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)
Hellooooooooooo Burgermeester van Brakenjanvallei, Hows things with the Geld en huise going?
2nd Half ON!
31 @ Sharks_forever:
Helloooooooooo Tjarkie Fornever!
All things fine here and there near Harties?
Blues tighthead cops a Yellow after he had been warned it would happen
Massive Toulon scrum…. penalty try given… easy peasy
Toulon 22 / 13 Cardiff Blues
Another penalty try to Toulon… and another Yellow Card is dished out… once again from a freigh train of a scrum.
Toulon 29 / 13 Cardiff Blues
The complexion of the game has now completely changed…. 15 against 13 men.
David Smith scores a try as he powers over for Toulon.
Toulon 36 / 13 Cardiff Blues
That was just bang, bang, bang… in 10 minutes… 21 points added.
With the Blues back to 15 men, the quick scoring of Toulon has now dried up again… no score in 10 minutes
12 Minutes to go, Cardiff Blues hard on attack, few meters out… going hammer and tongs against Toulon.
Penalty Blues, 5m out
Lots of subs already on both sides, disrupting flow on both sides
Kick is pumped into the corner… lineout on the 5….
Hobbs over, try!
Toulon 36 / 20 Cardiff Blues
About 9 Minutes to go in the match
Blues now throwing everything at Toulon… but losing ground in the process
David Smith off with a bloody hand injury as one of his own men stepped on it on the ground
Toulon close now… on the line
Toulon gets the eventual penalty, 5m out… they opt for the scrum
Can Toulon get a 3rd Penalty Try?
Scrum goes down… reset
Another Toulon penalty for offside at the scrum, they will scrum again… no it’s a tap and go.
4th Yellow Card for the Cardiff Blues… eish.
Time is up…
Yip, there is the 3rd Penalty try… and Toulon’s bonus point
Final Score: Toulon 43 / 20 Cardiff Blues
All good here Rudi, just working our asses off, been so busy here over the season.
57 @ Sharks_forever:
I can just imagine you okes were busy there near Harteboospeerdam!
There is another Heineken Cup match on TV in SA, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to do that one till 22:00 as well.
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