And while recent years have seen the likes of James Hook, Gethin Jenkins and Mike Phillips opt to ply their trade in France, Halfpenny has spoken of his preference for staying in his home country.
"For me, as far as I am concerned, I am contracted to the Blues for this year and next year," he said.
"I love playing rugby in Wales. It's fantastic. It's where I am from, it's my home, and as far as I am concerned I am happy playing my rugby in Wales.
"It is hugely important that we keep our players in Wales and keep our youngsters here. It's hugely important for Welsh rugby as a whole that we do so."
After a Six Nations that saw Halfpenny crowned top points scorer in the competition for the second year in a row the Blues full-back scooped the tournament's top honour, much to his surprise.
"I've been really overwhelmed by it all," he added. "But for me it's not about the award. I am obviously really honoured and privileged to have received it, but for me it was about lifting the trophy again with the boys.
"That was just incredible. To lift it for the second year running was just an amazing feeling, and to have done it in front of our home fans at the Millennium Stadium in the manner that we did was incredible. I am hugely honoured and privileged to have received that award, which has been received by so many fantastic players in the past.
"The first thing I did was to look at the names on there, legends of the game. To be in among names like that is just mad. It's just what dreams are made of to be even mentioned in the same breath as names that are on the trophy."
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