Heineken Cup , Pool 1 - Northampton, 11 December 2010, 17:45 local, 17:45 GMT
Northampton Saints (10) 23 - 15 (12) Cardiff Blues (FT)

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Timeline

Time Northampton Saints  Score  Cardiff Blues
0 start of first half start of first half
3 0 - 3 Parks - penalty goal
20 Diggin - try 5 - 3
21 Myler - conversion 7 - 3
31 7 - 6 Parks - penalty goal
34 7 - 9 Parks - penalty goal
36 Downey - yellow card
38 7 - 12 Parks - penalty goal
39 Myler - penalty goal 10 - 12 Filise - yellow card
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Ashton - try 15 - 12
43 Myler - conversion 17 - 12
45 Yapp - sub on
Mustoe - sub off
50 Mustoe - sub on
Yapp - sub off
54 Myler - penalty goal 20 - 12
55 Tito - sub off
Paterson - sub on
Warburton - sub on
ME Williams - sub off
64 Powell - sub off
Dickson - sub on
66 Myler - penalty goal
Dowson - sub off
Clark - sub on		 23 - 12
70 Lawes - yellow card 23 - 15 Parks - penalty goal
75 Mujati - sub off
Mercey - sub on
Hartley - yellow card		 GJ Williams - yellow card
76 Sharman - sub on
Wood - sub off
77 Mustoe - sub off
R Williams - sub on
78 Tonga'uiha - sub off
Dreyer - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Northampton Saints won by a margin of 8 points
 
Ground name Franklin's Gardens, Northampton

Teams

Northampton Saints Cardiff Blues
Tries Diggin (20), Ashton (42) Tries none
Cons Myler (21, 43) Cons none
Pens Myler (39, 54, 66) Pens Parks (3, 31, 34, 38, 70)
    Team
15 FB
Ben Foden
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Jon Clarke
12 C
James Downey
36
11 W
Paul Diggin
10 FH
Stephen Myler
9 SH
Ryan Powell
1 P
Soane Tonga'uiha
2 H
Dylan Hartley
75
3 P
Brian Mujati
4 L
Courtney Lawes
70
5 L
Christian Day
6 F
Phil Dowson
7 F
Tom Wood
8 N8
Roger Wilson
    Replacements
16 R
Brett Sharman
17 R
Regardt Dreyer
18 R
Tom Mercey
19
Mark Sorenson
20 R
Calum Clark
21 R
Lee Dickson
22
Shane Geraghty
23
Joe Ansbro
    Team
15 FB
Chris Czekaj
14 W
Richard Mustoe
13 C
Casey Laulala
12 C
Tom Shanklin
11 W
Tom James
10 FH
Dan Parks
9 SH
Richie Rees
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Gareth Williams
75
3 P
Taufa'ao Filise
39
4 L
Bradley Davies
5 L
Paul Tito
6 F
Ma'ama Molitika
7 F
Martyn Williams
8 N8
Xavier Rush
    Replacements
16 R
Rhys Williams
17
Sam Hobbs
18 R
John Yapp
19 R
Michael Paterson
20 R
Sam Warburton
21
Tom Slater
22
Ceri Sweeney
23
Gavin Evans

Match stats

Northampton Saints   Cardiff Blues
2 Tries 0
2 from 2 Conversion goals 0 from 0
3 from 3 Penalty goals 5 from 6
100.0% Kick at goal success 83.3%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 16
99 Passes 127
90 Runs 75
151 Metres run with ball 288
Attacking
0 Clean breaks 1
2 Defenders beaten 6
6 Offloads 12
70 from 70 (100.0%) Rucks won 63 from 64 (98.4%)
5 from 6 (83.3%) Mauls won 0 from 0
7 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
76/6 Tackles made/missed 95/2
92.7% Tackling success rate 97.9%
Set pieces
11 won, 1 lost (91.7%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
9 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 6 lost (60.0%)
Discipline
15 Penalties conceded 12
3/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Nthmp stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/1 0 3/2/7 41 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ashton 1/0 5 0/1/4 3 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Clarke 0/0 0 1/0/2 10 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Downey 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 0 0 2 11/0 0/0 1 1/0
W Diggin 1/0 5 0/1/6 21 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Myler 0/0 13 14/15/4 8 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Powell 0/1 0 4/53/4 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Tonga'uiha 0/0 0 0/2/6 15 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 0/6/10 9 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 1/0
P Mujati 0/0 0 0/0/5 5 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Lawes 0/0 0 0/1/5 3 0 0 1 1 7/0 1/2 4 1/0
L Day 0/0 0 0/1/4 3 0 0 0 0 4/2 1/3 0 0/0
F Dowson 0/0 0 0/2/11 16 0 0 0 1 8/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Wood 0/0 0 0/1/7 8 0 0 0 1 8/1 4/0 0 0/0
N8 Wilson 0/0 0 0/5/9 6 0 0 3 1 9/1 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Sharman 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Dreyer 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Mercey 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Clark 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
(R) Dickson 0/0 0 0/8/0 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

Cdiff stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Czekaj 0/0 0 3/1/6 85 1 1 1 1 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Mustoe 0/0 0 0/1/2 10 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Laulala 0/0 0 1/5/8 23 0 0 2 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Shanklin 0/0 0 1/3/8 21 0 1 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W James 0/0 0 0/1/5 31 0 2 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Parks 0/0 15 8/39/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Rees 0/0 0 0/62/1 0 0 0 1 2 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/2/1 3 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 2 0/0
H GJ Williams 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 12/0 0/0 2 1/0
P Filise 0/0 0 0/0/5 12 0 0 2 0 5/1 0/0 1 1/0
L Davies 0/0 0 0/2/4 0 0 0 0 1 6/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Tito 0/0 0 0/2/3 8 0 0 2 1 7/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Molitika 0/0 0 0/1/10 24 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
F ME Williams 0/0 0 0/3/5 24 0 0 2 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Rush 0/0 0 0/4/10 26 0 2 1 0 9/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) R Williams 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Yapp 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Paterson 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Warburton 0/0 0 0/0/3 15 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 1 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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