{"id":15981,"date":"2017-01-27T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T13:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15981"},"modified":"2017-01-27T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T13:31:13","slug":"blues-play-anglo-welsh-pride-form-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/01\/27\/blues-play-anglo-welsh-pride-form-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues play for Anglo-Welsh pride against out-of-form Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF Blues head to the AJ Bell Stadium in Manchester tonight for their third Anglo-Welsh cup game of the season against Sale Sharks. <\/span><br \/>\nRichard Hodges, who takes care of the Anglo-Welsh cup tournament, will be looking for a significant improvement from the Blues\u2019 first two games in the tournament back in November, when they lost 31-7 at home to Ospreys and shipped 10 tries in a 62-25 defeat by the Exeter Chiefs.<br \/>\nWith two games remaining it is highly unlikely the Blues will overhaul a seven-point gap to Group 3 leaders Harlequins and make the semi-finals. They sit bottom of the group with a solitary point but will hope to regain some pride with a win away to an out-of-form Sale side.<br \/>\nThe Sharks had lost their previous 10 matches before a 25-23 win over Scarlets in the European Champions Cup last weekend.<br \/>\nHodges has elected to go for a youthful set-up, although 10 of the starting 15 have played in the Pro12 or Challenge Cup before.<br \/>\nAmerican No 8 Cam Dolan, who has been in bullish try-scoring form for Cardiff RFC this season, will lead the side.<br \/>\nFly-half Jarrod Evans and full-back Aled Summerhill return for the Blues after two months on the sidelines, while Hodges gives a debut to Samoan scrum-half Pele Cowley.<br \/>\nThe Blues will have to keep an eye on free-scoring Kiwi winger Denny Solomona, as well as their former charge Mike Phillips, who starts at scrum-half for the Sharks.<br \/>\n<b>Teams:<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Sale Sharks: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haley, Solomona, Leota, Tiutupou, McGuigan, McGinty, Phillips; Harrison, Briggs, Aulika, Evans, Mills, Curry, Seymour (capt), Pearce<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Cardiff Blues: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summerhill, Gee, Allen, Smith, Millard, Evans, Cowley; Domachowski, Lewis, Assiratti, Edwards, Davies, Sheekey, Sienawski, Dolan (capt)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Blues head to the AJ Bell Stadium in Manchester tonight for their third Anglo-Welsh cup game of the season against Sale Sharks. 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