Match report Cardiff 37 - 27 Montpellier, 11/12/2015 - Challenge Cup

Date : Friday, December 11, 2015 Kick Off : 20:30 Venue : BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Tournament : Challenge Cup Round : pool stage
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Pre-match Overview

Match between Cardiff and Montpellier was played at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park as of round #3 of Challenge Cup . Before kick-off Cardiff was in 2nd position and Montpellier 3rd3th

Lineups

Game sheet Cardiff vs Montpellier
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
				HOBBS	1	MACKINTOSH	5'
				DACEY	2	DU PLESSIS				42'
				FILISE	3	CILLIERS
				HOEATA	4	DU PLESSIS
				DOWN	5	WILLEMSE
				COOK	6	LIEBENBERG
			40' 69'	NAVIDI	7	BATTUT
				TURNBULL	8	QERA
			43'	WILLIAMS	9	PAILLAUGUE		6'	12'
				EVANS	10	LUCAS
				JAMES	11	MALZIEU	19'
				EVANS	12	EBERSOHN
				LEE-LO	13	TUITAVAKE
			61'	CUTHBERT	14	NAGUSA	13'
	66' 80'	1' 40' 71'	0'	PATCHELL	15	FALL
				LEWIS	16	GÉLI	76'
				JENKINS	17	NARIASHVILI
				MITCHELL	18	MAS
				ANDREWS	19	TCHALÉ-WATCHOU				43'
				DOLAN	20	OUEDRAOGO
				KNOYLE	21	WRIGHT
				SUMMERHILL	22	CATRAKILIS		77'
				SMITH	23	FLOCH
Replacements
FILISE for MITCHELL, 47'						40', PAILLAUGUE for WRIGHT
HOBBS for LEWIS, 60'						40', DU PLESSIS for TCHALÉ-WATCHOU
DACEY for JENKINS, 60'						47', LIEBENBERG for GÉLI
COOK for DOLAN, 71'						54', GÉLI for LIEBENBERG
						54', CILLIERS for MAS
						54', MACKINTOSH for NARIASHVILI
						60', BATTUT for OUEDRAOGO
						63', FALL for CATRAKILIS
						66', NAGUSA for FLOCH
						71', DU PLESSIS for GÉLI

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Cardiff	VS	Montpellier
934 kg (116.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	932 kg (116.50 kg)
28 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
25 ans	Backwards average age	29 ans
200 cm	Tallest player	201 cm
Wales : 80% (12/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	South Africa : 40% (6/15) France : 27% (4/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) Fiji : 13% (2/15) Australia : 7% (1/15)
Wales : 83% (19/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) New Zealand : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) United-States : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	South Africa : 35% (8/23) France : 35% (8/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) Fiji : 9% (2/23) Australia : 4% (1/23) Georgia : 4% (1/23) Cameroon : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 7 - 5, 7 - 7, 7 - 10, 7 - 15, 7 - 20, 9 - 20, 14 - 20, 19 - 20, 24 - 20, 27 - 20, 32 - 20, 34 - 20, 34 - 25, 34 - 27, 37 - 27
Gap : 0, +5, +7, +2, 0, -3, -8, -13, -11, -6, -6, -6, -1, +4, +7, +12, +14, +9, +7, +10

Standings before and after

Before