Match Report

  • Dragons 12 Cardiff Blues 13

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    Cardiff Blues battled back to secure the Boxing Day derby bragging rights with scrappy victory at Rodney Parade. The capital city outfit went into the encounter on the back of 10 consecutive Guinness PRO14 victories over their nearest rivals. They trailed for the majority of the encounter following an indisciplined start that handed the hosts […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Dragons RFC Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Josh Turnbull (67)
Conversions Jarrod Evans (67)
Penalties Josh Lewis (8), (14), (18), (46) Jarrod Evans (32), (53)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Dragons RFC Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Posession First Half 58% 41%
Posession Second Half 33% 66%
Territory First Half 63% 36%
Territory Second Half 23% 76%
Tries 0 1
Conversions 0 1
Penalties Conceded 17 12
Passes 76 51
Tackles 125 96
Scrums Won 1 5

Player Stats

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

No. Team logo Dragons RFC C CB DB M O P T TW
1Brok Harris400100110
2Elliot Dee100170471
3Lloyd Fairbrother10000130
4Ben Carter200001171
5Matthew Screech900501110
6Harri Keddie601901150
7Taine Basham7022014100
8Aaron Wainwright500121180
9Tavis Knoyle201405360
10Josh Lewis50170580
11Ashton Hewitt40080020
12Jamie Roberts80060250
13Jack Dixon50000031
14Owen Jenkins10000110
15Jonah Holmes600270100

Replacements

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

No. Team logo Dragons RFC C CB DB M O P T TW
16Richard Hibbard00000050
17Aaron Jarvis00000040
18Leon Brown10030190
19Lewis Evans00000000
20Huw Taylor00000000
21Luke Baldwin00000000
22Aneurin Owen00000000
23Evan Lloyd00000000

Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Dragons RFC Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Brok Harris Brad Thyer
2 Elliot Dee Kristian Dacey
3 Lloyd Fairbrother Dillon Lewis
4 Ben Carter Ben Murphy
5 Matthew Screech Seb Davies
6 Harri Keddie Cory Hill
7 Taine Basham James Botham
8 Aaron Wainwright Josh Turnbull
9 Tavis Knoyle Lloyd Williams
10 Josh Lewis Jarrod Evans
11 Ashton Hewitt Aled Summerhill
12 Jamie Roberts Max Llewellyn
13 Jack Dixon Garyn Smith
14 Owen Jenkins Josh Adams
15 Jonah Holmes Hallam Amos

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Dragons RFC Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Richard Hibbard Ethan Lewis
17 Aaron Jarvis Rhys Carre
18 Leon Brown Dimitri Arhip
19 Lewis Evans Alun Lawrence
20 Huw Taylor Shane Lewis-Hughes
21 Luke Baldwin Tomos Williams
22 Aneurin Owen Jason Tovey
23 Evan Lloyd Rey Lee-Lo

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
5 Team Logo Dragons RFC 16 6 0 10 315 394 -79 5 29
4 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 16 8 0 8 265 284 -19 4 36

Form Guide

Dragons RFC Played Score Win/Loss
Bordeaux-Begles Away 47-8 Loss
Wasps Home 8-24 Loss
Glasgow Warriors Away Win
Benetton Rugby Away 19-26 Win
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Newcastle Falcons Away 20-33 Win
Glasgow Warriors Home 10-19 Loss
Leinster Rugby Away 40-5 Loss
Benetton Rugby Home 22-5 Win

Past Meetings

Sat 30th May 2020
KO 15:00 BST

Rodney Parade

Europe/London

PRO14

Dragons RFC

0

V

0

Cardiff Rugby

Thu 26th Dec 2019
KO 15:00 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO14

Cardiff Rugby

16

V

12

Dragons RFC

Fri 21st Dec 2018
KO 19:35 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO14

Cardiff Rugby

19

V

16

Dragons RFC

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Dragons RFC Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 35 35
Wins 9 25
Wins at home 7 15
Wins away 2 10
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003