Treviso vs Cardiff Blues (S4C 6.30 Saturday)

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So, this is the Blues injury list for this game

Bradley Davies – Ankle ligament damage back in early May
Josh Navidi – Hamstring injury - fitness test next week
Sam Warburton – Knee injury - Assessed on Monday
Andries Pretorius – Shoulder reconstruction, back in early May
Tom Williams – Shoulder dislocation, back in pre season
Liam Davies – Back spasm
Rhys Patchell – Shoulder injury assessed on Monday
Jamie Roberts – Knee injury assessed on Monday
Alex Cuthbert – Grade two hamstring strain back in four to six weeks
Leigh Halfpenny – Sprained ankle fitness next week
Andi Kyriacou – Neck injury ongoing
Rhys Williams – Shoulder injury back in four weeks
Tom James - Fractured sesamoid (big toe) fitness assessed next week

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15 Jason Tovey 14 Owen Williams 13 Gavin Evans 12 Dafydd Hewitt 11 Chris Czekaj 10 Ceri Sweeney 9 Lloyd Williams

8 Luke Hamilton 7 Rory Watts-Jones 6 Michael Paterson 5 James Down 4 Filo Paulo 3 Benoit Bourrust 2 Kristian Dacey 1 Taufa'ao Filise

16 Marc Breeze 17 Sam Hobbs 18 Scott Andrews 19 Lou Reed 20 Thomas Young 21 Robin Copeland 22 Lewis Jones 23 Gareth Davies



Treviso: Brendan Williams; Ludovico Nitoglia, Tommaso Iannone, Gideon La Grange, Christian Loamanu; Alberto Di Bernardo, Fabio Semenzato; Alberto De Marchi, Leonardo Ghiraldini (captain), Lorenzo Cittadini, Francesco Minto, Corniel Van Zyl, Dean Budd, Alessandro Zanni, Manoa Vosawai.

Replacements: Giovanni Maistri, Michele Rizzo, Jacobus Roux, Antonio Pavanello, Paul Derbyshire, Simone Favaro, Edoardo Gori, James Ambrosini.

Make that 13-10 now after another Treviso penalty.

Ref calls HT even though the knock-on occurred with 5s left? Why no scrum?

wales606 wrote:Ref calls HT even though the knock-on occurred with 5s left? Why no scrum?

I noticed the clock at the ground is different to the one on screen...

Gethin Jenkins finally got some gametime for Toulon today...

...they lost to Bayonne (who they beat 59-0 earlier in the season)

5 forwards on the Blues bench

Decent forwards too, could make difference if the game is close

Sounds like some of them are coming on early

Breeze, Andrews and Reed on for the Blues

Blues scrum actually looked dominant then, Andrews making a difference - unfortunately, the ref is just assuming Treviso are better now.

Owen Williams looks to have improved his wing play in the last 4 or 5 non-televised games

Owen Williams coming in from the wing a lot, made a nice break in the 13 channel then

Fumbled Treviso lineout 5m out my have given the Blues a try

Try for Lou Reed

13 - 15

Who's more monotone? Sean Holley or Kingsley Jones?

Wow did you see that Italian girl on the right? Mmmm.

Arrrgggg,

Blues steal a Treviso lineout but Treviso come through and win a penalty back! Lloyd Williams should have passed it out of danger, Blues forwards too slow in securing the loose ball

Treviso miss the penalty

13 - 17

Luckily the Treviso penalty attempt doesn't go over.

13-17 at 52 minutes.

t1000advancedprototype wrote:Who's more monotone? Sean Holley or Kingsley Jones?

Wow did you see that Italian girl on the right? Mmmm.

I'm stuck with the Welsh commentary online, it's putting me to sleep - no enthusiasm.

I don't think I have seen many exciting games on S4C, the BBC make the dull games slightly better by having a better picture and commentators who actually try to make the game interesting

Charlo is commentating in English on S4C - he's alright actually. Same as last night's game.

Paterson binned.

The game is close, it is winnable - WHY ISN'T COPELAND ON THE PITCH!

Yellow Card for Michael Paterson

Penalty try to Treviso

Told you the scrum would cost is the game (again...)

Treviso given a penalty try. Their scrum has been excellent.

20-17 at 57 minutes.

Tovey helped off again...how many times have I seen that..?

4 on 1 overlap for Treviso but Paulo forces the knock on

He has had a good debut, not perfect, but he has been looking to make an impression and has done well. Paulo for Paul

Tovey off injured. Gareth Davies will be playing FB.

Copeland on

Blues playing down time well while they are down to 14.

Paulo injured - naaah, he's a big boy.

Sam Hobbs on

Woah! BIG fisticuffs going on!

Big fight going on

Could be some more cards on the table

Although paterson binned, he always impresses me. Never spectacular, but does all the dog work. Bit similar to Ryan Jones - should be on the plane to Japan in my view.

Lou Reed having his eye looked at

...a possible eye gouge on Lou Reed...?

Well well well...no cards, and the game goes on. Could be one for the citing commissioner there.

pioden gorllewin wrote:Although paterson binned, he always impresses me. Never spectacular, but does all the dog work. Bit similar to Ryan Jones - should be on the plane to Japan in my view.

I don't think he qualifies until next year (not sure) - he is excellent, our player of the season last year, huge workrate and an excellent lineout thief - plays lock and 6 - won't be surprised if he is capped when he qualifies.

Pitchside saying something about Reed, I don't speak Welsh though.

Paterson back on.

Wales - he said Lou Reed has told Blues staff that someone put a finger in his eye. Defo a citing coming from that I think.

Treviso putting on a better prop

Cari wrote:Wales - he said Lou Reed has told Blues staff that someone put a finger in his eye. Defo a citing coming from that I think.

Depends if the cameras saw it I guess

They just showed it there...I think it's something to be looked at in the least anyway.

Camera clearly shows "contact with the eye area" - Should be a fairly long ban for that, if it is a gouge I don't expect we will see him on the pitch for a few months at least.

Blues look impotent in attack and their set piece has been very dodgy. Really need a new front row and centre pairing.

Blues giving away daft penalties now.

Argg, just awful discipline from the Blues

Blues lineout struggling now too. Treviso on the attack again. They have penalty advantage....could be another yellow here too. Yep, Scott Andrews in the bin.

Scott Andrews get a YC

Well there goes the LBP

Blues very lucky Treviso miss another

Hang in for the BP now I fear, not much chance to go for the win with 14 players and no attack.

Yes the LBP appears to be slipping away...

26-17 at 76 minutes.

This could well be Treviso's first win against the Blues.

Blues scrum = Treviso penalty

Really am fed up with the Blues this season.

For god sakes

Blues really need to defend like mad now to avoid embarrassment if nothing else.

Attack = non existant
Defence = poor when tested
Scrum = abysmal, worst in Europe
Lineout = flaky
Breakdown = poor
Basic skills = awful
Tactical kicking = average

Sweeney's place kicking has been the only thing we have been better at.

Don't deserve a LBP and Treviso kept us in this game by knocking on every 2 seconds in the first half.

Looks like Treviso are going to go for a try to finish off, they have been completely dominant for the last 20

Too late...Paul Derbyshire gets a try in the 80th minute. TMO has a look...

And Treviso get the try.

Missed one

Catching = dire

Well as soon as I saw the weather I knew this was always going to be too far for the blues to challenge. The Treviso pack and set peice in particular have made mince meat out of the Blues, and theyre not the only ones this season, you can add such illustrious names such as Connacht to that too!!

Another lock, desperation signing, like Mafu has looked decently physical but massively flawed.

The likes of Borrust, Mafi, Kyriacou, have all been silly buys, in desperation.

Phil Davies is a relic, and how he's employed in pro rugby I don't know.

Blues first ever loss to Italian opposition, first of many no doubt.


No try at least.

FT 26 - 17