RaboDirect PRO12 - Galway, 29 October 2011, 18:00 local, 17:00 GMT
Connacht (17) 20 - 26 (6) Cardiff Blues (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Connacht  Score  Cardiff Blues
0 start of first half start of first half
2 O'Halloran - try 5 - 0
3 O'Connor - conversion 7 - 0
12 7 - 3 Parks - penalty goal
13 O'Connor - penalty goal 10 - 3
15 10 - 6 Parks - penalty goal
27 Flavin - try 15 - 6
28 O'Connor - conversion 17 - 6
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 17 - 11 Cuthbert - try
42 17 - 13 Parks - conversion
44 17 - 18 Laulala - try
45 17 - 20 Parks - conversion
53 O'Connor - sub off
Nikora - sub on
Tuohy - sub on
Vainikolo - sub off
59 Nikora - penalty goal 20 - 20 Tito - yellow card
60 Flavin - sub off
Reynecke - sub on
Ofisa Treviranus - sub off
Anderson - sub on		 Yapp - sub off
Hobbs - sub on
Filise - sub off
Andrews - sub on
Hewitt - sub off
Evans - sub on
64 20 - 23 Parks - penalty goal
70 DL Jones - sub on
Molitika - sub off
71 Murphy - sub off
O'Donohoe - sub on		 20 - 26 Parks - drop goal
72 Ah You - sub off
Rogers - sub on
77 Cuthbert - sub off
Sweeney - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Cardiff Blues won by a margin of 6 points
 
Ground name Galway Sportsground

Teams

Connacht Cardiff Blues
Tries O'Halloran (2), Flavin (27) Tries Cuthbert (41), Laulala (44)
Cons O'Connor (3, 28) Cons Parks (42, 45)
Pens O'Connor (13), Nikora (59) Pens Parks (12, 15, 64)
Drops none Drops Parks (71)
    Team
15 FB
Gavin Duffy
14 W
Fetu'u Vainikolo
13 C
Eoin Griffin
12 C
Henry Fa'afili
11 W
Tiernan O'Halloran
10 FH
Niall O'Connor
9 SH
Frank Murphy
1 P
Brett Wilkinson
2 H
Adrian Flavin
3 P
Rodney Ah You
4 L
Michael Swift
5 L
Mike McCarthy
6 F
John Muldoon
7 F
Ray Ofisa Treviranus
8 N8
George Naoupu
    Replacements
16 R
Ethienne Reynecke
17
Ronan Loughney
18 R
Dylan Rogers
19
Dave Gannon
20 R
Thomas Anderson
21 R
Paul O'Donohoe
22 R
Miah Nikora
23 R
Brian Tuohy
    Team
15 FB
Chris Czekaj
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Casey Laulala
12 C
Dafydd Hewitt
11 W
Tom James
10 FH
Dan Parks
9 SH
Richie Rees
1 P
John Yapp
2 H
T.Rhys Thomas
3 P
Taufa'ao Filise
4 L
Michael Paterson
5 L
Paul Tito
59
6 F
Ma'ama Molitika
7 F
Josh Navidi
8 N8
Xavier Rush
    Replacements
16
Ryan Tyrrell
17 R
Sam Hobbs
18 R
Scott Andrews
19 R
Deiniol Jones
20
Ellis Jenkins
21
Lewis Jones
22 R
Ceri Sweeney
23 R
Gavin Evans

Match stats

Connacht   Cardiff Blues
2 Tries 2
2 from 2 Conversion goals 2 from 2
2 from 2 Penalty goals 3 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
18 Kicks from hand 23
103 Passes 91
81 Runs 79
220 Metres run with ball 301
Attacking
50% Possession 50%
1 Clean breaks 7
4 Defenders beaten 9
6 Offloads 2
69 from 72 (95.8%) Rucks won 65 from 65 (100.0%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
15 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
82/9 Tackles made/missed 83/4
90.1% Tackling success rate 95.4%
Set pieces
1 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
14 won, 1 lost (93.3%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Conn stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Duffy 0/0 0 4/3/9 60 0 0 0 2 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Vainikolo 0/0 0 1/1/3 3 0 0 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Griffin 0/0 0 0/1/5 9 0 0 1 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Fa'afili 0/0 0 0/3/5 8 0 1 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W O'Halloran 1/0 5 1/1/9 37 0 1 1 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH O'Connor 0/1 7 6/7/1 1 0 0 0 3 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Murphy 0/0 0 3/51/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Wilkinson 0/0 0 0/3/1 3 0 0 0 0 8/1 1/0 0 0/0
H Flavin 1/0 5 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Ah You 0/0 0 0/3/3 7 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Swift 0/0 0 0/2/6 4 0 0 1 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
L McCarthy 0/0 0 0/4/6 27 1 1 1 0 8/0 9/0 0 0/0
F Muldoon 0/0 0 1/0/4 1 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Ofisa Treviranus 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Naoupu 0/0 0 0/1/12 33 0 0 0 0 8/0 2/0 2 0/0
(R) Reynecke 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Rogers 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Anderson 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
(R) O'Donohoe 0/0 0 0/10/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Nikora 0/0 3 2/7/3 5 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Tuohy 0/0 0 0/2/5 22 0 1 0 1 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 Czekaj 0/0 0 3/4/4 34 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 1/0 5 0/1/5 66 1 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Laulala 1/1 5 1/4/6 37 1 3 2 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Hewitt 0/0 0 0/2/5 10 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
W James 0/0 0 2/1/5 42 2 1 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Parks 0/1 16 12/14/2 16 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Rees 0/0 0 3/50/3 17 1 1 0 2 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Yapp 0/0 0 0/1/6 11 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Thomas 0/0 0 0/0/4 4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Filise 0/0 0 0/1/4 3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Paterson 0/0 0 2/2/9 19 0 1 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Tito 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 2 5/0 5/0 1 1/0
F Molitika 0/0 0 0/0/9 7 0 0 0 0 9/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Navidi 0/0 0 0/2/4 17 2 2 0 0 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Rush 0/0 0 0/7/7 16 0 0 0 0 2/0 5/0 2 0/0
(R) Hobbs 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Andrews 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) DL Jones 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Sweeney 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Evans 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/0 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

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