Si è giocato iri sera il recupero celtico tra Dragons e Bues. Il derby gallese è stato vinto da Newport grazie a una meta marcata da Tonderai Chavhanga al 72′. Un ko pesantissimo per Cardiff, che ora è al settimo posto in classifica, ma che una vittoria avrebbe catapultato al terzo.
The scorers
For Dragons:
Tries: Groves, Chavhanga
Con: Robling
Pens: Robling 2
For Cardiff:
Try: James
Pens: Parks 2, Blair
Dragons: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Will Harries, 13 Andy Tuilagi, 12 Ashley Smith (c) 11 Aled Brew, 10 Lewis Robling, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Tom Brown. 7 Darren Waters, 6 Lewis Evans, 5 Rob Sidoli, 4 Jevon Groves, 3 Nathan Buck, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Nathan Williams.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Phil Price, 18 Dan Way, 19 Hugo Ellis, 20 Hywel Stoddart, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Tonderai Chavhanga, 23 Steffan Jones.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Chris Czekaj, 14 Harry Robinson, 13 Gavin Evans, 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Tom James, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Xavier Rush, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Michael Paterson, 5 Cory Hill, 4 Macualey Cook, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 T Rhys Thomas (c), 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Tyrell, 17 John Yapp, 18 Ryan Harford, 19 Maama Molitika, 20 Josh Navidi, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Ben Blair.
Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 19.05
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
Competition Table
Team | Pld | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|
Leinster | 17 | 63 | |
Munster | 17 | 52 | |
Ospreys | 17 | 49 | |
Warriors | 17 | 47 | |
Ulster | 17 | 46 | |
Scarlets | 17 | 45 | |
Blues | 17 | 45 | |
Treviso | 17 | 29 | |
Dragons | 17 | 29 | |
Connacht | 17 | 24 | |
Edinburgh | 17 | 23 | |
Aironi | 17 | 19 |