Toulon (15) 43 / 20 (13) Cardiff Blues (Final Score)
Toulon and the Cardiff Blues did battle in the Heineken Cup at
Allianz Riviera at 17:40 SA Time (15:40 GMT, 16:40 Fra Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Toulon:
- Penalties – Jonny Wilkinson (5)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Penalty Try (3), David Smith (1)
- Conversions – Jonny Wilkinson (4)
Cardiff Blues:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Filo Paulo (1), Sam Hobbs (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (2)
Teams:
Toulon: 15 Drew Mitchell, 14 Rudi Wulf, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 David Smith, 10 Jonny Wilkinson (Captain), 9 Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Steffon Armitage, 7 Joe van Niekerk, 6 Juan Smith, 5 Jocelino Suta, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Charles Orioli, 17 Florian Fresia, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Pierrick Gunther, 20 Delon Armitage, 21 Maxime Mermoz, 22 Frederic Michalak, 23 Konstantine Mikautadze.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Richard Smith, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Chris Czekaj, 10 Gareth Davies, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Macauley Cook, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Chris Dicomidis, 3 Benoit Bourrust, 2 Marc Breeze, 1 Gethin Jenkins (Captain).
Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 James Down, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Dafydd Hewitt, 23 Dan Fish.
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Assistant referees: Steve Lee (England), Andrew Pearce (England)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)
Should be a good game.
OK, players out on the pitch…
Game ON!
Fast start by Toulon… penalty to them too
Wilkinson for goal…
Toulon 3 / 0 Cardiff Blues
Yellow Card to Cardiff left wing…
Freegin hell that was a harsh Yellow…
Toulon 6 / 0 Cardiff Blues
Blues penalty, not releasing in the tackle… should be a shot at goal
Toulon 6 / 3 Cardiff Blues
Toulon look strongest… but a weaker side always seem to be able to hold the stronger side for 20 or 30 minutes… so I guess Toulon should win comfortably here.
Another Blues penalty and Halfpenny slots it.
Toulon 6 / 6 Cardiff Blues
Relieving penalty to the Blues, inside their own 22.
Skew into the lineout by the Blues
Jonny Wilkinson for goal from a penalty on halfway, just missed right, shaving the upright.
One barely hears the name of Juan Smith, although all Toulon’s forwards, including Juan, are abrasive and strong.
Toulon penalty 8m inside their own half, Wilkinson goes for touch
Toulon penalty advantage… what can they do here?
They get to within 8m but the ref eventually goes back for the penalty… shot at goal it is.
Toulon 9 / 6 Cardiff Blues
Another Toulon penalty, about 38m out… should be another shot at goal, and is.
Toulon 12 / 6 Cardiff Blues
Tryyyyyyyyyyy Blues… Filo Pastry… errr I mean Filo Paulo
Cardiff Blues 13 / 12 Toulon
Joe van Niekerk steals one for Toulon, penalty results… Wilkinson for touch
Big maul by Toulon and Toulon gets another penalty. Penalty was for playing the support players in the lineout.
Toulon 15 / 13 Cardiff Blues
Joe van Niekerk a bit injured, as is a Blues player…. seconds before halftime, Blues lineout
The Blues injury is to their captain, Gethin Jenkins
Game is closer than I thought it would be.
Lemoenetyd
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