Cardiff Blues

The capital city’s flagship rugby union side, Cardiff Blues are one of Wales’s four professional clubs. Formed in 2003 after the entire Welsh club game was restructured, The Blues play their domestic matches in the Magners League against the other three pro Welsh sides (Ospreys, Dragons and Scarlets), plus leading clubs from Scotland, Ireland and, from the 2010-​11 season, Italy. They are yet to win the league despite a squad containing numerous top Welsh internationals, but did finish runners-​up two years in a row in the 2006-​07 and 2007-​08 seasons. In cup competitions, 2009 proved their most successful year to date, winning the Anglo-​Welsh Cup for the first time and finishing as losing semi-​finalists in European competition the Heineken Cup. Since the Cardiff City Stadium opened in 2009, The Blues have shared the ground with Cardiff City Football Club. The hostile welcome habitually extended to away teams at Cardiff City marches doesn’t generally extend to the Blues supporters, though, with good-​natured banter and no firmly-​implemented segregated between supporters. The stadium is one of the best in Wales in terms of modernity and genuinely great views for supporters throughout, too.