Editing Cardiff Rugby (section)

{{short description|Professional Welsh regional rugby union team}}
{{for|the team competing in Super Rygbi Cymru |Cardiff RFC}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname       = Cardiff Rugby
| union          = [[Welsh Rugby Union]]
| nickname       = Blue and Blacks
| image          = Cardiff Rugby logo (2021).jpg
| imagesize      = 145px
| shortname      = 
| founded        = 1876
| ground         = [[Cardiff Arms Park]]
| capacity       = 12,125
| location       = [[Cardiff]], Wales
| chairman       = Alun Jones<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Board & Management |url=https://www.cardiffblues.com/board-management |publisher=Cardiff Blues}}</ref>
| ceo            = Richard Holland<ref name="auto1"/>
| president      = [[Gareth Edwards (rugby union)|Gareth Edwards]] (honorary)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=Cardiff Rugby to change hands as new owners confirmed |url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/cardiff-rugby-issue-statement-on-change-of-ownership/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=www.rugbypass.com |language=en}}</ref>
| rugby director = 
| coach          = [[Matt Sherratt]]
| captain        = [[Liam Belcher]]
| appearances           = [[Lloyd Williams (rugby union, born 1989)|Lloyd Williams]] (256) <ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiffblues.com/|title=Cardiff Blues|website=cardiffblues.com|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331112828/https://www.cardiffblues.com/|archive-date=31 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| top scorer     = [[Ben Blair]] (1078) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffblues.com/player-profile/ben-blair-113|title=Ben Blair|first=upriseVSI|last=www.uprisevsi.co.uk|website=upriseVSI}}</ref>
| most tries     = [[Tom James (rugby union, born 1987)|Tom James]] (60) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffblues.com/player-profile/tom-james-155|title=Tom James|first=upriseVSI|last=www.uprisevsi.co.uk|website=upriseVSI}}</ref>
| league         = [[United Rugby Championship]]
| season         = [[2023–24 United Rugby Championship|2023–24]]
| position       = 12th (Welsh Shield: 3rd)

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| url            = https://cardiffrugby.wales/
| currentseason  = 2024–25 Cardiff Rugby season
}}
'''Cardiff Rugby''' ({{langx|cy| Rygbi Caerdydd}}) are one of the four professional Welsh [[rugby union]] teams. 
Based in [[Cardiff]], the team play at [[Cardiff Arms Park]].<ref name="Our Story {{pipe}} Cardiff Blues">{{cite web | url=https://www.cardiffrugby.wales/our-story | title=Our Story {{pipe}} Cardiff Blues|website=Cardiffrugby.wales}}</ref> Originally formed in 1876,<ref name="cf10rugbytrust.org">{{cite web | url=https://cf10rugbytrust.org/blog/uproar-suggestions-cardiff-rugby-merger | title=Uproar at Suggestions of Cardiff Rugby Merger | date=13 April 2017 }}</ref> from 2003 to 2021 the first team was known as the '''Cardiff Blues''' before rebranding back to Cardiff Rugby prior to the start of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-03-01 |title=Introducing... Cardiff Rugby |url=https://cardiffblues.com/news/introducing-cardiff-rugby |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301120247/https://cardiffblues.com/news/introducing-cardiff-rugby |archive-date=2021-03-01 |access-date=2021-05-01 |website=Cardiff Blues}}</ref>

Cardiff have provided more players to the [[Wales national rugby union team|Welsh]] national side and [[British and Irish Lions]] than any other Welsh club.

They are one of a small number of clubs to have beaten the three major Southern Hemisphere international sides. [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]],<ref name="Parry-Jones63">Parry-Jones (1989), pg 63</ref> [[All Blacks|New Zealand]],<ref name="Parry-Jones64">Parry-Jones (1989), pg 64</ref> and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]. The latter have been defeated by Cardiff on six occasions.

They won [[European Challenge Cup]] titles in 2010 and 2018, beating [[Toulon Rugby|Toulon]] and [[Gloucester Rugby|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",<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cardiffrugby.wales/news/cardiff-confirm-two-double-headers-with-the-rags | title=Cardiff confirm two double headers with the Rags }}</ref> which competes in  [[Super Rygbi Cymru]].

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