Match Report

  • Cardiff Blues 7 Ospreys 31

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    Following a 62-25 defeat to Exeter Chiefs in their competition opener the Blues responded with plenty of venom on home soil. Reinforced with the return of a number of experienced heads they were level with their Swansea-based rivals for much of the encounter after Scott Otten and Rhodri Davies exchanged tries. However the sending off […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Ospreys
Tries Rhodri Davies (17) Scott Otten (2)
Brendon Leonard (49)
Tom O’Flaherty (62), (79)
Dan Evans (77)
Conversions Ben Jones (18) (4), (50), (63)
Penalties

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Ospreys
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 1 5
Conversions 1 3
Red Cards 1 0

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Away Team Logo Ospreys
1 Brad Thyer Gareth Thomas
2 Matthew Rees Scott Otten
3 Anton Peikrishvili Rhodri Jones
4 Jarrad Hoeata Adam Beard
5 James Down Rory Thornton
6 Macauley Cook Olly Cracknell
7 Shane Lewis-Hughes Sam Underhill
8 James Sheekey Rob McCusker
9 Rhodri Davies Brendon Leonard
10 Ben Jones
11 Eli Walker
12 Garyn Smith Jonathan Spratt
13 Cory Allen Joe Thomas
14 Owen Lane Tom Grabham
15 Dan Fish Dafydd Howells

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Ospreys
16 Liam Belcher Sam Parry
17 Rhys Carre Paul James
18 Dillon Lewis Ma'afu Fia
19 Seb Davies James Ratti
20 James Botham Joe Bearman
21 Matt Aubrey
22 Dane Blacker Dan Evans
23 Harri Millard Tom O'Flaherty

Match Preview

  • Preview: Cardiff Blues v Ospreys

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    Wales’ Capital Region fell to a heavy defeat at the hands of Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park last week but have been boosted by experience for the home clash. Richard Hodges has made nine changes to the team with a host of first team players returning. Dan Fish, Cory Allen, Matthew Rees, Jarrad Hoeata and […]

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Team Stats

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Team stats

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Exeter Chiefs Away 62-25 Loss
Benetton Rugby Away 28-34 Win
Scarlets Home 15-26 Loss
Pau Home 27-12 Win
Ospreys Played Score Win/Loss
Harlequins Home 12-15 Loss
Munster Rugby Away 33-0 Loss
Dragons RFC Home 35-17 Win
Lyon O.U. Away 13-31 Win

Past Meetings

Fri 7th Oct 2016
KO 19:35 BST

Swansea.com Stadium

Europe/London

PRO12

Ospreys

46

V

24

Cardiff Rugby

Sat 30th Apr 2016
KO 14:30 BST

Principality Stadium

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

27

V

40

Ospreys

Sat 28th Nov 2015
KO 15:00 GMT

Swansea.com Stadium

Europe/London

PRO12

Ospreys

13

V

6

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Ospreys
Played 30 30
Wins 8 21
Wins at home 6 12
Wins away 2 9
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003