SKIP AD
FULL TIME | Y CHWIBAN OLAF - Connacht Rugby 29 Cardiff Blues 0
Josh Turnbull and Nick Williams combine to win a turnover penalty. 29-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Harries manages to narrow his opposite number's space and pile him into touch. 29-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Boyde with a great break downfield. He finds Lewis Jones in supports, who ships wide to Edwards. The wing, on for his second debut for the region, is stopped in the corner but Berry pins the hosts and we'll scrum. 29-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Carty adds the extras. 29-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Connacht strike on the break for a bonus point. A promising attacking opportunity, but the ball slips out of the breakdown and Godwin has the pace to run in from his own 22. 27-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Fish looking to unlock the Connacht defence by sending a kick behind for Harries to chase, but the touchline wins the race to the loose ball. 22-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Amos does well to retain possession and draws Robb to concede the line-out. First throw for the new-look Dacey. 22-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Carty makes no mistakes with the extras. 22-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Porch is over under the sticks, after the ball is shipped wide following a half break and impressive offload from Buckley. 20-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Superb clearance from Fish, who was under extreme pressure from Connacht's kick chasers. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Dacey and Big Nick are on, replacing Belcher and Boyde. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Amos runs out of room down the left and kicks low into the 22, but Porch manages to just clear the danger. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Fainga'a is penalised for clearing Robinson off beyond the ball. We're on the edge of Connacht's 22. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Early penalty on the edge of the 22, and it's Liam Belcher this time. Dan Fish with a booming kick sends us into the Connacht half. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Jack Carty gets us back underway here in Galway. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
HALF TIME | HANNER AMSER - Connacht 15 Cardiff Blues 0 #GuinnessPRO14
Really unlucky from Olly, who manages yet another turnover but Turnbull knocks the resulting offload forward. Big scrum to end the half. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Big left peg from Fish to find touch outside the 22. Not easy in this swirling wind. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
O'Halloran almost under the sticks following a fine offload from Carty, but Marmion knocks on at the resulting breakdown. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Harries does very well to recover a kick behind with two Connacht chasers breathing down his neck, but the wing is eventually forced into touch and the hosts hunt a third try. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Olly Robinson once again hassling at the breakdown, and is there for a good few seconds but Connacht retain possession, with Peter Robb going over in the corner. Conversion is wide. 15-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Lee-Lo is replaced by Ben Thomas as the Samoan heads in for a HIA. 10-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Tovey with a vital tackle to prevent Adeolokun, before there's another huge penalty won in the 22, this time by Boyde. 10-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Lloyd Williams' box kick gets caught in the Galway wind and drifts out on the full. 10-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Carty's conversion takes the hosts' points tally to double figures. 10-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Dave Heffernan makes the most of an error to cross the whitewash and extend the hosts' lead. 8-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Carty finds the same corner in the 22 and pin the visitors back. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Good combination from Turnbull and Gill in midfield. Connacht can't find the momentum, and this time Marmion sends it high, with Turnbull recovering the possession. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Carty sends it out on the full, as once again they target the left hand corner in the Cardiff Blues 22. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Connacht certainly playing for territory here, and a solid kick from O'Halloran finds touch in the 22. However, Belcher finds Turnbull and there's a great clearance from the boot of Lloyd Williams. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
However, yet another attack from the hosts ends with a crucial turnover. That's Olly Robinson's second of the evening as he plants himself firmly over the ball. A familiar sight from Olly! 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Connacht making the most of a handling error to spread wide and advance into the Cardiff Blues 22 here. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Another dominant set piece sees Berry ping the hosts at the scrum. Tovey brings us inside the Connacht half. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Huge penalty won at the scrum to relieve some pressure. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Some big defensive sets here, and once again it's James Ratti with the crucial intervention. This time he rips through the maul to hold the ball up and force a turnover just meters from the try line. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Lloyd Williams kills the threat from Adeolokun out wide, but there was another advantage played. Williams, as skipper, is given a warning for the repeated infringements. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Thumping challenge by Garyn Smith on O'Halloran, stopping the full back when he was at full steam on the counter. However, Berry awards another penalty for the hosts, and they go for the corner. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Connacht back on the attack here as they steal possession at a line-out in the Cardiff Blues 22. However, Olly Robinson pops up with a great turnover, and Boyde charges out of the 22. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Lee-Lo rips in contact but is penalised. Carty opens the scoreboard with a penalty that is as straight-forward as they come in Galway. 3-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Connacht applying early pressure here, and it looks like O'Halloran has released Marmion, but Ratti makes a crucial try-saving tackle. Couple of phases later, Cardiff Blues force the turnover and clear. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Good early take in the air from Dan Fish, but Dmitri Arhip can't quite grasp Lloyd Williams' pass in midfield. We'll pack down for the first time this evening. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
We've kicked off here at The Sportsground! Jason Tovey gets us underway!