Cardiff v Puff the magic dragon - Boxing Day

Standing room only apparently. All seating sold.

Faletau should be ok for the 6Ns though according to you know who. Incredible.

Cardiff Dave wrote:Faletau should be ok for the 6Ns though according to you know who. Incredible.

Well that's ok then. That reporting annoys me immensely.

I expect the Blouse to get two wins in these next two games.

I was fairly impressed by the Dragons against a pretty strong Zebre side in particular the scrum which looked very solid with Brok Harris at TH, Blues should win this leg as they have a much longer turnaround but the Rodney Parade encounter should be a very close one.

Very excited for both fixtures. Two proper rugby stadiums that have a great buzz when full. I think we'll win both games. But i also thought we'd win our first five league games. We have to be confident going in as we've quietly won 7 of our last 10 games over all comps.

Anscombe on bench apparently

Oh dear Lord why is Evans back at 12. Thomas was actually good against the Scarlets.

Dragons Team

Tom Prydie, Matthew Pewtner, Tyler Morgan, Jack Dixon, Hallam Amos, Jason Tovey, Jonathan Evans; Phil Price, T. Rhys Thomas, Brok Harris, Andrew Coombs, Rynard Landman (c), James Thomas, Nic Cudd, Lewis Evans.

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Owen Evans, Dan Way, Cory Hill, Ian Gough, Richie Rees, Dorian Jones, Geraint Rhys Jones.

Referee Leighton Hodges. Brilliant.

Cardiff Blues: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Lucas Amorosino, 10 Gareth Davies, 9 Lewis Jones; 1 Sam Hobbs, 2 Matthew Rees (c), 3 Adam Jones, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 5 Lou Reed, 6 Josh Turnbull, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 8 Josh Navidi

Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Gethin Jenkins, 18 Taufa'ao Filise, 19 Macauley Cook, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 Adam Thomas

Coleman wrote:Oh dear Lord why is Evans back at 12. Thomas was actually good against the Scarlets.

Hammett knows what he's doing, I hope. Needs time anyway.

Risca Rev wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:Faletau should be ok for the 6Ns though according to you know who. Incredible.

Well that's ok then. That reporting annoys me immensely.

I expect the Blouse to get two wins in these next two games.

Join the club. Winds me up too. Typical though isn't it, from the Fail.

Yes CD. I guessed where it came from, but it still annoys me. The biggest thing should be he will miss the double header, but should be fit for the European games (big deal for us and Cardiff Blues at the mo), or even the Dregs game v Ospreys.

That'll do for half time score keep it up boys

Gotta love the pro-blues commentary.

I thought Dorian Jones might have nudged it forward then when he tried to re-gather...

How did the ref miss the most obvious knock on in the world?

Hammett gambled that he could rest a load of key players and still win. He lost.

Anscombe should have started, G.Davies kicking game was absolutely dire.

Forwards were awful

Jenkins, Vosawai, Dacey and Anscombe should have started.

Playing G.Davies and G.Evans at 10 and 12 was suicide.

Poor season for the blues so far...

wales606 wrote:Hammett gambled that he could rest a load of key players and still win. He lost.

Anscombe should have started, G.Davies kicking game was absolutely dire.

Forwards were awful

Jenkins, Vosawai, Dacey and Anscombe should have started.

Playing G.Davies and G.Evans at 10 and 12 was suicide.

Defo under estimated the oppo, but on the plus side, many lessons learnt. Hope he's sharpening his axe as Roger sharpens his saw.
Not convinced by Anscombe. Missing touch by a country mile with 15 secs left on the clock is not on. As for Jiffy banging on about Cuthbert's defence; made me laugh anyway.

Breadvan wrote:Poor season for the blues so far...

As expected i'm afraid.

Was it me or was there more dragons fans at the match?

Lets hope we can back it up and do the double on New Years Day, especially as I am home and going to watch it

bedfordwelsh wrote:Lets hope we can back it up and do the double on New Years Day, especially as I am home and going to watch it

I envisage the Drags catching and driving from their own 5m line and mauling their merry way to a try under the sticks. There we are then. Happy new year and all that.

I enjoyed the game. Heres a thought tho - on the ref. Twice a flag for foul play, twice the on field officials made the call, twice they got it right without needing the replay. Comments?

Great game, brilliant day for the dragons fans. Deserved their win.

Dismal.

Cardiff Dave wrote:

bedfordwelsh wrote:Lets hope we can back it up and do the double on New Years Day, especially as I am home and going to watch it

I envisage the Drags catching and driving from their own 5m line and mauling their merry way to a try under the sticks. There we are then. Happy new year and all that.

Puff the magic Dragon eh? - you must be a tad embarrased - As arrogant as Hammett

Good advert for the Pro 12 really good game with the correct result. I suspect the blues thought they could win wiith squad rotation, big mistake. Well done Dragons but must apply this form to non Welsh teams.

Gutted i missed the game thought it was the usual 7.45 PM kickoff

I just hope Mark Hammett can deliver the goods next season, its obvious hes written off this Pro12 season as a test/development one for his squad. Hence all the ridiculous rotations and playing players out of position.

Gareth Davies ahead of Anscomb was an odd decision

IronMike wrote:How did the ref miss the most obvious knock on in the world?

It was Hodges mind. Terrible ref.

Breadvan wrote:Poor season for the blues so far...

Poor seasons for the Blouse for two seasons now. Their only saving grace is we've been so much worse.

Risca Rev wrote:

Breadvan wrote:Poor season for the blues so far...

Poor seasons for the Blouse for two seasons now. Their only saving grace is we've been so much worse.

Two?

Try 5

dragon4life wrote:Was it me or was there more dragons fans at the match?

Always seems that way down there, but our lot bunch up generally and do a bit of a repertoire, whereas there's only so much you can shout Cardiff, Cardiff I expect.

wales606 wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:

Breadvan wrote:Poor season for the blues so far...

Poor seasons for the Blouse for two seasons now. Their only saving grace is we've been so much worse.

Two?

Try 5

Haha. Well only two I cared a out when we could/should've finished above you. Unlucky today Wales butt. A wounded Blues will be dangerous at RP. If I'm honest, I thought you'd get near a WBP today and grind a result at Dave too. You'll be a different side next week, whereas we can't make many (if any) changes.

Very impressed with the Dixon/Morgan centre partnership. Those two will go far.

Don't think we will be seeing andy powell again this season judging by his twitter. Having a pop at Landman and the coaches

dragon4life wrote:Don't think we will be seeing andy powell again this season judging by his twitter. Having a pop at Landman and the coaches

What's he said now, shame he hasn't made a bigger impact he could have been a huge asset to us.

He said how Coombs should have got mom instead of Landman and then said the media only rate Landman because hes foreign

He also sarcasticly said 'lyn and kingsley tactical geinuses' excuse my spelling

dragon4life wrote:He said how Coombs should have got mom instead of Landman and then said the media only rate Landman because hes foreign

What's he said about the coaches?

dragon4life wrote:He said how Coombs should have got mom instead of Landman and then said the media only rate Landman because hes foreign

He may have had a point if he said James Thomas instead of Coombs: 17 carries and 26 tackles from the youngster stats he can only dream of these days.

Just read it again only said how much he loves lyn and kingsley

Andy Powell, what a daft lad! I was wondering why he seemed to vanish.

dragon999 wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:

bedfordwelsh wrote:Lets hope we can back it up and do the double on New Years Day, especially as I am home and going to watch it

I envisage the Drags catching and driving from their own 5m line and mauling their merry way to a try under the sticks. There we are then. Happy new year and all that.

   Puff the magic Dragon eh? - you must be a tad embarrased - As arrogant as Hammett

A typo quite obviously...
"Cardiff puff v The Magic Dragon - Boxing Day"
Fixed for you!

James Thomas was good. I can kind of see Powell's point about how there were three or four better performers than Landman in our pack yesterday. Probably four (Dee, Coombs, Thomas and maybe Cudd). I thought he did at one point name four Welsh players, but I was probably just as Powell'd up at that point.

wales606 wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:

Breadvan wrote:Poor season for the blues so far...

Poor seasons for the Blouse for two seasons now. Their only saving grace is we've been so much worse.

Two?

Try 5

Aye that's about right. The move to CCS killed any momentum we had, stone dead after having 2 half decent seasons. The time before that was dark and dire mind ewe. However, i'm confident that common sense will prevail one day in the not too distant future.

Cardiff Dave wrote:

dragon999 wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:

bedfordwelsh wrote:Lets hope we can back it up and do the double on New Years Day, especially as I am home and going to watch it

I envisage the Drags catching and driving from their own 5m line and mauling their merry way to a try under the sticks. There we are then. Happy new year and all that.

   Puff the magic Dragon eh? - you must be a tad embarrased - As arrogant as Hammett

A typo quite obviously...
"Cardiff puff v The Magic Dragon - Boxing Day"
Fixed for you!

Very good - i like that