Rugby

The Blues are also joined in pool two by fellow RaboDirect PRO 12 team, Glasgow Warriors and Aviva Premiership team, Exeter Chiefs. Cardiff Blues season ticket holders have access to these matches as part of their season ticket packages, which are priced competitively at £50 for a juniors and £185 for adults for terrace season tickets. A Cardiff Blues season …

As well as handing three players their first starts in a Wales Under 20 jersey, Wilson has named three young Blues in the starting XV. Blues and Pontypridd wing Owen Jenkins will make his Wales Under 20 debut when he starts on the right wing. Jenkins, son of former Wales hooker Garin, has impressed for the Principality Premiership champions at …

The event will be held in the Gareth Edwards Lounge at the Arms Park and will commence at 9am, with a hot buffet brunch being served prior to the big game which kicks off at 11am. The Supporters’ Club have secured the services of Cardiff legend Craig Quinnell as a MC/guest speaker for the event! The event is open to …

Five of the starting team, Manu Tuilagi – who partners O’Driscoll in midfield – Sean O’Brien, Ian Evans, Dan Cole and Rory Best, will be making their Lions debuts, while six of the starting team are backing up having played off the bench against the Barbarians. Brain O’Driscoll is joined in the starting XV by seven of his countrymen, with …

Among the 24 qualified clubs for the Heineken Cup, Toulon are appearing for the first time in Tier 1, along with the 2013 defeated finalists, ASM Clermont Auvergne. Reigning Amlin Challenge Cup champions, and three-time Heineken Cup winners, Leinster Rugby, remain at the top of the ERC European rankings, and they are joined in Tier 1 by Toulon, Clermont, Toulouse, …

Paul O’Connell will captain the side for the tour opener, with Sam Warburton ruled out due to a knee injury. Gatland has stated that Warburton’s absence from the opening game is purely precautionary. Jamie Roberts is one of six former Lions in the squad; he is joined by Adam Jones, Mike Phillips, Paul O’Connell, Alun Wyn Jones and Jamie Heaslip, …

The Lions will take on the Barbarians at Hong Kong stadium; 12:30pm kick off. Supporters can come and watch the match live at the Arms Park clubhouse, which will be open from 9:30am. After their match in Hong Kong the Lions will travel on to Australia where their tour continues. With the Lions playing four midweek matches against the Australian …

Former Wales Under 20 captain Navidi, who was part of Wales’ RBS 6 Nations and Japan training squads, will be replacing Shingler. Shingler has failed to recover from a foot injury. Adam Warren, who made his international debut last summer against Barbarians at the Millennium Stadium, had been training with the squad in recent weeks and will come in for …

Brad Thyer, Ethan Lewis, James Sheekey, Sam Parker, Dafi Sion Davies, Ollie Smyth, Leon Crump, Garyn Smith, Jack Phillips, Will Thomas, Callum Lewis, Jack Maynard, Tom Williams and Will Baird are all exciting young prospects with a majority having come through the Blues Age Grade system. The Blues Academy has produced a number of quality players over the seasons including …

Reed who will be traveling to Japan this summer to tour with Wales welcomed hundreds of children to the Arms Park for the Blues Schools Tag Festival. The festival has grown every year and this season the four-day event for children aged between six and eleven will see over 150 schools across Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, RCT, Merthyr and South …