Match Report

  • Newport Gwent Dragons 13 Cardiff Blues 40

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    Newport Gwent Dragons 13 Cardiff Blues 40 Friday 7 September, 6.10pm kick off, Rodney Parade, Magners League The Blues seemed to be under pressure early on but the ball emerged on their side from a ruck, inside their own twenty two. A lovely kick though by Nicky Robinson landed in Xavier Rush’s hands and he […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Dragons RFC
Tries Ben White (63)
Conversions
Penalties Nick Macleod (14), (55) Aled Thomas (19)
Ceri Sweeney (77)

Match Stats

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

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Away Team Logo Dragons RFC
1 John Yapp Adam Black
2 T.Rhys Thomas Ben Daly
3 Gary Powell Gethin Robinson
4 Paul Tito Adam Jones
5 Scott Morgan Peter Sidoli
6 Ben White Jamie Ringer
7 Robin Sowden-Taylor Richard Parks
8 Andy Powell Joe Bearman
9 Richie Rees Wayne Evans
10 Nick Macleod Aled Thomas
11 Gareth Thomas Richard Mustoe
12 Tom Shanklin Ashley Smith
13 Jamie Robinson Rhodri Gomer Davies
14 Tal Selley Richard Fussell
15 Jamie Roberts Kevin Morgan

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Dragons RFC
16 Gethin Jenkins Steve Jones
17 Gareth Williams Rhys M. Thomas
18 Ma'ama Molitika Michael Owen
19 Mark Lewis Colin Charvis
20 Darren Allinson Paul Emerick
21 Geraint Rhys Jones Ceri Sweeney
22 Dafydd Hewitt Alex Walker

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
2 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 18 12 0 6 395 315 80 8 56
8 Team Logo Dragons RFC 18 7 1 10 282 394 -112 4 34

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Stade Francais Paris Home 31-21 Win
Stade Francais Paris Away 12-6 Loss
Bath Rugby Away 6-14 Win
Glasgow Warriors Away 17-5 Loss
Dragons RFC Played Score Win/Loss
Benetton Rugby Home 22-24 Loss
Benetton Rugby Away 33-35 Win
Gloucester Rugby Home 11-13 Loss
Munster Rugby Away 45-19 Loss

Past Meetings

Fri 7th Sep 2007
KO 18:10 BST

Rodney Parade

Europe/London

Celtic League

Dragons RFC

13

V

40

Cardiff Rugby

Tue 1st May 2007
KO 19:10 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

Celtic League

Cardiff Rugby

31

V

20

Dragons RFC

Wed 27th Dec 2006
KO 15:10 GMT

Rodney Parade

Europe/London

Celtic League

Dragons RFC

14

V

13

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Dragons RFC
Played 9 9
Wins 5 4
Wins at home 3 3
Wins away 2 1
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003