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Wales and British Lions international rugby union player
Tangaki Taulupe Faletau, commonly known as Toby Faletau but professionally as Taulupe Faletau, is a Welsh professional rugby union player for Cardiff Rugby in the United Rugby Championship and has represented the Wales national team for over 10 years. The back row forward played for Cross Keys RFC, Newport RFC and Newport Gwent Dragons in Wales before joining Bath in 2016. He joined Cardiff in 2022.
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Capital and largest city of Wales
Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 381,516 in 2025 and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff. The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales, the city sits within the Cardiff Capital Region, which consists of 1.5 million people, accounting for roughly half the nation's total population. Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and from 1974 to 1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities.
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Champions Leinster score five tries to beat Cardiff in Dublin for their first win of the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship campaign.
Nation.Cymru staff Cardiff suffered their first defeat of the United Rugby Championship season as Leinster punished an early yellow card to claim a 29-5 victory in Dublin. After opening wins over Scarlets and Zebre, the Blue and Blacks were restricted to a Mason Grady try as the defending champions marked their return…
Leinster name an entirely new starting XV for Cardiff’s visit to Laya Arena. See the teams, URC form, head-to-head record and handicap move from -20 to -25.