Test Rugby Venues Trivia Quiz

Answer: Auckland

Eden Park is located in New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland. Opened in 1900, it has the biggest capacity of any stadium in the country, and hosts cricket tests as well as rugby matches. The normal capacity is 50,000, but can be expanded to 60,000 with temporary seating.

Answer: Edinburgh

Scotland originally played home tests elsewhere in Edinburgh, at Inverleith, before Murrayfield Stadium was opened in 1925. Crowds of over 100,000 were seen there before it was redeveloped into an all-seater stadium in the late 1990s, with a capacity of 67,144.

Answer: Lansdowne Road

A new stadium opened in 2010 on the site of the old Lansdowne Road ground. It is home to Ireland's home international soccer matches as well as rugby. The capacity of the new stadium was 51,700. The new ground was called the Aviva Stadium when it first opened following a sponsorship deal, but the old Lansdowne Road moniker is still in use .

Answer: Pretoria

Loftus Versfeld, in the administrative capital of South Africa, Pretoria, was opened in 1923. It is home to the Blue Bulls of the United Rugby Championship, as well as being a regular venue for South Africa home games. Its capcity is around 52,000.

Answer: The Cabbage Patch

Twickenham Stadium, located in the London district of the same name, has been the home of the England national team since 1907. It was built on the site of a market garden, thus the nickname. In 2003, it had a capacity of 82,000; making it the biggest rugby-specific stadium in the world.

Answer: Saint-Denis

France were based across Paris at the Parc des Princes until moving to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis in 1997. The stadium was built for the 1998 soccer World Cup with a capacity of 81,500.

Answer: Tonga

Tonga, although a small Pacific Island country, have punched above their weight on the rugby pitch for many years, and are regular qualifiers for the World Cup finals. They play home games at the Teufaiva Sport Stadium in the capital city of Nuku'alofa, which has a capacity of 10,000.

Answer: Sydney

Stadium Australia was opened in 1999 and was home to the athletics competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The original capacity of 115,000 was then cut post-Olympics to 81,000/84,00 (depending on the sport being played), as the stadium was reconfigured to host a number of sports, including rugby union, rugby league and soccer.

The stadium has had a number of corporate monikers over the years, including ANZ Stadium and Telstra Stadium.

Answer: Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park was home to Welsh rugby for over a century, as well as hosting events of the 1958 Commonwealth Games. In the late 1990s the old ground was deemed too small and the facilities insufficient for the modern game, so the new Millennium Stadium was built mainly on the same site, with a new facility for Cardiff RFC built next door.

Answer: Cordoba

Argentina doesn't have a dedicated rugby-only stadium, with home test matches played at soccer venues throughout the nation. Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, in Cordoba, is named after the footballer who was Argentina's top scorer in their FIFA World Cup triumph of 1978.