Si è giocato iri sera il recupero celtico tra Dragons e Bues. Il derby gallese è stato vinto da Newport grazie a una meta marcata da Tonderai Chavhanga al 72′. Un ko pesantissimo per Cardiff, che ora è al settimo posto in classifica, ma che una vittoria avrebbe catapultato al terzo.
The scorers
For Dragons:
Tries: Groves, Chavhanga
Con: Robling
Pens: Robling 2
For Cardiff:
Try: James
Pens: Parks 2, Blair
Dragons: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Will Harries, 13 Andy Tuilagi, 12 Ashley Smith (c) 11 Aled Brew, 10 Lewis Robling, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Tom Brown. 7 Darren Waters, 6 Lewis Evans, 5 Rob Sidoli, 4 Jevon Groves, 3 Nathan Buck, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Nathan Williams.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Phil Price, 18 Dan Way, 19 Hugo Ellis, 20 Hywel Stoddart, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Tonderai Chavhanga, 23 Steffan Jones.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Chris Czekaj, 14 Harry Robinson, 13 Gavin Evans, 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Tom James, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Xavier Rush, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Michael Paterson, 5 Cory Hill, 4 Macualey Cook, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 T Rhys Thomas (c), 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Tyrell, 17 John Yapp, 18 Ryan Harford, 19 Maama Molitika, 20 Josh Navidi, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Ben Blair.
Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 19.05
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
Competition Table
Team Pld Pts
Leinster
17
63
Munster
17
52
Ospreys
17
49
Warriors
17
47
Ulster
17
46
Scarlets
17
45
Blues
17
45
Treviso
17
29
Dragons
17
29
Connacht
17
24
Edinburgh
17
23
Aironi
17
19
Pacman
Nostradamus
Magical Cat Adventure
Snake