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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 · 31/05/2026

Similar to the Dragons, Cardiff also saw a slight increase in average attendance in 2025-6 - up to 8770 ... a number only bettered twice in the last 14 seasons. 96,472 attended games at CAP this season. 4/6

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/05/2026

The one piece of bad news is that the constant decline in support for the Ospreys is continuing. 2025-6 saw the average dip below 5000 - only their inaugural season saw a lower average gate. Since 2007-8, average attendance has halved & only 54,020 watched the Ospreys at home this season. 3/6

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crfcfans @cardiffrfcfans.com · 31/05/2026

2024-5 saw the Scarlets lowest average attendance in 20 years. But this season - despite another run of poor results - average attendance increased to 7135. Overall attendance increased from 73,335 to 78,481. 2/6

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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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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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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 · 04/04/2025

Using our spread (5 or 6 points per measurement range), this season's Super Rugby is indeed the most "equitable" for about 10 seasons, but that's just brought it into line with the other major competitions. Using our measures, MLT has the fewest blow outs. www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/604...

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winning margins

winning marging by competition by season

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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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