Off The Pitch

After 25 years as chairman of Cardiff Rugby, Peter Thomas will stand down from his position next summer as Cardiff Blues Limited enters a new era through governance changes. If you rewind to 1993, the world of rugby union was a vastly different place to the one we know now. The game was not yet...

As of this summer, Scrum V as we currently know it will be no more. 'Rejoice!' you might say, for the old boys club on a Sunday night has finally shut its doors. 'Disaster!' others say, for free to air television coverage is all but lost for the Guinness Pro14. Little known subscription channel...

Well, what a season 2017-8 turned out to be. Surely none of us would have predicted a second Challenge Cup win and a return to the Champions Cup on the back of our losses to Edinburgh, Leinster, Glasgow and Munster last September. Danny and the squad have worked miracles, the growing culture within...

Wednesday night saw Cardiff Blues host a second question and answer session of the season with supporters in the Sir Gareth Edwards Lounge. Richard Holland, Rhys Blumberg and Mike Brown gave up their own time to discuss the future of the club and address concerns of those in attendance, and we...

Wednesday 21st March sees the launch of the new online Cardiff Rugby Heritage Museum. The site contains over 800 items of rugby memorabilia-caps, jerseys, photographs, ties, trophies, programmes and season tickets-together with reports and results from each season since 1876. The museum was the...

Last week’s events at Cardiff Arms Park were just the latest instalment in a narrative that would appear to see two organisations incapable of agreeing something that they both want to achieve. We’ve deliberately taken some time out to consider the situation rather than rush into an emotional...