Match Report

  • Cardiff Blues 13 Leinster Rugby 22

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    Cardiff Blues were forced to play for over half the game a man down after a red card to lock Jarrad Hoeata for a dangerous high tackle on visiting captain Rob Kearney while leading 13-5. And a yellow card to first half try scorer Manoa Vosawai meant a spell with only 13 men for the […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Leinster Rugby
Tries Manoa Vosawai (27) Noel Reid (1)
Jimmy Gopperth (56)
Luke McGrath (62)
Tadhg Furlong (76)
Conversions Gareth Anscombe (29) Jimmy Gopperth (57)
Penalties Gareth Anscombe (18), (22)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Leinster Rugby
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 1 4
Conversions 1 1
Yellow Cards 1 0
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 Leinster Rugby
1 Gethin Jenkins Michael Bent
2 Kristian Dacey Sean Cronin
3 Adam Jones Marty Moore
4 Lou Reed Mike McCarthy
5 Jarrad Hoeata Kane Douglas
6 Josh Turnbull Dominic Ryan
7 Sam Warburton Jordi Murphy
8 Josh Navidi Jack Conan
9 Tavis Knoyle Luke McGrath
10 Gareth Anscombe Jimmy Gopperth
11 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino Dave Kearney
12 Gavin Evans Noel Reid
13 Cory Allen Ben Te'o
14 Alex Cuthbert Fergus McFadden
15 Joaquin Tuculet Rob Kearney

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Leinster Rugby
16 Matthew Rees Richardt Strauss
17 Sam Hobbs Jamie Hagan
18 Taufa'ao Filise Tadhg Furlong
19 Miles Normandale Ben Marshall
20 Manoa Vosawai Josh van der Flier
21 Lloyd Williams Eoin Reddan
22 Gareth Davies Ian Madigan
23 Adam Thomas Darragh Fanning

Match Preview

  • Prop legend Jenkins hits major milestone

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    Front row ace Jenkins – who fittingly also made his debut for the region against Leinster back in September 2004 – will captain the side as he reaches another big milestone in his career. Director of Rugby Mark Hammett makes three changes to the starting line-up that defeated Newport Gwent Dragons on New Year’s Day. […]

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Team Stats

Review overall team performance, recent form, and historical comparisons.

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
5 Team Logo Leinster Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 100
10 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 -34 100

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Dragons RFC Away 9-11 Win
Dragons RFC Home 17-23 Loss
Scarlets Home 21-9 Win
London Irish Away 34-23 Loss
Leinster Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Ulster Rugby Home 24-11 Win
Munster Rugby Away 28-13 Loss
Connacht Rugby Home 21-11 Win
Harlequins Home 14-13 Win

Past Meetings

Fri 26th Sep 2014
KO 19:35 IST

RDS Arena

Europe/Dublin

PRO12

Leinster Rugby

37

V

23

Cardiff Rugby

Thu 20th Feb 2014
KO 20:05 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

22

V

34

Leinster Rugby

Fri 27th Sep 2013
KO 19:35 IST

RDS Arena

Europe/Dublin

PRO12

Leinster Rugby

34

V

20

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Leinster Rugby
Played 26 26
Wins 5 19
Wins at home 4 12
Wins away 1 7
Draws 2 2

From data since 2003