Rodney Parade

Rodney Parade
Rodney Parade
The view to the north-east from Newport Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 2509141.jpg
Rodney Parade viewed from Newport Cathedral across the River Usk
Location Rodney Parade,
Newport NP19 0UU,
Wales
Coordinates 51°35′18″N 2°59′16″W / 51.58833°N 2.98778°W / 51.58833; -2.98778Coordinates: 51°35′18″N 2°59′16″W / 51.58833°N 2.98778°W / 51.58833; -2.98778
Opened 1877
Owner Newport RFC
Operator Newport RFC
Surface Grass
Architect Thomas Douglas-Jones
Capacity 11,676
Tenants
Newport RFC
Newport Gwent Dragons
Monmouthshire County Cricket Club

Rodney Parade is a stadium in the city of Newport, south Wales. Located on the east bank of the River Usk in Newport city centre it is primarily used for rugby matches and is the home ground of Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team.[1]

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History

In 1875 the Newport Athletic Club was created, and two years later they secured the use of land at Rodney Parade from Lord Tredegar for their cricket, tennis, rugby and athletics teams.

Full internationals

There have been six full cap international matches held at Rodney Parade:

Date Competition Home team Away team
12 January 1884 1884 Home Nations Championship  Wales 0G, 0T  Scotland 1G, 1T
4 February 1888 1888 Home Nations Championship  Wales 0G, 1T  Scotland 0G, 0T
3 January 1891 1891 Home Nations Championship  Wales 3  England 7
3 February 1894 1894 Home Nations Championship  Wales 7  Scotland 0
9 January 1897 1897 Home Nations Championship  Wales 11  England 0
25 March 1912 Friendly  Wales 14  France 8

Redevelopment

The cricket ground which was on the site no longer exists as the ground was sold and the new Maindee primary school was built on the site.

On September 4, 2007 it was announced that the Rodney Parade stadium was due to be redeveloped into a 15,000-capacity ground by the beginning of the 2010 rugby union season. The redevelopment is backed by Newport City Council, Newport Unlimited, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. The application received planning consent on March 11, 2009. A previous proposal to build an entirely new out-of-town stadium appears to have been shelved.

In August 2010 it was announced that the target finish date for the first phase had been put back to the beginning of the 2011–12 rugby union season with the full redevelopment planned to take several years [2].

References

  1. ^ Magners League Team Information
  2. ^ Rodney Parade redevelopment

External links

v · d · eCeltic League venues 2011–12


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