Editing Cardiff RFC (section)

{{Short description|Welsh rugby union club, based in Cardiff}}
{{For|the Cardiff team competing in URC|Cardiff Rugby}}
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{{Infobox rugby team
  | teamname = Cardiff RFC
  | nickname = Blue & Blacks
  | image = Cardiff rfc badge.png
  | imagesize = 150 
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  | founded = {{start date and age|1876}}
  | ground = [[Cardiff Arms Park]]
  | capacity = 12,125
  | location = [[Cardiff]], Wales  
  | countryflag = Wales
  | chairman = Chris Collins
  | coach = [[Dan Fish]] 
  | captain = [[Sean Moore]] 
  | league = [[Super Rygbi Cymru]]
  | season = 2024-2025
  | position = [[Super Rygbi Cymru]], 1st (playoff semi-finalists) 
  | 
  | url= http://www.cardiffrfc.com/
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}}
{{Cardiff Athletic Club sections}}
'''Cardiff Rugby Football Club''' ({{langx|cy|'''Clwb Rygbi Caerdydd'''}}) is a [[rugby union]] club based in [[Cardiff]], the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876<ref name="Parry-Jones59">Parry-Jones (1989), pg 59</ref> and played their first few matches at [[Sophia Gardens]], shortly after which relocating to [[Cardiff Arms Park]] where they have been based ever since.

They built a reputation as one of the great clubs in world rugby, largely through a series of wins against international touring sides. Cardiff have beaten both [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]]<ref name="Parry-Jones63">Parry-Jones (1989), pg 63</ref> and [[All Blacks|New Zealand]],<ref name="Parry-Jones64">Parry-Jones (1989), pg 64</ref> and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] have failed to beat the club in six attempts. Through its history Cardiff RFC have provided more players to the [[Wales national rugby union team|Welsh]] national side and [[British and Irish Lions]] than any other Welsh club.

Following the [[Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales|2003 regionalisation]] of Welsh rugby, [[Cardiff Rugby]] became the professional arm of the organisation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cardiffbluesblog.com/2020/07/25/time-to-close-the-gap-between-cardiff-blues-and-cardiff-athletic-club/|title=Time to close the gap between Cardiff Blues and Cardiff Athletic Club|website=Cardiffbluesblog.com|date=25 July 2020|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> with the team branded Cardiff RFC playing in the semi pro Welsh Premier League. The Rugby section of the [[Cardiff Athletic Club]], run and administer the team alongside Cardiff Rugby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffrugby.wales/news/cardiff-rugby-faqs|title=Cardiff Rugby FAQs|website=Uprisevsi.co.uk|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>