Match Report

  • Ospreys 13 Cardiff Blues 21

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    A well worked try from hooker Kristian Dacey gave Blues a deserved early lead, but an intercept score from home skipper Jonathan Spratt on the stroke of half-time gave Ospreys a slender advantage at the break. A tight and closely contested second half saw both teams look to strike a decisive blow before Cook stepped […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Ospreys Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Jonathan Spratt (38) Kristian Dacey (25)
Macauley Cook (71)
Conversions Matthew Morgan (39) Simon Humberstone (72)
Penalties Matthew Morgan (21), (28) Simon Humberstone (8), (17)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Ospreys 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 1 2
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 Ospreys Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Marc Thomas Sam Hobbs
2 Matt Dwyer Kristian Dacey
3 Dan Suter Benoit Bourrust
4 Lloyd Ashley Macauley Cook
5 Rhodri Hughes James Down
6 Graham Knoop Ellis Jenkins
7 Arthur Ellis Thomas Young
8 Joe Bearman Robin Copeland
9 Tito Tebaldi Alex Walker
10 Matthew Morgan Simon Humberstone
11 Dafydd Howells Chris Czekaj
12 Jonathan Spratt Dafydd Hewitt
13 Tom Isaacs Gavin Evans
14 Aisea Natoga Richard Smith
15 Jamie Murphy Dan Fish

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Ospreys Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Evan Yardley Rhys Williams
17 Nicky Smith Thomas Davies
18 Nicky Thomas Taufa'ao Filise
19 Jack Jones Miles Normandale
20 Sam Lewis Rory Watts-Jones
21 Sam Davies Luke Hamilton
22 Rhys Webb Lewis Jones
23 Ben John Tom Williams

Match Preview

  • Blues team for Ospreys cup clash

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    Blues opened the cup campaign with a narrow 21-16 home defeat to Worcester Warriors and will now be aiming to record a vital first win in the pool stages as they make the short journey west. Fly half Simon Humberstone makes his first ever start for the region after impressing off the bench last week […]

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Team Stats

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Team stats

Form Guide

Ospreys Played Score Win/Loss
Leicester Tigers Away 39-16 Loss
Munster Rugby Away 12-6 Loss
Dragons RFC Home 40-17 Win
Northampton Saints Away 27-16 Loss
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Worcester Warriors Home 16-21 Loss
Benetton Rugby Home 17-13 Win
Ulster Rugby Away 39-21 Loss
Toulon Home 19-15 Win

Past Meetings

Sat 30th Mar 2013
KO 17:15 GMT

Principality Stadium

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

16

V

23

Ospreys

Fri 30th Nov 2012
KO 19:05 GMT

Swansea.com Stadium

Europe/London

PRO12

Ospreys

33

V

12

Cardiff Rugby

Sat 14th Apr 2012
KO 18:30 BST

Cardiff City Stadium

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

12

V

33

Ospreys

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Ospreys Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 22 22
Wins 14 7
Wins at home 8 6
Wins away 6 1
Draws 1 1

From data since 2003