Match Report

  • Newport Gwent Dragons 24 Cardiff Blues 26

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    Wales’ Capital Region went into the encounter on the back of consecutive victories over Zebre and the Ospreys and they made it three on the bounce to finish the regular season on a high. The first-half tries gave the Blues a 14-11 lead at the interval but they were frustrated for large periods of the […]

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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 Carl Meyer (2)
Sam Beard (80)
Matthew Morgan (17)
Uilisi Halaholo (30)
Conversions Angus O’Brien (81) Gareth Anscombe (18), (31)
Penalties Angus O’Brien (8), (21)
Carl Meyer (67), (73)
Gareth Anscombe (52), (65), (76), (79)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Dragons RFC 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 2 2
Conversions 1 2
Yellow Cards 1 0

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Dragons RFC Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Sam Hobbs Corey Domachowski
2 T.Rhys Thomas Matthew Rees
3 Brok Harris Taufa'ao Filise
4 Matthew Screech Jarrad Hoeata
5 Cory Hill Macauley Cook
6 Lewis Evans Sion Bennett
7 Nic Cudd Ellis Jenkins
8 Ollie Griffiths Nick Williams
9 Charlie Davies Lloyd Williams
10 Angus O'Brien Gareth Anscombe
11 Pat Howard Rhun Williams
12 Sam Beard Uilisi Halaholo
13 Tyler Morgan Rey Lee-Lo
14 Adam Hughes Alex Cuthbert
15 Carl Meyer Matthew Morgan

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Dragons RFC Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Ellis Shipp Ethan Lewis
17 Phil Price Anton Peikrishvili
18 Craig Mitchell Keiron Assiratti
19 Rynard Landman Seb Davies
20 Harri Keddie Kirby Myhill
21 Sarel Pretorius Tomos Williams
22 Geraint Rhys Jones Steve Shingler
23 Jack Dixon Tom James

Match Preview

  • Preview: Newport Gwent Dragons v Cardiff Blues

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    Danny Wilson’s side go into the clash on the back of victories against Ospreys and Zebre, and will look to carry further momentum into the Champions Cup qualification play-off in two weeks time. The Blues look destined for a trip to France, to take on the Top 14’s seventh-placed side, in the play-off. A win […]

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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
11 Team Logo Dragons RFC 22 4 0 18 368 569 -201 7 23

Form Guide

Dragons RFC Played Score Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby Home 24-26 Loss
Edinburgh Rugby Away 24-20 Loss
Scarlets Home 16-21 Loss
Zebre Parma Away 29-14 Loss
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Dragons RFC Away 24-26 Win
Zebre Parma Home 30-24 Win
Ospreys Home 35-17 Win
Ulster Rugby Away 24-24 Draw

Past Meetings

Mon 26th Dec 2016
KO 14:05 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

27

V

16

Dragons RFC

Sun 17th Apr 2016
KO 14:30 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

28

V

8

Dragons RFC

Sun 27th Dec 2015
KO 15:05 GMT

Rodney Parade

Europe/London

PRO12

Dragons RFC

20

V

21

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Dragons RFC Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 28 28
Wins 9 19
Wins at home 7 12
Wins away 2 7
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003