Did you know?
- Cardiff Blues have won only one of their last five Guinness PRO12 encounters: 27-16 at home to Newport Gwent Dragons on Boxing Day.
- The Blues have won three of their last four matches at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park in all tournaments since Ulster beat them there in the PRO12 on 3 December.
- Connacht’s only victory in their last five matches was 66-21 at home to Zebre in the European champions Cup on 4 January.
- The Irishmen’s only away victory in any tournament this season was 52-7 at Zebre in the champions Cup on 23 October.
- Connacht won 18-7 when the two sides me at the Sportsground in round 9 and have never achieved a season’s double over Cardiff Blues whilst the only time they have beaten Blues in Cardiff was 26-22 in February 2013.
Overall Guinness PRO12 head to head record:
Played 27, Blues won 20, Connacht won 5 with 2 games drawn.
CARDIFF BLUES v CONNACHT RUGBY
Sunday February 12th 2017
At BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park
Kick off 1.05pm
Live on S4C
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR, 61st competition game)
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Assistant Referees: Elia Rizzo (FIR), Aled Evans (WRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Charles (WRU)
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)
| HEAD TO HEAD – RECENT GUINNESS PRO12 MEETINGS | |||||
| Date | Venue |
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Cardiff Blues scorers | Connacht scorers |
| Sat 3 May 14 | Sportsground |
22 |
15 |
Lewis Jones(T) Gareth Davies(2C/P) Dan Fish(T) Penalty Try(T) | Matt Healy(T) Robbie Henshaw(T) Miah Nikora(C/P) |
| Fri 3 Oct 14 | Sportsground |
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24 |
24 |
Rhys Patchell(3C/P) Macauley Cook(T) Sam Hobbs(T) Adam Thomas(T) | Robbie Henshaw(T) Kieran Marmion(T) Craig Ronaldson(3C/P) Nathan White(T) |
| Fri 6 Mar 15 | BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park |
18 |
17 |
Rhys Patchell(C/2P) Joaquin Tuculet(2T) | Jake Heenan(T) Aly Muldowney(T) Craig Ronaldson(2C/P) |
| Sat 3 Oct 15 | Sportsground |
31 |
36 |
Rhys Patchell(3C/P) Aled Summerhill(T) Gareth Davies(C) Dan Fish(T) Sam Hobbs(T) Josh Turnbull(T) | Tiernan O’Halloran(T) Danie Poolman(T) Nepia Fox-Matamua(T) Jack Carty(4C/P) Kieran Marmion(T) Aly Muldowney(T) |
| Fri 4 Dec 15 | BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park |
20 |
16 |
Rhys Patchell(2C/2P) Tom James(T) Manoa Vosawai(T) | Ian Porter(T/P) Eoin McKeon(T) Jack Carty(P) |
| Fri 25 Nov 16 | Sportsground |
7 |
18 |
Steve Shingler(C) Tom James(T) | John Cooney(T/C/2P) Bundee Aki(T) |
| COMPARISON | Blues | Connacht |
| Last 3 PRO12 results: | 26 Dec – Dragons (H) W 27-16 | 23 Dec – Ulster (A) L 7-23 |
| 1 Jan – Scarlets (A) L 10-15 | 31 Dec – Munster (H) L 9-16 | |
| 7 Jan – Glasgow (A) L 15-29 | 7 Jan – Ospreys (A) L 7-29 | |
| PRO12 2016/17 | 7th – W6 D0 L7 – 27pts | 8th – W4 D0 L8 – 21pts |
| Last 6 PRO12 form | wlLWll (9pts) | lWWlLl (11pts) |
| Top try scorer | 6 – Tom James | 4 – Niyi Adeolokun |
| Top points scorer | 84 – Steve Shingler | 68 – Jack Carty |
