Match Report

  • Munster 45 Cardiff Blues 21

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    Three tries were not enough for Cardiff Blues as Munster displayed their ruthless streak in the Guinness PRO14. The Blues trailed 17-14 at half-time in Cork despite two stunning efforts from Tomos Williams and Aled Summerhill. They took the lead early in the second-half as Rey Lee-Lo crossed from a quick-tap but it did not […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Munster Rugby Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Chris Farrell (18)
Jean Kleyn (30)
CJ Stander (50)
Conor Murray (61)
Andrew Conway (66)
Sammy Arnold (76)
Tomos Williams (7)
Aled Summerhill (38)
Rey Lee-Lo (46)
Conversions Tyler Bleyendaal (18), (31), (51), (61), (67)
JJ Hanrahan (78)
Gareth Anscombe (8), (40), (48)
Penalties Tyler Bleyendaal (12)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Munster 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 6 3
Conversions 6 3

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Munster Rugby Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Dave Kilcoyne Rhys Gill
2 Kevin O'Byrne Kristian Dacey
3 John Ryan Dillon Lewis
4 Jean Kleyn Seb Davies
5 Billy Holland Rory Thornton
6 Peter O'Mahony Shane Lewis-Hughes
7 Chris Cloete Olly Robinson
8 Arno Botha Josh Turnbull
9 Conor Murray Tomos Williams
10 Tyler Bleyendaal Gareth Anscombe
11 Darren Sweetnam Aled Summerhill
12 Rory Scannell Uilisi Halaholo
13 Chris Farrell Rey Lee-Lo
14 Andrew Conway Owen Lane
15 Mike Haley Matthew Morgan

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Munster Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Niall Scannell Ethan Lewis
17 Jeremy Loughman Brad Thyer
18 Stephen Archer Keiron Assiratti
19 Tadhg Beirne George Earle
20 CJ Stander James Botham
21 Alby Mathewson Lloyd Williams
22 JJ Hanrahan Garyn Smith
23 Sammy Arnold Harri Millard

Match Preview

  • Preview: Munster v Cardiff Blues

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    With three games remaining in the regular Guinness PRO14 season, Cardiff Blues travel to Cork’s Irish Independent Park to take on Heineken Champions Cup semi-finalists, Munster. The race for a top three finish is set to go down to the wire, and John Mulvihill’s side will be desperate to pick-up points on the road against […]

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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
2 Team Logo Munster Rugby 21 16 0 5 612 348 264 13 77
5 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 21 10 0 11 497 451 46 14 54

Form Guide

Munster Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby Home 45-21 Win
Edinburgh Rugby Away 13-17 Win
Zebre Parma Home 31-12 Win
Scarlets Away 10-6 Loss
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Munster Rugby Away 45-21 Loss
Scarlets Home 41-17 Win
Isuzu Southern Kings Home 26-19 Win
Edinburgh Rugby Away 17-19 Win

Past Meetings

Fri 21st Sep 2018
KO 19:35 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO14

Cardiff Rugby

37

V

13

Munster Rugby

Sat 17th Feb 2018
KO 17:30 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO14

Cardiff Rugby

25

V

18

Munster Rugby

Sat 30th Sep 2017
KO 13:30 IST

Thomond Park

Europe/Dublin

PRO14

Munster Rugby

39

V

16

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Munster Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 33 33
Wins 20 13
Wins at home 12 9
Wins away 8 4
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003