1888 Cardiff Football Union Medal

• Penarth Times 10th April 2009 www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/4276348.Rugby_medal_causes_a_stir/ Penarth Times article: "Rugby Medal Causes a Stir"

• WalesOnline 3rd April 2009 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/04/03/medal-marks-the-birth-of-great-game-91466-23298938/ "Medal marks the birth of great game" by Catherine Mary Evans, South Wales Echo.

• View scanned copy of article in South Wales Echo 1888medal.homestead.com Echo article "Medal marks the birth of great game" scanned from the paper and converted to image.

• Temporary link to BBC 'Good Evening Wales' www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/goodeveningwales Live interview at 5.50 pm. You'll see on the page "Listen online to the week's programmes: Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri". Click on Fri and the 5 minute discussion on the medal starts 1 hour 47 minutes in, at 1:47.30 on the iplayer. This will only be applicable until Friday 10th April when it is updated by the programme taking place on that day.

Links to Rugby Clubs, Rugby Museums and other sites with a connection, many of which give details of their history.

• Welsh Rugby Union wru.co.uk The Welsh Rugby Union 'have been the guardians of Wales national sport since 1881. A group of 11 clubs (Swansea, Lampeter, Llandeilo, Cardiff, Newport, Llanelli, Merthyr, Llandovery, Brecon, Pontypool and Bangor) came together at the Castle Hotel, Neath on 12th March 1881, to form the Welsh Rugby Football Union...'

• Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. www.millenniumstadium.com/197_211.php Opened in June 1999, the Millennium Stadium has "welcomed over 1.3 Million visitors per year. With the first retractable roof in the UK, the Stadium is a multi purpose, all round venue. With a UEFA 5 Star rating and two Rugby World Cups, a Wales Grand Slam, six FA Cup Finals plus a plethora of major concerts and motorsports events on its CV, the Millennium Stadium is established as a world class must play, must visit venue and has played home to five major sporting bodies over the last eight years."

• Cardiff Blues www.cardiffblues.com/3_118.php Cardiff Blues have a number of Wales internationals in their current squad, four players that have represented the British & Irish Lions and three players that have played for the All Blacks. As can be seen on their site, the Blues are "totally committed to supporting rugby activities throughout the region."

• Cardiff City Stadium Project Site www.cardiffcitystadium.co.uk This site records the progress of Cardiff City Stadium as it is being built. It includes early virtual reality shots, aerial and ground shots, drawings, news, links and more.

• Old Penarthians Rugby Football Club www.oldpenarthiansrfc.co.uk "Whilst not intending to provide a definitive history of the club, it is to be hoped that these paragraphs will provide our visiting colleagues with some insight into the background of the Old Penarthians R.F.C. and, at the same time, serve as a reminder to our own members of the legacy that they have inherited..."

• Penarth Rugby Football Club www.penarthrfc.co.uk "1901-2001 A Century of Romance. Nothing epitomises better the romantic spirit that galvanised the Barbarians rugby club over the last century than one of its now-abandoned fixtures, the Good Friday clash with the once mighty Penarth Rugby Football Club..."

• Official Site of the Barbarians www.barbarianfc.co.uk "The Barbarians are a rugby club which brings together players from different clubs to play a few matches each year to enjoy the camaraderie of the game and play attacking, adventurous rugby without the pressure of having to win."

• The Grand Slam and Penderyn Distillery www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/picturegallery/rugby.html Photographs of Penderyn Distillery showing Welsh Rugby Union members endorsing the Penderyn Grand Slam Edition Single Malt Whisky. Penderyn is the only distillery in Wales, produces one of the finest and most delicate malt whiskies in the world and has won numerous awards.

• SA Brain & Co www.sabrain.com/sponsorship/welsh-rugby-union "In 2004, Brains became the first Welsh brand to sponsor the Welsh Rugby Union.....The sponsorship tie-up between the WRU and Brains is now agreed to continue to 2012."

• World Rugby Museum Twickenham www.rfu.com/microsites/museum "...Twickenham is the home of England rugby and also the World Rugby Museum - home to the finest collection of rugby memorabilia in the world. The Museum opened in 1996 and takes visitors through the history of the sport from its origins to the present day. More than just a collection of interesting artefacts, the World Rugby Museum is an inspirational journey through the history of the ultimate team game..."

• New Zealand Rugby Museum www.rugbymuseum.co.nz The NZ Rugby Museum is "...the oldest and arguably the first museum in the world devoted to the oval ball code. It contains New Zealand's biggest and most comprehensive collection of rugby memorabilia and records, including some of the world's rarest rugby artefacts. The extensive photo library provides rare and detailed coverage of the emergence of New Zealand as a major rugby power..."

• Home of the mighty All Blacks www.allblacks.com "...For many years football had been played in various parts of the then colony, including what would soon become the three main cities, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. But the games which were played were of an ad hoc nature, and a hybrid combination of the various football codes, most of which had their origins on the playing fields of Englands Public Schools..."

• Rugby Football History website www.rugbyfootballhistory.com "The aim of this web site is to record the history of Rugby Union Football and make it available online for educational purposes. The web site has been featured by the BBC, Rugby World, The Guardian, US Public Radio's Rugby Hour and a variety of other newspapers and publications..."

• The Rugby Blog www.therugbyblog.co.uk Described by the Times as a "Witty, comprehensive and engaging rugby blog", the Rugby Blog keeps up with current rugby events and invites readers to participate.