At the same time, plans were made for a new South Stand, which was estimated to cost £ 60, 000, however the tender price came out at GB £ 90, 000, a compromise was made, and it was decided to build a new upper South Stand costing £ 64, 000 instead, with the Cardiff Athletic Club contributing £ 15, 000 and the remainder coming from the WRU.

After agreement from the Cardiff Athletic Club, the freehold of the south ground was transferred solely to the WRU in July 1968.

The last international match to be held at the National Stadium was between Wales and England on 15 March 1997, and the last ever match that was held at the National Stadium was on 26 April 1997 between Cardiff and Swansea, Cardiff won the SWALEC Cup ( WRU Challenge Cup ) by 33 points to 26 points.

Later, the National Stadium was also home to the WRU Challenge Cup from 1972 until the match held at the Stadium on 26 April 1997, at a much reduced capacity, between Cardiff RFC and Swansea RFC.

The experiment was performed in several periods of concentrated observations between April and July 1887, in Adelbert Dormitory of WRU ( later renamed Pierce Hall, demolished in 1962 ).

At the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ) annual general meeting that year, the outgoing WRU President D. Ewart Davies declared that " it was evident from the experience of the South African Tour that a much more positive attitude to the game was required in Wales ... Players must be prepared to learn, and indeed re-learn, to the absolute point of mastery, the basic principles of Rugby Union football.

The stadium was built in 1999 on the site of the old National Stadium, known as Cardiff Arms Park, as the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ) had been chosen to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

This transaction was considered to be legally binding, and the Warriors became 100 % owned by the WRU who decided to liquidate the club on 1 June 2004.

Castle Hotel, Neath, where the WRU was founded.

After one year the Celtic Warriors region was closed down by David Moffett and WRU Chairman David Pickering leaving Wales with only four regions.

In August 2008 WRU chief Roger Lewis confirmed that the body was looking at a proposal to reinstate a fifth Welsh region, based in North Wales.

However financial difficulties at Pontypridd lead the team to sell its stake in the Warriors to Bridgend RFC benefactor Leighton Samuel and all games were moved away from Sardis Road before the club was controversially dissolved by the WRU in the summer of 2004.

In 2005 Pontypridd were beaten finalists in the WRU Challenge Cup, narrowly losing to Llanelli 24 – 25, having been leading 24 – 8 with only 10 minutes remaining until a former Pontypridd player Neil Boobyer was brought into the game and helped turn them game around in Llanelli's favour.

The 1920s closed with the formation of the West Wales Rugby Union, an event that initially appeared to be a positive indication of growth, but in fact the union was formed by western clubs to wrest control away from the WRU.

Even the WRU had problems, as it faced the fact that it was the only home union without their own ground.

At the beginning of the message, the sending machine could transmit an enquiry character or WRU ( Who aRe yoU ) code, and the recipient machine would automatically initiate a response which was encoded in a rotating drum that could be programmed by breaking off tabs.

Pontypool launched a legal challenge to avoid being the only team relegated but lost the case despite the judge commenting that the WRU's changing of the structure was " against the rules " but that the WRU had the power to do so.

The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and presently play in the WRU Division Four South East.

The WRU are responsible for the running of Welsh rugby, including 293 member clubs, the Welsh national team and National Leagues and Cups.

The WRU had 104 member clubs during the 1946-47 season ; by the mid fifties there were 130, even though the Union had done nothing to relax its strict membership regulations.

The WRU website also claims accreditation by International Association of Educators for World Peace and the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, but these are not recognized accreditation associations for higher education.

The Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ) () is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.

The improvements were partly funded by the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ).

Rugby: Llangefni is also home to Llangefni RFC a rugby team that plays in the WRU leagues.

* Welsh Rugby Profile at WRU. co. uk

In the autumn of 2004 Jenkins returned to the Welsh Rugby Union in the capacity of Kicking Skills Coach, working with the then newly formed WRU Academies to improve the future generations of outside halves.

Following the liquidation of the Celtic Warriors regional set up by the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ), McIntosh accepted a role as the WRU's Rugby Development Officer for the South Wales Valleys, allowing him to continue to inspire young players in his adopted home.

These regions came into being in 2003 when the WRU elected to reduce the current top tier of Welsh professional rugby union from nine clubs into five regions modelled on the successful Irish provinces and the Super Rugby franchises in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

The Llanelli Scarlets were founded in 2003, as one of the five ( now four ) regional teams created by the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ).

The Millennium Stadium is owned by Millennium Stadium plc which is a subsidiary company of the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ).

They were then reformed as Ponty Rugby Ltd playing at a semi professional level in the newly formed Welsh Premiership and unpopularly placed under the umbrella of local rivals Cardiff Blues by the WRU, Pontypridd continue to be the top team in the Glamorganshire south Wales Valleys and are considered by many of their fans to be the Valleys ' regional representative side, with Cardiff still perceived by the residents of the Valleys as rivals.

Rugby is thought to have reached Wales in the 1850s, with the national body, the Welsh Rugby Union ( WRU ) being formed in 1881.

Betws Rugby Club currently fields two rugby union teams: The first team finished 1st in WRU League Five South West in 2007-8 season and the second team finished bottom of Llanelli District Division 1.

* Rugby: Waunarlwydd RFC currently play in WRU Division One West and have 3 pitches

In 1882 Aberavon took part in the South Wales Challenge Cup, their first competitive game, and in the 1886 / 87 season Aberavon RFC applied to and were accepted into the WRU.

These days Ebbw Vale RFC still compete at a semi-professional level in the WRU Principality Premiership along with the Welsh Cup.

and Wrexham F. C., but then came to an agreement with the WRU to use Cardiff Arms Park and, subsequently, the Millennium Stadium.

Founded by Dr R Chalke, head of Porth Secondary School with WRU members Horace Lyne as president and Eric Evans as secretary.

The new logo is more stylised, with " WRU " in place of " Ich Dien ".

In 2007, Bedwas were the only club in the Welsh Premier League to be threatened with relegation due to them initially failing a facilities review conducted by the WRU.

The Four Home Unions committee which organises Lions tours decided to go ahead with the planned tour, despite this opposition, in November 1979 and the rugby unions of England ( RFU ), Ireland ( IRFU ), Scotland ( SRU ) and Wales ( WRU ) all approved the tour by January 1980.