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Two early penalties from Gareth Davies gave Blues the lead before Worcester clicked into gear and tries from Rob O’Donnell, James Stephenson and Max Stelling gave them a 21-6 lead at the break. But a second half surge from a youthful Blues side, who were without 20 players through international call-ups and injury, saw them cut the lead to five …

Second row Normandale, a summer recruit for Blues, is named in the starting line-up while outside half Humberstone, who has impressed for Pontypridd all season, is named among the replacements. Blues make a total of six changes – all to the pack – to the side that defeated Benetton Treviso in the league, with a total of 20 players currently …

Front row partner Kristian Dacey scored an early try from Blues in swirling high winds. But back came Treviso and a score from Michele Campagnaro gave the Italians, who were almost at full strength, a 13-10 half-time lead. However, Blues had the advantage of the strong blustery wind in the second half and Hobbs crashed over to regain the lead …

Blues went into the game in Belfast on a real high after the historic victory over Toulon in the Heineken Cup. But found themselves up against an Ulster team also brimming full of confidence after defeating Leicester Tigers and Montpellier in Europe. First half tries from Dan Tuohy and Jared Payne underlined that fact and gave Ulster the early initiative …

Smith is named on the wing, replacing the injured Alex Cuthbert, as Blues make a total of two changes to the side that defeated European champions Toulon last weekend. The other changes to the starting line-up sees Dafydd Hewitt comes in at centre for Owen Williams, with Cory Allen moving to outside centre. The pack remains the same and will …

A thrilling encounter ebbed and flowed from the opening whistle as Rhys Patchell struck a superb long range penalty to open the scoring for Blues while Jonny Wilkinson responded in an electric opening 20 minutes of European rugby. Torrential rain hit Cardiff midway through the half and the game continued to flow from end to end with Wilkinson nudging the …

Copeland made an impressive try-scoring appearance off the bench last weekend against Exeter Chiefs and is now one of three changes made by Director of Rugby Phil Davies. Wales international prop Scott Andrews is the other change to the forwards and will pack down with captain Matthew Rees and Gethin Jenkins, who will face his former side after making the …

Boss Phil Davies had warned his Blues that they would have to match the intensity and physicality of the Chiefs, but an inspired first half from the hosts saw them pull clear in emphatic fashion. England flanker Tom Johnson opened the scoring before a staggering five-minute spell from the Chiefs saw them all but wrap the game up in simply …

Hewitt, who last week made his 100th appearance for the region, is named at inside centre as Cory Allen switches to outside centre for the Pool 2 opener in Devon. Director of Rugby Phil Davies makes no further changes to the side that defeated Edinburgh Rugby last time out, with hooker Matthew Rees again captaining from the front row and …

Cuthbert scorched over for a clinical first half try, but the accurate boot of returning scrum half Greig Laidlaw saw Blues only take a slender 13-12 lead into the interval. The second half saw the Blues’ dominance in the forwards and kicking battle wrestle total control of the encounter with Leigh Halfpenny adding eleven points to the score board. And …