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Ospreys choose St Helen’s in Swansea as new stadium home

Ospreys will continue to play at Swansea.com Stadium for the 2024-25 season, but will host games elsewhere if fixtures clash with landlords Swansea City.

The region had considered a permanent move to Bridgend after staging both a league and European fixture at the Brewery Field in the 2023-24 season, but opted for the larger city.

Bridgend Ravens said in a statement , externalit was “disappointed” to lose out but look forward to working with the Ospreys in the future.

“The move to St Helen’s not only keeps us close to the majority of our supporter and sponsor bases, but also allows us to work with Swansea council to inject new life into the famous St Helen’s Sports Ground,” a statement read.

It added that the club felt “privileged” to make a home at the ground that hosted Wales’ first home international in 1882.

However the move will require significant redevelopment of the old ground, that is still the home of Swansea RFC, to initially increase the current 4,500 capacity to around 8,000.

The record crowd at the venue topped 30,000 for a rugby league international between Wales and England in 1945, albeit in a very different stadium.


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