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Welsh regional rugby, the Glossary

Welsh regional rugby is the top tier of professional Welsh club rugby and is composed of the Scarlets, Ospreys, Cardiff Rugby and the Dragons which compete in the United Rugby Championship.^[1]

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Rugby union leagues in Wales

Aberavon RFC

Aberavon RFC (Clwb Rygbi Aberafan) is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, though the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town.

See Welsh regional rugby and Aberavon RFC

Anglo-Welsh Cup

The Anglo-Welsh Cup, was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions.

See Welsh regional rugby and Anglo-Welsh Cup

ASM Clermont Auvergne

Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne is a French professional rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system.

See Welsh regional rugby and ASM Clermont Auvergne

Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Blaenau Gwent

Blues (Super Rugby)

The Blues (Kahurangi; known as the Auckland Blues from 1996 to 1999) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Auckland, who play in the Super Rugby competition.

See Welsh regional rugby and Blues (Super Rugby)

Brewery Field

Dunraven Brewery Field (Cae'r Bragdy Dunraven) is an 8,000 (1,100 seated) capacity sports stadium in Bridgend, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Brewery Field

Bridgend

Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just Pen-y-bont, meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea.

See Welsh regional rugby and Bridgend

Bridgend Ravens

Bridgend Ravens (Cigfrain Pen-y-bont) (formerly Bridgend RFC) are a semi-professional rugby union club based in Bridgend, South Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Bridgend Ravens

Caerphilly

Caerphilly (Caerffili) is a town and community in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Caerphilly

Caerphilly RFC

Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1887.

See Welsh regional rugby and Caerphilly RFC

Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Cardiff

Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park (Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff RFC

Cardiff Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Caerdydd) is a rugby union club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Cardiff RFC

Cardiff Rugby

Cardiff Rugby (Rygbi Caerdydd.) is one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams.

See Welsh regional rugby and Cardiff Rugby

Carmarthen Quins RFC

Carmarthen Quins Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Cwins Caerfyrddin) are one of two Welsh rugby union clubs based in Carmarthen in West Wales, the other being Carmarthen Athletic.

See Welsh regional rugby and Carmarthen Quins RFC

Celtic Warriors

The Celtic Warriors were a rugby union team from Wales, who played in the 2003–04 Celtic League and the 2003–04 Heineken Cup following the introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Celtic Warriors

Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay (Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea.

See Welsh regional rugby and Colwyn Bay

Cross Keys RFC

Cross Keys RFC (Clwb Rygbi Pont-y-Cymer) is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Crosskeys.

See Welsh regional rugby and Cross Keys RFC

Crusaders (rugby union)

The Crusaders (Whatumoana; formerly Canterbury Crusaders) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Christchurch, who compete in the Super Rugby competition.

See Welsh regional rugby and Crusaders (rugby union)

David Moffatt

David John Thomas Moffatt (18 May 1892 – 8 November 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1912 and 1917 and finally in 1919 and 1920 for the Richmond Football Club.

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

See Welsh regional rugby and De facto

Dragons RFC

Dragons RFC (Dreigiau) are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Dragons RFC

Ebbw Vale RFC

Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Glyn Ebwy) is a Welsh Rugby Union Club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Ebbw Vale RFC

EPCR Challenge Cup

The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

See Welsh regional rugby and EPCR Challenge Cup

European Rugby Champions Cup

The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

See Welsh regional rugby and European Rugby Champions Cup

Graham Henry

Sir Graham William Henry (born 8 June 1946) is a New Zealand rugby union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks.

See Welsh regional rugby and Graham Henry

Grand Slam (rugby union)

In rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship (or its Five Nations predecessor) beats all the others during one year's competition.

See Welsh regional rugby and Grand Slam (rugby union)

Leinster Rugby

Leinster Rugby (Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial club rugby union teams from the island of Ireland.

See Welsh regional rugby and Leinster Rugby

Llandovery RFC

Llandovery RFC (Clwb Rygbi Llanymddyfri) is a Welsh rugby union club based in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Llandovery RFC

Llanelli

Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish") is a market town and community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Llanelli

Llanelli RFC

Llanelli Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union club founded on 30 March 1872.

See Welsh regional rugby and Llanelli RFC

Merthyr RFC

Merthyr RFC is a Welsh rugby union club based in Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Merthyr RFC

Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

See Welsh regional rugby and Merthyr Tydfil

Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south east of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Monmouthshire

Neath RFC

Neath Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Castell-Nedd) is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Indigo Premiership for Season 2023/24.

See Welsh regional rugby and Neath RFC

Newport RFC

Newport Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Casnewydd) is a Welsh rugby union club based in the city of Newport, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Newport RFC

Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff.

See Welsh regional rugby and Newport, Wales

North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.

See Welsh regional rugby and North Wales

Osprey

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

See Welsh regional rugby and Osprey

Ospreys (rugby union)

The Ospreys (Y Gweilch), formerly the Neath–Swansea Ospreys www.walesonline.co.uk, accessed 22 October 2020 is one of the four professional rugby union teams from Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Ospreys (rugby union)

Parc y Scarlets

Parc y Scarlets (meaning: Scarlets Park) is a rugby union stadium in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, that opened in November 2008 as the new home of the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC.

See Welsh regional rugby and Parc y Scarlets

Pemberton, Carmarthenshire

Pemberton is an area situated east of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Pemberton, Carmarthenshire

Pontypool RFC

Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool, which plays in the WRU SUPER RYGBI CYMRU league.

See Welsh regional rugby and Pontypool RFC

Pontypridd

Pontypridd (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.

See Welsh regional rugby and Pontypridd

Pontypridd RFC

Pontypridd Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) is a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Pontypridd RFC

Powys

Powys is a county and preserved county in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Powys

Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system.

See Welsh regional rugby and Premiership Rugby

Project Reset (Welsh Rugby Union reform)

Project Reset is a proposed Welsh Rugby Union reform programme to restructure Welsh regional rugby.

See Welsh regional rugby and Project Reset (Welsh Rugby Union reform)

Racecourse Ground

The Racecourse Ground (Y Cae Ras), known for sponsorship reasons as the STōK Cae Ras (or STōK Racecourse), is a football stadium in Wrexham, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Racecourse Ground

RGC 1404

RGC 1404 (Rygbi Gogledd Cymru 1404), formerly "Gogledd Cymru" ("North Wales"), is a rugby union team founded in 2008 and based in Colwyn Bay, Conwy.

See Welsh regional rugby and RGC 1404

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Rhondda Cynon Taf

Rodney Parade

Rodney Parade is a stadium in the city of Newport, South Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Rodney Parade

Scarlets

The Scarlets are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Scarlets

South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys (Cymoedd De Cymru) are a group of industrialised peri-urban valleys in South Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and South Wales Valleys

Steve Hansen

Sir Stephen William Hansen and High Chief of Vaiala, (born 7 May 1959) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player.

See Welsh regional rugby and Steve Hansen

Stradey Park

Stradey Park (Welsh: Parc y Strade) was a rugby union stadium located near the centre of the town of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Stradey Park

Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Swansea

Swansea RFC

Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premiership.

See Welsh regional rugby and Swansea RFC

Swansea.com Stadium

The Swansea.com Stadium (Stadiwm Swansea.com; formerly Liberty Stadium) is an all-seated multi-use sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales, hosting both rugby union and football.

See Welsh regional rugby and Swansea.com Stadium

The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

See Welsh regional rugby and The Guardian

Top 14

The Top 14 is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France.

See Welsh regional rugby and Top 14

Torfaen

Torfaen is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Torfaen

United Rugby Championship

The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. Welsh regional rugby and United Rugby Championship are rugby union leagues in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and United Rugby Championship

Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg), locally referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Vale of Glamorgan

Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

See Welsh regional rugby and Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team (Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents the Welsh Rugby Union in men's international rugby union.

See Welsh regional rugby and Wales national rugby union team

Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

See Welsh regional rugby and Welsh language

Welsh Premier Division

The Welsh Premier Division, known for sponsorship reasons as the Indigo Group Premiership, (Uwch Gynghrair grŵp indigo) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) for the 1990–91 season. Welsh regional rugby and Welsh Premier Division are rugby union leagues in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Welsh Premier Division

Welsh regional rugby

Welsh regional rugby is the top tier of professional Welsh club rugby and is composed of the Scarlets, Ospreys, Cardiff Rugby and the Dragons which compete in the United Rugby Championship. Welsh regional rugby and Welsh regional rugby are rugby union leagues in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Welsh regional rugby

Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

See Welsh regional rugby and Welsh Rugby Union

Wrexham

Wrexham (Wrecsam) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and Wrexham

WRU Division One North

The Welsh Rugby Union Division One North (also called the SWALEC Division One North for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season. Welsh regional rugby and WRU Division One North are rugby union leagues in Wales.

See Welsh regional rugby and WRU Division One North

2008–09 EDF Energy Cup

The 2008–09 Anglo-Welsh Cup, known as the EDF Energy Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the fourth to follow the recently adopted Anglo-Welsh format.

See Welsh regional rugby and 2008–09 EDF Energy Cup

2009–10 European Challenge Cup

The 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 14th season of the European Challenge Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from six nations in European rugby.

See Welsh regional rugby and 2009–10 European Challenge Cup

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_regional_rugby

Also known as Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales.

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Rugby union leagues in Wales

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