Match report London Irish 34 - 23 Cardiff, 13/12/2014 - Challenge Cup

Date : Saturday, December 13, 2014 Kick Off : 16:00 Venue : Madejski Stadium Tournament : Challenge Cup Round : pool stage
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Pre-match Overview

Match between London Irish and Cardiff was played at Madejski Stadium as of round #4 of Challenge Cup . Before kick-off London Irish was in 1st position and Cardiff 2nd

Lineups

Game sheet London Irish vs Cardiff
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
				COURT	1	JENKINS
				PAICE	2	REES
				CROSS	3	JONES
				SKIVINGTON	4	PAULO
				LOW	5	TURNBULL
				SINCLAIR	6	COOK
				COWAN	7	WARBURTON
				NARRAWAY	8	NAVIDI
				STEELE	9	WILLIAMS
			47'	GERAGHTY	10	ANSCOMBE	70'	11' 71'	36' 39' 65'
			32' 65'	FENBY	11	SMITH
				SHERIDAN	12	EVANS
				GRIFFIN	13	ALLEN	10'
				OJO	14	CUTHBERT
	5' 22' 28' 53' 69'	34' 48'		HOMER	15	THOMAS
				PALFRAMAN	16	DACEY
				HALAVATAU	17	HOBBS
				AULIKA	18	MITCHELL
				COX	19	JENKINS
				GILSENAN	20	VOSAWAI
				ALLINSON	21	JONES
				NOAKES	22	DAVIES
				LEWINGTON	23	FISH
Replacements
CROSS for AULIKA, 53'						50', JONES for MITCHELL
LOW for COX, 53'						62', REES for DACEY
STEELE for ALLINSON, 53'						62', WILLIAMS for JONES
OJO for LEWINGTON, 69'						64', JENKINS for HOBBS
NARRAWAY for GILSENAN, 73'						67', EVANS for DAVIES
						69', WARBURTON for JENKINS
						77', MITCHELL for JONES

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

London Irish	VS	Cardiff
862 kg (107.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	911 kg (113.88 kg)
30 ans	Forwards average age	28 ans
26 ans	Backwards average age	26 ans
201 cm	Tallest player	201 cm
England : 40% (6/15) Scotland : 27% (4/15) Ireland : 20% (3/15) Canada : 7% (1/15) Wales : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Wales : 87% (13/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15)
England : 35% (8/23) Ireland : 17% (4/23) Scotland : 17% (4/23) Wales : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Canada : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23) New Zealand : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Wales : 87% (20/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) New Zealand : 4% (1/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23)

(1) Calculations based on data in the database, which may be incomplete.

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 5, 3 - 7, 6 - 7, 9 - 7, 14 - 7, 16 - 7, 16 - 10, 16 - 13, 21 - 13, 23 - 13, 26 - 13, 31 - 13, 31 - 16, 34 - 16, 34 - 21, 34 - 23
Gap : 0, +3, -2, -4, -1, +2, +7, +9, +6, +3, +8, +10, +13, +18, +15, +18, +13, +11

Standings before and after

Before