RaboDirect PRO12 - Cardiff Arms Park, 22 February 2013, 19:30 local, 19:30 GMT
Cardiff Blues (8) 22 - 26 (15) Connacht (FT)

Timeline

Time Cardiff Blues  Score  Connacht
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 5 Poolman - try
5 0 - 10 Faloon - try
6 0 - 12 Nikora - conversion
7 Patchell - penalty goal 3 - 12
21 Robinson - try 8 - 12
31 8 - 15 Nikora - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
47 Patchell - penalty goal 11 - 15 Harris-Wright - yellow card
51 Patchell - penalty goal 14 - 15
56 14 - 18 Nikora - penalty goal
58 Andrews - sub on
Bourrust - sub off
L Davies - sub on
Jones - sub off		 Buckley - sub on
Wilkinson - sub off
White - sub off
Loughney - sub on
Reynecke - sub on
Harris-Wright - sub off
61 Copeland - try 19 - 18
64 19 - 23 Faloon - try
66 Dacey - sub off
R Williams - sub on
67 Patchell - penalty goal 22 - 23
69 Kearney - sub on
- sub off
O'Donohoe - sub on
Marmion - sub off
73 22 - 26 Nikora - penalty goal
79 Cook - sub off
Young - sub on
Patchell - sub off
Sweeney - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Connacht won by a margin of 4 points
 
Ground name Cardiff Arms Park

Teams

Cardiff Blues Connacht
Tries Robinson (21), Copeland (61) Tries Poolman (2), Faloon (5, 64)
Cons none Cons Nikora (6)
Pens Patchell (7, 47, 51, 67) Pens Nikora (31, 56, 73)
    Team
15 FB
Chris Czekaj
14 W
Owen Williams
13 C
Richard Smith
12 C
Gavin Evans
11 W
Harry Robinson
10 FH
Rhys Patchell
9 SH
Lewis Jones
1 P
Taufa'ao Filise
2 H
Kristian Dacey
3 P
Benoit Bourrust
4 L
Macauley Cook
5 L
James Down
6 F
Michael Paterson
7 F
Rory Watts-Jones
8 N8
Robin Copeland
    Replacements
16 R
Rhys Williams
17
Nathan Trevett
18 R
Scott Andrews
19
Luke Hamilton
20 R
Thomas Young
21 R
Liam Davies
22 R
Ceri Sweeney
23
Gareth Davies
    Team
15 FB
Gavin Duffy
14 W
Danie Poolman
13 C
Eoin Griffin
12 C
Brian Murphy
11 W
Fetu'u Vainikolo
10 FH
Miah Nikora
9 SH
Kieran Marmion
1 P
Brett Wilkinson
2 H
Jason Harris-Wright
47
3 P
Nathan White
4 L
Michael Swift
5 L
Andrew Browne
6 F
John Muldoon
7 F
Willie Faloon
8 N8
    Replacements
16 R
Ethienne Reynecke
17 R
Denis Buckley
18 R
Ronan Loughney
19 R
Mick Kearney
20
Thomas Anderson
21 R
Paul O'Donohoe
22
Matt Healy
23
Matthew Jarvis

Match stats

Cardiff Blues   Connacht
2 Tries 3
0 from 0 Conversion goals 1 from 1
4 from 4 Penalty goals 3 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 25
180 Passes 104
130 Runs 75
401 Metres run with ball 268
Attacking
40% (33%/50%) Possession (1H/2H) 60% (67%/50%)
5 Clean breaks 5
16 Defenders beaten 2
8 Offloads 9
105 from 109 (96.3%) Rucks won 42 from 46 (91.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
13 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
83/2 Tackles made/missed 167/16
98.0% Tackling success rate 91.0%
Set pieces
5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Lineouts on own throw 8 won, 4 lost (66.7%)
Discipline
6 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Cdiff stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Czekaj 0/0 0 8/9/10 44 0 2 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W OR Williams 0/0 0 0/1/6 27 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/0 0 1/7/9 44 0 3 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Evans 0/0 0 3/5/12 67 2 4 1 2 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Robinson 1/0 5 0/7/6 43 0 2 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Patchell 0/1 12 10/23/5 10 0 0 1 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Jones 0/0 0 2/62/6 8 0 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Filise 0/0 0 0/2/7 7 0 0 1 0 3/0 1/0 2 0/0
H Dacey 0/0 0 0/4/10 21 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Bourrust 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Cook 0/0 0 0/0/10 21 0 0 0 2 6/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Down 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 4/1 0 0/0
F Paterson 0/0 0 0/6/9 12 0 0 0 0 6/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Watts-Jones 0/0 0 0/7/10 8 0 0 0 1 13/0 2/0 2 0/0
N8 Copeland 1/0 5 0/5/11 55 1 4 1 1 9/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) R Williams 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Andrews 0/0 0 0/2/5 12 1 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Young 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) L Davies 0/1 0 2/30/3 16 1 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Sweeney 0/0 0 0/7/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 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

Conn stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Duffy 0/1 0 4/6/6 36 0 0 1 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Poolman 1/0 5 2/1/2 20 1 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Griffin 0/0 0 1/4/3 20 0 0 0 0 14/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Murphy 0/1 0 0/1/6 22 1 1 1 1 11/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Vainikolo 0/0 0 2/2/10 65 0 1 2 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Nikora 0/0 11 9/20/1 10 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Marmion 0/0 0 4/40/4 10 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Wilkinson 0/0 0 0/3/1 0 0 0 0 1 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Harris-Wright 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 1 11/1 0/0 2 1/0
P White 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 1 9/3 0/0 2 0/0
L Swift 0/0 0 0/1/9 14 0 0 1 2 20/1 1/0 2 0/0
L Browne 0/0 0 0/1/5 8 0 0 1 3 15/1 5/0 0 0/0
F Muldoon 0/0 0 0/2/8 6 0 0 0 1 19/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Faloon 2/0 10 1/2/4 35 3 0 1 0 15/4 0/0 1 0/0
N8 0/0 0 0/6/5 15 0 0 0 0 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Reynecke 0/0 0 0/1/3 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Buckley 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Loughney 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Kearney 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) O'Donohoe 0/0 0 2/10/1 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 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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