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class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.6634694°N 3.7971611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.6634694; -3.7971611</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rugby stadium in Neath, Wales</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg/250px-The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg/375px-The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg/500px-The_Gnoll_-_Neath_RFC_-_geograph-2277123.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="464" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Gnoll in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" 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system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=The_Gnoll&params=51_39_48.49_N_3_47_49.78_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°39′48.49″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°47′49.78″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.6634694°N 3.7971611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.6634694; -3.7971611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface</th><td class="infobox-data">Grass</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Tenants</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neath_Cricket_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neath Cricket Club (page does not exist)">Neath Cricket Club</a> (1848–present)<br /><a href="/wiki/Neath_RFC" title="Neath RFC">Neath RFC</a> (1871–present)<br /><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_league_team" title="Wales national rugby league team">Wales national rugby league team</a> (2024–present)<br /><a href="/wiki/Wales_women%27s_national_rugby_league_team" title="Wales women's national rugby league team">Wales women's national rugby league team</a> (2024–present)<br /><a href="/wiki/Neath_F.C." title="Neath F.C.">Neath F.C.</a> (2008–2012)<br /><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Ironmen" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales Ironmen">South Wales Scorpions</a> (2010–2013)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Gnoll</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Y Gnol</i>) in <a href="/wiki/Neath" title="Neath">Neath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> is a sports ground, with a capacity of 6,000 (formerly 15,000). It is used primarily for <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, in addition to having previously been used for <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gnoll&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2009, Neath RFC presented plans for the redevelopment of the Gnoll, including building a community centre on the site, which were criticised by Neath town councillors as being "too woolly".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gnoll&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Gnoll is the traditional home of <a href="/wiki/Neath_RFC" title="Neath RFC">Neath RFC</a>, one of the leading <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Welsh</a> clubs in the pre-regional era of rugby. It has hosted Neath since the club was founded in 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-soccer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ground has a capacity of 6,000.<sup id="cite_ref-venue_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-venue-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Gnoll has been used as the home ground for the <a href="/wiki/Wales_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales women's national rugby union team">Wales women's national rugby union team</a>, including during the <a href="/wiki/2016_Women%27s_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2016 Women's Six Nations Championship">2016 Women's Six Nations Championship</a> where it was the site of a victory over <a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> following a try by <a href="/wiki/Megan_York" title="Megan York">Megan York</a> which qualified the team for the <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017 Women's Rugby World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-idols_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idols-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_league">Rugby league</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gnoll&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rugby league"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_%281%29.jpg/220px-Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_%281%29.jpg/330px-Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_%281%29.jpg/440px-Wales_v_Cook_Islands_2013_RLWC_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2053" data-file-height="1543" /></a><figcaption>Wales vs <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_national_rugby_league_team" title="Cook Islands national rugby league team">Cook Islands</a> at The Gnoll</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Ironmen" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales Ironmen">South Wales Scorpions</a> played at the Gnoll from their formation in 2010 until 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ground hosted a <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_league_team" title="Wales national rugby league team">Wales national rugby league team</a> match during the <a href="/wiki/2010_European_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 European Cup">2010 European Cup</a>, where Wales defeated <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_league_team" title="Ireland national rugby league team">Ireland</a> 31–30.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also hosted Ireland at the Gnoll in at the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_League_Four_Nations" title="2011 Rugby League Four Nations">2011 Rugby League Four Nations</a>. Wales won the game by 30 points to 6.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stadium also hosted Wales v <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_national_rugby_league_team" title="Cook Islands national rugby league team">Cook Islands</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2013_Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="2013 Rugby League World Cup">2013 Rugby League World Cup</a>; it was the smallest venue used at the tournament and only hosted a single game.<sup id="cite_ref-venue_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-venue-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024, the stadium became the official home ground of all Welsh national rugby league teams ran by the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Rugby_League" title="Wales Rugby League">Wales Rugby League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Association_football">Association football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gnoll&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Premier League">Welsh Premier League</a> club <a href="/wiki/Neath_Athletic_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Neath Athletic A.F.C.">Neath Athletic</a> played at The Gnoll between 2008, and their liquidation in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-soccer_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ground hosted its first ever football match when Neath Athletic played <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> in a pre-season friendly in July 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cricket">Cricket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gnoll&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Gnoll started to host some <a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club" title="Glamorgan County Cricket Club">Glamorgan</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Championship" title="County Championship">County Championship</a> fixtures in the 1930s, and in 1954 an indoor cricket school was opened at the site. However, problems with the pitch meant that from the late 1960s the ground was only used for one-day matches - in 1969 the Gnoll staged the county's first-ever home game in the Sunday League. In 1974, the Gnoll was dropped from the county's 1st XI fixture list, although it played host to Glamorgan's matches against the touring Australians in 1985 and 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Championship cricket returned to The Gnoll between 1986 and 1992 with Glamorgan staging five home games there, and one further <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class cricket</a> game was played against a Young Australia team in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Glamorgan returned to The Gnoll in August 2022, scheduling two 50-over matches in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Royal_London_One-Day_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Royal London One-Day Cup">2022 Royal London One-Day Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a 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