Millennium Stadium
The stunning Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is one of the world's most spectacular sporting arenas. Completed for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, it has a 72,500 capacity and boasts a retractable roof.
It was built as a replacement for the old Cardiff Arms Park at a cost of £130 million.
The shape of the seating bowl was the primary design factor. Computer-aided design helped create a high standard of viewing and comfort for each seat.
The first game at the stadium was against the then World Cup holders South Africa in June 1999, when the ground was not yet completed and the capacity was just 27,000. Wales won for the first time against South Africa, 29-19.
Cardiff
Whether you do it as a day trip by bus, car or train, or whether you make a weekend of it, Cardiff is a RBS 6 Nations venue with a character all of its own.
Bustling, noisy, a little claustrophobic even, Cardiff on international match days is quite an experience. No rolling maul ever seen in the magnificent Millennium Stadium or its Cardiff Arms Park predecessor can match, for sheer heroic human endeavour, the crush at the city centre bars.
Yet Cardiff's centre, dominated to one side by the historic castle, is full of good places to eat and drink. The shopping arcades, and market, are excellent and there are live music venues, art galleries and nightclubs.
It's the raw rugby atmosphere that you come to Cardiff for, though, and on RBS 6 Nations Championship weekends you can literally eat, drink and sleep it on these streets.
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| Date | Time | Home | Score | Away | Venue | TV/Attend | Links |
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| Sat 13th Feb 10 | 14:00 | Wales | 31 - 24 | Scotland | Millennium Stadium |
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| Fri 26th Feb 10 | 20:00 | Wales | 20 - 26 | France | Millennium Stadium |
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| Sat 20th Mar 10 | 14:30 | Wales | v | Italy | Millennium Stadium |
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