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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 .
With an overall capacity of 60,000, the ground hosted the 1956 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In October 1966, the world’s first floodlit game was held at Cardiff Arms Park, with Cardiff RFC beating the Barbarians 12-8.
Wales won the right to host the World Cup in 1999. The centrepiece venue for the tournament was the Millennium Stadium, built on the site of the old National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park at a cost of £126 million from Lottery money and private investment.
At the 2015 World Cup Wales were in the same pool as Australia, England, Fiji and Uruguay. They finished second in the pool behind Australia and ahead of hosts England. South Africa defeated Wales in the quarter-final. In the 2019 World Cup, Wales were in pool D with Australia, Fiji, Georgia and Uruguay. They won all their group matches to ...
Sep 18, 2019 · Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Bryn Terfel sang and the Prince of Wales welcomed the world to Wales - and started 20 years of wonderful memories at the stadium. Organisers reveal the chaos behind...
Mar 15, 2012 · Long before a rugby ball was ever kicked there, it had played host to both the ancestors of Cardiff City and Glamorgan County Cricket Club: Riverside FC and Cardiff Cricket Club...
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The South Stand, with the Millenium Stadium towering behind. The Cardiff Blues are one of four sides set up by the Welsh Rugby Union to compete in professional rugby competitions in Europe. The side currently compete in the RaboDirect Pro12, Anglo-Welsh Cup and Heineken Cup, and despite their name represent not only the capital city of Wales ...
