Match Report

  • Cardiff Blues 15 Ulster 37

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    Cardiff Blues 15 Ulster 37 Sunday 21 November, Cardiff City Stadium The Blues made their intentions clear from the start looking to throw the ball wide and a superbly timed pass by Sweeny put Czekaj in space to break down the right into Ulster twenty two, before the Blues were penalised. Minutes later Tom James […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Ulster Rugby
Tries Casey Laulala (15)
Tom James (38)
Craig Gilroy (18)
Conversions Ceri Sweeney (15) Ian Humphreys (80)
Penalties Ceri Sweeney (36) Ian Humphreys (26), (56)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Ulster Rugby
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 2 1
Conversions 1 1
Yellow Cards 0 1

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Away Team Logo Ulster Rugby
1 Taufa'ao Filise Paddy McAllister
2 T.Rhys Thomas Nigel Brady
3 Scott Andrews BJ Botha
4 James Down Johann Muller
5 Paul Tito Dan Tuohy
6 Michael Paterson Pedrie Wannenburg
7 Ma'ama Molitika Chris Henry
8 Xavier Rush Robbie Diack
9 Tom Slater Paul Marshall
10 Ceri Sweeney Ian Humphreys
11 Tom James Simon Danielli
12 Dafydd Hewitt Ian Whitten
13 Casey Laulala Nevin Spence
14 Richard Mustoe Craig Gilroy
15 Chris Czekaj Adam D'Arcy

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Ulster Rugby
16 Gareth Williams Andy Kyriacou
17 Tom Davies Bryan Young
18 Sam Hobbs Jerry Cronin
19 Bryn Griffiths Tim Barker
20 Ben White Willie Faloon
21 Dan Fish Ian Porter
22 Gareth Davies Paddy Wallace
23 Gavin Evans Andrew Trimble

Match Preview

  • Blues name side for Sunday’s match

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    The Blues have won four of their last five games against Irish opponents and have won their last seven matches against Ulster, however, Blues Director of Rugby David Young is taking nothing for granted, “Ulster have spent a lot of money and obviously are a team that want to get back to the top where […]

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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
3 Team Logo Ulster Rugby 22 15 1 6 480 418 62 5 67
6 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 22 13 1 8 479 392 87 6 60

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Exeter Chiefs Home 23-23 Draw
Bath Rugby Away 29-19 Loss
Aironi Rugby Away 3-20 Win
Scarlets Home 10-16 Loss
Ulster Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Munster Rugby Home 6-16 Loss
Edinburgh Rugby Away 21-16 Loss
Biarritz Olympique Away 35-15 Loss
Aironi Rugby Home 30-6 Win

Past Meetings

Sat 3rd Apr 2010
KO 19:30 IST

Kingspan Stadium

Europe/Dublin

Celtic League

Ulster Rugby

24

V

33

Cardiff Rugby

Fri 26th Mar 2010
KO 19:05 GMT

Cardiff City Stadium

Europe/London

Celtic League

Cardiff Rugby

19

V

9

Ulster Rugby

Fri 24th Apr 2009
KO 19:30 IST

Kingspan Stadium

Europe/Dublin

Celtic League

Ulster Rugby

9

V

11

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Ulster Rugby
Played 16 16
Wins 10 6
Wins at home 7 5
Wins away 3 1
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003