Match Report

  • Cardiff 55-21 Dragons

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    Cardiff Rugby claimed their 18th consecutive league victory over the Dragons in front of a 12,000 Boxing Day sell-out at the Arms Park. They scored nine tries in all, seven of them coming during a stunning first half display in this BKT URC Welsh derby. Prop Rhys Carre, returning flanker James Botham and Player of […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Dragons RFC
Tries Rhys Carre (2), (10)
Ben Thomas (14)
Tomos Williams (17), (35)
James Botham (22), (30)
Keiron Assiratti (48)
Cam Winnett (76)
Harri Keddie (7), (51)
Conversions Tinus de Beer (3), (11), (15), (23), (37) Cai Evans (7), (52)
Penalties

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Dragons RFC
Posession First Half 64% 36%
Posession Second Half 43% 57%
Territory First Half 55% 45%
Territory Second Half 38% 62%
Tries 9 2
Conversions 5 2
Penalties Conceded 9 8
Turnovers Conceded 9 24
Passes 149 162
Tackles 115 116
Scrums Won 7 6
Lineouts Won 10 12
Yellow Cards 1 0

Player Stats

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No. Team logo Cardiff Rugby C CB DB M O P T TW
1Rhys Carre804230010
2Liam Belcher1302181520
3Keiron Assiratti211150320
4Rory Thornton50000590
5Teddy Williams71151212140
6Alex Mann16001603120
7James Botham601171580
8Mackenzie Martin15023604140
9Tomos Williams8033705220
10Tinus de Beer5052311642
11Mason Grady1011412430
12Ben Thomas9134011171
13Rey Lee-Lo5361123610
14Josh Adams411281210
15Cam Winnett1215681610

Replacements

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No. Team logo Cardiff Rugby C CB DB M O P T TW
16Evan Lloyd40060591
17Corey Domachowski20010050
18Rhys Litterick00000020
19Seb Davies10020120
20Lucas de la Rua10031351
21Ellis Bevan00000410
22Uilisi Halaholo20050171
23Gabe Hamer-Webb300190131

Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Away Team Logo Dragons RFC
1 Rhys Carre Rhodri Jones
2 Liam Belcher Bradley Roberts
3 Keiron Assiratti Lloyd Fairbrother
4 Rory Thornton Joe Davies
5 Teddy Williams George Nott
6 Alex Mann Harri Keddie
7 James Botham Taine Basham
8 Mackenzie Martin Aaron Wainwright
9 Tomos Williams Rhodri Williams
10 Tinus de Beer Cai Evans
11 Mason Grady Ashton Hewitt
12 Ben Thomas Aneurin Owen
13 Rey Lee-Lo Steff Hughes
14 Josh Adams Rio Dyer
15 Cam Winnett Jordan Williams

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Dragons RFC
16 Evan Lloyd James Benjamin
17 Corey Domachowski Aki Seiuli
18 Rhys Litterick Leon Brown
19 Seb Davies Sean Lonsdale
20 Lucas de la Rua Dan Lydiate
21 Ellis Bevan Dane Blacker
22 Uilisi Halaholo Will Reed
23 Gabe Hamer-Webb Jared Rosser

Team Stats

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Team stats

The season so far

P: Played . W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against Diff: Difference BP: Bonus Points Pts: Points (Total)

No.   Team Name P W D L F A Diff BP Pts
12 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 18 4 1 13 389 414 -25 14 32
15 Team Logo Dragons RFC 18 3 0 15 300 611 -311 4 16

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Bath Rugby Home 32-39 Loss
Toulouse Away 52-7 Loss
Scarlets Home 23-29 Loss
DHL Stormers Home 31-24 Win
Dragons RFC Played Score Win/Loss
Pau Away 24-21 Loss
Oyonnax Home 24-7 Win
Emirates Lions Away 49-24 Loss
Hollywoodbets Sharks Away 69-14 Loss

Past Meetings

Sun 29th Oct 2023
KO 14:30 GMT

Rodney Parade

Europe/London

United Rugby Championship

Dragons RFC

9

V

16

Cardiff Rugby

Mon 26th Dec 2022
KO 14:15 GMT

Rodney Parade

Europe/London

United Rugby Championship

Dragons RFC

24

V

29

Cardiff Rugby

Sat 15th Oct 2022
KO 17:15 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

United Rugby Championship

Cardiff Rugby

31

V

14

Dragons RFC

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Dragons RFC
Played 42 42
Wins 32 9
Wins at home 18 7
Wins away 14 2
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003