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The Cardiff Devils play in the Elite Ice Hockey League, the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom.

Australian rules football is a growing sport with several clubs starting up in the mid 2000s. Wales has a national team the Wales Australian rules football team, they are the holders of the Dragon Cup after beating England 179-93 on aggregate on 18 October and 25 October 2008. Wales also competes as part of the Great Britain Australian rules football team in the Australian Football International Cup, which is essentially a World Cup for all countries apart from Australia which is the only place where the sport is played professionally.

The Tiger Bay Brawlers are a roller derby league based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in April 2010, the league has a two publicly bouting A and B teams, as well as as two Intraleague teams, the Merchants of Menace and the Bruise Birds (not yet debuted publicly). The league plays using the Women's Flat Track Derby Association rules set.

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