Heineken Cup , Pool 6 - Salford, 14 October 2012, 12:45 local, 11:45 GMT
Sale Sharks (12) 34 - 33 (24) Cardiff Blues (FT)

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Timeline

Time Sale Sharks  Score  Cardiff Blues
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 3 Halfpenny - penalty goal
6 Copeland - sub on
Warburton - sub off
12 Macleod - penalty goal 3 - 3
15 3 - 8 Cuthbert - try
16 3 - 10 Halfpenny - conversion
18 3 - 15 Cuthbert - try
19 3 - 17 Halfpenny - conversion
26 Macleod - penalty goal 6 - 17
36 Macleod - penalty goal 9 - 17
37 9 - 22 Cuthbert - try
38 9 - 24 Halfpenny - conversion
40 Macleod - penalty goal 12 - 24
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 12 - 27 Halfpenny - penalty goal
49 Willis - sub on
Macleod - sub off
Fowles - sub off
Cipriani - sub on		 Trevett - sub on
Bourrust - sub off
50 Breeze - sub off
Kyriacou - sub on
55 Cipriani - try 17 - 27
59 Gaskell - sub on
McKenzie - sub off
Tuitupou - sub off
Leota - sub on		 17 - 30 Halfpenny - penalty goal
63 Jennings - try
Miller - conversion		 24 - 30
70 Jones - sub on
Williams - sub off
73 Jones - yellow card
74 Buckley - try 29 - 30
75 Miller - conversion 31 - 30
77 Miller - penalty goal 34 - 30
78 34 - 33 Halfpenny - penalty goal
80+2 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
82

Notes

 
Result Sale Sharks won by a margin of 1 point
 
Ground name Salford City Stadium, Salford

Teams

Sale Sharks Cardiff Blues
Tries Cipriani (55), Jennings (63), Buckley (74) Tries Cuthbert (15, 18, 37)
Cons Miller (63, 75) Cons Halfpenny (16, 19, 38)
Pens Macleod (12, 26, 36, 40), Miller (77) Pens Halfpenny (2, 45, 59, 78)
    Team
15 FB
Rob Miller
14 W
Mark Jennings
13 C
Will Addison
12 C
Sam Tuitupou
11 W
Mark Cueto
10 FH
Nick Macleod
9 SH
Nathan Fowles
1 P
Eifion Lewis-Roberts
2 H
Tommy Taylor
3 P
Tony Buckley
4 L
Richie Gray
5 L
Fraser McKenzie
6 F
Richie Vernon
7 F
David Seymour
8 N8
Andy Powell
    Replacements
16
Joe Ward
17
Ross Harrison
18
Vadim Cobilas
19
Kearnan Myall
20 R
James Gaskell
21 R
Cillian Willis
22 R
Danny Cipriani
23 R
Johnny Leota
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Gavin Evans
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
Tom James
10 FH
Ceri Sweeney
9 SH
Lloyd Williams
1 P
Taufa'ao Filise
2 H
Marc Breeze
3 P
Benoit Bourrust
4 L
Bradley Davies
5 L
Lou Reed
6 F
Josh Navidi
7 F
Sam Warburton
8 N8
Andries Pretorius
    Replacements
16 R
Andy Kyriacou
17 R
Nathan Trevett
18
Scott Andrews
19
James Down
20 R
Robin Copeland
21 R
Lewis Jones
73
22
Gareth Davies
23
Dan Fish

Match stats

Sale Sharks   Cardiff Blues
3 Tries 3
2 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 3
5 from 5 Penalty goals 4 from 4
87.5% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 33
175 Passes 121
131 Runs 111
656 Metres run with ball 333
Attacking
54% Possession 46%
57% Territory 43%
6 Clean breaks 8
24 Defenders beaten 9
19 Offloads 13
83 from 87 (95.4%) Rucks won 76 from 82 (92.7%)
3 from 5 (60.0%) Mauls won 0 from 0
14 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
100/9 Tackles made/missed 107/24
91.7% Tackling success rate 81.7%
Set pieces
3 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 1 lost (87.5%)
14 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 15
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Sale stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Miller 0/0 7 2/6/12 74 0 5 0 3 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Jennings 1/0 5 1/4/12 83 1 3 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Addison 0/1 0 0/9/11 70 1 1 3 1 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
C Tuitupou 0/0 0 1/8/9 27 0 1 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Cueto 0/0 0 5/6/11 117 0 2 1 1 5/1 0/0 2 0/0
FH Macleod 0/0 12 2/26/5 15 1 0 2 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Fowles 0/0 0 4/48/2 3 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Lewis-Roberts 0/0 0 0/1/5 20 1 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Taylor 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Buckley 1/0 5 0/1/9 20 0 3 0 3 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Gray 0/0 0 0/2/11 23 0 0 1 0 9/0 7/0 0 0/0
L McKenzie 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 0 5/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Vernon 0/0 0 0/8/8 69 2 1 3 0 12/0 1/2 1 0/0
F Seymour 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 0 0 0 12/1 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Powell 0/0 0 2/13/15 61 0 6 8 2 4/0 1/0 2 0/0
(R) Gaskell 0/0 0 0/1/4 7 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Willis 0/1 0 1/22/1 15 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Cipriani 1/0 5 7/14/4 22 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Leota 0/1 0 0/4/2 23 0 0 1 1 6/1 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 Halfpenny 0/0 18 12/7/10 51 0 1 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 3/0 15 0/8/14 95 3 3 4 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Evans 0/0 0 0/7/6 11 1 0 2 0 12/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Roberts 0/1 0 1/2/6 24 1 2 0 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
W James 0/0 0 1/4/6 11 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Sweeney 0/1 0 10/29/7 19 1 0 0 1 11/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Williams 0/0 0 7/40/6 30 0 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Filise 0/0 0 0/2/8 7 0 0 2 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Breeze 0/1 0 0/2/5 26 1 0 0 1 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Bourrust 0/0 0 0/0/3 6 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
L BS Davies 0/0 0 0/1/9 6 0 1 0 1 8/1 2/0 0 0/0
L Reed 0/0 0 0/3/4 3 0 0 0 1 6/5 6/0 3 0/0
F Navidi 0/0 0 0/4/5 9 0 0 0 0 12/6 1/0 0 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Pretorius 0/0 0 1/6/14 18 0 0 3 1 7/0 0/0 3 0/0
(R) Kyriacou 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Trevett 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Copeland 0/0 0 0/2/5 16 1 1 0 0 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Jones 0/0 0 1/2/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 1/0
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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