Official account of Cardiff University Rugby Football Club est 1883, BUCS Super Rugby, Welsh Varsity 2023 champions, 21 teams and WRU founder member club 🏉🔴⚫️
Cardiff is red and black tonight! 🔴⚫️
A brilliant result with the boys picking up the W is another highly contested
@BUCSSuperRugby
#CardiffClash
Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the boys!
Thanks to
@Cardiff_Rugby
for hosting another great event 👏🏼 👏🏼
We are extremely disappointed by the treatment we have received off the
@WelshRugbyUnion
during the last 2 weeks but we would like to take this opportunity wish all 6 clubs today the very best of luck in what will be a fantastic day for all clubs and supporters.
#finalsday
We are pleased to announce that the coaches and players player of the year for our
@BUCSSuperRugby
squad is Ellis Thomas. A well deserved recipient who has been outstanding all year. Da iawn Ellis! Looking forward to more brilliant performances next season! 🔴⚫️🔴⚫️
Brilliant result for the boys this evening. Great support from the club. Thanks for the game and your hospitality
@HartpuryRugby
and good luck for the season. We go again next week ⚫️🔴🏉
@BUCSSuperRugby
#HARCAR
Great advert for
@BUCSSuperRugby
this evening with the boys coming out on top 15-13. Thanks for the game
@HartpuryRugby
and have a safe journey home 🔴⚫️ 🚌
Look closely from tonight’s game and you will spot a number of the boys wearing their rainbow laces from previous
#welshvarsitys
in solidarity with
@gareththomas14
and everything that’s gone on in the last few days. No place for homophobia in our city, or our sport.
#solidarity
Results this week confirm our place in
@BUCSSuperRugby
for another season! A long and tough campaign but we cant question the commitment of club members, coaches and support staff. Good luck to those Unis playing in knockouts as our attention now turns to
@TheWelshVarsity
🔴⚫️🔴
Another week and another good luck message, this time from
@Springboks
World Cup winning captain
@SiyaKolisi
- We have checked and disappointingly he’s not studying enough credits with us so can’t play this week
@BUCSSuperRugby
🔴⚫️ 👊🏻
Welcome thoughts on this
@BUCSSuperRugby
- with no rule change yet by
@WelshRugbyUnion
there will be different rules for cross boarder competition 🤦🏻♂️
🏉To support player welfare, RFU Council agreed on Monday 16th January to lower the height of the tackle across the community game (Age Grade & Adult) from 1st July 2023
Find out more about the law change, including rationale, next steps & training support to be provided⬇️
Successful first
@BUCSSuperRugby
run out of 2022 with a bonus point win up north. Thanks for hosting
@NorthumbriaMRU
and good luck for the rest of the season 🔴⚫️
Here is your team traveling to
@HartpuryRugby
in round one of the 19/20
@BUCSSuperRugby
Congratulations to all those making their debuts for the club today - go well boys! 🔴⚫️
#TeamCardiff
Big thanks for all player that have responded. Team for tomorrow’s bowl quarterfinals 🔴⚫️
#boys
Pudding
Jack haines
Cooper Woolley
Ben Egan
Ian gough
James bater
James thomas C
Tom brown
Tom isaacs
Nicky Robinson
Owen lane
Jamie Roberts
Ross waddle
Tom flats
Hallam Amos
A long league season concludes with a win at home in our last game. Finishing 6th in
@BUCSSuperRugby
and top of the Welsh mini league 🔴⚫️
Huge thanks to the playing group, coaches, support staff, supporters and sponsors.
We go again in the knockouts away to Durham on the 29th 👊🏼
You want more announcements? Well, Whatever You Want. This next player has been playing for Cardiff University last season, but has already made an impression with Newport two seasons ago.
Alex Everett joins us from
@CardiffUni_RFC
.
#BlueAndBlacks
💙 🖤
It is with regret we have to announce the departure of
@alundaves007
as DOR. From everyone at CURFC we wish you all the best for the future (see link for full statement) ⚫️🔴⚫️🔴
🏉New management 🎥
We would like to welcome our new Head of performance analysis Callum Niblett. Callum has worked with many Welsh premiership teams as well regional experience with the dragons. He will be a huge asset ahead of the Clubs super rugby campaign. Welcome 👍🏼
Tonight isn’t about the result we’re extremely happy to have fielded 3 different squads of players against quality opposition. Thanks to
@CardiffUni_RFC
for helping to make this happen
Best of luck tomorrow to Ben Chapman who plays for
@EngRugbyUnis
in their fixture vs France. Huge achievement and well deserved recognition for a brilliant season! Go well Chapo! 🔴⚫️
Following on from the most successful season in the clubs BUCS history, there’s only 13 more sleeps until Captain Tom Wilson leads the boys out at the Principality for varsity 🔴⚫️🔴⚫️
#welshvarsity
#wilsonsthecaptainofourship
A season of uncertainty & who knows when we will play games. There will be a big void when we do as
@DavidLakin99
has decided to put his whistle and white board away to take a sabbatical from coaching.
A great servant to the club & we extend our thanks for the past 7 years! ⚫️🔴
With regret after a long history playing national cup competition, un-equitable changes in
@WelshRugbyUnion
regs preventing circa 80 of our students from playing mean we will be unable to compete this year. Apologies we are being prevented from paying you on Sat
@RhiwbinaRFC
☹️
Here is your team for round 2 of
@BUCSSuperRugby
as we welcome
@NorthumbriaMRU
to fortress Llanrumney for our 1st home game of the season.
We are pleased to announce that
@cardiff_blues
will be sponsoring our man of the match award for every home game! Who is your money on? 🔴⚫️
Another entertaining evening of
@BUCSSuperRugby
🔴⚫️
We earn another 5 points in a tough encounter with
@LeedsBeckettRFC
Thanks for a great game.
Have a safe trip home 🚌 🍕
The proud history of
@cardiffuni
students and club members representing
@WelshRugbyUnion
continued today as
@benthomas_77
gained his first senior international cap.
Congratulations Ben - the first of many caps to come! 🔴⚫️
Here we go again.....Pre season starts 7th September.
Freshers welcome to join us, please email Alan Flowers on FlowersA1
@cardiff
.ac.uk
#oneclub
#TeamCardiff
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