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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 …

The Cardiff-born Wales Under-20 centre is called up to the starting line-up after his try-scoring performance off the bench last week and is one of three changes made by Director of Rugby Phil Davies as Blues hunt a return to winning ways on home soil. The other two changes come in the pack as loosehead prop Gethin Jenkins makes his …

Blues made a bright start with Leigh Halfpenny kicking them into an early lead before Leinster hit back with a well-crafted try from hooker Sean Cronin. Fly half Ian Madigan nudged the Irish side, inspired by the ever-green Brian O’Driscoll, further ahead. But Blues really fronted up and produced some neat and inventive rugby in the opening 40 minutes as …

The fit-again flanker is one of five changes to the Blues starting XV for the fixture against current RaboDirect PRO12 champions Leinster in Dublin on Friday night (kick-off 7.35pm). Harry Robinson returns to the left wing while Lloyd Williams is recalled from the bench and is paired at half back with Rhys Patchell, who remains in the top five points-scorers …

Centre Dafydd Hewitt gave Blues a dream start with a try after two minutes, but Zebre hit back as Italian ace Mauro Bergamasco was driven over from close range. Fly half Luciano Orquera then gave the visitors a slender 10-7 lead at the interval as Blues were forced to try and battle back. Returning Lion Leigh Halfpenny produced some delightful …

Halfpenny, who was named player-of-the-series for the British Irish Lions during the summer, is one of six changes for Blues for the fixture with the Italians. Chris Czekaj is called-up on the wing while Lewis Jones will make his first start of the season at scrum half where he is paired with fly half Rhys Patchell, who currently stands joint-top …

In wet and windy conditions, it was the Irish visitors that took a half-time lead courtesy of a clinical try from wing Matt Healy and the kicking prowess of former Blues man Dan Parks. But it was the accurate and deadly boot of current No.10 Patchell that ultimately proved the difference as a second half flight-back, inspired by the home …

The star duo will both make their 50th appearance for the region as Blues play a first-ever league game on the new artificial surface at the Arms Park. Pretorius is one of three changes to the side that narrowly lost out to Glasgow Warriors in the opening round of action last week. The talismanic Wales international forward, who made his …

Torrential wet weather hit the stadium half an hour before kick-off and continued throughout the night to make very difficult playing conditions for both teams. Blues, though, were the quicker to adapt and produced an impressive opening half hour packed full of physicality with Rhys Patchell successfully slotting two penalties. However, a yellow card to Owen Williams swung momentum back …