The 2024–25 season is Cardiff's fourth season in the United Rugby Championship. Along with competing in the URC and its Welsh Shield competition, the club also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Senior squad

For player movements before or during the 2024–25 season, see List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers § Cardiff.
Cardiff Rugby United Rugby Championship squad[a]

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Wales on residency or dual nationality.
ST denotes a player on a short-term deal at the club,
Players and their allocated positions from the Cardiff Rugby website.[3]
  1. ^ Taking into account signings and departures head of 2024–25 season as listed on List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers.

Academy squad

Cardiff Rugby Academy squad[a]

Props

  • Wales Dylan Barratt
  • Wales Harrison Rock
  • Wales Cameron Tyler-Grocott

Hookers

  • Wales Tom Howe

Locks

  • Wales Lucca Alexander-White
  • Wales Sonny McCabe

Back row

  • Wales Alfie Prygodzicz
  • Wales Evan Rees

Scrum-halves

  • Wales Sion Davies

Fly-halves

  • Wales Ben Coomer

Centres

  • Wales Osian Darwin-Lewis
  • Wales Elijah Evans
  • Wales Ioan Leyshon

Wings

  • Wales Ollie Das
  • Wales Joseff Jones
  • Wales Kodie Stone

Fullbacks

  • Wales Matty Young
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Wales on residency or dual nationality.
Players and their allocated positions from the Cardiff Rugby website.[4]
  1. ^ Taking into account signings and departures ahead of the 2024–25 season as listed on List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers.

United Rugby Championship

Main table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Ireland Leinster 12 12 0 0 360 166 +194 52 24 9 0 57 Play-offs &
Berth in the 2024–25 Champions Cup
2 Scotland Glasgow Warriors 12 8 0 4 353 225 +128 53 29 8 4 44
3 South Africa Bulls 12 8 0 4 316 249 +67 41 29 6 3 41
4 South Africa Sharks 12 8 0 4 313 309 +4 40 43 5 2 39
5 Ireland Munster 12 6 0 6 287 294 −7 46 41 8 1 33
6 Wales Cardiff 12 5 1 6 263 321 −58 41 44 7 2 31
7 Scotland Edinburgh 12 5 0 7 295 300 −5 41 41 5 5 30
8 South Africa Lions 12 6 0 6 280 269 +11 36 38 3 2 29
9 Ireland Connacht 12 5 0 7 277 296 −19 42 38 6 3 29 Berth in the 2024–25 Challenge Cup
10 Wales Scarlets 12 5 1 6 271 255 +16 29 36 2 4 28
11 Wales Ospreys 12 5 1 6 258 258 0 34 33 3 3 28
12 South Africa Stormers 12 5 0 7 272 293 −21 34 37 5 3 28
13 Italy Benetton 12 5 1 6 251 317 −66 31 44 5 1 28
14 Ireland Ulster 12 5 0 7 269 294 −25 39 42 3 4 27
15 Italy Zebre Parma 12 5 0 7 196 268 −72 25 38 2 3 25
16 Wales Dragons 12 1 0 11 226 374 −148 28 53 1 3 8
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. Source: [5]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won 2) The difference between points for and points against 3) The number of tries scored 4) The most points scored 5) The difference between tries for and tries against 6) The fewest red cards received 7) The fewest yellow cards received.[6]


URC Welsh Shield

2024–25 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools view · watch · · discuss
Wales Welsh Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts Pos overall
1 Wales Cardiff 5 3 1 1 111 98 +13 16 11 3 1 18 6
2 Wales Scarlets 4 2 0 2 94 81 +13 10 11 1 1 10 10
3 Wales Ospreys 3 1 1 1 57 58 –1 6 4 0 1 7 11
4 Wales Dragons 4 1 0 3 83 108 –25 9 14 0 1 5 16
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[7]
  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields.

(S) : URC Shield champion

Round 1

20 September 2024
19:35
(1 BP) Cardiff Wales22–17Italy Zebre Parma (1 BP)
Try: Winnett 9' c
Stephens 18' m
D. Thomas 23' m
McNally 56' m
Con: Sheedy 10' (1/4)		Try: Bertaccini 64' c
Locatelli 81' c
Con: Da Re (2/2) 65', 82'
Pen: Montemauri 8'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 6,291[8]
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

Round 2

28 September 2024
17:15
Scarlets Wales15–24Wales Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Page 1' c
Plumtree 10' m
Con: Costelow (1/2) 1'
Pen: Costelow (1) 4'		Try: Belcher 17' m
Grady 21' c
Millard 56'
B. Thomas 62'
Con: Sheedy (2/4) 21', 63'
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 7,355[9]
Referee: Christopher Allison (South Africa)

Round 3

4 October 2024
19:35
(1 BP) Cardiff Wales36–52Scotland Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: D. Thomas 11' c
Winnett 19' m
Byrne 46' c
Martin 52' c
Donnell 67' c
Con: Sheedy (1/2) 12'
de Beer (3/3) 47', 54' 69'
Pen: de Beer (1/1) 59'		Try: Dobie 5' c
Rowe (2) 21' m, 74' m
Jordan (2) 29' c, 74' m
Tuipulotu 34' c
Jones 37' c
M. Fagerson 74' m
Con: Jordan (5/6) 6', 30', 35', 39', 64'
Weir (1/2) 72'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 6,237[10]
Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)

Round 4

12 October 2024
15:00
(1 BP) Cardiff Wales19–25Wales Scarlets
Try: Millard 22' c, 43' m
Penalty try 66'
Con: de Beer 23' (1/1)		Try: G. Davies (2) 32' m, 46' c
J. Williams 59' c
Con: Lloyd (2/3) 47', 60'
Pen: Lloyd (2) 8', 16'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 12,125[11]
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Round 5

19 October 2024
17:15
(1 BP) Edinburgh Scotland27–8Wales Cardiff
Try: van der Merwe 45' c
Schoeman 61' m
Graham 64' m
Ashman 78' c
Con: Thompson (2/4) 46', 79'
Pen: Thompson 6'		Try: Young 28' m
Pen: Sheedy 57'
Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 6,507[11]
Referee: Morné Ferreira, South Africa

Round 6

26 October 2024
19:35
Cardiff Wales21–19Ireland Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Stephens 48' c
Hughes 64' c
Young 67' c
Con: Sheedy (3/3) 49', 65', 68'		Try: Izuchukwu 13' c
Postlethwaite (2) 17' c, 23' m
Con: Doak (2/3) 14', 18'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 8,312[12]
Referee: Sam Grove-White, Scotland

Round 7

30 November 2024
17:15
(1 BP) Cardiff Wales31–23Wales Dragons
Try: Mann 31' c
Millard 42' c
Sheedy 42' c
Lee-Lo 49' c
Con: Sheedy (4/4) 32', 43', 43', 50'
Pen: Sheedy 7'		Try: Lloyd 64' c
Seiuli 71' c
Con: O'Brien (2/2) 65', 72'
Pen: O'Brien (3) 11', 23', 28'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 9,638[13]
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Round 8

26 December 2024
15:00
(1 BP) Dragons Wales22-24Wales Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Wainwright 14' c
Dyer 19' m
R. Williams 68' c
Con: O'Brien (2/3) 15', 69'
Pen: O'Brien 17'		ReportTry: Williams 32' m
Adams 44' c
Hamer-Webb 56' c
Lloyd 75' m
Con: Sheedy (2/4) 45', 57'
Rodney Parade, Newport
Attendance: 8,511[14]
Referee: Adam Jones

Round 9

1 January 2025
15:00
Cardiff Wales13–13Wales Ospreys
Try: Botham 6'
Hughes 53'
Pen: Thomas 70'		ReportTry: Edwards 49'
Con: Edwards 50'
Pen: Edwards (2) 31', 68'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 12,125 [15]

Round 10

25 January 2025
17:15
Cardiff Wales22–42South Africa Sharks
Try: Mann 6' m
Bowen (2) 36' m, 43' c
Hamer-Webb 57' m
Con: Sheedy (1/4) 44'		Try: Mbonambi (2) 14' c, 41' c
Julius 17' c
Mapimpi 31' c
F. Venter 72' c
Penxe 75' c
Con: Jo. Hendrikse (6/6) 14', 18', 32', 41', 73', 76'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 11,687

Round 11

15 February 2025 (1 BP) Connacht Ireland 24–19 Wales Cardiff (1BP) The Sportsground, Galway  
19:35 Try: Murphy, 7'c
Hurley-Langton, 17'c
Heffernan, 47'
Tierney-Martin, 75
Con: Ioane (2)
 Report Try: Lee-Lo, 52'c
Donnell, 63'
Braley, 69'c
Con: Sheedy (2)
 Attendance: 3,648

Round 12

1 March 2025
15:00
Leinster IrelandvWales Cardiff
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Round 13

21 March 2025
19:35
Cardiff WalesvSouth Africa Lions
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Round 14

29 March 2025
20:35
Benetton ItalyvWales Cardiff
Stadio Monigo, Treviso

Round 15

19 April 2025
15:00
Ospreys WalesvWales Cardiff
Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Round 16

25 April 2025
19:35
Cardiff WalesvIreland Munster
Cardiff Arms Park

Round 17

10 May 2025
16:45
Bulls South AfricavWales Cardiff
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Round 18

16 May 2025
19:00
Stormers South AfricavWales Cardiff
Cape Town Stadium

European Challenge Cup

EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 1
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Ireland Connacht (1) 4 4 0 0 154 73 +81 25 10 4 0 20 Home round of 16
2 France Lyon (5) 4 3 0 1 150 118 +32 21 19 2 0 14
3 France Perpignan (8) 4 2 1 1 100 92 +8 12 14 1 0 11
4 Wales Cardiff (16) 4 1 0 3 91 98 −7 13 13 2 1 7 Away round of 16
5 South Africa Cheetahs 4 1 1 2 73 132 −59 10 19 0 0 6
6 Italy Zebre Parma 4 0 0 4 70 125 −55 10 17 0 2 2
Source: EPCR[16]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool matches

Round 1

7 December 2024
16:15
(1 BP) Lyon France37–26Wales Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Dumortier (2) 6' m, 37' m
Parisien 24' c
Charcosset 47' c
González 62' c
Con: Meliande (3/4) 25', 48', 63'
Pen: Meliande (1/1) 69'
González (1/1) 74'		ReportTry: Adams 3' c
Southworth 15' c
Bevan 53' c
Hamer-Webb 61' m
Con: Sheedy (3/4) 4', 16', 54'
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 14,073
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Round 2

14 December 2024
20:00
(1 BP) Cardiff Wales26–10South Africa Cheetahs
Try: Adams (2) 17' m, 56' c
Bowen 46' c
Penalty try 67'
Con: Sheedy (2/3) 47', 57'		ReportTry: de Haas 31' c
Con: Wentzel (1/1) 33'
Pen: Wentzel (1/1) 36'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

Round 3

11 January 2025
14:00
Perpignan France23–20Wales Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Allan 39' c
Veredamu 49' m
Velarte 61' m
Con: Allan (1/2) 40+1'
Pen: Allan (2/2) 3', 48'		ReportTry: Lee-Lo 42' c
Mulder 69' c
Con: de Beer (2/2) 43', 69'
Pen: de Beer (2/2) 35', 53'
Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
Attendance: 8,016
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

Round 4

17 January 2025
20:00
Cardiff Wales19–28Ireland Connacht (1 BP)
Try: Lloyd 17' c
Young (2) 42' c, 58' m
Con: Ben Thomas (2/3) 18', 43'		ReportTry: J. Murphy 13' c
Joyce 36' c
Ralston 53' c
Devine 65' c
Con: Ioane (3/3) 13', 37', 54'
Hanranhan (1/1) 66'
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)

Round of 16

Cardiff qualified as the 16th and final seed from the pool stages and will meet top seed Connacht Rugby in the round of 16.

5 April 2025
20:00
Connacht Ireland (1)v(16) Wales Cardiff
Dexcom Stadium, Galway

Home attendance

As of 4 February 2025

Domestic League European Challenge Cup Total
League Fixtures Total Attendance Average Attendance Highest Lowest League Fixtures Total Attendance Average Attendance Highest Lowest Total Attendance Average Attendance
2024–25 United Rugby Championship 7 66,415 9,488 12,125 6,237 2024–25 European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 11,731 5,865 6,321 5,410 78,146 8,683

References

  1. ^ a b "Board & Management". Cardiff Blues.
  2. ^ "Cardiff Rugby to change hands as new owners confirmed". www.rugbypass.com. 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  3. ^ "Senior Squad". Cardiff Rugby. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Academy Squad". 24 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Championship Table". United Rugby Championship. Archived from the original on 29 January 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Competition rules - United Rugby Championship". United Rugby Championship. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ^ League Format (3) "Competition Rules". United Rugby Championship. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Cardiff Rugby Fixtures and Results", 22 Sep 2024
  9. ^ "Scarlets Rugby Fixtures and Results", 29 Sep 2024
  10. ^ "URC: Cardiff V Glasgow: Tom Jordan leads the charge in Warriors win", The Offside Line, 4 October
  11. ^ a b "Cardiff Fixtures & Results"
  12. ^ "Cardiff 21-19 Ulster", Cardiff Rugby, 26 October 2024
  13. ^ "Cardiff Rugby Fixtures & Results"
  14. ^ Dragons Fixtures & Results
  15. ^ [1]
  16. ^ "Pool Tables | EPCR Challenge Cup". European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Cardiff_Rugby_season
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