Match Report

  • Edinburgh Rugby 28 Cardiff Blues 13

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    Cardiff Blues had enjoyed a strong record against Edinburgh in the PRO12 in recent seasons and went into the game with renewed momentum with four wins in five games in all competitions. But three yellow cards in Scotland undermined any bid for victory as the region left empty-handed after a frustrating and difficult return to […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Edinburgh Rugby Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Andries Strauss (8)
Dougie Fife (47)
Tom Brown (58)
Adam Thomas (74)
Conversions Tom Heathcote (9), (48) Gareth Davies (74)
Penalties Tom Heathcote (16), (25), (37) Gareth Davies (13), (39)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Edinburgh 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 2 1
Yellow Cards 2 3

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Rory Sutherland Sam Hobbs
2 James Hilterbrand Kristian Dacey
3 WP Nel Adam Jones
4 Ollie Atkins Jarrad Hoeata
5 Ben Toolis Macauley Cook
6 Mike Coman Josh Turnbull
7 Roddy Grant Ellis Jenkins
8 David Denton Manoa Vosawai
9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne Lloyd Williams
10 Tom Heathcote Gareth Davies
11 Tom Brown Dan Fish
12 Andries Strauss Gavin Evans
13 Matt Scott Adam Thomas
14 Dougie Fife Richard Smith
15 Nick McLennan Gareth Anscombe

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Neil Cochrane Rhys Williams
17 Grant Shiells Thomas Davies
18 John Andress Scott Andrews
19 Fraser McKenzie Chris Dicomidis
20 Tomas Leonardi Josh Navidi
21 Grayson Hart Lewis Jones
22 Greig Tonks Garyn Smith
23 Joaquin Dominguez Geraint Walsh

Match Preview

  • Anscombe to start against Edinburgh

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    The former Super Rugby star is one of five changes to the Cardiff Blues team that started the last league fixture with Munster Rugby at the start of November. Dan Fish is the other change in the back division as he is named on the left wing. Macauley Cook comes in to partner Jarrad Hoeata […]

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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
8 Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 -53 100
10 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 -34 100

Form Guide

Edinburgh Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Leinster Rugby Away 33-8 Loss
Lyon O.U. Home 25-17 Win
Bordeaux-Begles Away 13-15 Win
Dragons RFC Home 24-10 Win
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Scarlets Home 19-13 Win
Newcastle Falcons Away 21-22 Win
Munster Rugby Home 24-28 Loss
Rugby Rovigo Delta Away 18-33 Win

Past Meetings

Fri 11th Apr 2014
KO 19:45 BST

Meggetland, Edinburgh

Europe/London

PRO12

Edinburgh Rugby

22

V

29

Cardiff Rugby

Sun 6th Oct 2013
KO 14:05 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

29

V

12

Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 15th Feb 2013
KO 19:30 GMT

Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Europe/London

PRO12

Edinburgh Rugby

16

V

17

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 26 26
Wins 10 16
Wins at home 4 7
Wins away 6 9
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003