Cardiff Rugby
36 – 19
Halftime: 12 – 5
Attendance: 9172
Sale Sharks
Halftime: 12 – 5
Attendance: 9172
Saturday 16th January 2010
KO 15:45 GMT Europe
Cardiff City Stadium
Ref: Romain Poite
European Cup
Match Report
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Cardiff Blues 36 Sale Sharks 19
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Read more : Cardiff Blues 36 Sale Sharks 19Cardiff Blues 34 Sale Sharks 19 Cardiff City Stadium, Saturday 16 January 2010, 3.45pm kick off The Blues got off to a strong start driving forward towards the Sharks try-line before being awarded a penalty for offside that Blair converted. However, the Sharks were first to cross the try-line with the ball popping out on […]
Match Stats
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Match stats
Summary
| Stat. |
Cardiff Rugby |
Sale Sharks |
|---|---|---|
| Tries |
Richie Rees (42) Bradley Davies (46) Xavier Rush (80) |
Sisa Koyamaibole (8) Mathew Tait (49) James Gaskell (78) |
| Conversions | Ben Blair (42), (46), (80) | Charlie Hodgson (49), (78) |
| Penalties |
Ben Blair (3), (21), (34), (56) Leigh Halfpenny (30) |
Match Stats
| Stat. |
Cardiff Rugby |
Sale Sharks |
|---|---|---|
| Posession First Half | 0% | 0% |
| Posession Second Half | 0% | 0% |
| Territory First Half | 0% | 0% |
| Territory Second Half | 0% | 0% |
| Tries | 3 | 3 |
| Conversions | 3 | 2 |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 1 |
Player Stats
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Match Line-up
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Line-up
|
Cardiff Rugby |
Sale Sharks |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gethin Jenkins | Eifion Lewis-Roberts |
| 2 | Gareth Williams | Neil Briggs |
| 3 | Taufa'ao Filise | Martin Halsall |
| 4 | Bradley Davies | Dean Schofield |
| 5 | Deiniol Jones | James Gaskell |
| 6 | Andy Powell | Carl Fearns |
| 7 | Martyn Williams | David Seymour |
| 8 | Xavier Rush | Sisa Koyamaibole |
| 9 | Richie Rees | Dwayne Peel |
| 10 | Ceri Sweeney | Charlie Hodgson |
| 11 | Tom James | Ben Cohen |
| 12 | Jamie Roberts | Lee Thomas |
| 13 | Casey Laulala | Mathew Tait |
| 14 | Leigh Halfpenny | Mark Cueto |
| 15 | Ben Blair | Nick Macleod |
Replacements
|
Cardiff Rugby |
Sale Sharks |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | T.Rhys Thomas | Marc Jones |
| 17 | Gary Powell | Gavin Kerr |
| 18 | Sam Hobbs | Rob O'Donnell |
| 19 | Paul Tito | Chris Jones |
| 20 | Ben White | Luke Abraham |
| 21 | Gareth Cooper | Richard Wigglesworth |
| 22 | Sam Norton-Knight | Jonny Kennedy |
| 23 | Tom Shanklin | David Doherty |
Match Preview
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Young selects his side for Saturday’s crunch match
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Read more : Young selects his side for Saturday’s crunch matchSpeaking ahead of the match David Young said, Saturday’s match is a must win game for us, as it is for the Sale Sharks. Being realistic, if we lose to Sale, we are pretty much out of both the top tier and the second-tier competitions in Europe. So we have got to make sure we […]
Team Stats
Review overall team performance, recent form, and historical comparisons.
Team stats
Form Guide
| Cardiff Rugby | Played | Score | Win/Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Rugby | Away | 21-12 | Loss |
| Ospreys | Away | 26-0 | Loss |
| Dragons RFC | Home | 42-13 | Win |
| Toulouse | Away | 23-7 | Loss |
| Sale Sharks | Played | Score | Win/Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlequins | Home | 21-17 | Win |
| Harlequins | Away | 19-29 | Win |
| Leeds Tykes | Home | 27-3 | Win |
| Dragons RFC | Away | 20-9 | Loss |
Past Meetings
Fri 16th Oct 2009
KO 20:00 BST
Edgeley Park, Stockport
Europe
European Cup
Sale Sharks
27
V
26
Cardiff Rugby
Sat 4th Oct 2008
KO 15:00 BST
Edgeley Park, Stockport
Europe
Anglo-Welsh Cup
Sale Sharks
17
V
18
Cardiff Rugby
Fri 26th Oct 2007
KO 19:10 BST
Cardiff Arms Park
Europe
Anglo-Welsh Cup
Cardiff Rugby
32
V
15
Sale Sharks
Head-to-head
|
Cardiff Rugby |
Sale Sharks |
|
|---|---|---|
| Played | 5 | 5 |
| Wins | 3 | 2 |
| Wins at home | 2 | 2 |
| Wins away | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | 0 |
From data since 2003