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Cardiff Rugby
Stade Toulousain
HT 7 - 20
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Saturday 11 December 2021 Heineken Champions Cup
Round 1 Pool B Cardiff Arms Park
Att: 10,107 Ref: Karl Dickson Assis Ref 1: Michael Hudson Assis Ref 2: John Meredith TMO: Craig Maxwell-Keys CC: Chris Catling

Match Page - Fixed Scoreboard

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Overview

Match Centre - Preview - Current Standing A v B

Standings

9

7

Positions on Jan 23, 2022

Match Centre - Preview - H2H

Head to Head

6

Wins

7

Draws

0

Match Centre - Preview - Form Guide

Recent form

Season so far

Match Centre - Preview - Season So Far A v B

Total Tries

13

18

Metres Gained

2069

4892

Passes

421

1028

Tackles Made

323

776

Penalties Conceded

48

66

Turnovers Won

48

66

Tournament record

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team A)

Played 128 (63 home, 65 away)
Wins 60 (40 home, 20 away)
Losses 65 (22 home, 43 away)
Draws 3 (1 home, 2 away)
Average points 22
Biggest win 62 - 20
Heaviest defeat 25 - 75

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team B)

Played 208 (102 home, 106 away)
Wins 147 (84 home, 63 away)
Losses 55 (14 home, 41 away)
Draws 6 (4 home, 2 away)
Average points 28
Biggest win 108 - 16
Heaviest defeat 17 - 77

Toulouse set to begin title defence at Cardiff

Thursday 9th December 2021

9:00 am (GMT)

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Toulouse set to begin title defence at Cardiff

Stade Toulousain lift the Heineken Champions Cup trophy at Twickenham Stadium

Stade Toulousain travel to Cardiff Rugby in their Heineken Champions Cup Pool B opener on Saturday as they go in search of a sixth European crown and defend the title they won last season. 

Cardiff came out on top the last time the two sides faced off in European competition, winning 17-15 away and 18-13 at home in the pool stage of the 2017/18 EPCR Challenge Cup. 

The game at Cardiff Arms Park kicks off at 13:00 (UK & Irish time) and will be available to watch on BT Sport, Channel 4 and Virgin Media. 

Other key facts: 

  • Cardiff and Toulouse first met in Europe in the 1995/96 European Cup final, a game won by the French side after extra time. Since then the sides have met seven times in the competition, with Cardiff winning three and losing four of those clashes. 
  • Toulouse are the defending Heineken Champions Cup champions, having won the competition last season for a record-breaking fifth time. Cardiff remain the only Welsh team to have reached the final of the competition (losing to Toulouse in 1995/96). 
  • Toulouse scrum-half Antoine Dupont was the joint top try-scorer in the Heineken Champions Cup last season, crossing the whitewash four times.  
  • Toulouse won 27/27 scrums on their own feed in the Heineken Champions Cup last season, the most of any of the five sides to maintain a 100% success rate in this facet of the game. 

Key quotes: 

Julien Marchand (Stade Toulousain captain): “There’s a lot to look forward to, whether this be at home or away, or abroad. So, everyone is excited to embark on a new campaign and achieve something special again. We had a brilliant season [in 2020-21] and reaped the rewards at the end of it, so repeating it would be pretty good.” 

Josh Adams (Cardiff wing): “There’s no pressure on us. I am sure everybody is expecting Toulouse to beat us, but within our inner circle we’re quietly confident we can cause them problems.”

Match Centre - Preview - Lineups

J. Beetham

15

M. Médard

T. Cabango

14

A. Bonneval

J. Adams

13

S. Guitoune

. Mallía 53'

W. Halaholo

. Wilkins 79'

12

P. Ahki

D. Fish

. Evans 69'

11

M. Lebel

J. Tovey

D. Fish 72'

10

R. Ntamack

T. Williams

. Lloyd 79'

9

A. Dupont

B. Germain 66'

R. Jenkins

. Cowell 53'

1

C. Baille

. Neti 53'

I. Harris

E. Yardley 59'

2

P. Mauvaka

. Marchand 53'

W. Davies-King

. James 69'

3

D. Aldegheri

. Tafili 57'

A. Lawrence

. Anstey 61'

4

T. Flament

. Youyoutte 59'

S. Davies

5

E. Meafou

J. Tekori 67'

E. Jenkins

6

F. Cros

O. Robinson

. Everett 72'

7

A. Jelonch

J. Botham

8

S. Tolofua

. Miquel 59'

Replacements

E. Yardley

. Harris

16

J. Marchand

. Mauvaka

J. Cowell

R. Jenkins

17

R. Neti

C. Baille

G. James

W. Davies-King

18

P. Tafili

. Aldegheri

R. Anstey

A. Lawrence

19

J. Tekori

. Meafou

A. Everett

O. Robinson

20

Y. Youyoutte

. Flament

E. Lloyd

T. Williams

21

A. Miquel

. Tolofua

I. Evans

D. Fish

22

B. Germain

. Dupont

R. Wilkins

. Halaholo

23

J. Mallía

S. Guitoune

Toulouse overpower brave Cardiff

Saturday 11th December 2021

3:25 pm (GMT)

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Toulouse overpower brave Cardiff

Stade Toulousain scrum-half Antoine Dupont

Stade Toulousain began their defence of the Heineken Champions Cup title with a 39-7 win over a plucky Cardiff Rugby side at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.

The inexperienced hosts produced some admirable defence in the opening stages, but their eagerness to compete at the breakdown saw them concede two penalties which were duly kicked by Romain Ntamack – he tallied 14 points over the course of the game.

However, they refused to roll over and their best attacking phase of the game resulted in Josh Adams crossing under the posts and Jason Tovey’s conversion saw the hosts take a surprise lead.

Cardiff were resolute but 2021 EPCR European Player of the Year Antoine Dupont made a break shortly before half time, creating the opportunity for Anthony Jelonch to score Toulouse’s first try.

Dupont was the catalyst again just before half time as he broke from deep to kickstart a move which resulted in Pita Ahki going over.

Cardiff came into the second period just 13 points down on the five-time European champions, but as the game approached the hour mark they began to fatigue and Dupont got himself on the scoresheet as he fended off several defenders to skip over the line.

Dupont then turned supplier once again as he dropped a pinpoint cross-kick into the hands of Arthur Bonneval who had the simplest of tasks to score try number four for Toulouse on 65 minutes.

Cardiff full-back Jacob Beetham was sent off for a high tackle late on– a disappointing end to memorable debut –shortly before Joe Tekori went over as he benefitted from a dominant scrum.

Cardiff travel to Harlequins in Round 2 next Saturday while Toulouse are at home to Wasps the following day.

LIVE - TEST - Commentary

Match Commentary
79
Replacement Off: W. Halaholo On: R. Wilkins
79
Replacement Off: T. Williams On: E. Lloyd
76
Conversion R. Ntamack
74
Try I. Tekori
74
Red Card J. Beetham
72
Replacement Off: J. Tovey On: D. Fish
72
Replacement Off: O. Robinson On: A. Everett
69
Replacement Off: D. Fish On: I. Evans
69
Replacement Off: W. Davies-King On: G. James
67
Replacement Off: E. Meafou On: I. Tekori
66
Missed Conversion R. Ntamack
66
Replacement Off: A. Dupont On: B. Germain
65
Try A. Bonneval
61
Replacement Off: A. Lawrence On: R. Anstey
59
Replacement Off: S. Tolofua On: A. Miquel
59
Replacement Off: I. Harris On: E. Yardley
59
Replacement Off: T. Flament On: Y. Youyoutte
57
Replacement Off: D. Aldegheri On: P. Tafili
56
Conversion R. Ntamack
55
Try A. Dupont
53
Replacement Off: P. Mauvaka On: J. Marchand
53
Replacement Off: S. Guitoune On: J. Mallía
53
Replacement Off: C. Baille On: R. Neti
53
Replacement Off: R. Jenkins On: J. Cowell
41
41
38
Conversion R. Ntamack
37
Try P. Ahki
28
Missed Penalty R. Ntamack
24
Conversion R. Ntamack
23
Try A. Jelonch
20
Conversion J. Tovey
19
Try J. Adams
15
Penalty R. Ntamack
7
Penalty R. Ntamack

Match Page - Summary

Score Summary
Cardiff Rugby
Stade Toulousain

Tries

J. Adams 19’

A. Jelonch 23’

P. Ahki 37’

A. Dupont 55’

A. Bonneval 65’

I. Tekori 74’

Conversions

J. Tovey 20’

R. Ntamack 24’ , 38’ , 56’ , 76’

Penalties

R. Ntamack 7’ , 15’

Red cards

J. Beetham 74’

Match Page - Timeline

Timeline

FT

-

Substitute 79'

W. Halaholo

R. Wilkins

-

Substitute 79'

T. Williams

E. Lloyd

739

Conversion 76'

R. Ntamack

737

Try 74'

J. Tekori

-

Red card 74'

J. Beetham

-

Substitute 72'

J. Tovey

D. Fish

-

Substitute 72'

O. Robinson

A. Everett

-

Substitute 69'

D. Fish

I. Evans

-

Substitute 69'

W. Davies-King

G. James

-

Substitute 67'

E. Meafou

J. Tekori

-

Missed conversion 66'

R. Ntamack

-

Substitute 66'

A. Dupont

B. Germain

732

Try 65'

A. Bonneval

-

Substitute 61'

A. Lawrence

R. Anstey

-

Substitute 59'

S. Tolofua

A. Miquel

-

Substitute 59'

I. Harris

E. Yardley

-

Substitute 59'

T. Flament

Y. Youyoutte

-

Substitute 57'

D. Aldegheri

P. Tafili

727

Conversion 56'

R. Ntamack

725

Try 55'

A. Dupont

-

Substitute 53'

P. Mauvaka

J. Marchand

-

Substitute 53'

S. Guitoune

J. Mallía

-

Substitute 53'

C. Baille

R. Neti

-

Substitute 53'

R. Jenkins

J. Cowell

720

Conversion 38'

R. Ntamack

718

Try 37'

P. Ahki

-

Missed penalty 28'

R. Ntamack

713

Conversion 24'

R. Ntamack

711

Try 23'

A. Jelonch

76

Conversion 20'

J. Tovey

56

Try 19'

J. Adams

06

Penalty 15'

R. Ntamack

03

Penalty 7'

R. Ntamack

Attack

Match Report - Team Stats (Attack)

47%

53%

55%

45%

Metres Gained

452

565

Tries

1

5

Carries

87

107

Defenders Beaten

14

38

Clean Breaks

5

7

Passes

119

143

Offloads

5

11

Turnovers Conceded

19

22

Defence

Match Report - Team Stats (Defence)

Tackles

109

81

Missed Tackles

38

14

Turnovers Won

9

9

Kicking

Match Report - Team Stats (Kicking)

Conversions (%)

100%

1/1

80%

4/5

Penalty goals (%)

0%

0/0

67%

2/3

Drop goals (%)

0%

0/0

0%

0/0

Kicks From Hand

22

24

Metres gained from kicks

613

729

Average metres per kick

27.86

30.38

Breakdown

Match Report - Team Stats (Breakdown)

Rucks (%)

86%

60/70

90%

64/71

Mauls (%)

100%

1/1

70%

7/10

Maul metres gained

1

10

Turnover in ruck or maul

2

3

Set Plays

Match Report - Team Stats (Set Piece)

Lineouts (%)

69%

11/16

89%

16/18

Scrums (%)

86%

6/7

100%

6/6

Restarts (%)

38%

3/8

50%

1/2

Discipline

Match Report - Team Stats (Discipline)

Penalties Conceded

16

13

Yellow Cards

0

0

Red Cards

1

0

Match Page - Player Performance

Key

M Metres Gained
Ca Carries
Pa Passes
Tk Tackles
MT Missed Tackles
TOW Turnovers Won
TAs Try Assists
O Offloads
CB Clean Breaks
Cardiff Rugby M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Jacob Beetham 61 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
14 Theo Cabango 52 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
13 Josh Adams 46 9 2 5 1 0 0 0 1
12 Willis Halaholo Wilkins 79' 33 9 10 9 1 0 0 2 0
11 Dan Fish Evans 69' 50 3 6 3 1 0 0 0 1
10 Jason Tovey Dan Fish 72' 13 4 16 3 5 0 0 1 1
9 Tomos Williams Lloyd 79' 39 8 49 4 5 0 1 1 0
1 Rowan Jenkins Cowell 53' 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0
2 Iestyn Harris Evan Yardley 59' 16 4 1 6 1 0 0 0 0
3 Will Davies-King James 69' 0 3 0 6 4 1 0 0 0
4 Alun Lawrence Anstey 61' 4 5 4 5 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seb Davies 16 5 6 12 2 0 0 1 0
6 Ellis Jenkins 40 7 10 10 3 2 0 0 2
7 Olly Robinson Everett 72' 9 4 0 12 1 5 0 0 0
8 James Botham 58 8 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Replacements
16 Evan Yardley Harris 59' 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
17 Joe Cowell Rowan Jenkins 53' 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
18 Geraint James Will Davies-King 69' 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
19 Rhys Anstey Alun Lawrence 61' 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
20 Alex Everett Olly Robinson 72' 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
21 Ethan Lloyd Tomos Williams 79' 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Ioan Evans Dan Fish 69' 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 Ryan Wilkins Halaholo 79' 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stade Toulousain M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Maxime Médard 56 8 9 1 0 0 0 1 1
14 Arthur Bonneval 31 5 6 4 0 0 0 1 1
13 Sofiane Guitoune Mallía 53' 25 8 2 5 1 1 0 1 0
12 Pita Ahki 34 10 8 5 1 0 0 0 1
11 Matthis Lebel 52 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
10 Romain Ntamack 20 5 20 6 1 0 2 0 0
9 Antoine Dupont Baptiste Germain 66' 156 8 53 6 1 1 1 2 3
1 Cyril Baille Neti 53' 31 10 3 4 0 0 0 1 0
2 Peato Mauvaka Marchand 53' 7 4 5 4 0 1 0 2 0
3 Dorian Aldegheri Tafili 57' 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
4 Thibaud Flament Youyoutte 59' 13 5 4 5 1 0 0 0 0
5 Emmanuel Meafou Joe Tekori 67' 27 8 2 7 1 1 0 0 0
6 Francois Cros 8 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
7 Anthony Jelonch 36 7 6 8 3 1 0 1 0
8 Selevasio Tolofua Miquel 59' 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 1 0
Replacements
16 Julien Marchand Mauvaka 53' 15 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0
17 Rodrigue Neti Cyril Baille 53' 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
18 Paulo Tafili Aldegheri 57' 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Joe Tekori Meafou 67' 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
20 Yannick Youyoutte Flament 59' 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Antoine Miquel Tolofua 59' 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Baptiste Germain Dupont 66' 23 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 1
23 Juan Cruz Mallía Sofiane Guitoune 53' 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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