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Cardiff v Connacht Sat 26th Jan 2019, 17.15 - TG4/S4C
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5 years 2 months ago #64670
Cardiff have 7 in the Wales squad, most notably Tomas Williams, Garrett anscombe and most of their back row so we'll each be missing similar numbers.
Second row might be a struggle but have viable options in all of the other vacated slots.
Mildly optimistic about this game, the comeback win in France will have been a big boost to the whole squad so think we might sneak a win 
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5 years 2 months ago #64671
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Connacht are back in Pro14 action this weekend when they take on Pro14 conference rivals Cardiff! It's a massive swing game for both teams, with a win potentially pushing Connacht into the top three, but a loss may allow Cardiff to come level with Connacht! All still to play for!
Be sure to join the Clan in HQ, Murty Rabbitts, for what is sure to be a cracking return to Pro14 action.
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5 years 2 months ago #64683
No Welsh internationals for Osprey or Scarlet, so we shouldn't be facing any either
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5 years 2 months ago #64686
Folks may know about this already (from research or previous travel), but just said I'd pop it up here anyway ...
Bus from Cardiff airport into City Centre (T9) is FREE at weekends (Sat/Sun)
www.trawscymru.info/fares/
www.cardiff-airport.com/by-bus/
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5 years 2 months ago #64689
Team announced. Only surprise, Thornbury injured, Cillian Gallagher gets first start. Have we seen him from the bench yet?
www.connachtrugby.ie/gallagher-in-for-fi...ence-rivals-cardiff/
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5 years 2 months ago #64690
Gallagher was on the bench in the first game of the season, ended up playing most the match as mckeon went off injured. Gallagher himself suffered form injuries for most the season since then
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5 years 2 months ago #64693
Played the last 15 minutes against Munster too.
Wegians89 wrote: Gallagher was on the bench in the first game of the season, ended up playing most the match as mckeon went off injured. Gallagher himself suffered form injuries for most the season since then
Played the last 15 minutes against Munster too.
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5 years 2 months ago #64708
Cardiff Blues: Matthew Morgan; Owen Lane, Harri Millard, Rey Lee-Lo, Aled Summerhill; Steven Shingler, Lloyd Williams; Brad Thyer, Kristian Dacey (capt), Dmitri Arhip, George Earle, Rory Thornton, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Olly Robinson, Nick Williams
Replacements: Liam Belcher, Rhys Carré, Scott Andrews, Macauley Cook, James Botham, Lewis Jones, Dan Fish, Willis Halaholo
www.cardiffblues.com/news/10114.php
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5 years 2 months ago #64720
Awful first half, pitch is a disgrace.
Wind behind us in the second half, we'd better use it well!
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5 years 2 months ago #64721
Cardiff doing much better kicking against the wind than we did in the first half. Still making silly mistakes. Will be the side that messes up less that wins
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5 years 2 months ago #64722
Never deserved anything from that match. Ospreys will sleep soundly tonight knowing we won't be putting any pressure on them for the play off places in the conference. Bright performances from the younger players (Gallagher, Boyle, Conor Fitzgerald). Shame the more experienced players lost their heads and left that game behind. What was TOH thinking trying a drop kick from that position? All that was needed was to keep the pressure on Cardiff and a penalty would probably happen judging by how indisciplined they were in the first half. At least we were scoring at Ospreys then lost. Tonight we barely threatened.
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5 years 2 months ago #64723
Really feel we left that one behind us, we should have taken the points in the first half when they were down to 13
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5 years 2 months ago #64724
"Our march is quite slow y'know, when we get to where we want to get to, it's going to take time, but when we get there it's going to be fantastic." - Johnny O'Connor 2013
First off all, Fitzgerald’s kicking was extraordinary.
Basic errors at every facet of the game left us unable to build any attacking platform and constantly let them off the hook. Yet again we were unable to use an extra man/men. They really could have scored a lot more.
"Our march is quite slow y'know, when we get to where we want to get to, it's going to take time, but when we get there it's going to be fantastic." - Johnny O'Connor 2013
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5 years 2 months ago #64725
Fitzgerald and Lloyd shud have started, shud have won that, o halloran was terrible
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5 years 2 months ago #64726
We have to be relieved : playing poorly and have a 4-1 split away vs a rival.
Good
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5 years 2 months ago #64727
Being relieved is not good enough . As a team we were beyond acceptable . That performance and Ospreys away will come back to haunt us at the end of season and could cost us a Champions Cup spot next year.
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