Rodney Parade
| Rodney Parade | |
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 Rodney Parade viewed from Newport Cathedral across the River Usk |
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| Location | Rodney Parade Rodney Road Newport Wales NP19 0UU |
| Coordinates | 51°35′18″N 2°59′16″W / 51.58833°N 2.98778°WCoordinates: 51°35′18″N 2°59′16″W / 51.58833°N 2.98778°W |
| Opened | 1877 |
| Owner | Newport RFC |
| Operator | Newport RFC |
| Surface | Grass |
| Architect | Thomas Douglas-Jones |
| Capacity | 11,676 |
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| Newport RFC Newport Gwent Dragons Monmouthshire County Cricket Club |
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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]
The ground is on Rodney Road, a short walk from Newport bus station and Newport railway station via Newport Bridge or Newport City footbridge. It has two covered, all seating stands; the larger west stand (Hazell stand) and the smaller but newer east stand (Bisley stand). Behind the goalposts is standing only on the north and south terraces. There is no spectator car park at the ground but a number of NCP's are nearby. The ticket office and club shop is located in Grafton Street.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Full internationals
There have been six full cap international matches held at Rodney Parade:
| Date | Competition | Home team | Away team | ||
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| 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 |
[edit] 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] The new East Stand was opened in October 2011 and named the Bisley Stand for sponsorship purposes.
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