Match report Dragons 31 - 18 Castres, 15/01/2016 - Challenge Cup

Date : Friday, January 15, 2016 Kick Off : 20:45 Venue : Rodney Parade Tournament : Challenge Cup Round : pool stage
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Pre-match Overview

Match between Dragons and Castres was played at Rodney Parade as of round #5 of Challenge Cup . Before kick-off Dragons was in 1st position and Castres 3rd3th

Lineups

Game sheet Dragons vs Castres
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	YC	RC
				PRICE	1	TAUMOEPEAU
				DEE	2	RALLIER
				HARRIS	3	MARTINEZ					26'
				HILL	4	SAMSON	48'
				LANDMAN	5	DESROCHE
			36'	EVANS	6	CABALLERO
			27'	CUDD	7	DIARRA
				FALETAU	8	BABILLOT
				PRETORIUS	9	SERON
	10'	1' 28' 37' 73'		TOVEY	10	FONTAINE
			0'	AMOS	11	SMITH	40'
				WARREN	12	CABANNES
				HUGHES	13	COMBEZOU
			72'	HEWITT	14	SIVIVATU
				MEYER	15	PALIS		40'	12' 56'
				THOMAS	16	BÉZIAT
				STANKOVICH	17	WIHONGI
				KNIGHT	18	SIONE					63'
				SCREECH	19	BIAS				57'
				JACKSON	20	HANNOYER
				DAVIES	21	WULF
				O'BRIEN	22	LAMERAT
				SCOTT	23	URDAPILLETA
Replacements
DEE for THOMAS, 58'						31', CABALLERO for WIHONGI
HILL for SCREECH, 60'						38', WIHONGI for CABALLERO
PRETORIUS for DAVIES, 66'						52', DIARRA for BIAS
HARRIS for KNIGHT, 76'						52', COMBEZOU for LAMERAT
PRICE for STANKOVICH, 76'						52', FONTAINE for URDAPILLETA
LANDMAN for JACKSON, 76'						52', MARTINEZ for SIONE
TOVEY for O'BRIEN, 77'						62', TAUMOEPEAU for WIHONGI
						66', SIVIVATU for TAUMOEPEAU
						73', DESROCHE for HANNOYER
						73', RALLIER for BÉZIAT
						73', TAUMOEPEAU for WULF

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Dragons	VS	Castres
897 kg (112.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	882 kg (110.25 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	29 ans
26 ans	Backwards average age	28 ans
197 cm	Tallest player	198 cm
Wales : 73% (11/15) South Africa : 27% (4/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	France : 73% (11/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Argentina : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15)
Wales : 61% (14/23) South Africa : 17% (4/23) England : 17% (4/23) New Zealand : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	France : 65% (15/23) New Zealand : 13% (3/23) Argentina : 9% (2/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 10 - 0, 10 - 3, 15 - 3, 17 - 3, 22 - 3, 24 - 3, 24 - 5, 24 - 10, 24 - 15, 24 - 18, 29 - 18, 31 - 18
Gap : 0, +5, +7, +10, +7, +7, +12, +14, +19, +21, +19, +14, +9, +6, +6, +6, +11, +13

Standings before and after

Before