Their usual training base at the Llandarcy Academy of Sport is currently being used as a field hospital and so Justin Tipuric’s men have returned to their early roots and will be using St Helen’s as their base as they prepare for a proposed return to playing in the Guinness PRO14 on the weekends of 22 and 29 August 22.
Those fixtures will be regional derbies and will give new head coach Toby Booth his first taste of PRO14 rugby.
The Llandarcy Academy of Sport was handed over to the Swansea Bay University Health Board in April. It was transformed into a 340-bed field hospital and will be in operation until the end of 2020.
The public, health and private sector, along with further education, have all worked closely together in an unprecedented response aimed at safeguarding the health and wellbeing of people living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.
Llandarcy Academy of Sport is normally used by thousands of Neath Port Talbot College students as well as keep fit enthusiasts. The Ospreys also use the state-of-the-art facilities as their training ground.
The Blues’ home venue, Cardiff Arms Park, is also playing a role in the battle against COVID-19 and they have moved to a leisure centre in Pentwyn to prepare for their remaining PRO14 fixtures.
