Welsh varsity

Cardiff Uni v Swansea Uni.

Was a belter last year, watch live here: http://www.s4c.co.uk/clic/e_live.shtml or live on S4C if you have it.

the students are in fine voice for this one for sure, it's been bloody noisy on the streets outside for a good couple of hours now, but a but of silence one hopes while they're in the stadium

All good fun dreamer, I was one of them last year

Yes I met them all walking into town from the coach station...

ER - oh aye for sure! but having to put up with 2+ hours of noise outside my flat after a Poopie day at work is not nice!

oh goodness, I've just spied that it's Sheldon reffing the match, let's hope he's less noticeable in this match then he is in the Pro12 ones

Fair enough pal, I know of the flats in that area. Must've been a good spot for the arms park matches!

sadly, I'm not in those ones, t'other side of the road which is a shame!


My goodness, karma has caught up with the Cardiff 10 with that kick, for his really rather questionable hair style (imo )

Not a bad crown either, the regions could do with some of that support.

Battle of the Polytechnics!

It's a smaller crowd then they had last year I reckon. But c'mon, tis an excuse for a massive urine up, of course there's going to be a good student crowd!

sugarNspikes wrote:Battle of the Polytechnics!

One of them is in the world top 100 and the Russell Group

Thanks EnglishReign, wouldn't have noticed this was on.

Turned over just in time for Cardiff's first try - Only Cardiff have scored since.

No worries wales. Cardiff have some decent backs, has to be said.

EnglishReign wrote:No worries wales. Cardiff have some decent backs, has to be said.

From what I have seen, the Cardiff Uni no10 is better than Sweeney and Parks combined....although so is the uni no1.

2 beautiful DGs from the Cardiff 10

Apart from one awful conversion attempt, the CU 10 is looking class!

sugarNspikes wrote:Battle of the Polytechnics!

I take it you got rejected by both then

Cardiff have gone from 6 - 0 down when I started watching to 6 - 23 now.

3 tries now, awful conversion attempt though :/

Its allright, we have Halfpenny to take kicks at the Blues...anyone know the no10s name?

Cardiff all over Swansea in defence and the breakdown.

Must admit im suprised how high the standard is. And as a (mature) Cardiff Uni student im happy with the scoreline

wales606 wrote:Cardiff have gone from 6 - 0 down when I started watching to 6 - 23 now.

3 tries now, awful conversion attempt though :/

Its allright, we have Halfpenny to take kicks at the Blues...anyone know the no10s name?

Cameron Pimlow i think it is and im pretty sure he plays for Beddau if he is the one im thinking of.

Steffan wrote:Must admit im suprised how high the standard is. And as a (mature) Cardiff Uni student im happy with the scoreline

The defence is pretty poor from Swansea to be honest. Cardiff look very well drilled though, they have been holding Swansea out on the line for the last 5 minutes.

Steffan wrote:

sugarNspikes wrote:Battle of the Polytechnics!

I take it you got rejected by both then

Swansea being driven back even with Cardiff down to 14.

Finally, a Cardiff team that is winning

wales606 wrote:

Steffan wrote:Must admit im suprised how high the standard is. And as a (mature) Cardiff Uni student im happy with the scoreline

The defence is pretty poor from Swansea to be honest. Cardiff look very well drilled though, they have been holding Swansea out on the line for the last 5 minutes.

True. I watch my local club who are in Divison 2 (I think) East and the standard in this game is better than that normally is

Steffan wrote:

wales606 wrote:

Steffan wrote:Must admit im suprised how high the standard is. And as a (mature) Cardiff Uni student im happy with the scoreline

The defence is pretty poor from Swansea to be honest. Cardiff look very well drilled though, they have been holding Swansea out on the line for the last 5 minutes.

True. I watch my local club who are in Divison 2 (I think) East and the standard in this game is better than that normally is

Cardiff Uni normally have a very good rugby team, not sure if they play in the divisions though? Just inter-uni.

4th try for Cardiff puts the game beyond doubt at 28 - 13 with 5 minutes remaining.

isn't this a very similar score as last year? except that Swansea were the winners?

Beautifully finished try puts the icing on the cake for Cardiff.

13 - 33

2 minutes remaining.

That Cardiff no10s tactical kicking has been great, his place kicking is woeful though, Cardiff have lost a lot of points from the boot, 1/5 conversions I think.

Damn. I napped earlier and forgot all about this! Anyone know if there are any highlights?

wales606 wrote:

Steffan wrote:

wales606 wrote:

Steffan wrote:Must admit im suprised how high the standard is. And as a (mature) Cardiff Uni student im happy with the scoreline

The defence is pretty poor from Swansea to be honest. Cardiff look very well drilled though, they have been holding Swansea out on the line for the last 5 minutes.

True. I watch my local club who are in Divison 2 (I think) East and the standard in this game is better than that normally is

Cardiff Uni normally have a very good rugby team, not sure if they play in the divisions though? Just inter-uni.

Couple of the Cardiff players were from CRFC aswell.

Morg - it should be available on Clic on the S4C website.

EnglishReign wrote:All good fun dreamer, I was one of them last year

Me too! Swansea Uni or Cardiff? Always a brilliant day out. I played in the fresher's rugby for a few years (lenient rules).

Poor game from Swansea last night. Cardiff's defence was outstanding, and their captain Jake Cooper-Woolley was brilliant- outstanding in the loose. Swansea had no one competing at the breakdown, and ball retention was poor. Still, got to let Cardiff win at least a few

While it's nice cardiff and swansea have this, i think it should be UWIC v a cardiff/swansea side. UWIC are by far the best team in wales (and one of the top sides in britain) and it would be nice to see them dish out a tuning to the bigger name uni's.

Guessing someone's got affiliations with UWIC....? Swansea Cardiff is a tradition, and it should stay that way.

UWIC play in the same league as both Swansea and Cardiff, and are currently in 4th, behind Cardiff. To say they are by far the best team in Wales doesn't quite add up at the current time. Very good team, yeh they are.

bluestonevedder wrote:Guessing someone's got affiliations with UWIC....? Swansea Cardiff is a tradition, and it should stay that way.

Not sure if it's still the case. The following article is from 2010;

"Gareth Jenkins and Chris Davey discuss the new partnership between the Scarlets and University of Wales Cardiff, UWIC."

http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/tv/2731.php

can't listen unfortunately while I'm at work, sounds interesting though!