Irish Rugby Football Union - Cardiff Blues (21-14) | United rugby championship

Full-time Men's Senior Europe United rugby championship Knockout stage
IRL
Irish Rugby Football Union
Form V V V V D
Coach: -
No bonus
Scott Wilson 11' E
Angus Bell 18' E
Charlie Irvine 65' E
Jack Murphy3Tr
Stadium: Ravenhill Park  ·  ⛅ 6°C
21-14
Half-time: 14-0
3 tries 2 tries
Head-to-head
D 26-29 13/12/2025
D 19-21 26/10/2024
V 19-17 19/04/2024
V 42-20 04/03/2023
V 48-12 04/03/2022
Attendance: - · Broadcaster: -
PDG
Cardiff Blues
Form V D V D V
Coach: -
No bonus
Johan Mulder 53' E
Steffan Emanuel 67' E
Callum Sheedy2Tr

Quick summary

Irish Rugby Football Union beat Cardiff Blues 21–14 in a 5-try match. Jack Murphy finishes as top scorer with 6 points (3 conversions).
JM
Top scorer
Jack Murphy
Irish Rugby Football Union · 6 pts (3 cons)
Key figures
3 Tries 2
3 Cons 2

Breakdown by period

Period Irish Rugby Football Union Cardiff Blues
1st half 14 0
2nd half 7 14
Total 21 14

Match feed

All Tries Penalties / Drop goals Cards Substitutions
E Try T Conv. P Penalty / Drop goal J Yellow O Orange R Red ↔ Replacement
Irish Rugby Football Union
MIN
Cardiff Blues
1st half 14 - 0
E
Scott Wilson Try
11'5-0
T
Jack Murphy Conversion
11'7-0
E
Angus Bell Try
18'12-0
T
Jack Murphy Conversion
18'14-0
2nd half 7 - 14
53'14-5
E
Johan Mulder Try
↔
Harry SheridanIain Henderson Replacement
54'14-5
54'14-7
T
Callum Sheedy Conversion
54'14-7
↔
Dafydd HughesEvan Lloyd Replacement
↔
Lorcan McLoughlinMarcus Rea Replacement
62'14-7
62'14-7
↔
Leigh HalfpennyCam Winnett Replacement
E
Charlie Irvine Try
65'19-7
T
Jack Murphy Conversion
66'21-7
67'21-12
E
Steffan Emanuel Try
68'21-14
T
Callum Sheedy Conversion
69'21-14
↔
Joe CowellElijah Evans Replacement
↔
Jake FlanneryEthan McIlroy Replacement
70'21-14
↔
Bryan O'ConnorScott Wilson Replacement
75'21-14
76'21-14
↔
Lucas De la RuaDaniel Thomas Replacement
77'21-14
↔
Daniel ThomasLucas De la Rua Replacement

Match stats

Irish Rugby Football Union Cardiff Blues
21
Points scored
14
3
Tries
2
-
Possession (%)
-
Irish Rugby Football Union Cardiff Blues
3
Tries
2
-
Carries
-
-
Metres gained
-
-
Line breaks
-
-
Defenders beaten
-
-
Offloads
-
Irish Rugby Football Union Cardiff Blues
-
Tackles made
-
-
% de plaquage
-
-
Tackles missed
-
-
Turnovers won
-
-
Dominant tackles
-
Irish Rugby Football Union Cardiff Blues
3
Conversions
2
0
Penalties scored — none
0
0
Drop goals — none
0
-
Kicks
-
-
Kicking metres
-
-
m / coup de pied
-
-
Box kicks
-
-
50:22
-
Irish Rugby Football Union Cardiff Blues
0
Yellow cards — none
0
0
Orange cards — none
0
0
Red cards — none
0
-
Penalties conceded
-
-
En-avants
-

Statistical comparison match vs season average

Indicator
Irish Rugby Football Union
9 matches played
Cardiff Blues
10 matches played
Competition
83 matches played
Points scored
21 ▼
avg. 31.2
14 ▼
avg. 21.8
23
Tries
3 ▼
avg. 4.33
2 ▼
avg. 3.2
3.19
First try
11'
avg. 16'54
53'
avg. 16'54
18'18
Penalties scored
0 ▼
avg. 0.89
0 ▼
avg. 0.8
0.83
% wins
67%
70%
—
% vic. domicile
100%
83%
61%
% vic. extérieur
40%
50%
39%

Line-ups

Top scorer
JM
Jack Murphy
3 attempts
6 pts
Ulster
1 Angus Bell E 18'
2 Robert Herring
3 Scott Wilson E 11'
4 Iain Henderson
5 Charlie Irvine E 65'
6 Matthew Dalton
7 Marcus Rea
8 Dave McCann
9 Conor McKee
10 Jack Murphy T 11'T 18'T 66'
11 Zac Ward
12 Ben Carson
13 James Hume
14 Werner Kok
15 Ethan McIlroy
Replacements
16 James McCormick
17 Sam Crean
18 Bryan O'Connor
19 Harry Sheridan
20 Lorcan McLoughlin
21 Dave Shanahan
22 Jake Flannery
23 Ben Moxham
Top scorer
JM
Johan Mulder
1 try
5 pts
Cardiff Blues
1 Rhys Barratt
2 Evan Lloyd
3 Javan Sebastian
4 Josh McNally
5 George Nott
6 Alun Lawrence
7 Daniel Thomas
8 Taine Basham
9 Johan Mulder E 53'
10 Callum Sheedy T 54'T 68'
11 Tom Bowen
12 Steffan Emanuel E 67'
13 Harri Millard
14 Ioan Lloyd
15 Cam Winnett
Replacements
16 Dafydd Hughes
17 Danny Southworth
18 Joe Cowell
19 Rory Thornton
20 Lucas De la Rua
21 Aled Davies
22 Elijah Evans
23 Leigh Halfpenny

Stats by player

Irish Rugby Football Union
1
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
Cardiff Blues
9
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
0'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
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