Match Report

  • Edinburgh 15 Cardiff Blues 38

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    Edinburgh 15 Cardiff Blues 38 Friday 2 September 7.30pm Murrayfield Rabo Direct Pro 12 The Blues kicked off their first competitive match of the season and instantly got a penalty that Sweeney converted. However from the restart Edinburgh enjoyed most of the territory with Webber looking dangerous in the centre and Visser also threatened after […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Edinburgh Rugby Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Sam Hobbs (17), (65)
Andries Pretorius (58)
Tom James (73)
Conversions Ceri Sweeney (58), (65), (73)
Penalties Greig Laidlaw (14), (19), (36), (53), (57) Ceri Sweeney (1), (21), (40), (62)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Edinburgh Rugby Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 0 4
Conversions 0 3
Yellow Cards 0 1

Player Stats

No player stats data available

Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Kyle Traynor Sam Hobbs
2 Steven Lawrie T.Rhys Thomas
3 Lewis Niven Scott Andrews
4 Grant Gilchrist Deiniol Jones
5 Steven Turnbull James Down
6 Sean Cox Michael Paterson
7 Roddy Grant Martyn Williams
8 David Denton Andries Pretorius
9 Greig Laidlaw Richie Rees
10 Phil Godman Ceri Sweeney
11 Tim Visser Tom James
12 Matt Scott Gavin Evans
13 Simon Webster Casey Laulala
14 Lee Jones Richard Mustoe
15 Jim Thompson Chris Czekaj

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Andy Kelly Rhys Williams
17 Robin Hislop Nathan Trevett
18 Jack Gilding Ryan Harford
19 Esteban Lozada Paul Tito
20 Hamish Watson Ma'ama Molitika
21 Chris Leck Lewis Jones
22 Gregor Hunter Gareth Davies
23 John Houston Dafydd Hewitt

Team Stats

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Team stats

The season so far

P: Played . W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against Diff: Difference BP: Bonus Points Pts: Points (Total)

No.   Team Name P W D L F A Diff BP Pts
7 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 22 10 0 12 446 460 -14 10 50
11 Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby 22 6 1 15 454 588 -134 6 32

Form Guide

Edinburgh Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby Home 15-38 Loss
Benetton Rugby Away 31-6 Loss
Dragons RFC Home 27-15 Win
Aironi Rugby Home 32-15 Win
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Edinburgh Rugby Away 15-38 Win
Scarlets Away 38-23 Loss
Dragons RFC Away 28-15 Loss
Benetton Rugby Home 29-9 Win

Past Meetings

Fri 4th Mar 2011
KO 19:30 GMT

Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Europe/London

Celtic League

Edinburgh Rugby

11

V

16

Cardiff Rugby

Sat 22nd Jan 2011
KO 17:45 GMT

Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Europe/London

European Cup

Edinburgh Rugby

14

V

21

Cardiff Rugby

Sat 9th Oct 2010
KO 17:45 BST

Cardiff City Stadium

Europe/London

European Cup

Cardiff Rugby

18

V

17

Edinburgh Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Edinburgh Rugby Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 18 18
Wins 8 10
Wins at home 3 4
Wins away 5 6
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003