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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/05/2026

With the club season now over in Wales, time to take a look at attendance figures. And the news is mixed. Despite another poor season on the pitch, shoots of recovery saw a slight increase in average attendance at Rodney Parade (up to 5822 from 5769 last season) 1/6

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/05/2026

The Stormers had too much power for Cardiff in their quarter final. And the home club had a second reason to be happy - the gate was the highest for a non-SA opponent for three years, since Munster visited in 2023.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 30/05/2026

This season's URC QF were the most one-sided in the history of Celtic Rugby 2026: cum 115 pts diff 2025: 39pts 2024: 63 2023: 16 2022: 95 Top 8 play offs have no meaning. Why not make it Top 4 and play home & away? Or just increase the fixture list so we have a full home vs away for all teams?

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 30/05/2026

Today was Moana Pasifika's last game - the 2nd club team in 2 years to disappear from Super Rugby. Our thoughts go out to all those involved. Rugby must take steps to rebalance the club & international game. Without an independent pathway for young professional athletes, the sport will die.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 28/05/2026

Eoghan Cross will referee the URC QF in Cape Town. Cardiff have never won away from home when Cross has been refereeing. The Stormers have only lost one game when Cross was refereeing, and that was against Leinster. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/300...

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CRFC Fans | Eoghan Cross's record

Rugby statistics with a slant on professional rugby in Cardiff. Game data from Europe, America, Japan and the Southern Hemisphere featuring stats on Pro14, Top14, Top League, English Premiership and S...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 23/05/2026

Congratulations to UBB in emulating Cardiff by defeating Leinster outside Ireland.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 22/05/2026

Since 2003, There have been 19 URC Quarter Finals ... only two have seen away wins (11%). And there have been 50 URC knock out fixtures (QF+SF), with 8 away wins (16%) so yeh .... there's not much hope.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 19/05/2026

Here's our team of the URC season ... Average players rate at 100% ... so some of these are twice as good as the average. Following the link on the page to see how the algorithm calculates these figures. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/800...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 15/05/2026

Congratulations to the Scarlets. The only team to defeat Cardiff at CAP this season.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 10/05/2026

In the 1514 games of Celtic Rugby played, the penalty count in the Ospreys vs Scarlets game was the (equal) most one-sided ever. cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/472...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 21/03/2026

In this season's URC, Glasgow have score 3pts from penalties. The Stormers have scored 69pts.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 21/03/2026

That's a hell of a pasting for Munster. They're 2nd biggest away defeat ever in the last 25 years! www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/514...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 14/12/2025

This season's Investec Champions Cup has seen more blow outs than in any season in the competition's history. 54% of games have resulted in a 19+ points margin. Few financial incentives mean that more and more away teams are routinely under strength. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/604...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 14/12/2025

A record 117,618 attended round 1 of Japan's League One games this weekend. On average, that's 19,603 per game - that's the highest average of any round in any club rugby since the heady days of Super Rugby earlier this century. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/482...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 26/10/2025

Only 5,511 turned up to watch the Dragons vs Ospreys on the weekend. In the last 22 years, only 2 meetings between these teams have attracted smaller crowds. cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/606...

Attendance history for Dragons vs Ospreys games

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 25/10/2025

Here's a list of the 10 Welsh qualified players who are in the starting squads for this weekend's Premiership games ...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 25/10/2025

Today, Leinster will field one of their least experienced squads of the last 15 years. Conveniently, they're facing the weakest team in the league. 😉

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 11/10/2025

In this season's URC to date, 89% of games have resulted in home wins .... the highest ratio in the competition's history, and higher than any other major club rugby competition. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/488...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 10/10/2025

A big defeat at home to the Stormers for the Scarlets - their fourth biggest home defeat since 2003 in Celtic Rugby. It's also the first time they've failed to score at home in the competitions history.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 04/10/2025

Cardiff haven't won away vs Munster since September 2016, but tonight's bonus point defeat was the first time they've scored four tries in Ireland vs Munster since 1997.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 02/10/2025

Leo Cullen will be hoping for a win this weekend. If it happens, that'll make him Leinster's most successful coach of the modern era. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/club_index.p...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 17/06/2025

Good to see Rugby Australia recognising that Super Rugby is only half a competition - too few games generating too little revenue. reds.rugby/news/rugby-a...

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Rugby Australia confirms new domestic Super Rugby AUS competition to kick off in September

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 15/06/2025

In the last six seasons, the English Premiership has seen six different champions. In the URC, Leinster have won five out of the last eight titles.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 24/05/2025

78%-er Hollie Davidson and Mike Adamson ....

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 16/04/2025

European Rugby's Champion Cup Quarter Finals attendance down ~30K as the competition becomes a procession for the richest clubs. This year was almost half of the 2010-11 season figure. 2024/5: 82,778 🔻 36% 2023/4: 111,406 2010/1: 158,112 2004/5: 162,500 www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/710...

European Champion Cup Rugby Quarter Final Attendances

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 09/04/2025

Good luck to @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this weekend! Go well bois! And to the people of Swansea, get out and support your team!!!

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 07/04/2025

Only just over 9K for ⬛ defeating 🟥 in Wales' premier game this season. That figure is almost 50% down on the long term average for that fixture. The sport is in crisis. There is no future vision, no leadership & no strategy in place to do anything about it. 💀 www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/606...

Ospreys vs Scarlets attendance figures since 2003

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Dimitri Perrin @dperrin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Everyone is excited about the Super Rugby Pacific season, but why has it been so good? I have crunched some numbers to find out, and you can read about it on RugbyPass here: www.rugbypass.com/news/the-raw...

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The raw data that proves Super Rugby Pacific is currently a cut above

To appreciate how unique the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season has been, we need to look at other seasons and other competitions.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 30/03/2025

Conceding three yellow cards more than the opposition and still coming away with a win is mighty difficult. In fact, in the last 1,356 games in Celtic Rugby, it's only happened on 10 occasions – and Cardiff have done it twice! www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/470...

Teams who have conceded three yellow cards more than the opposition and still come away with a victory in the URC.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 30/03/2025

Analysing refs is as important as analysing the opposition. Amongst the 23 active referees in the URC at the moment, nobody allows fewer turnovers per game than Hollie Davidson. So teams must adjust. Competing at the ruck is only going to cost you penalties. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/473...

Which refs allow the most turnovers in URC games?

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 29/03/2025

All is not well in Canterbury. The Crusaders were defeated by Moana Pasifika today, with the 45 points they shipped the most they've conceded at home for at least 20 years (and last 166 games). www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/471...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 29/03/2025

Edinburgh have the lowest territory to conversion rate in the URC. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/709...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 26/03/2025

@ospreysofficial.bsky.social have only won once in Llanelli in the last eight years .... but with the form they are in at the moment, who would doubt they have a serious chance of reversing that trend? www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/606...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 26/03/2025

Griffin Colby, in a reward for his outstanding performance in the Wales U20 game 🤯, has been rewarded with the Scarlets vs @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this weekend. This only be Griffin's 7th professional game. What could possibly go wrong? #URCBestLeague www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/300...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 26/03/2025

Cardiff face 2 more major hurdles in their bid for victory in Treviso on Saturday. Hollie Davidson with a staggering 84% home win ratio has the whistle & she'll be joined by TMO Andrew McMenemy - he of the famous Carré knock on in Belfast. Thoughts and prayers. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/485...

Referees with the biggest home win ratio.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 24/03/2025

There's a very strong correlation between the number of offloads a team makes vs the number of tries scored by that team. For the statisticians out there, r squared can be has high as 0.38 ... (1/3) cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/485...

Correlation between tries scored and offloads in Top 14

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 02/03/2025

The stats explain the huge difference between the two packs in @cardiffrugby.bsky.social defeat in Dublin. Leinster's starting pack made 79 carries to the visitor's 42. Even allowing for McNally's substitution, Seb carried the ball only once. Not good enough. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/matchresult....

Ball carrying stats - Leinster vs Cardiff

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 01/03/2025

In the week when Stade Toulousain announced the (re)signed of 42 year old Ma'a Nonu, we take a look at the oldest players – since the 2005-6 season - to make their debut for clubs in Celtic Rugby. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/608...

Oldest players to make their debut for Cardiff Rugby

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 22/02/2025

The Western Force just won in Canberra despite being yellow carded four times more than the Brumbies. Only three other team in the 18,516 games in our database have ever matched that. Outstanding work in the face of adversity from the men from Perth.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 19/02/2025

This season - other than the Leinster game - every single Ospreys attendance has been the lowest for that game in the club's history. Given the general high standard of their play, why are the good folks of Swansea not supporting their team? Is it the brand? www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/420...

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Ospreys: attendances by opponent

Attendances by opponents

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 13/02/2025

In 83% of the 18 games that Hollie Davidson has refereed in Celtic Rugby, the home team has come out on top. That's the 6th highest percentage in the competitions history of any of the 77 referees who've ref'd a game in the competition. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/485...

Home win rates when this ref officiates in games in Celtic Rugby

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 21/01/2025

Stade Toulousain's domination of their European Cup pool games this season saw an average points difference of 41pts - only Leinster's 2021-2 tally has averaged higher. And UBB have also dominated this season - they rank 3rd with a +35pts difference www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/800... 1/2

Records points scored in European rugby competitions

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 18/01/2025

Unfortunately, no skeets from @dragonsrfc.bsky.social on their defeat in Durban .... the fifth biggest away defeat in the club's last 298 games. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/514...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 18/01/2025

This season's Champions Cup is now the most predictable in the competitions history. 76% of games are home wins - a remarkable turnaround from the Covid season when only 38% were home wins. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/488... 1/2

Home win ration by European rugby competition

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 13/01/2025

The Vodacom Bulls defeat in Castres was their biggest away defeat in at least the last 20 years (and probably longer). www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/514...

Vodacom Bulls biggest away defeats in the last 20 years.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 09/01/2025

In Celtic Rugby competitions, starting loose heads now play almost 20 minutes less than their compatriots did 20 years ago. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/607...

In Celtic Rugby, in 2003, starting loose heads played – on average almost 74 minutes per game. In 2024, starting loose heads average only 54 minutes per game.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/12/2024

The algorithm picks its best starting XV for 2024. Morgan Morris and Ben Thomas make the team, but not one player from Leinster. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/709...

cardiffrfcfans.com's best URC starting XV in 2024

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/12/2024

This season in the URC, teams will travel a total of 640,000 miles* – that's 2.5x the distance to the moon. * Maybe best not to take this too seriously. There's a lot of assumptions here. Happy New Year, everyone. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/510...

Total distance travelled by each team in the URC this season*

*assuming they return home after each fixture.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 27/12/2024

The 8,511 who watched @cardiffrugby.bsky.social defeat the Dragons yesterday, was the biggest gate at Rodney Parade since the same teams faced each other on Boxing Day 2013.

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