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Name
Cardiff Arms Park
Alternate: Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd

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Cardiff Rugby vs Ulster
Sat 13 Dec 2025 20:00

Established
1969 (56 years old)

Capacity
12,125

Build Cost


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Country
Wales

Location
Cardiff, Wales

Timezone
UTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Coordinates
51.479722, -3.183611

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Upcoming
13 Dec	Cardiff R	-	Ulster
19 Dec	Cardiff R	-	Scarlets
26 Dec	Cardiff R	-	Dragons
10 Jan	Cardiff R	-	Racing Mé
24 Jan	Cardiff R	-	Benetton
27 Feb	Cardiff R	-	Leinster
24 Apr	Cardiff R	-	Ospreys
Results
25 Oct	Cardiff R	20 - 19	Edinburgh
11 Oct	Cardiff R	14 - 8	Connacht
27 Sep	Cardiff R	33 - 20	Lions
25 Apr	Cardiff R	26 - 21	Munster
21 Mar	Cardiff R	20 - 17	Lions Supe
25 Jan	Cardiff R	22 - 42	The Sharks
17 Jan	Cardiff R	19 - 28	Connacht

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Cardiff Arms Park (Welsh: Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is primarily a rugby union stadium, and also has a bowling green. It is situated in Cardiff, Wales, next to the Millennium Stadium. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, including the third-place play-off. The Arms Park also hosted the inaugural Heineken Cup Final of 1995–96 and the following year in 1996–97.

The history of the rugby ground begins with the first stands appearing for spectators in the ground in 1881–1882. Originally the Arms Park had a cricket ground to the north and a rugby union stadium to the south. By 1969, the cricket ground had been demolished to make way for the present day rugby ground to the north and a second rugby stadium to the south, called the National Stadium. The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium in 1999, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the national stadium of Wales. The rugby ground has remained the home of the semi-professional Cardiff RFC yet the professional Cardiff Blues regional rugby union team moved to the Cardiff City Stadium in 2009, but returned three years later.

The site is owned by Cardiff Athletic Club and has been host to many sports, apart from rugby union and cricket; they include athletics, association football, greyhound racing, tennis, British baseball and boxing. The site also has a bowling green to the north of the rugby ground, which is used by Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club, which is the bowls section of the Cardiff Athletic Club. The National Stadium also hosted many music concerts including Michael Jackson, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, The Rolling Stones and U2.


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