Cardiff Rugby
| Union | Welsh Rugby Union | ||
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| Founded | 1876 | ||
| Location | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Ground | Cardiff Arms Park (Capacity: 12,125) | ||
| Chairman | Scott Waddington | ||
| CEO | Jamie Muir | ||
| President | Gareth Edwards | ||
| Coach | Corniel van Zyl | ||
| Captain | Liam Belcher | ||
| Most appearances | Lloyd Williams (256) | ||
| Top scorer | Ben Blair (1078) | ||
| Most tries | Tom James (60) | ||
| League | United Rugby Championship | ||
| 2024–25 | 9th (Welsh Shield: 1st) | ||
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Cardiff Rugby (Welsh: Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. The team was formed in 1876. In 2003 the first team rebranded as the Cardiff Blues. In 2021, the Cardiff Blues rebranded as Cardiff Rugby ahead of the 2021–22 season.
Cardiff have beaten the national sides of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. the latter have been defeated by Cardiff on six occasions.
The club has alos provided more Welsh and British Lions internationals than any other Welsh side.
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.