Leinster Rugby v Cardiff Blues

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Monday evening just gone saw us welcome Edinburgh to the RDS Arena and this time we extend a warm welcome to the management, staff and players of Cardiff Blues. The season is well and truly underway now and although supporters are still distant from being able to be there in person and support, there was some positive news on Monday afternoon with the confirmation of dates and kick-off times for Rounds 9-11 of the Guinness PRO14, and once again there are some mouth-watering fixtures taking place over the festive period. Last season, we were scheduled to welcome Cardiff to the RDS Arena on May 15, however, due to Covid-19, this game was postponed and so we must travel back to the 2018/19 season for the last time we faced off against the Blues. That season saw us record victory on a score-line of 33-32 in front of a crowd of 9,284 in Cardiff Arms Park. That meeting was a clash between ourselves as the reigning Champions Cup champions and the Blues who were the reigning Challenge Cup champions and things certainly didn’t disappoint on the day as they played out an eight-try cracker. Cardiff were on the verge of an opening round victory before a late surge from replacements Jamison Gibson-Park and a double from Bryan Byrne were enough to take the spoils. Byrne’s final try came at the end of 24 phases of play and was quickly followed up with the conversion from Player of the Match Ross Byrne seeing us take the lead for only the second time in the game. That victory against the Welsh ensured our unbeaten run against them has remained in place since 2011 and no doubt Leo Cullen and Co will be looking for more of the same this evening. Cardiff currently sit second in Conference B (at the time of writing) and their current form for this campaign reads WWLLLW. So, after a somewhat up and down start to the season, they’re coming here on the back of a 22-5 win over Benetton. Cardiff’s other two victories at the start of the season saw them record victories away to Zebre and at home to Connacht so they know the requirements to go to tough away grounds and secure victory. There will be no doubt in their minds however of the mammoth task being asked with this fixture given our recent run of form in the RDS and Monday night’s demolition of Edinburgh where we scored eight tries including a hat-trick from Cian Kelleher, two from Luke McGrath and one from POTM Dan Leavy, who was unfortunate to have been held up in his first attempt earlier in the evening so this was a lovely reward for all of his efforts in getting back into the squad and the match-day 23 after a very long lay-off. Leinster QUICK STATS Cardiff 243 POINTS SCORED 101 34 TRIES SCORED 12 2,975 METRES GAINED 1,618 74 POINTS CONCEDED 85 10 TRIES CONCEDED 10 888 TACKLES MADE 990 90% TACKLE SUCCESS 92% All of the OLSC committee are mindful of the fact that we are all still unable to attend games for the most part and therefore by putting together some material for you to peruse over, we hope it keeps you in the rugby frame of mind as the season slowly but surely rolls along. As always we’re thankful for the support we get from Leinster Rugby as a whole as well as yourselves and we encourage you to continue to show your support for the team through social media and the posts on our pages. For now though as always, stay safe! Yours in Rugby, OLSC Committee From The Ground Up | 54 | www.leinsterrugby.ie
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