Editing Newport RFC (section)

{{Short description|Welsh rugby union club, based in Newport}}
{{for-multi|the American rugby union team|Newport Rugby Football Club (Rhode Island)|the English rugby union team|Newport (Salop) Rugby Union Football Club}}
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{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname    = Newport RFC
| image       = Newport rfc logo.png
| image_size  = 160px
| fullname    = Newport Rugby Football Club
| nickname    = ''Black & Ambers''
| countryflag = Wales
| location    = [[Newport, Wales]]
| founded     = {{Start date and age|1874}}<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pp782 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref>
| union       = [[Welsh Rugby Union]]
| ground      = [[Newport Stadium]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]
| capacity    = 5,058
| coach       = Craig Warlow
| chairman    = Will Godfrey
| captain     = Adam Brown
| caps        = [[David Waters (rugby union)|David Waters]], 702
| top scorer  = [[Dan Griffiths (rugby union, born 1979)|Daniel Griffiths]], 1,551
| most tries  = [[Arthur Gould (rugby union)|Arthur Gould]], 159
| league      = [[Super Rygbi Cymru]]
| season      = 2023-2024
| position    = [[Welsh Premier Division|Indigo Group Premiership]], 2nd
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'''Newport Rugby Football Club''' ({{langx|cy|'''Clwb Rygbi Casnewydd'''}}) is a [[Rugby union in Wales|Welsh]] [[rugby union]] club based in the city of [[Newport, Wales]]. They presently play in the [[Super Rygbi Cymru]]. Until 2021 Newport RFC were based at [[Rodney Parade]] situated on the east bank of the [[River Usk]].

Every major rugby union touring team to visit Wales has played at Rodney Parade, and all of them were beaten at least once in the twentieth century by a side who, in 1951, played in the match at [[Cardiff RFC]] that attracted what was, a world-record crowd of 48,500 for a rugby union match between two clubs.<ref name="ParryJones96">{{cite book| title=The Rugby Clubs of Wales |pages=96 |first=David |last=Parry-Jones |year=1989 |isbn=0-09-173850-4}}</ref>

In addition to matches against all the major national sides a highlight of the Newport season was the annual match against the [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]], ensuring that the Newport fans enjoyed watching world-class players to supplement the Welsh internationals who were a common feature of the 'Black and Ambers'.

Newport supplied over 150 players to the Wales national team and international players to England, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Czech Republic, Canada and Fiji as well as over 80 Barbarians.

Following the [[Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales|regionalisation of Welsh rugby]] in 2003, Newport RFC are now a feeder club to the [[Dragons (rugby union)|Dragons]] regional team.

In March 2017, sale of Rodney Parade to the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] was agreed following a vote of Newport RFC shareholders.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39855860 WRU buy Rodney Parade].</ref> The takeover was completed on 27 June 2017 and work started to install a [[hybrid grass]] pitch for the 2017–18 rugby and football season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/football/newportcounty/15385323.Tough_start_fine_by_Exiles_boss_as_pitch_work_is_set_to_begin/#comments-anchor|title=Tough start fine by Exiles boss as pitch work is set to begin|website=South Wales Argus|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref>

In October 2021 Newport RFC relocated their home matches to [[Newport Stadium]] whilst agreeing with the [[Welsh Rugby Union|WRU]] to play two matches per season at Rodney Parade.<ref>[https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19629153.newport-rfc-move-games-historic-rodney-parade-home/ Newport RFC relocate to Newport Stadium]</ref>