Match Centre

Full Time

  • 12 February 2017

  • 1:05 PM

  • Cardiff Arms Park

13 VS 19

Presented by:

1
  • Williams 28'

Tries

1
  • Healy 38'

2
  • Anscombe 11'

  • Anscombe 19'

Penalties

3
  • Cooney 44'

  • Cooney 63'

  • Ronaldson 79'

1
  • Anscombe 28'

Conversions

1
  • Cooney 39'

Matthew

Morgan

15

Tiernan

O'Halloran

Blaine

Scully

14
Winger

Niyi

Adeolokun

Reynold

Lee-Lo

13
Centre

Stacey

Ili

Willis

Halaholo

12
Fly Half

Craig

Ronaldson

Rhun

Williams

11
Left Wing

Matt

Healy

Gareth

Anscombe

10
Outside Half

Jack

Carty

Lloyd

Williams

9
Scrum Half

John

Cooney

Rhys

Gill

1
Prop

Denis

Buckley

Kristian

Dacey

2
Hooker

Tom

McCartney

Anton

Peikrishvili

3
Prop

JP

Cooney

Jarrad

Hoeata

4
Lock

Quinn

Roux

James

Down

5
Lock

James

Cannon

Macauley

Cook

6
Flanker

Sean

O'Brien

Josh

Navidi

7
Flanker

Jake

Heenan

Nick

Williams

8
Back Row

John

Muldoon

Replacements

Matthew

Rees

16
Hooker

Dave

Heffernan

Marc

Thomas

17
Prop

Ronan

Loughney

Scott

Andrews

18
Prop

Finlay

Bealham

Seb

Davies

19
Flanker

Naulia

Dawai

Sion

Bennett

20
Flanker

Nepia

Fox-Matamua

Tomos

Williams

21
Scrum Half

Caolin

Blade

Garyn

Smith

22

Thomas

Farrell

Tom

James

23
Winger

Danie

Poolman

80:00

End Of Second Half

It's all over! The referee has blown his whistle to end the game.

79:00

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Craig Ronaldson adds the three points for Connacht.

77:00

Drop Goal - Kicked

Tiernan O'Halloran has kicked a drop goal.

77:00

Clean Break

This is dangerous for the defence as Caolin Blade bursts through to advance the Connacht attack.

77:00

Substitution on

Naulia Dawai comes on.

77:00

Substitution off

Sean O'Brien comes off.

77:00

Drop Goal - Missed Right

Connacht have a drop goal attempt, but its pushed to the right.

77:00

Substitution on

Cardiff Blues decide to make a substitution, with Marc Thomas getting some game time.

77:00

Substitution off

Cardiff Blues decide to make a substitution, with Rhys Gill being replaced.

76:00

Clean Break

A gap opened in the defence and Thomas Farrell took full advantage.

76:00

Player Good Tackles

Rhys Gill has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

76:00

Player Good Tackles

Gareth Anscombe has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

74:00

Substitution on

Cardiff Blues make a substitution with Seb Davies coming on.

74:00

Substitution off

Cardiff Blues make a substitution with Jarrad Hoeata coming off.

73:00

Player Good Tackles

Jarrad Hoeata has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

71:00

Team Rucks Won

Connacht have won 80 rucks so far this game.

71:00

Clean Break

The defensive line has been broken as Jake Heenan goes through the gap.

69:00

Substitution on

Cardiff Blues sub Sion Bennett comes onto the field.

69:00

Substitution off

Nick Williams departs for Cardiff Blues.

69:00

Substitution on

Tomos Williams comes on for Cardiff Blues.

69:00

Substitution off

Lloyd Williams leaves the field.

69:00

Substitution on

Matthew Rees comes on.

69:00

Substitution off

Kristian Dacey comes off.

69:00

Substitution on

Caolin Blade comes on.

69:00

Substitution off

John Cooney comes off.

68:00

Clean Break

What a run here by Tiernan O'Halloran as he gets over the gainline!.

66:00

Substitution on

Dave Heffernan comes on.

66:00

Substitution off

Tom McCartney comes off.

64:00

Player Good Tackles

Josh Navidi has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

63:00

Penalty Goal - Kicked

John Cooney does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.

61:00

Substitution on

Connacht decide to make a substitution, with Nepia Fox-Matamua getting some game time.

61:00

Substitution off

Connacht decide to make a substitution, with James Cannon being replaced.

59:00

Team Rucks Won

Connacht have won 60 rucks so far this game.

58:00

Substitution on

Connacht make a substitution with Thomas Farrell coming on.

58:00

Substitution off

Connacht make a substitution with Stacey Ili coming off.

57:00

Team Rucks Won

Cardiff Blues have won 100 rucks so far this game.

57:00

Player Good Tackles

John Muldoon has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

56:00

Player Good Tackles

Tom McCartney has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

50:00

Substitution on

Cardiff Blues sub Tom James comes onto the field.

50:00

Substitution off

Rhun Williams departs for Cardiff Blues.

49:00

Team Rucks Won

Cardiff Blues have won 80 rucks so far this game.

48:00

Player Good Tackles

Jake Heenan has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

48:00

Substitution on

Scott Andrews comes on for Cardiff Blues.

48:00

Substitution off

Anton Peikrishvili leaves the field.

47:00

Substitution on

Finlay Bealham comes on.

47:00

Substitution off

JP Cooney comes off.

47:00

Penalty Goal - Hit Left Post

Gareth Anscombe can consider himself unlucky as he sees the ball hit the left upright and bounce away.

45:00

Clean Break

Rhun Williams makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

44:00

Penalty Goal - Kicked

John Cooney makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.

44:00

Clean Break

Fabulous play by Cardiff Blues has led to Josh Navidi being able to wriggle through a gap.

40:00

Start Of Second Half

The second half is underway.

38:00

Try - Passing Move

Great hands by Connacht leads to a try for Matt Healy.

39:00

Conversion - Kicked

John Cooney converts the try.

38:00

Try Assist

Jack Carty sets up the try.

38:00

Clean Break

Trouble here as Matt Healy breaches the defence.

37:00

Clean Break

This is dangerous for the defence as Tom McCartney bursts through to advance the Connacht attack.

36:00

Team Rucks Won

Connacht have won 40 rucks so far this game.

34:00

Team Rucks Won

Cardiff Blues have won 60 rucks so far this game.

34:00

Player Good Tackles

James Cannon has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

30:00

Player Good Tackles

Quinn Roux has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

28:00

Conversion - Kicked

Gareth Anscombe has kicked a conversion.

28:00

Try - Close range

Cardiff Blues are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Nick Williams touching down.

27:00

Player Good Tackles

Sean O'Brien has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

26:00

Clean Break

A gap opened in the defence and Willis Halaholo took full advantage.

26:00

Team Rucks Won

Cardiff Blues have won 40 rucks so far this game.

20:00

Team Rucks Won

Connacht have won 20 rucks so far this game.

19:00

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Gareth Anscombe kicks the penalty.

11:00

Penalty Goal - Kicked

Gareth Anscombe has kicked a penalty goal.

9:00

Team Rucks Won

Cardiff Blues have won 20 rucks so far this game.

8:00

Clean Break

The defensive line has been broken as Rhun Williams goes through the gap.

2:00

Penalty Goal - Missed

Penalty goal attempt from John Cooney has the distance but not the direction.

0:00

Start Of First Half

We are underway as the referee blows his whistle.

Match Stats

52%

Possession

48%

49%

Territory

51%

Metres

363

410

Carries

135

137

Clean Breaks

5

8

Defenders Beaten

25

20

Passes

166

185

Offloads

6

10

Penalties Conceded

9

7

Turnovers Conceded

10

15

153/173 88%

Tackles won

164/189 87%

6/6 100%

Scrums won

9/9 100%

9/9 100%

Lineouts won

6/8 75%

Action Areas

4.7%

2.1%

8.8%

16.2%

29.8%

17.8%

6.4%

14.2%

Player Stats

Connacht Rugby

MP

M

C

P

T

MT

TW

TC

DB

LW

TS

PTS

Tiernan O'Halloran

80

105

18

5

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

3

Niyi Adeolokun

80

45

9

0

3

4

1

0

1

0

0

0

Stacey Ili

58

13

4

1

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Craig Ronaldson

80

2

6

3

13

2

0

0

1

0

0

3

Matt Healy

80

26

3

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

1

5

Jack Carty

80

22

9

23

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

John Cooney

69

22

10

62

3

2

0

0

5

0

0

8

Denis Buckley

80

0

6

14

9

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

Tom McCartney

66

20

8

2

14

0

1

0

3

7

0

0

JP Cooney

47

1

7

1

10

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Quinn Roux

80

6

9

8

12

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

James Cannon

61

0

5

1

21

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Sean O'Brien

77

5

6

7

19

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Jake Heenan

80

30

10

12

17

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

John Muldoon

80

33

9

8

13

1

2

0

1

0

0

0

Dave Heffernan

14

5

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ronan Loughney

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Finlay Bealham

33

2

3

1

7

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Naulia Dawai

3

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Nepia Fox-Matamua

19

6

3

3

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Caolin Blade

11

39

3

28

0

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

Thomas Farrell

22

28

4

2

3

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

Danie Poolman

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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