Zebre 6 - 16 Cardiff Blues
HT 3-10
Fri 02 October 18:00 Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Ref: George Clancy Guinness PRO14
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Full Time

FULL TIME | Y CHWIBAN OLAF - Zebre Rugby 6 Cardiff Blues 16

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Try saving intervention from Nipper and Amos to deny Laloifi, before Olly Robinson holds the ball up over the line. 6-16 #GuinnessPRO14

76

Tovey's tricky penalty just drifts across the face of the sticks. 6-16 #GuinnessPRO14

73

Brilliant pressure and line speed from Tovey to fluster the Zebre backline, who knock on. A couple of phases later, another penalty is won, as Mbanda is penalised for not rolling away. 6-16 #GuinnessPRO14

70

Penalty Goal

Jason Tovey, with his first touch of the evening, extends Cardiff Blues' lead to 10 points. 6-16 #GuinnessPRO14

69

That looks like a tackle off the ball on Kirby Myhill, and the penalty will now be reversed. Tovey will try his luck from out wide. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

68

Some really promising play from the likes of Seb Davies, Jarrod Evans and Josh Adams but Zebre withstand the pressure and eventually win a penalty at the breakdown. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

65

Defensive pressure forces Zebre deeper and deeper into their own half, and they eventually resort to kicking downfield. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

64

Dillon Lewis and Cory Hill combine with a big shot to prevent the counter. It's becoming scrappy around that halfway line now. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

62

Botham showing the worth of challenging at the breakdown, as he forces a knock on from the home side. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

59

Replacement

Garyn Smith has also come onto the field over the last few minutes, replacing Willis Halaholo after his return to action following that knee injury. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

58

Replacement

Both Dillon Lewis and Rhys Carré have now been introduced. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

57

Penalty Goal

Jarrod Evans adds a penalty to regain the seven point lead. 6-13 #GuinnessPRO14

54

Evans slices through the Zebre defence like a hot knife through butter. He looks for support inside the 22 but his offload is intercepted by Boni. 6-10 #GuinnessPRO14

52

The swirling wind takes Evans' long range penalty attempt wide. Both kickers been victims of the conditions so far. 6-10 #GuinnessPRO14

51

Bellini caught running sideways, as Kirby Myhill flies in with a chop tackle, forcing a knock on in the process. 6-10 #GuinnessPRO14

48

Agonisingly close after a really impressive line-out steal from Seb Davies. Amos, Morgan and Lee-Lo combine out wide, but the ball just goes forward after Nipper's offload. 6-10 #GuinnessPRO14

46

Clever play by Lloyd Williams to try and hack behind for Josh Adams. The ball trickles into touch, but did touch a Zebre foot on the way through leading to a five meter line-out. 6-10 #GuinnessPRO14

45

Penalty Goal (Opp.)

Carlo Canna adds the resulting penalty to narrow the visitors' lead. 6-10 #GuinnessPRO14

44

Red Card

Josh Turnbull is shown a red card for a high tackle on Mbanda, after intervention from the TMO. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

43

Zebre looking dangerous, but Canna knocks on in midfield as Mbanda is down for treatment. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

42

Corey Dom setting the tone in this second half with an early turnover. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

41

Kick Off

Carlo Canna with a deep restart to get us back underway in Parma. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

40

Half Time

Lloyd Williams kicks it dead as Cardiff Blues head into the break with a seven-point advantage. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

34

Hallam Amos goes racing downfield and deep into the Zebre half after Carlo Canna's loose pass, but the ball just clipped Lee-Lo's hand and went forward. We bet Hallam wished Clancy would've blown his whistle a couple seconds earlier! đŸ˜… 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

29

Jarrod Evans' kicks behind are causing problems here. Adams collects another one in midfield to put his side on the front foot, while a chip just evades the path of Amos. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

28

Try

Jarrod Evans' swirling cross field kick catches the Zebre defence napping. Adams collects it on the bounce, and there's no stopping him in that amount of space. Jarrod adds the extras. 3-10 #GuinnessPRO14

25

Evans' penalty attempt drifts wide. All level here after 25 minutes of action. 3-3 #GuinnessPRO14

24

Jarrod Evans jinks past a couple of defenders before Zebre are penalised for taking out a player off the ball. 3-3 #GuinnessPRO14

21

Penalty Goal (Opp.)

Arhip is pinned for going off his feet as he attempts the turnover. Canna goes for the sticks....and makes no mistakes this time to bring the scores back level. 3-3 #GuinnessPRO14

19

Lloyd Williams and Hallam Amos combine, as the wing breaks past the initial challenge. He looks for a kick infield, but it is deflected into touch by Marcello Violi. 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14

18

Carlo Canna slices his penalty wide from in front of the sticks. 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14

17

Replacement

Liam Belcher limps off here and is replaced by Kirby Myhill. 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14

14

This time Cory Hill comes out on top to steal Zebre's line-out ball. Back to back line-out wins against the head for the visitors. 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14

12

Huge leap by Shane Lewis-Hughes to steal Zebre's line-out five meters out! Lloyd Williams clears outside the 22. 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14

10

Penalty Goal

Shane Lewis-Hughes thumps Bisegni inside his own 22 and Zebre are penalised for flying off their feet. Evans slots the penalty to open the scoring! 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14

9

Matthew Morgan is swiped as he's airborne here. 19 year old Federico Mori is sent to the sin bin for the challenge on Nipper, who is back up and running. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14

7

Giulio Bisegni and Jimmy Tuivaiti making an impression with ball in hand here for the hosts, but once again the visitors manage to force a turnover. We pack down for the first scrum of the evening 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14

5

Superb work by the one-man-maul Dmitri Arhip to prevent Zebre's driving line-out from advancing any further. The hosts still attacking around the half way mark however 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14

3

James Botham nicks the ball in midfield, and Lloyd Williams' resulting box kick is taken by Hallam Amos. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14

1

Cory Hill getting stuck in during these early exchanges. Zebre with all the possession so far, but the defensive line not giving them an inch. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14

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Kick Off

Jarrod Evans gets the Guinness PRO14 season underway! And there's an instant big hit from James Botham. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14