Match Report

  • Cardiff Blues 13 Exeter Chiefs 19

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    A sell-out crowd at the Arms Park saw Blues give everything to secure a place in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals – after Saracens win earlier in the day ended Heineken Cup hopes – but come up just short. A stunning start from Exeter saw them take the lead after four through Don Armand and […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Cardiff Rugby Away team logo Exeter Chiefs
Tries Alex Cuthbert (37) Don Armand (4)
Conversions Leigh Halfpenny (38) Gareth Steenson (5)
Penalties Leigh Halfpenny (29), (54) Gareth Steenson (12), (24), (59), (80)

Match Stats

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

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Away Team Logo Exeter Chiefs
1 Sam Hobbs Carl Rimmer
2 Kristian Dacey Jack Yeandle
3 Benoit Bourrust Alex Brown
4 Chris Dicomidis Don Armand
5 Filo Paulo Damian Welch
6 Macauley Cook Dave Ewers
7 Ellis Jenkins Ben White
8 Robin Copeland Kai Horstmann
9 Lloyd Williams Dave Lewis
10 Gareth Davies Gareth Steenson
11 Chris Czekaj Matt Jess
12 Dafydd Hewitt Henry Slade
13 Gavin Evans Sam Hill
14 Alex Cuthbert Fetu'u Vainikolo
15 Leigh Halfpenny Luke Arscott

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Exeter Chiefs
16 Marc Breeze Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 Thomas Davies Greg Bateman
18 Scott Andrews Lloyd Fairbrother
19 James Down Tom Johnson
20 Rory Watts-Jones James Phillips
21 Lewis Jones Will Chudley
22 Dan Fish Ceri Sweeney
23 Richard Smith Jason Shoemark

Match Preview

  • Flanker Jenkins handed Euro starting spot

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    Former Wales Under-20 captain Jenkins is one of four changes for Blues as they hunt a crucial win in the final game in Pool 2 to propel them into the last eight of European rugby this season. Director of Rugby Phil Davies hands the captaincy to prop Sam Hobbs, with Wales international Gethin Jenkins (knee) […]

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Team Stats

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Team stats

Form Guide

Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Toulon Away 43-20 Loss
Dragons RFC Home 21-13 Win
Dragons RFC Away 22-16 Loss
Ospreys Home 19-22 Loss
Exeter Chiefs Played Score Win/Loss
Glasgow Warriors Home 10-15 Loss
Toulon Away 32-20 Loss
Toulon Home 9-14 Loss
Bath Rugby Away 37-15 Loss

Past Meetings

Sun 13th Oct 2013
KO 12:45 BST

Sandy Park

Europe/London

European Cup

Exeter Chiefs

44

V

29

Cardiff Rugby

Fri 12th Nov 2010
KO 19:30 GMT

Cardiff City Stadium

Europe/London

Anglo-Welsh Cup

Cardiff Rugby

23

V

23

Exeter Chiefs

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby Home Team Logo Exeter Chiefs
Played 2 2
Wins 0 1
Wins at home 0 1
Wins away 0 0
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003