Cardiff Rugby
Northampton Saints v Cardiff Rugby — Champions Cup
Champions Cup · Round 1
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Saints
3rd in Champions Cup
· UTC
28
12
Full-time
1st half 14–02nd half 14–12
Cardiff
4th in Champions Cup
Saints scorers:
Tries Pater 12′, Thame 21′, Hendy 64′, Dingwall 79′
Cons Belleau 13′, Belleau 22′, Pater 65′, Belleau 80′
Cardiff scorers:
Tries Millard 47′, Grady 61′
Cons Evans 48′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sun 17:30
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sun 18:30
- Sydney (AEDT)
- Mon 03:30
- New Zealand (NZDT)
- Mon 05:30
Venue
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Form and season so far
Season figures: Champions Cup table.
Champions Cup table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton Saints, your team | +16 | 4 | |
| Gloucester Rugby, your team | 0 | 2 | |
| Toulouse, your team | +3 | 4 | |
| Glasgow Warriors, your team | +20 | 5 | |
| Cardiff Rugby, your team | −16 | 0 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time28–12
- 80′ Conversion Saints: Anthony Belleau Conversion 28–12
- 79′ Try Saints: Fraser Dingwall Try 26–12
- 78′ Replacement Cardiff: Sion Davies On for Johan Mulder
- 71′ Replacement Cardiff: Josh McNally On for Tom Manz
- 70′ Replacement Saints: Fin Smith On for James Pater
- 67′ Replacement Saints: Charlie Ulcoq On for Josh Taylor
- 65′ Conversion Saints: James Pater Conversion 21–12
- 65′ Replacement Cardiff: Callum Sheedy On for Jarrod Evans
- 65′ Replacement Cardiff: Lucas De la rua On for Semisi Paea
- 65′ Replacement Cardiff: Joe Cowell On for Sam Wainwright
- 64′ Try Saints: George Hendy Try 19–12
- 62′ Replacement Saints: Jordan Els On for Danilo Fischetti
- 62′ Replacement Saints: Curtis Langdon On for Robbie Smith
- 61′ Try Cardiff: Mason Grady Try 14–12
- 61′ Yellow card Saints: Anthony Belleau Yellow card
- 59′ Replacement Cardiff: Rhys Barratt On for Danny Southworth
- 57′ Replacement Saints: Fraser Dingwall On for Toby Thame
- 57′ Replacement Saints: Archie McParland On for Alex Mitchell
- 57′ Replacement Cardiff: Evan Lloyd On for Taulupe Faletau
- 57′ Replacement Cardiff: Josh Adams On for Harry Millard
- 53′ Replacement Saints: Ed Prowse On for JJ van Der Mescht
- 53′ Replacement Saints: Ion Neculai On for Cleopas Kundiona
- 48′ Conversion Cardiff: Jarrod Evans Conversion 14–7
- 47′ Try Cardiff: Harry Millard Try 14–5
- 41′ Replacement Cardiff: Tom Manz On for Josh McNally
- Half-time14–0
- 34′ Replacement Cardiff: Josh McNally On for Tom Manz
- 22′ Conversion Saints: Anthony Belleau Conversion 14–0
- 21′ Try Saints: Toby Thame Try 12–0
- 13′ Conversion Saints: Anthony Belleau Conversion 7–0
- 12′ Try Saints: James Pater Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Saints
Coach: Phil Dowson- 1 Danilo Fischetti Prop
- 2 Robbie Smith Hooker
- 3 Cleopas Kundiona Prop
- 4 Tom Lockett Lock
- 5 JJ van Der Mescht Lock
- 6 Josh Kemeny Flanker
- 7 Josh Taylor Flanker
- 8 Callum Chick (captain) No. 8
- 9 Alex Mitchell Scrum-half
- 10 Anthony Belleau Fly-half
- 11 George Hendy Wing
- 12 Toby Thame Centre
- 13 Rory Hutchinson Centre
- 14 Ollie Sleightholme Wing
- 15 James Pater Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Curtis Langdon on at 62′
- 17 Jordan Els on at 62′
- 18 Ion Neculai on at 53′
- 19 Ed Prowse on at 53′
- 20 Charlie Ulcoq on at 67′
- 21 Archie McParland on at 57′
- 22 Fin Smith on at 70′
- 23 Fraser Dingwall on at 57′
Cardiff
Coach: Corniel van Zyl- 1 Danny Southworth Prop
- 2 Dafydd Hughes (captain) Hooker
- 3 Sam Wainwright Prop
- 4 Tom Manz Lock
- 5 Rory Thornton Lock
- 6 Semisi Paea Flanker
- 7 Daniel Thomas Flanker
- 8 Taulupe Faletau No. 8
- 9 Johan Mulder Scrum-half
- 10 Jarrod Evans Fly-half
- 11 Tom Bowen Wing
- 12 Steffan Emanuel Centre
- 13 Harry Millard Centre
- 14 Mason Grady Wing
- 15 Matty Young Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Evan Lloyd on at 57′
- 17 Rhys Barratt on at 59′
- 18 Joe Cowell on at 65′
- 19 Josh McNally on at 71′
- 20 Lucas De la rua on at 65′
- 21 Sion Davies on at 78′
- 22 Callum Sheedy on at 65′
- 23 Josh Adams on at 57′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Saints 50%, Cardiff 50%
Carries: Saints 81, Cardiff 102
Metres made: Saints 319, Cardiff 450
Line breaks: Saints 5, Cardiff 7
Tackles made: Saints 169, Cardiff 151
Tackles missed: Saints 28, Cardiff 23
Turnovers won: Saints 3, Cardiff 6
Lineouts won: Saints 15/15, Cardiff 8/14
Scrums won: Saints 7/7, Cardiff 8/9
Penalties conceded: Saints 10, Cardiff 13
Yellow cards: Saints 1, Cardiff 0
Red cards: Saints 0, Cardiff 0
Passes: Saints 141, Cardiff 161
Tries: Saints 4, Cardiff 2
Try assists: Saints 4, Cardiff 3
Conversions: Saints 4, Cardiff 1
Penalty goals: Saints 0, Cardiff 0
Drop goals: Saints 0, Cardiff 0
Turnovers: Saints 21, Cardiff 15
Offloads: Saints 3, Cardiff 6
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
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