Cardiff Blues

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Replacement Matthew Morgan scored a double while Jarrod Evans contributed with 18 points as Cardiff Blues completed a 43-29 bonus point win over Dragons in their Pro 14 clash at Cardiff Arms Park on Friday.

JJ Hanrahan scored a double as Munster completed a 39-16 bonus point victory over Cardiff Blues in their Pro 14 encounter in Limerick on Saturday.

Cardiff Blues have confirmed that head coach Danny Wilson will exit the club at the end of the ongoing Pro 14 season.

Willis Halaholo's 77th minute try followed by Jarrod Evans' match-winning conversion in windy conditions at the Galway Sportsgrounds helped Cardiff Blues earn their first win in the Pro14 2017-18 season with a 15-17 win against Connacht on Saturday.

A late penalty from Finn Russell helped Glasgow Warriors edge out Cardiff Blues 19-20 in a thrilling Pro 14 encounter at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.

A dominant second half performance from Leinster helped them beat Cardiff Blues 37-9 and secure their second bonus point victory in their Pro 14 encounter in Dublin on Friday.

Wales international Ellis Jenkins has been sidelined for a minimum of 12 weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury.

Edinburgh managed to hold their nerve in the second half as they completed a 10-20 win over Cardiff Blues in the Pro 14 2017/18 season opener at Cardiff Arms Park on Friday.

Following on from our look at U20 players in the Premiership capable of breaking out this season, we now turn our attentions to the recently expanded Guinness PRO14.

Wales assistant coach Shaun Edwards will join Cardiff Blues on a part-time consultant role as defence coach.

Wales international Jonathan Davies believes the move of Leigh Halfpenny to Scarlets over Cardiff will hurt the Blues in the coming seasons.

Stade Francais came up with a dominant second half performance where they amassed six tries as they completed a 46-21 victory at Stade Jean Bouin on Friday to keep their chances of qualifying to European Champions Cup alive.

Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson has announced his decision to withdraw from the upcoming Wales tour of Pacific Islands due to increasing commitments with the Pro 12 club.

Wales interim head coach Rob Howley has released wing Alex Cuthbert back to his club Cardiff Blues after Wales were defeated 16-21 by England in the recently concluded Six Nations encounter at Principality Stadium.

Sale Sharks came up with a seven-try performance at Salford on Friday as they trounced Cardiff Blues 41-3 in the Anglo-Welsh clash to reach the top of the table.

Cardiff Blues survived a comeback from Bristol as they won the European Challenge Cup encounter at Cardiff Arms Park by 37-21 to seal a place in the quarter-final.

Cardiff Blues lock George Earle's appeal against an eight-week ban for an eye gouging incident has failed following an independent hearing.

Scarlets managed to edge the Cardiff Blues by 15-10 in a hard-fought derby on Sunday to still firmly remain alive in the hunt for the Guinness Pro12 play-offs.

Fly-half Steve Shingler contributed with 17 points as Cardiff Blues went on to defeat Newport Gwent Dragons by 27-16 in their Pro 12 encounter on Monday.