" to emphasise this entity is the first team and retains its pre-2003 history from when Cardiff RFC was the name of the first team.
They won European Challenge Cup titles in 2010 and 2018, beating Toulon and Gloucester respectively. Cardiff most recently made the knockout stages of the European Rugby Champions Cup in 2012.
Between 2005 and 2018, they also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup and won the 2009 title, beating Gloucester at Twickenham.
Today they compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions.
The club also runs one of the five Welsh rugby academies, age group teams and the semi professional Cardiff RFC side, affectionately nicknamed "The Rags", which competes in Super Rygbi Cymru.
The first reliably recorded Rugby club in Cardiff were Tredegarville, who began playing around 1870. By 1874 a team named Glamorgan FC had been formed and in 1876 they merged with Cardiff Wanderers to form the Cardiff Football Club. At the time, association football was little known in South Wales and it was not until the 20th century that the team became known as Cardiff Rugby Football Club.
Cardiff FC played their first fixture on 2 December 1876, versus Newport at Wentloog Marshes. In 1881, Cardiff beat Llanelli to win the South Wales Challenge Cup, though the tournament was scrapped soon after due to persistent crowd trouble.
In 1885 under Frank Hancock, Cardiff began playing with seven backs and eight forwards and perfected what was known at the time as "the passing game". Up until this time, rugby had been played with 9 forwards and 6 backs, with play focused on forward exchanges. Hancock's methods for the first time utilised the full width of the pitch and clever timing of passes to make use of overlaps. He banned his players from kicking penalties and drop goals. For the whole of the 1885–86 season, Cardiff would only score through tries and conversions. They won all but one game all season. Crowds flocked to the Arms Park and the Cardiff style of play helped make rugby football hugely popular throughout the city and surrounding areas. Giving the club a huge well of talent on which to draw from.