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====Today==== Today, Cardiff Rugby Club Ltd runs two distinct teams. [[Cardiff Rugby]] now back at [[Cardiff Arms Park]] after three years playing at [[Cardiff City Stadium]]. The professional side, Cardiff Rugby take part in the [[United Rugby Championship]] and [[Rugby Challenge Cup]]. The semi professional Cardiff RFC side take part in the [[Super Rygbi Cymru]] and [[SRC Cup]]. In 2019, Steve Law's team won the [[WRU Challenge Cup]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-match-reports/cardiff-25-19-merthyr-blue-16194386|title=Cardiff 25-19 Merthyr: Blue and Blacks seal first silverware in decade|date=28 April 2019|website=WalesOnline|access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> beating [[Merthyr]] 25β19 in the final. The following season they led the league table and remained on course for a league and cup double when the COVID-19 pandemic brought an abrupt end to the season and WRU denied awarding honours.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51980014|title=Welsh rugby cancelled for rest of season|work=BBC Sport |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> Ahead of the 2021/22 season, Cardiff Rugby academy manager Gruff Rees became Cardiff RFC Director of Rugby, alongside what was described as a new "alignment" with the Cardiff Rugby player pathway.<ref>[http://cardiffrfc.com/cardiff-rugy-academy-manager-gruff-rees-is-excited-by-the-blend-of-youth-and-experience-included-in-the-cardiff-rfc-squad] {{dead link|date=June 2022}}</ref> The team were knocked out of the cup by Newport but finished top of the Welsh Premier Division to become champions. In 2023 the club once again won the WRU Premiership Cup, defeating arch rivals Newport 13-10 and finishing top of the Welsh Premiership table, being denied the title by losing in a playoff final to Llandovery.
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