Sport
SWANSEA VALLEY HOLIDAY COTTAGES

RUGBY UNION | FOOTBALL | CRICKET

If you are a sports fan and fancy taking in a game of rugby, football or cricket during your holiday, then you won’t be disappointed. Check out the fixtures before you arrive!

FOOTBALL - Swansea City Football Club
Swansea City Football Club (The Swans) and the Neath-Swansea Ospreys Rugby Club both play at a new 20,000 all-seater stadium at Morfa, some 8 miles down-valley from our holiday accommodation. The Swans play in Division One of the English Football League. For ticket information see www.swanseacity.net

RUGBY UNION - The Ospreys, Neath RFC, Swansea RFC
The Ospreys, 2005 Celtic League Champions, boast a star studded squad of internationals including 2005 British Lions, Gavin Henson, Shane Williams & Ryan Jones and All Black legend Justin Marshall. For ticket info see www.ospreysrugby.com The two feeder teams for the Ospreys regional team are Neath and Swansea Rugby Clubs. Neath’s world famous rugby team are know as The Welsh All Blacks. They play at the Gnoll. For ticket info see www.neathrfc.co.uk Swansea Rugby Club are known as the All Whites and play at St Helens. For ticket info see www.swansearfc.co.uk

CRICKET - Glamorgan County Cricket Club
If cricket is your sport then you may have the opportunity to watch Glamorgan County Cricket Club, the 2005 Totesport One-day Champions, who play in the second division of the County Championship. Their star players include the England fast bowlers Simon Jones and Alex Wharf and ex-England off spinner Robert Croft. They play the majority of their games at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff but do play a few games at St. Helen’s in Swansea. It was in this ground that Sir Garfield Sobers hit six sixes in one over: the first time this was achieved in a game of first-class cricket. One ball is reputed to have landed in the Cricketers' pub just outside the ground. To find out their fixtures and ticket information see www.glamorgancricket.com