European Rugby Challenge Cup - Newport, 4 April 2015, 12:45 local, 11:45 GMT
Dragons (10) 25 - 21 (14) Cardiff Blues (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Dragons  Score  Cardiff Blues
0 start of first half start of first half
4 0 - 5 Williams - try
5 0 - 7 Anscombe - conversion
8 Prydie - penalty goal 3 - 7
11 Coombs - sub off
Faletau - sub on
25 3 - 12 Anscombe - try
26 3 - 14 Anscombe - conversion
35 Amos - try
Prydie - conversion		 10 - 14
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
J Thomas - sub off
Cudd - sub on		 start of second half
GD Jenkins - sub off
Hobbs - sub on
45 Cudd - try 15 - 14
50 penalty try 20 - 14 Williams - yellow card
51 Prydie - conversion 22 - 14
52 Cook - sub on
Hoeata - sub off
Rees - sub off
Dacey - sub on
57 AR Jones - sub on
Andrews - sub off
62 Morgan - sub on
Leach - sub off
67 DL Jones - penalty goal 25 - 14
71 EL Jenkins - sub on
Turnbull - sub off
73 Way - sub on
Price - sub off
74 TR Thomas - sub off
Gustafson - sub on		 25 - 21 Navidi - try
Anscombe - conversion
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Dragons won by a margin of 4 points
 
Ground name Rodney Parade, Newport

Teams

Dragons Cardiff Blues
Tries Amos (35), Cudd (45), Penalty try (50) Tries Williams (4), Anscombe (25), Navidi (74)
Cons Prydie (35, 51) Cons Anscombe (5, 26, 74)
Pens Prydie (8), DL Jones (67) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Jason Tovey
14 W
Tom Prydie
13 C
Patrick Leach
12 C
Jack Dixon
11 W
Hallam Amos
10 FH
Dorian Jones
9 SH
Jonathan Evans
1 P
Phil Price
2 H
T.Rhys Thomas
3 P
Brok Harris
4 L
Andrew Coombs
5 L
Cory Hill
6 F
James Thomas
7 F
James Benjamin
8 N8
Nick Crosswell
    Replacements
16 R
Hugh Gustafson
17
Lloyd Fairbrother
18 R
Dan Way
19 R
Taulupe Faletau
20 R
Nic Cudd
21
Luc Jones
22 R
Tyler Morgan
23
Geraint Rhys Jones
    Team
15 FB
Dan Fish
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Gavin Evans
12 C
Tavis Knoyle
11 W
Richard Smith
10 FH
Gareth Anscombe
9 SH
Lloyd Williams
50
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Matthew Rees
3 P
Scott Andrews
4 L
Jarrad Hoeata
5 L
Lou Reed
6 F
Josh Turnbull
7 F
Sam Warburton
8 N8
Josh Navidi
    Replacements
16 R
Kristian Dacey
17 R
Sam Hobbs
18 R
Adam Jones
19 R
Macauley Cook
20 R
Ellis Jenkins
21
Lewis Jones
22
Simon Humberstone
23
Gareth Davies

Match stats

Dragons   Cardiff Blues
3 (1 penalty try) Tries 3
2 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 3
2 from 4 Penalty goals 0 from 0
57.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 24
90 Passes 109
91 Runs 94
232 Metres run with ball 281
Attacking
47% (43%/52%) Possession (1H/2H) 53% (57%/48%)
46% (40%/53%) Territory (1H/2H) 54% (60%/47%)
2 Clean breaks 6
12 Defenders beaten 15
7 Offloads 8
62 from 67 (92.5%) Rucks won 68 from 71 (95.8%)
6 from 7 (85.7%) Mauls won 8 from 8 (100.0%)
9 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
110/15 Tackles made/missed 95/12
88.0% Tackling success rate 89.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 1 lost (85.7%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
7 won, 1 lost (87.5%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 4 lost (77.8%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Drag stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Tovey 0/0 0 12/4/6 28 0 0 0 3 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Prydie 0/0 7 2/0/5 43 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Leach 0/0 0 0/1/3 10 0 0 1 0 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Dixon 0/0 0 2/1/7 10 0 1 0 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Amos 1/0 5 2/2/5 28 1 3 1 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH DL Jones 0/0 3 3/8/8 16 0 1 1 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Evans 0/2 0 6/58/7 9 0 0 1 3 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Price 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 2 0/0
H TR Thomas 0/0 0 0/0/5 8 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Harris 0/0 0 0/1/6 4 0 1 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Coombs 0/0 0 0/2/3 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Hill 0/0 0 0/0/6 14 0 0 0 0 8/1 4/1 0 0/0
F J Thomas 0/0 0 0/0/4 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Benjamin 0/0 0 0/1/8 36 1 2 0 0 9/0 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Crosswell 0/0 0 0/8/9 10 0 0 2 0 10/2 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Gustafson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Way 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Faletau 0/0 0 0/2/8 7 0 2 1 0 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Cudd 1/0 5 0/0/1 1 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Morgan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Cdiff stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Fish 0/0 0 6/5/5 16 0 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 0/0 0 0/1/10 62 3 4 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Evans 0/0 0 0/3/3 17 1 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Knoyle 0/0 0 3/6/3 12 0 0 1 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Smith 0/0 0 1/0/6 30 0 1 0 1 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
FH Anscombe 1/0 11 8/21/12 27 1 1 2 5 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Williams 1/1 5 6/57/7 19 1 2 0 1 4/1 0/0 1 1/0
P GD Jenkins 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 1 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Andrews 0/0 0 0/3/2 2 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/1 0 0/0
L Hoeata 0/0 0 0/3/2 5 0 0 1 0 7/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Reed 0/0 0 0/2/10 7 0 1 0 1 10/0 0/0 2 0/0
F Turnbull 0/0 0 0/1/4 15 0 0 0 1 8/1 6/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/2/4 5 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Navidi 1/0 5 0/2/14 46 0 5 1 1 10/1 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Dacey 0/0 0 0/0/4 16 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Hobbs 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) AR Jones 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Cook 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 3/0 1 0/0
(R) EL Jenkins 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 2/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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