Match Report

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    Cardiff Blues slipped to a second last gasp defeat as an 80th minute Tommaso Allan conversion sealed the victory for Benetton Rugby at Stadio Monigo. Following last week’s agonising defeat at the death to Leinster, the Blues were determined to bounce back but they came against a power packed Italian outfit, who had put the […]

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Match Stats

Check out the key stats for this game, including overall team performance and individual player highlights.

Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Benetton Rugby Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Tommaso Allan (29)
Braam Steyn (51)
Monty Ioane (84)
(34)
Conversions Tommaso Allan (29), (52), (85)
Penalties Tommaso Allan (12), (55) Jarrod Evans (21), (38), (40)
Gareth Anscombe (58), (69), (73)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Benetton Rugby Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 3 1
Conversions 3 0
Yellow Cards 1 2

Player Stats

No player stats data available

Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Benetton Rugby Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Nicola Quaglio Brad Thyer
2 Hame Faiva Kristian Dacey
3 Tiziano Pasquali Dimitri Arhip
4 Marco Fuser George Earle
5 Dean Budd Rory Thornton
6 Sebastian Negri da Ollegio Josh Turnbull
7 Braam Steyn Ellis Jenkins
8 Robert Barbieri Nick Williams
9 Tito Tebaldi Lloyd Williams
10 Tommaso Allan Jarrod Evans
11 Monty Ioane Owen Lane
12 Luca Morisi Uilisi Halaholo
13 Tommaso Benvenuti Rey Lee-Lo
14 Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara Jason Harries
15 Jayden Hayward Matthew Morgan

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Benetton Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Engjel Makelara Ethan Lewis
17 Cherif Traore Rhys Gill
18 Simone Ferrari Dillon Lewis
19 Irne Herbst Josh Navidi
20 Marco Lazzaroni Olly Robinson
21 Marco Barbini Tomos Williams
22 Dewaldt Duvenage Gareth Anscombe
23 Marco Zanon Garyn Smith

Team Stats

Review overall team performance, recent form, and historical comparisons.

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 Cardiff Rugby 21 10 0 11 497 451 46 14 54
3 Team Logo Benetton Rugby 21 11 2 8 474 431 43 9 57

Form Guide

Benetton Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby Home 27-25 Win
Dragons RFC Away 17-21 Win
Zebre Parma Home 17-22 Loss
Leinster Rugby Away 15-17 Win
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Benetton Rugby Away 27-25 Loss
Leinster Rugby Home 32-33 Loss
Gloucester Rugby Home 31-30 Win
Ospreys Home 23-26 Loss

Past Meetings

Fri 16th Mar 2018
KO 19:35 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO14

Cardiff Rugby

31

V

25

Benetton Rugby

Sat 18th Feb 2017
KO 14:30 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

57

V

20

Benetton Rugby

Fri 4th Nov 2016
KO 20:15 CET

Stadio Monigo

Europe/Rome

PRO12

Benetton Rugby

28

V

34

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Benetton Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 15 15
Wins 3 11
Wins at home 3 8
Wins away 0 3
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003