Leinster v Cardiff Blues 12th September 2015 17:15 RDS Arena

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Leinster suffered a 9-16 reversal in Edinburgh on Friday but have not begun a Guinness PRO12 campaign with successive defeats since 2003/04.

The Leinstermen's only loss at the RDS Arena in any competition since March 2013 was 14-16 to the Dragons in the PRO12 last February.

Cardiff Blues achieved their second biggest victory in PRO12 history on Sunday in defeating Zebre 61-13, their 11 tries in the match equalling the PRO12 all-time record set by the Ospreys against Treviso in 2014.

The Blues only victory in their last 17 encounters against Leinster in all tournaments was 11-3 at Cardiff City Stadium in the PRO12 in February 2011, whilst their only victory in Dublin against Leinster came in March 2004 at Donnybrook.

At RDS Arena, 5:15pm.

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 8th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Eddie Hogan-O'Connell, Jonathan Peak (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Peter Ferguson (IRFU)
TMO: Seamus Flannery (IRFU)

Live on Sky Sports
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Rory_Gallagher wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:We'll take a centre in trade ,McCloskey would do nicely.

Eh...

Or Olding we're not fussy and you can't walk around Belfast without tripping over a top quality centre.

Cardiff Dave wrote:

PhilBB wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NdvuYcvk5k

Deadly silence on this one.

Marvelous, super and smashing that Dan Parks kick.
In my top 10 of great rugby moments.

He made it look easy, fantastic kick.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:

PhilBB wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NdvuYcvk5k

Deadly silence on this one.

Marvelous, super and smashing that Dan Parks kick.
In my top 10 of great rugby moments.

He made it look easy, fantastic kick.

Also, love the way he throws his arms up in the air when he knows he's nailed it.