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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/05/2026

Full club details here ... www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/555... 6/6

crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/05/2026

Overall this season was a flat line for Welsh club rugby attendances. 248,993 attended games this season - only slightly up from 247,462 last season. Use the link below to see data by country (of course Sco, Ire & potentially SA figures are incomplete). www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/486... 5/6

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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 · 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

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 · 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 · 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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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 04/04/2025

Have you seen our analysis, Cian? Those below are for last season's Super Rugby, as we use the year the season starts as a comparison. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/607...

A comparison of measures across rugby's top competitions

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 04/04/2025

May I ask you why you chose 3-7-25pts as your measures? We do a similar analysis & chose 0-6, 7-12, 13-18 & 19+pts. Using these measures last season's Super Rugby had the 2nd highest %age of blow outs, & this season is pretty much in line with other comps. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/706...

Percentages spread of margin-of-victory by competition

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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

Click on the link and it tells you in the graphic ... over the last 2,901 Celtic League games, it is 64%. If you prefer just this season, it is 63%. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/488...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 26/03/2025

... and of course McMenemy didn't spot this. That was one in the eye for quality officials.

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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

If we look at the all time list, no surprises that the big box office signings dominate. Clubs know the value of offloaders, so where's the coaching for this skill set? (3/3) cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/609...

All time Top 10 offloaders in Celtic Rugby

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 24/03/2025

But what's also noticeable is that despite the offload being an excellent way to avoid yet another ruck and to work the ball into space, Welsh players are largely absent from the top 10 offloaders in Celtic Rugby. (2/3) cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/609...

Top 10 offloaders in Celtic Rugby in the 2024-25 season

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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 · 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

At the other end of the scale, Exeter's points difference was -35pts. Only Zebre in 2016-17 and Viadana in 2009-10 have averaged worse. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/800... 2/3

Records points conceded in European rugby competitions

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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

Not only are results increasingly predictable, the winning margins are the highest for any pro-rugby competition this season - 48% of games are blow outs (victor wins by more than 19 points). www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/706... 2/3

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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 · 22/12/2024

Over 73K people watched the first round of Japan League One this weekend - an average of 12,214 per game. Here's the other main* competitions this season ... Top14 - 14,277 Premiership - 11,368 URC - 9,283 * Super Rugby attendances are very poorly reported www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/482...

Average and total attendance for round one games in Japan's League One.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 22/12/2024

This season, Zebre players are being carded once every 43.5 penalties. Scarlets players are being carded at a rate of every 9.3 penalties* * as at end of round 6 www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/510...

Rate of cards per penalty conceded in the URC in the 2024-25 season

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 17/12/2024

Toby Booth leaves the Ospreys with a win record of 45%. Amongst Ospreys coaches, only Matt Sherratt has a lower win rate. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/708...

Coaches of Welsh professional rugby teams with the highest win rates.

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 08/12/2024

Home win rations by competition. (Premiership refs are the best) cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/488...

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 07/12/2024

Check out our new head-to-head comparator for players in this season's United Rugby Championship. Choose a position, then select two players and the algorithm will calculate their respective rating based on their stats so far this season. cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/709...

Performance comparison of Gareth Thomas and Zander Fagerson in this season's United Rugby Championship games

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 29/11/2024

In a remarkable turnaround over last year's fixture, Newcastle Falcons defeated Saracens for the first time in Newcastle in almost 15 years. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/606...

Newcastle Falcons vs Saracens results record since November 2000

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 25/11/2024

Warren Gatland's Wales carried the ball for only 82m against South Africa. In the last 8,785 games on our database, only 11 teams have carried the ball a shorter distance in a game. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/480...

Shorter distance carried by a professional club team in all competitions in the last 8,785 games on our database

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