Scarlets v Cardiff Rugby — United Rugby Championship
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Form
Scarlets
W
L
L
D
L
Cardiff Rugby
L
W
W
L
W
How it happened
- 6' Try Joe Roberts 5–0
- 18' Try Daniel Thomas 5–5
- 19' Conversion Callum Sheedy 5–7
- 23' Try Blair Murray 10–7
- 24' Conversion Gareth Anscombe 12–7
- 38' Try Taine Basham 12–12
- 39' Conversion Callum Sheedy 12–14
- HT 12–14
- 44' Sub Josh Morse on for Sam O'Connor
- 44' Sub Gabe Hawley on for Henry Thomas
- 44' Sub Trystan Davies on for Harvey Cuckson
- 50' Sub Joe Hawkins on for Gareth Anscombe
- 52' Penalty Joe Hawkins 15–14
- 55' Sub James Botham on for Daniel Thomas
- 55' Sub Evan Lloyd on for Liam Belcher
- 55' Sub Jarrod Evans on for Callum Sheedy
- 55' Sub Harry Millard on for Cameron Winnett
- 55' Sub Rhys Barratt on for Scott Sio
- 57' Sub Alex Groves on for Will Evans
- 57' Sub John McKee on for Ryan Elias
- 57' Sub Ellis Bevan on for Mason Grady
- 65' Try Evan Lloyd 15–19
- 65' Conversion Jarrod Evans 15–21
- 69' Sub Archie Hughes on for Dane Blacker
- 69' Sub Sam Wainwright on for Javan Sebastian
- 72' Sub Rory Thornton on for Teddy Williams
- FT 15–21
Match stats
Possession
40%
60%
Ball possession
88
166
Passes
Scoring
2
3
Tries
2
0
Try assists
1
3
Conversions
Scoring other
66
112
Carries
3
3
Clean breaks
1
0
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
Other
7/9 (78%)
5/5 (100%)
Scrums
14/15 (93%)
19/20 (95%)
Lineouts
18
10
Turnovers
1
5
Turnovers won
298
361
Meters run
4
4
Offloads
170
79
Tackles
10
21
Tackles missed
Penalty
7
9
Penalties conceded
0
0
Red cards
0
0
Yellow cards
Line-ups
Scarlets
- Dane Blacker
- Ellis Mee
- 1 Sam O'Connor
- 2 Ryan Elias
- 3 Henry Thomas
- 5 Harvey Cuckson
- 5 Will Evans
- 5 Sam Lousi
- 7 Josh Macleod
- 7 Osian Williams
- 10 Gareth Anscombe
- 13 Macs Page
- 13 Eddie James
- 13 Joe Roberts
- 15 Blair Murray
Replacements
- John McKee
- Josh Morse
- Gabe Hawley
- Ioan Jones
- 4 Alex Groves
- 6 Trystan Davies
- 9 Archie Hughes
- 12 Joe Hawkins
Cardiff Rugby
- Scott Sio
- Le Roux Malan
- 2 Liam Belcher
- 3 Javan Sebastian
- 4 Teddy Williams
- 5 Josh McNally
- 6 Alex Mann
- 7 Daniel Thomas
- 7 Taine Basham
- 9 Johan Mulder
- 10 Callum Sheedy
- 12 Ben Thomas
- 13 Mason Grady
- 15 Jacob Beetham
- 15 Cameron Winnett
Replacements
- Jarrod Evans
- 1 Rhys Barratt
- 3 Sam Wainwright
- 4 Rory Thornton
- 6 James Botham
- 9 Ellis Bevan
- 11 Harry Millard
- 16 Evan Lloyd
Head to head
Last 2 meetings in our data: Scarlets 1 – 1 Cardiff Rugby · avg 45 total points
18 Apr 2026 · United Rugby Championship
19 Dec 2025 · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Edinburgh Rugby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 54 | +26 | 15 |
| 2 |  Glasgow Warriors | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 72 | +23 | 12 |
| 3 |  Vodacom Bulls XV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 54 | +72 | 10 |
| 4 |  Stormers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 10 |
| 5 |  Sharks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 83 | +6 | 10 |
| 6 |  Cardiff Rugby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 71 | -5 | 9 |
| 7 |  Fidelity ADT Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 102 | -25 | 9 |
| 8 |  Dragons | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 83 | +5 | 8 |
| 9 |  Munster | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 74 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 |  Leinster Rugby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 58 | +17 | 7 |
| 11 |  Ulster Rugby | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 93 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 |  Scarlets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 85 | -17 | 6 |
| 13 |  Ospreys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 107 | -26 | 5 |
| 14 |  Connacht Rugby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 84 | -28 | 5 |
| 15 |  Benetton Treviso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 68 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 |  Zebre Rugby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 116 | -64 | 1 |
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