Match Report

  • Cardiff Blues 57 Benetton Treviso 20

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    Wales’ Capital Region made a bright start at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park with Nick Williams crossing after just five minutes but they were frustrated for large periods. Blaine Scully put the Blues back in front after Ian McKinley wriggled over for Treviso but there was plenty to do in the second-half. And whatever Danny […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Benetton Rugby
Tries Nick Williams (4)
Blaine Scully (39)
Steve Shingler (41)
Sion Bennett (45)
Kristian Dacey (50)
Uilisi Halaholo (56)
Matthew Morgan (66)
Alex Cuthbert (79)
Ian McKinley (36)
Angelo Esposito (53)
Conversions Steve Shingler (6), (40), (42), (46), (51), (57), (67) Tito Tebaldi (37), (53)
Penalties Steve Shingler (31) Tito Tebaldi (10), (15)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Benetton Rugby
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 8 2
Conversions 7 2

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Away Team Logo Benetton Rugby
1 Rhys Gill Federico Zani
2 Kristian Dacey Luca Bigi
3 Taufa'ao Filise Tiziano Pasquali
4 George Earle Filo Paulo
5 Jarrad Hoeata Dean Budd
6 Macauley Cook Marco Lazzaroni
7 Sion Bennett Francesco Minto
8 Nick Williams Robert Barbieri
9 Lloyd Williams Tito Tebaldi
10 Gareth Anscombe Ian McKinley
11 Blaine Scully Angelo Esposito
12 Steve Shingler Tommaso Allan
13 Uilisi Halaholo Michael Tagicakibau
14 Alex Cuthbert Andrea Pratichetti
15 Matthew Morgan Luca Sperandio

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Benetton Rugby
16 Matthew Rees Davide Giazzon
17 Corey Domachowski Matteo Zanusso
18 Scott Andrews Jody Rossetto
19 James Down Jean-Francois Montauriol
20 Kirby Myhill Roberto Santamaria
21 Tomos Williams Giorgio Bronzini
22 Garyn Smith Andrea Buondonno
23 Tom James David Odiete

Match Preview

  • Preview: Cardiff Blues v Benetton Treviso

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    Danny Wilson’s men were hugely frustrated to close the game out against the Irish province at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park last week and know they are now in a major battle to finish in the all-important top six. Wilson had targeted three wins from four in the current block of Championship matches and after […]

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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
7 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 22 11 1 10 508 498 10 7 53
10 Team Logo Benetton Rugby 22 5 0 17 316 664 -348 3 23

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Connacht Rugby Home 13-19 Loss
Worcester Warriors Home 38-53 Loss
Sale Sharks Away 41-3 Loss
Bristol Bears Home 37-21 Win
Benetton Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Leinster Rugby Home 14-40 Loss
La Rochelle Away 31-8 Loss
Gloucester Rugby Home 0-41 Loss
Dragons RFC Away 26-8 Loss

Past Meetings

Fri 4th Nov 2016
KO 20:15 CET

Stadio Monigo

Europe/Rome

PRO12

Benetton Rugby

28

V

34

Cardiff Rugby

Fri 25th Mar 2016
KO 19:05 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

56

V

8

Benetton Rugby

Sat 13th Feb 2016
KO 13:30 CET

Stadio Monigo

Europe/Rome

PRO12

Benetton Rugby

13

V

7

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Benetton Rugby
Played 13 13
Wins 9 3
Wins at home 6 3
Wins away 3 0
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003