Cardiff Blues will play pre season friendlies against Bath and Pontypridd this August The Blues will take on Aviva Premiership outfit Bath on Friday 19 August, 7.30pm. Bath, who finished 5th in the Aviva Premiership, will offer a stern test for the Blues as they prepare for the newly branded RaboDirect PRO12 campaign. Bath have ...
Rugby, Sport
One of the worst kept secrets in rugby was confirmed today when London Wasps announced the appointment of Dai Young as the club’s Director of Rugby. Young joins on a four-year deal from the Cardiff Blues where he has been at the helm since 2002, first as head coach and then as Director of Rugby. ...
Despite Cardiff Blues issuing a firm statement confirming they have “had no approach from London Wasps regarding Cardiff Blues Director of Rugby David Young”, speculation has increased with the BBC today claiming “Wasps are aiming to name Cardiff Blues boss Dai Young as their new director of rugby”. The 43 year old former Wales, Lions ...
Cardiff Blues have named an unchanged side to face Benetton Treviso for their final home game of the season. Speaking ahead of the match, Cardiff Blues Director of Rugby, David Young, said, “Treviso are a team that caused us bags of problems over in Italy so we know that this won’t be an easy game ...
Cardiff NewsBen White, Tom Davies, Bryn Griffiths and James Loxton are all leaving the Cardiff Blues region at the end of the season. Born in Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, White, was raised in Canberra and attended St.Edmunds College. The Australian flanker signed for Cardiff Blues from ACT Brumbies in 2006. White went on to ...
Cardiff NewsCardiff Blues have confirmed they have retained a number of quality Welsh talents and have extended the contracts to some of the best young rugby players in the Country. Following on from the news that Sam Warburton and Tom James have signed new contracts, three further Welsh international Blues players have also signed contract extensions ...
Cardiff News
Blues welcome back Six Nations players for crunch match. The Blues take on Munster on Friday at 7.05pm kick off at the Cardiff City Stadium, as they return to Magners League action, with their only defeat in their last six league matches a 13-32 loss against Ulster in February. Munster have lost only one Magners ...
Cardiff Blues outside half Ceri Sweeney will start when the Blues take on Aironi this Friday, 7.30pm kick off. Sweeney last started for the Blues on the 27th of November when they recorded a 38-6 victory over Glasgow. Tom Slater starts at scrum half, while Tom Shanklin is paired with Jamie Roberts at Centre for ...
Cardiff NewsXavier Rush, the Cardiff Blues number 8, appeared before an independent Disciplinary Hearing in Bristol yesterday (Wednesday, 22 December, 2010) as a result of the red card he received during the Heineken Cup Pool 1 match against Northampton Saints at Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday, 19 December, 2010. The red card was issued in the ...
Cardiff News, Sport
Former Cardiff Blues and Wales international Rhys Williams has been forced to retire from rugby after a serious knee injury. Educated at Ysgol Iolo Morganwg and Cowbridge Comprehensive School, Rhys burst onto the international scene in 2000 making his Wales debut in the Six Nations Championship match against Ireland in Dublin, playing at full-back. He ...
Cardiff Council’s Park Services has worked closely with Whitchurch Women’s Institute (WI) to refurbish two special war memorials. The...
Primary schools across Cardiff will be marking National School Meals Week this week – the biggest national healthy eating...
A Merthyr Tydfil-based recycling company has been fined for failing to take appropriate measures to control the risk of...
A Cardiff letting agent has been sentenced after a handyman was exposed to asbestos-containing material while carrying out work...
A loan shark who preyed on vulnerable people is due to be sentenced on Wednesday 9th November at Cardiff...
The Public and Commercial Services Union has condemned plans to close 19 jobcentres across the UK, announced by the...
Since the General Election councils in England and Wales have lost over 101,000 jobs and the Vale of Glamorgan...
A group of Barclays staff based in Cardiff have successfully completed the UK Three Peaks challenge in aid of...
The Public and Commercial Services union which represents civil and public servants has called on the government to invest...
On the 21 October 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a tip of coal waste...
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