Stebonheath Park
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Stebonheath Park, Llanelli, Wales — opened not confirmed as a rugby league opening date, 64 rugby league games hosted, home of Not a club home for rugby league — primarily a Wales national-team venue; West Wales Raiders RL used it 2015-2022. The ground's main tenant overall is Llanelli Town A.F.C. (football)..
Sourcing caveat: Two source disagreements are unresolved: the attendance for the 23 Nov 1935 Wales v France match (21,590 per rugbyleagueproject.org vs 'over 25,000' per Wikipedia), and the date of the 1938 Wales v England European Championship match (5 Nov per rugbyleagueproject.org vs 10 Nov per Wikipedia). Both are recorded as found rather than picking one arbitrarily. Floodlight installation date not confirmed in any source found.
Ground facts
| Opened | not confirmed as a rugby league opening date (In use as a sports/football ground since 1920; no source gives a date specific to its first use for rugby league, which appears to have begun with Wales's earliest recorded international there in the 1930s.) |
| Home club | Not a club home for rugby league — primarily a Wales national-team venue; West Wales Raiders RL used it 2015-2022. The ground's main tenant overall is Llanelli Town A.F.C. (football). |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 64 |
| Top recorded crowd | 21,590 |
| Capacity | 3,700 total (1,005 seated) |
| Test matches hosted | 5 |
| Surface | Grass; the ground also carries the UK's narrowest 400m athletics track |
| First rugby league match | Wales 41-7 France (European Championship), 23 Nov 1935, attendance reported as 21,590 by rugbyleagueproject.org and as 'over 25,000' by Wikipedia (unresolved discrepancy) |
| Years used | 1935–2022 |
| Location | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire |
Name history
- Stebonheath Park — 1920-present, no name change found
Rugby league history
A multi-purpose Llanelli venue used across eight decades as an occasional home for Wales's rugby league international and representative fixtures, alongside spells as home ground for lower-tier club West Wales Raiders. Primarily a football and athletics ground rather than a dedicated rugby league venue.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 2 Apr 1938 — Wales 18-2 France (European Championship)
- 5/10 Nov 1938 — Wales 17-9 England, European Championship (date disputed — rugbyleagueproject.org gives 5 Nov, Wikipedia gives 10 Nov)
- 18 Nov 1939 — Wales v New Zealand (Kiwis tour) fixture, cancelled
- 19 May 1951 — Wales 16-29 British Empire
- 15 Oct 2016 — Wales 50-0 Serbia (2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifier)
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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