Cardiff Blues Season Thread 2 - Rey Lee-Lo signs long term at centre

by wales606 Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:33 pm

First topic message reminder :

Prop
Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Taufa'ao Filise, Craig Mitchell, Sam Hobbs, Scott Andrews, Thomas Davies, Dillon Lewis

Hooker
Matthew Rees, Kristian Dacey, Marc Breeze, Rhys Williams, Ethan Lewis

2nd Row
Jarrad Hoeata, Filo Paulo, Lou Reed, Chris Dicomidis, Miles Normadale

Flanker
Sam Warburton, Josh Turnbull, Macauley Cook, Ellis Jenkins, Josh Navidi, Rory Watts-Jones, Jevon Groves, Ben Roach

Eight
Manoa Vosawai, Ieaun Jones

Scrum half
Tavis Knoyle, Lloyd Williams, Lewis Jones, Tomos Williams

Fly half
Rhys Patchell, Gareth Anscombe, Gareth Davies, Simon Humberstone, Jarrod Evans, Will Thomas

Centre
Cory Allen, Dafydd Hewitt, Gavin Evans, Richard Smith, Tom Pascoe, Adam Thomas, Garyn Smith (Ray Lee-Lo)

Wing
Alex Cuthbert, ~~George Watkins~~, Lucas Amorisino, Harry Davies, Owen Jenkins, Chris Knight, Tom Williams (Tom James)

Full back
Joaquin Tuculet, Dan Fish, Geraint Walsh, Aled Summerhill

by Cardiff Dave Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:31 pm

I'm not a Cardiff City fan, but if I was a Tan advisor i'd suggest reintroducing the mid 1970s shirt with the white/yellow vertical side stripes. Supporters would be ecstatic, i'm sure and no doubt they'd sell by the truck load.

by Coleman Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:59 am

Not sure Pie's really cares about the Blues anymore. No idea why he's even still here.

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:16 pm

Coleman wrote:Not sure Pie's really cares about the Blues anymore. No idea why he's even still here.

I understood he was going to pack it in soon after the retreat back to CAP. Maybe he's hanging about until we conker Europe once again.

by wales606 Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:52 pm

Patchell should be back for the weekend.

Meanwhile, Richard Smith has signed a 2 year contract extension

by Coleman Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:00 pm

Good game doe him to come back to. Glad to hear about Smith. He's done well when he's played for us, would like to see more of him in the centre.

by Guest Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:07 pm

Have the Argies signed long term? Or just this season?

If long term there would be a lot of competition in the centre with Lee-Lo, Tuculet, Smith, Allen, Evans, Thomas and so on

by wales606 Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:18 pm

Well only tuculet can play centre

Both have been offered contract, decisions should be made soon

by Coleman Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:56 pm

[size=51]Team for Rovigo:[/size]

[size=51]Cardiff Blues: 15 Rhys Patchell, 14 Richard Smith, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Adam Thomas, 11 Geraint Walsh, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lloyd Williams; 1 Sam Hobbs, 2 Matthew Rees (c), Taufa'ao Filise, 4 Scott Andrews, 5 Chris Dicomidis, 6 Josh Turnbull, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 8 Manoa Vosawai[/size]

[size=51]Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Kristian Dacey, 20 Macauley Cook, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Gavin Evans[/size]

by Guest Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:58 pm

Amazing to see Bubba at lock.

by GavinDragon Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:04 pm

what is going on with that?

by Coleman Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:10 pm

Blues rugby: Everyone must play everywhere. Jones at Hooker and now Andrews at 4. Love our new style!

by Coleman Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:15 pm

GavinDragon wrote:what is going on with that?

Hoeata banned. Filo injured. Reed and Normandale not registered.

by maestegmafia Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:32 pm

Patchell at fifteen is a positive though

by Coleman Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:13 pm

Glad to see him on the pitch. Can see him scoring a couple from counter attack ball.

by maestegmafia Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:41 pm

Hope so..

Hopefully a good game to come back in gently

by The Saint Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:19 pm

Given the form of the two overseas locks, should Reed and Dicomidis be at 2nd row going forward?

by Cardiff Dave Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:30 pm

Coleman wrote:Blues rugby: Everyone must play everywhere. Jones at Hooker and now Andrews at 4. Love our new style!

Total rugby maybe?
I like it. Very Cruyff. Very Dutch. Dickie Dutch...

"Ever heard the phrase "total football"?
Put simply, it means all 10 outfield players in a team are comfortable in any position."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/football/features/newsid_3301000/3301407.stm

by maestegmafia Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:15 pm

Cardiff Dave wrote:
Coleman wrote:Blues rugby: Everyone must play everywhere. Jones at Hooker and now Andrews at 4. Love our new style!

Total rugby maybe?
I like it. Very Cruyff. Very Dutch. Dickie Dutch...

"Ever heard the phrase "total football"?
Put simply, it means all 10 outfield players in a team are comfortable in any position."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/football/features/newsid_3301000/3301407.stm

It's kinda the opposite though...!

Why so many props and so few locks? Ravaged by injuries???

by Cardiff Dave Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:30 pm

maestegmafia wrote:
Cardiff Dave wrote:
Coleman wrote:Blues rugby: Everyone must play everywhere. Jones at Hooker and now Andrews at 4. Love our new style!

Total rugby maybe?
I like it. Very Cruyff. Very Dutch. Dickie Dutch...

"Ever heard the phrase "total football"?
Put simply, it means all 10 outfield players in a team are comfortable in any position."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/football/features/newsid_3301000/3301407.stm

It's kinda the opposite though...!

Why so many props and so few locks? Ravaged by injuries???

Maybe it's simply because it's Rovigo who are rubbish. Dunno actually.

by The Saint Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:36 pm

Not a smart move either way. This pool is going to come down to points difference, which LI are leading?

by maestegmafia Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:37 pm

At 6"2 he's a bit short for a lock, same height as Delme Thomas

by Cardiff Dave Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:55 pm

The Saint wrote:Not a smart move either way. This pool is going to come down to points difference, which LI are leading?

By a country mile and looking at the fixtures, it's LI's for the taking with Grenoble at home then Rovigo away.
IMHO, Cardiff's priority now, considering we've failed big time in the Pro12, is preparing for next season and that's it.

by wales606 Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:46 pm

Cook is coming back from injury which makes the decision a bit more rational

by Coleman Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:17 am

Of all of our props i always thought Hobbs might be more suited to 2nd row. He's 6ft4 and until recently has been having a tough time of it. Andrews will be fine tonight. I'd rather not rush Cook back for this game. He is becoming a big player for us. Glad we've got Thomas at 12 as well. He'll break the line and give Allan something to run off of. Lets just enjoy tonight. We can't win the group unless Grenoble do us a favour.

by ScarletSpiderman Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:22 am

I'm guessing Andrews will possibly add power to the scrum playing at lock, and to be fair with Turnbull in the backrow you will still have two viable line out options.

Also not being disrespectful it is only Rovigo, so it should be a bp win still.

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:29 pm

ScarletSpiderman wrote:I'm guessing Andrews will possibly add power to the scrum playing at lock, and to be fair with Turnbull in the backrow you will still have two viable line out options.

Also not being disrespectful it is only Rovigo, so it should be a bp win still.

Blydi cold tonight though. And wet. Both teams will want to get it over with, hot shower and Pub.

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:37 pm

No TMO tonight, so the BBC radio commentator said. Hooray!

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:38 pm

Try Lloyd Williams.
5 nil.

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:42 pm

Anscombe converts. 7 nil. 8mins gone.
Back to the snooker.
Try Turnbull.
Back to the snooker.
14 nil.

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:58 pm

Patchwell gets the crucial 4th try.
Rovigo also have an amazing history - onced coached by Carwyn James. Didn't know that.
Just got the crucial 5th. 33 nil. Wish I was there.

by wales606 Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:55 pm

80 - 10 at 65 minutes,....

Not bad

by VinceWLB Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:44 pm

104-12! ouch what a scoreline was it the first time the italians put foot on artificial turf? or are they really that bad, can't remember the last time i saw a 100 pointer in europe.

by Cardiff Dave Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:37 pm

VinceWLB wrote:104-12! ouch what a scoreline was it the first time the italians put foot on artificial turf? or are they really that bad, can't remember the last time i saw a 100 pointer in europe.

Or are Cardiff really great?

by VinceWLB Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:57 pm

I remember when i was playing, you wouldn't want to be the player that didn't score a try in those kind of games!

by **Notch** Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:28 pm

Cardiff making the name 'Challenge Cup' sound ironic. Doesn't sound like it was challenging at all Smile

by glamorganalun Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:30 pm

This comp is a joke the blues and dragons will get better games against Welsh premier teams, any half decemt teams put out reserve teams like Stade, even the LV games are more competitive.

by The Saint Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:39 pm

Does that swing the points difference in Blues favour now....?

by Heaf Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:41 pm

Points difference doesn't matter in these rounds if you mean for top pool spot v London Irish - if both teams end on the same match points then the decider is the head to head - which is in LI's favour.

by Brendan Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:06 am

Well done Blues is that their highest win in europe. I know the Italians in the Amlin use to send out weaker teams so they could focus on winning their league. This could explain the score.

The tries will help in the pecking order for the quarters

by Coleman Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:37 am

Pretty weird way to decide on group a group winner. I thought points difference was universal. Ohh well. Rules is rules, hope Grenoble can do us a favour then.

by Margin_Walker Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:45 am

Coleman wrote:Pretty weird way to decide on group a group winner. I thought points difference was universal. Ohh well. Rules is rules, hope Grenoble can do us a favour then.

LI more than capable of slipping up and not getting 5 points against Grenoble today. System worked against us last year with us and Stade finishing on 24 points (LI PD +228, Stade PD +127) and Stade going through on the narrow head to head advantage. Was pretty frustrating.

by Coleman Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:00 pm

Currently London Irish 15 - 27 Grenoble. I hope i havnt jinxed anything. But it's happening!

by wales606 Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:01 pm

20 - 27 now

And LI already have 3 tries

by Coleman Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:03 pm

I'm going to knock it off now. Bloody French!

by wales606 Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:05 pm

23 - 27 now...

Rolling Eyes

by Coleman Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:08 pm

26-27 and Grenoble have just had a man binned. I should have kept my bloody mouth closed!

by The Saint Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:12 pm

If Grenoble win then surely they'd put out their best team for you lot down in France and try to get one back.

by Coleman Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:12 pm

And another man has been binned. WHY!

by Coleman Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:22 pm

Still 26-27. Red Card for Pace (London Irish). Hate to spam this thread with updates from another game. But we should target this as a cup to win this season.

Grenoble might put out their best team Saint. But it gives us the chance of topping the pool. I'd rather be in with the chance.

And London Irish have their 4th try and the Bonus.

by Cardiff Dave Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:32 pm

Coleman wrote:Still 26-27. Red Card for Pace (London Irish). Hate to spam this thread with updates from another game. But we should target this as a cup to win this season.

Grenoble might put out their best team Saint. But it gives us the chance of topping the pool. I'd rather be in with the chance.

And London Irish have their 4th try and the Bonus.

Keep 'em coming. Meanwhile, the Drags aren't going to throw away a 30 point lead are they?

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