Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium

Wrexham, Wrexham, Wales

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Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium, Wrexham, Wales — opened 2000, 95 rugby league games hosted, home of Wrexham A.F.C. (football's permanent tenant); the rugby league tenant was Celtic Crusaders/Crusaders/North Wales Crusaders, 2010-2016.

Sourcing caveat: The 2000 (Wales 38-6 Cook Islands, att. 5,016) and 2001 (Wales 33-42 England, att. 6,373) fixtures are corroborated across two independent sources each (Rugby League Project plus North Wales Live for the 2000 match; a dedicated Rugby League Project match page for the 2001 fixture, whose date this cross-check corrected from an initially-misread '2010' back to the sourced 2001). The 2011 Four Nations and 2013 World Cup fixtures listed are sourced only to Rugby League Project's venue results listing and were not independently cross-checked for their exact scores/attendances.

Ground facts

Opened	2000 (2000 marks the first rugby league use of the ground (a 2000 Rugby League World Cup pool match), not the venue's overall opening — the Racecourse Ground itself dates to 1807 (1864 for football) and remains Wrexham A.F.C.'s home football ground throughout.)
Home club	Wrexham A.F.C. (football's permanent tenant); the rugby league tenant was Celtic Crusaders/Crusaders/North Wales Crusaders, 2010-2016
Games hosted (rugby league, on record)	95
Top recorded crowd	10,334
Capacity	15,500 during the rugby league club's tenancy (2010-2016); 10,771 in the current all-seated football configuration
Test matches hosted	4
First rugby league match	Wales 38-6 Cook Islands, 29 October 2000, a 2000 Rugby League World Cup pool match, attendance 5,016 (the ground's first rugby league fixture, also the Wales national team's international debut)
Years used	2000–2018
Location	Wrexham, Wrexham

Name history

Racecourse Ground / Y Cae Ras — traditional name, still used generically
Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium — 2011-2016, after Glyndŵr University bought the naming rights
My Racecourse — 2016-2023
STōK Cae Ras / STōK Racecourse — since 1 July 2023, sponsorship naming

Rugby league history

Best known as the home of Wrexham A.F.C. and the Wales national football team, the Racecourse also has a genuine rugby league history distinct from that football tenancy. Its first rugby league fixture was a 2000 Rugby League World Cup pool match — Wales' international debut, a 38-6 win over the Cook Islands — and it went on to host further Wales Test/tournament fixtures through the 2000s and 2010s. A permanent rugby league club arrived in December 2009, when Wrexham's then-owners bought the Celtic Crusaders franchise (formerly of Bridgend) and relocated it to North Wales; playing simply as Crusaders Rugby League, the club's first match at the Racecourse was against Leeds Rhinos on 29 January 2010. The club, renamed North Wales Crusaders, used the Racecourse (with brief spells elsewhere, including Halton Stadium and Eirias Stadium, during 2012 pre-season disruption and 2014 resurfacing work) until the end of the 2016 season, after which it moved on to the smaller Queensway Stadium in Wrexham.

Primarily and continuously the home of Wrexham A.F.C. (Football League/National League) and used for selected Wales national football team fixtures; the rugby league tenancy above was a secondary, time-limited use of the ground.

Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted

29 Oct 2000 — Wales 38-6 Cook Islands (2000 Rugby League World Cup pool match), attendance 5,016
29 Jul 2001 — Wales 33-42 England (Test), attendance 6,373
13 Nov 2011 — Wales 14-56 Australia (Four Nations)
3 Nov 2013 — Wales 16-24 USA (2013 Rugby League World Cup)

Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.

Sources

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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