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Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park and are owned by Cardiff Blues Rugby Ltd, who also own and run Cardiff Rugby Football Club.
Pontypridd Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. They compete in the Indigo Group Premiership, which they won for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015, and the Specsavers National Cup which they have won on 6 occasions with the most recent being in 2014.
Gethin Jenkins is a Welsh former rugby union player. He won 129 international caps for Wales and 5 for the British and Irish Lions. Jenkins was the record cap holder for Wales until he was overtaken by Alun Wyn Jones on 29 September 2019. He is the sixth most-capped player in rugby union history and the most capped front row forward. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Gerald Davies, Gareth Edwards, JPR Williams, Ryan Jones, Adam Jones and Alun Wyn Jones. On 31 October 2018 he announced his intention to retire after a final game for the Cardiff Blues against Zebre on Sunday 4 November 2018.
Ceri Sweeney is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Pontypridd RFC and Wales.
Matthew Rees is a Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Cardiff Blues. His usual position is at hooker. Rees is the most capped Hooker for the Wales national team.
John Yapp is a Welsh international rugby union player, currently with Edinburgh. He first played for Cardiff during the Christmas period in 2002. He made his first team debut against Ebbw Vale on Boxing Day at the age of 18. Despite his young age, he was featured in 17 of a possible 19 games by the end of the season and had been called up to train with the Wales-under-21 squad.
Aled Brew is a Wales international rugby union player who plays as a winger. He made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against Ireland in the 2007 Six Nations Championship.
Scott Roberts is a rugby union prop forward
Bradley Davies is a Wales international rugby union player for the Ospreys in the Pro14. His is the son of the former lock for Pontypridd; Bleddyn Davies.
Mark Lewis was a rugby union player.
Gareth Baber is a Welsh former rugby player and now a rugby union coach. He is the current coach of the Fiji national rugby sevens team. He coached Fiji to their fourth World Sevens Series title. He has won the most tournaments in the world series as coach for Fiji.
Robert Lewis is a Welsh rugby union player.
Iorworth Alan Rhys Gill is a Wales international rugby union player. A prop forward he joined Saracens in May 2009 having previously played for Cardiff Blues.
Tavis Knoyle is a Wales international rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half.
Anthony Kristian Baller is a rugby league footballer who plays for the West Wales Raiders in Betfred League 1.
Christopher David Dicomidis is a rugby union player for Pontypridd RFC in the Principality Premiership, and for the Cyprus national team.
Glyn Davies was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for a large selection of clubs but most notably for Pontypridd and Cambridge University. He won eleven international caps for Wales including a win over the touring 1947 Australia team. Described as a mercurial outside half, Davies was notable for his sidestep and ability to change pace and direction with ease.
Lloyd Williams is a Wales international rugby union player. A scrum-half, he plays club rugby for the Cardiff Blues. He attended Cowbridge Comprehensive School and he is a fluent Welsh speaker. Lloyd Williams' father is former Wales international scrum-half Brynmor Williams. His younger brother Tom Williams is also a professional rugby union player.
Kristian Dacey is a Welsh rugby union player. A hooker, he plays club rugby for the Cardiff Blues having started his rugby playing with Merthyr RFC before honing his skills at Pontypridd RFC.
Tomos Williams is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Cardiff Blues as a scrum half. He is a Wales under-20 international, and played for the Wales sevens team during the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.
