Clubs - of which there are 75 in the Cardiff Blues region - were able to request player visits and the first group of sessions took place on Wednesday September 23 and Thursday September 24.
Nadine Griffiths, Community Rugby Manager at Cardiff Blues, said: "The visits from our players are always very popular and it's fantastic to see youngsters from clubs right across our region learn off the professionals and be inspired to play.
"We hope all the clubs that applied for the first round of visits enjoyed the evenings and we look forward to running this popular community project again later in the season."
And the event proved popular with our clubs, with Gwernyfed RFC tweeting: "Thanks to @tavisknoyle for spending time with us tonight #topbloke"
Meanwhile, Wales and Cardiff Blues prop Scott Andrews tweeted: "Enjoyable evening with @BlackArmyMinis always good to go back!! @CBluesCommunity"
Schools that are signed up to the Cardiff Blues Schools Programme are also able to request one player visit throughout the rugby season, providing he appearance does not clash with the players' training schedule.
Player appearances in the first batch of visits included the following:
Treherbert (Lewis Jones), Y Rhondda (Ellis Jenkins), Ynysybwl (Adam Thomas), Treharris (Kristian Dacey), Gwernyfed (Tavis Knoyle), Dinas Powys (Jarrad Hoeata), Builth Wells (Craig Mitchell), Brecon (Richard Smith), Llantrisant (Scott Andrews), Pontyclun (Matthew Rees), Treorchy (Lou Reed), Taffs Well (Gavin Evans), Rumney (James Down), Rhiwbina (Tom Isaacs), Dowlais (Gareth Davies), Gilfach Goch (Tom Davies), Tref y Clawdd (Sam Hobbs), Llandrindod Wells (Aled Summerhill).
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