Cardiff Blues - Leinster Lions (8-7) | United rugby championship

Full-time Men's Senior Europe United rugby championship Knockout stage
PDG
Cardiff Blues
Form D V D V D
Coach: -
No bonus
Aled Davies 53' E
Callum Sheedy1P
Stadium: Cardiff Arms Park  ·  🌧️ 9°C 1.6 mm
8-7
Half-time: 3-0
1 try 1 try
Head-to-head
D 24-42 01/03/2025
D 20-33 02/03/2024
D 14-38 28/01/2023
V 29-27 29/01/2022
Attendance: - · Broadcaster: -
IRL
Leinster Lions
Form V V V V V
Coach: -
No bonus
Luke McGrath 67' E
Charlie Tector1Tr

Quick summary

Cardiff Blues beat Leinster Lions 8–7 in a 2-try match and 2 cards. Aled Davies finishes as top scorer with 5 points (1 try).
AD
Top scorer
Aled Davies
Cardiff Blues · 5 pts (1 try)
Key figures
1 Tries 1
0 Cons 1
1 Penalties 0
1 Cards 1

Breakdown by period

Period Cardiff Blues Leinster Lions
1st half 3 0
2nd half 5 7
Total 8 7

Match feed

All Tries Penalties / Drop goals Cards Substitutions
E Try T Conv. P Penalty / Drop goal J Yellow O Orange R Red ↔ Replacement
Cardiff Blues
MIN
Leinster Lions
1st half 3 - 0
3'0-0
↔
Charlie TectorHarry Byrne Replacement
12'0-0
J
Charlie Tector Yellow card
P
Callum Sheedy Penalty
18'3-0
36'3-0
↔
Alex UsanovJerry Cahir Replacement
2nd half 5 - 7
51'3-0
↔
Luke McGrathFintan Gunne Replacement
E
Aled Davies Try
53'8-0
↔
Danny SouthworthRhys Barratt Replacement
56'8-0
56'8-0
↔
Andrew OsborneJosh Kenny Replacement
↔
Dafydd HughesKeiron Assiratti Replacement
61'8-0
↔
Johan MulderAled Davies Replacement
65'8-0
J
Jacob Beetham Yellow card
65'8-0
67'8-5
E
Luke McGrath Try
67'8-7
T
Charlie Tector Conversion
↔
Rory ThorntonGeorge Nott Replacement
68'8-7
↔
Ioan LloydCallum Sheedy Replacement
71'8-7
74'8-7
↔
John McKeeGus McCarthy Replacement

Match stats

Cardiff Blues Leinster Lions
8
Points scored
7
1
Tries
1
-
Possession (%)
-
Cardiff Blues Leinster Lions
1
Tries
1
-
Carries
-
-
Metres gained
-
-
Line breaks
-
-
Defenders beaten
-
-
Offloads
-
Cardiff Blues Leinster Lions
-
Tackles made
-
-
% de plaquage
-
-
Tackles missed
-
-
Turnovers won
-
-
Dominant tackles
-
Cardiff Blues Leinster Lions
0
Conversions
1
1
Penalties scored
0
0
Drop goals — none
0
-
Kicks
-
-
Kicking metres
-
-
m / coup de pied
-
-
Box kicks
-
-
50:22
-
Cardiff Blues Leinster Lions
1
Yellow cards
1
0
Orange cards — none
0
0
Red cards — none
0
-
Penalties conceded
-
-
En-avants
-

Statistical comparison match vs season average

Indicator
Cardiff Blues
11 matches played
Leinster Lions
11 matches played
Competition
86 matches played
Points scored
8 ▼
avg. 21.1
7 ▼
avg. 27.4
23
Tries
1 ▼
avg. 3.09
1 ▼
avg. 4
3.19
First try
53'
avg. 20'12
67'
avg. 10'12
18'30
Penalties scored
1 ▲
avg. 0.73
0 ▼
avg. 0.45
0.82
Yellow cards
1 ▲
avg. 0.45
1 ▲
avg. 0.91
0.69
% wins
64%
73%
—
% vic. domicile
83%
83%
63%
% vic. extérieur
40%
60%
37%

Line-ups

Top scorer
AD
Aled Davies
1 try
5 pts
Cardiff Blues
1 Rhys Barratt
2 Liam Belcher
3 Javan Sebastian
4 Josh McNally
5 George Nott
6 Alun Lawrence
7 Daniel Thomas
8 Taine Basham
9 Aled Davies E 53'
10 Callum Sheedy P 18'
11 Mason Grady
12 Ben Thomas
13 Harri Millard
14 Jacob Beetham CJ 65'
15 Cam Winnett
Replacements
16 Dafydd Hughes
17 Danny Southworth
18 Keiron Assiratti
19 Rory Thornton
20 Evan Rees
21 Johan Mulder
22 Ioan Lloyd
23 Tom Bowen
Top scorer
LM
Luke McGrath
1 try
5 pts
Leinster Lions
1 Jerry Cahir
2 John McKee
3 Andrew Sparrow
4 Alan Spicer
5 Brian Deeny
6 Max Deegan
7 Scott Penny
8 James Culhane
9 Fintan Gunne
10 Harry Byrne
11 Ruben Moloney
12 Robbie Henshaw
13 Rieko Ioane
14 Josh Kenny
15 Jimmy O'Brien
Replacements
16 Gus McCarthy
17 Alex Usanov
18 Rabah Slimani
19 Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman
20 Josh Ericson
21 Luke McGrath E 67'
22 Charlie Tector CJ 12'T 67'
23 Andrew Osborne

Stats by player

Cardiff Blues
9
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
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
Leinster Lions
21
0'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
0'
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
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
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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