European Challenge Cup
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Saracens
40
33
Cardiff Blues
Allianz Park
Pierre Brousset
0
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Replacement
77:00'
- 77th min: Seb Davies is replaced by Rory Thornton.
- First time Rory Thornton come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 9 appearances in 2 European Challenge Cup.»
Replacement
73:00'
- 73rd min: Rory Thornton is replaced by Teddy Williams.
- Teddy Williams makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Replacement
73:00'
- 73rd min: James Botham is replaced by Gwilym Bradley.
- First time Gwilym Bradley come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 2 appearances in 1 European Challenge Cup.»
Conversion Scored
73:00'
- Jarrod Evans kicks his first conversion vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 73rd minute (40 - 28).
- Jarrod Evans has scored a total of 2 points this season in 0 matches, he now has 146 (2 tries, 1 drop goal, 35 conversions and 21 penalties) points in 5 European Challenge Cup seasons in 19 matches.»
- Jarrod Evans has now kicked his 1 conversions out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 92.11% strike rate with 35 successful kicks from 38 attempts in 5 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Jarrod Evans has now kicked 1 successful kicks out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 87.5% strike rate with 56 successful kicks from 64 attempts in 5 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
Try
73:00'
- Rhys Carre scores his first try vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 73rd minute (40 - 33).
Replacement
73:00'
- 73rd min: Alec Clarey is replaced by Sam Wainwright.
- Sam Wainwright makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Replacement
70:00'
- 70th min: Dillon Lewis is replaced by Kieron Assiratti.
- First time Kieron Assiratti come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 8 appearances in 3 European Challenge Cup.»
Replacement
69:00'
- 69th min: Rhys Priestland is replaced by Jarrod Evans.
- First time Jarrod Evans come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 21 appearances in 5 European Challenge Cup.»
Replacement
69:00'
- 69th min: Liam Belcher is replaced by Kristian Dacey.
- First time Kristian Dacey come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 25 appearances in 5 European Challenge Cup.»
Conversion Scored
68:00'
- That’s the 3rd successful conversions for Owen Farrell vs Cardiff Blues in the 68th minute at Allianz Park.
- Owen Farrell has scored 15 points this season(3 conversions and 3 penalties), in 1 matches.»
- Owen Farrell has now kicked his 3 conversions out of 5 attempts and has a 60% success rate.»
- Owen Farrell has now kicked 6 successful kicks out of 8 attempts and has a 75% success rate.»
- Owen Farrell is joint second on the list for most points in a match with 15 points along with Alfie Barbeary(London Wasps).»
Try
68:00'
- Max Malins scores his first try vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 68th minute (38 - 26).
- In 1 European Challenge Cup seasons, Max Malins has scored 25 points in 4 matches, including 5 points this season in 1 matches.»
- Max Malins scores his first try this season and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 5 tries in 1 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- The last time Max Malins scored a try was against Bristol Bears back in Friday 16th of October 2020, 0 matches, 0 minute.»
Replacement
66:00'
- 66th min: Aled Davies is replaced by Ivan van Zyl.
- Ivan van Zyl makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Conversion Missed
62:00'
- Owen Farrell has now missed his 2nd conversion vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 62nd minute.
Try
62:00'
- Aled Davies scores his first try vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 62nd minute (33 - 26).
Replacement
61:00'
- 61st min: Aled Summerhill is replaced by Matthew Morgan.
- First time Matthew Morgan come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 22 appearances in 4 European Challenge Cup.»
Replacement
61:00'
- 61st min: Alex Goode is replaced by Rotimi Segun.
- Rotimi Segun makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Penalty Scored
60:00'
- Rhys Priestland kicks his 4th penalty vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 60th minute (28 - 26).
- Rhys Priestland has scored a total of 16 points (2 conversions and 4 penalties) this season in 1 matches, he now has 67 (1 try, 7 conversions and 16 penalties) points in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 4 penalties out of 5 attempts and has a 80% success rate and overall has a 94.12% strike rate with 16 successful kicks from 17 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 6 successful kicks out of 7 attempts and has a 85.71% success rate and overall has a 88.46% strike rate with 23 successful kicks from 26 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland is now second in the European Rugby Challenge Cup 21/22 for most points in a match with 16 points, still 5 points to score in order to level along with Emiliano Boffelli(Edinburgh Rugby) & Louis Carbonel(Toulon).»
- Rhys Priestland is now second in the European Rugby Challenge Cup 21/22 for most penalties in a match with 4 penalties, still 1 penalties to score in order to level with Louis Carbonel(Toulon).»
- Rhys Priestland is closing in on the European Challenge Cup record for the most points in a match for Cardiff Blues, he needs 9 points to equal Ben Blair who holds the record with 25 points.»
- Rhys Priestland is joint second on the list for most penalties in a match for Cardiff Blues with 4 penalties along with Jarrod Evans.»
60 minute.
60:00'
Replacement
59:00'
- 59th min: Maro Itoje is replaced by Theo McFarland.
- Theo McFarland makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Conversion Missed
57:00'
Try
57:00'
- Sean Maitland scores his 2nd try vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 57th minute (28 - 23).
Penalty Scored
55:00'
- Rhys Priestland kicks his 3rd penalty vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 55th minute (23 - 23).
- With 13 points this season (2 conversions and 3 penalties) in 1 matches, Rhys Priestland has now scored 64 points (1 try, 7 conversions and 15 penalties) in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons, in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 3 penalties out of 4 attempts and has a 75% success rate and overall has a 93.75% strike rate with 15 successful kicks from 16 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 5 successful kicks out of 6 attempts and has a 83.33% success rate and overall has a 88% strike rate with 22 successful kicks from 25 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland is closing in on the European Challenge Cup record for the most points in a match for Cardiff Blues, he needs 12 points to equal Ben Blair who holds the record with 25 points.»
- Rhys Priestland is closing in on the European Challenge Cup record for the most penalties in a match for Cardiff Blues, he needs 2 penalties to equal Steve Shingler who holds the record with 5 penalties.»
Conversion Scored
51:00'
- That’s the 2nd successful conversions for Owen Farrell vs Cardiff Blues in the 51st minute at Allianz Park.
Try
51:00'
- Sean Maitland scores his first try vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 51st minute (23 - 20).
- With 5 points this season in 1 matches, Sean Maitland has now scored 15 points in 1 European Challenge Cup seasons, in 5 matches.»
- Sean Maitland scores his first try this season and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 3 tries in 1 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- The last time Sean Maitland scored a try was against Harlequins back in Saturday 9th of April 2016, 0 matches, 0 minute.»
Replacement
49:00'
- 49th min: Kapeliele Pifeletijr is replaced by Ethan Lewis.
- First time Ethan Lewis come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 11 appearances in 4 European Challenge Cup.»
Conversion Scored
48:00'
- Rhys Priestland kicks his 2nd conversion vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 48th minute (16 - 20).
- With 10 points this season (2 conversions and 2 penalties) in 1 matches, Rhys Priestland has now scored 61 points (1 try, 7 conversions and 14 penalties) in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons, in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked his 2 conversions out of 2 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 77.78% strike rate with 7 successful kicks from 9 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 4 successful kicks out of 5 attempts and has a 80% success rate and overall has a 87.5% strike rate with 21 successful kicks from 24 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland is closing in on the European Challenge Cup record for the most penalties in a match for Cardiff Blues, he needs 3 penalties to equal Steve Shingler who holds the record with 5 penalties.»
Try
48:00'
- Owen Lane scores his first try vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 48th minute (16 - 18).
- With 5 points this season in 1 matches, Owen Lane has now scored 25 points in 2 European Challenge Cup seasons, in 10 matches.»
- Owen Lane scores his first try this season and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 5 tries in 2 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- The last time Owen Lane scored a try was against Pau back in Saturday 14th of December 2019, 0 matches, 0 minute.»
Penalty Missed
45:00'
- Rhys Priestland fails to find the target with his first penalty of the match vs VSCardiff Blues in the 45th minute
- With 8 points this season (1 conversion and 2 penalties) in 1 matches, Rhys Priestland has now scored 59 points (1 try, 6 conversions and 14 penalties) in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons, in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 2 penalties out of 3 attempts and has a 66.67% success rate and overall has a 93.33% strike rate with 14 successful kicks from 15 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 3 successful kicks out of 4 attempts and has a 75% success rate and overall has a 86.96% strike rate with 20 successful kicks from 23 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
Replacement
41:00'
- 41st min: Duncan Taylor is replaced by Manu Vunipola.
- Manu Vunipola makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Replacement
41:00'
- 41st min: Jackson Wray is replaced by Billy Vunipola.
- First time Billy Vunipola come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 6 appearances in 1 European Challenge Cup.»
Replacement
41:00'
- 41st min: Richard Barrington is replaced by Eroni Mawi.
- Eroni Mawi makes his European Challenge Cup debut.»
Conversion Scored
40:00'
- Rhys Priestland kicks his first conversion vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 40th minute (16 - 13).
- Rhys Priestland has scored a total of 8 points (1 conversion and 2 penalties) this season in 1 matches, he now has 59 (1 try, 6 conversions and 14 penalties) points in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked his 1 conversions out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 75% strike rate with 6 successful kicks from 8 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 3 successful kicks out of 3 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 90.91% strike rate with 20 successful kicks from 22 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland is closing in on the European Challenge Cup record for the most penalties in a match for Cardiff Blues, he needs 3 penalties to equal Steve Shingler who holds the record with 5 penalties.»
Try
40:00'
- Tomos Williams scores his first try vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 40th minute (16 - 11).
- Tomos Williams has scored a total of 5 points this season in 1 matches, he now has 30 points in 4 European Challenge Cup seasons in 21 matches.»
- Tomos Williams scores his first try this season and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 6 tries in 4 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- The last time Tomos Williams scored a try was against Newcastle Falcons back in Friday 11th of December 2020, 1 matches, 63 minute.»
- Best season for Tomos Williams was 17/18 scoring a total of 4 tries in 9 appearances for Cardiff Blues.»
Half Time
40:00'
Replacement
38:00'
- 38th min: Corey Domachowski is replaced by Rhys Carre.
- First time Rhys Carre come on the field as a substitute in this European Challenge Cup, overall having 3 appearances in 1 European Challenge Cup.»
Conversion Scored
36:00'
- Owen Farrell kicks his first conversion in this match vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 36th minute (11 - 6).
Try
36:00'
- Dom Morris touches down for the opening try of the match vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 36th minute (16 – 6).
Penalty Scored
32:00'
- Rhys Priestland kicks his 2nd penalty vs Saracens at Allianz Park in the 32nd minute (9 - 6).
- With 6 points this season in 1 matches, Rhys Priestland has now scored 57 points (1 try, 5 conversions and 14 penalties) in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons, in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 2 penalties out of 2 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 100% strike rate with 14 successful kicks from 14 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 2 successful kicks out of 2 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 90.48% strike rate with 19 successful kicks from 21 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland is closing in on the European Challenge Cup record for the most penalties in a match for Cardiff Blues, he needs 3 penalties to equal Steve Shingler who holds the record with 5 penalties.»
Penalty Scored
31:00'
- Owen Farrell kicks his 3rd penalty vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 31st minute (9 - 3).
Penalty Scored
24:00'
- Owen Farrell kicks his 2nd penalty vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 24th minute (6 - 3).
20 minute.
20:00'
Penalty Scored
14:00'
- Owen Farrell kicks his first penalty vs Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park in the 14th minute (3 - 3).
Penalty Scored
8:00'
- In the 8th, Rhys Priestland successfully kicks his first penalty kick of the match vs Saracens at the Allianz Park (0 – 3).
- Rhys Priestland has scored a total of 3 points this season in 1 matches, he now has 54 (1 try, 5 conversions and 13 penalties) points in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons in 8 matches.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 1 penalties out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 100% strike rate with 13 successful kicks from 13 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
- Rhys Priestland has now kicked 1 successful kicks out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 90% strike rate with 18 successful kicks from 20 attempts in 3 European Challenge Cup seasons.»
Kick Off
0:00'
- The leading top try scorers for this European Rugby Challenge Cup 21/22 season are Ramiro Moyano (Edinburgh Rugby, Left Wing), Alfie Barbeary (London Wasps, Hooker) & Connor Boyle (Edinburgh Rugby, Openside Flanker) having 3 tries each.»
- The leading top scorer for this European Rugby Challenge Cup 21/22 season is Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh Rugby, Full Back) having 37 points.»
Saracens
Squads
Cardiff Blues
- Alex Goode ,Outside Half
- Sean Maitland ,Left Wing
- Dom Morris ,Center
- Duncan Taylor ,Center
- Max Malins ,Right Wing
- Owen Farrell ,Center
- Aled Davies ,Scrum Half
- Richard Barrington ,Prop
- Alec Clarey ,Prop
- Kapeliele Pifeletijr ,Hooker
- Tim Swinson ,Lock
- Maro Itoje ,Blindside Flanker
- Andrew Christie ,Openside Flanker
- Benjamin Earl ,Openside Flanker
- Jackson Wray ,Lock
- Hallam Amos, Left Wing
- Owen Lane, Center
- Garyn Smith, Center
- Max Llewellyn, Right Wing
- Aled Summerhill, Center
- Rhys Priestland, Outside Half
- Tomos Williams, Scrum Half
- Corey Domachowski, Prop
- Dillon Lewis, Prop
- Liam Belcher, Hooker
- Rory Thornton, Lock
- Seb Davies, Lock
- Shane Lewis-Hughes, Lock
- Josh Navidi, Blindside Flanker
- James Botham, Openside Flanker
Substitutions
- Manu Vunipola
- Ivan van Zyl
- Billy Vunipola
- Theo McFarland
- Sam Wainwright
- Eroni Mawi
- Ethan Lewis
- Rotimi Segun
- Jarrod Evans
- Lloyd Williams
- Gwilym Bradley
- Teddy Williams
- Kieron Assiratti
- Rhys Carre
- Kristian Dacey
- Matthew Morgan
Filters
Clear
Pre-match Stats
- Saracens European Challenge Cup starting XV averages 29 years and 13 days, with the youngest player in the line up Kapeliele Pifeletijr at 22 years and 228 days, compared to the oldest Tim Swinson at 35 years and 67 days.
- Saracens starting team forwards averages 28 years and 43 days compared to the backs with an average of 30 years and 31 days.
- Saracens starting line up has players from 4 different countries, England lead the way with 9 players.
- Cardiff Blues European Challenge Cup starting XV averages 27 years and 317 days, with the youngest player in the line up Max Llewellyn at 23 years and 93 days, compared to the oldest Rhys Priestland at 35 years and 99 days.
- Cardiff Blues starting team forwards averages 26 years and 136 days compared to the backs with an average of 27 years and 159 days.
- The debutantes for Saracens in the European Challenge Cup are Dom Morris(Center), Duncan Taylor(Center), Owen Farrell(Center), Richard Barrington(Prop), Alec Clarey(Prop), Kapeliele Pifeletijr(Hooker), Maro Itoje(Blindside Flanker), Andrew Christie(Openside Flanker) & Jackson Wray(Lock).
- Saracens have played 55 European Challenge Cup matches, winning 44, drawing 1 and losing 10.»
- Saracens have scored 2117 points in 55 European Challenge Cup matches, at an average of 38.49 compared to the competition average of 24.57.»
- Saracens have conceded 713 points in 55 European Challenge Cup matches, at an average of 12.96 compared to the competition average of 24.57.»
- Cardiff Blues have played 41 European Challenge Cup matches, winning 29 and losing 12.»
- Cardiff Blues have scored 1254 points in 41 European Challenge Cup matches, at an average of 30.59 compared to the competition average of 24.57.»
- Cardiff Blues have conceded 789 points in 41 European Challenge Cup matches, at an average of 19.24 compared to the competition average of 24.57.»
- Saracens have scored 257 tries in 55 European Challenge Cup matches averaging 4.67 tries a match compared to the competition average of 2.96.»
- Cardiff Blues have scored 158 tries in 41 European Challenge Cup matches averaging 3.85 tries a match compared to the competition average of 2.96.»
- Saracens have conceded 62 tries in 55 European Challenge Cup matches averaging 1.13 tries a match compared to the competition average of 2.96.»
- Cardiff Blues have conceded 86 tries in 41 European Challenge Cup matches averaging 2.1 tries a match compared to the competition average of 2.96.»
- Emiliano Boffelli(Full Back, Edinburgh Rugby) has the top strike rate in this European Rugby Challenge Cup 21/22 having 76.47% strike rate with 13 successful kicks from 17 attempts, with 12 of 15 conversions and 1 out of 2 penalties finding there way between the posts.»
- Pierre Brousset has refereed 11 times in the European Challenge Cup and issued 7 yellow cards, that's an average of 0.64 per match.
- Pierre Brousset has refereed 11 matches in the European Challenge Cup and awarded 190penalties , that's an average of 17.27 per match.
- Pierre Brousset has refereed 11 matches in the European Challenge Cup and awarded 190 penalties, 90 to the home side and 100 to the away side.
- This is the first time Pierre Brousset has refereed this fixture in the European Challenge Cup.
- Pierre Brousset is in charge of Saracens for the first time in the European Challenge Cup.
- Pierre Brousset has refereed Cardiff Blues 2 times in the European Challenge Cup and awarded 53 penalties.
- Of the 2 matches Pierre Brousset has refereed Cardiff Blues in the European Challenge Cup, they have won 0, lost 2 and drawn 0.