{"id":23990,"date":"2018-01-30T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=23990"},"modified":"2018-01-30T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:57:00","slug":"leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF Blues\u2019 faint hopes of an Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-final berth were ended by Leicester Tigers in stormy conditions as they succumbed to a 24-12 defeat.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tries from Jack Roberts and Lewis Jones saw Leicester\u2019s lead narrowed to just five points with the hour mark approaching.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it was too little, too late after a disjointed first half in which the Blues shipped 17 points without reply to the reigning Anglo-Welsh Cup champions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battered by wind and rain before kick-off, the Welford Road pitch was reduced to mud by both sides\u2019 attritional rugby.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff were the first to blink, losing prop Corey Domachowski to the sin-bin in the 20th minute. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The additional man allowed England under-20 star Will Evans to drive over from close range for the opening try of the afternoon, with Jordan Olowofela sliding in 10 minutes later.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever Blues coach Danny Wilson said to his charges at half-time must have worked, emerging with a directness and purpose often lacking in the first 40 minutes. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Corey Howells missed the whitewash by inches after powerful scrummaging from the Cardiff pack. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the Blues were soon rewarded, with Roberts scoring against his former club in the 52nd minute.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24038\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-24038\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts.png 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts-500x259.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts-293x152.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24038\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts.png 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts-500x259.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/Jack-Roberts-293x152.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/noscript> Jack Roberts makes it 17-5. Photo: Cardiff Blues<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The deficit was narrowed to just five points by Jones outwitting a tiring Leicester backline.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just four minutes afterwards, ex-Blues back row Luke Hamilton touched down to extend the Tigers\u2019 lead, which they defended doggedly despite playing the final 10 minutes with 14 men. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The defeat means the Blues cannot qualify from Pool 1. Leicester, meanwhile, sit second behind Newcastle Falcons in Pool 4 on points difference. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next up for Cardiff is another Anglo-Welsh Cup tie against the Newcastle Falcons on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Blues\u2019 faint hopes of an Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-final berth were ended by Leicester Tigers in stormy conditions as they succumbed to a 24-12 defeat. Tries from Jack Roberts and Lewis Jones saw Leicester\u2019s lead narrowed to just five points with the hour mark approaching. But it was too little, too late after a disjointed first half in which the Blues shipped 17 points without reply to the reigning Anglo-Welsh Cup champions. Battered by wind and rain before kick-off, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":23255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,4],"tags":[4170,898,5307,154],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","tag-anglo-welsh-cup","tag-cardiff-blues","tag-leicester-tigers","tag-rugby-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CARDIFF Blues\u2019 faint hopes of an Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-final berth were ended by Leicester Tigers in stormy conditions as they succumbed to a 24-12 defeat. Tries from Jack Roberts and Lewis Jones saw Leicester\u2019s lead narrowed to just five points with the hour mark approaching. But it was too little, too late after a disjointed first half in which the Blues shipped 17 points without reply to the reigning Anglo-Welsh Cup champions. Battered by wind and rain before kick-off, the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-30T15:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1626\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ioan Phillips\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ioan Phillips\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/\",\"name\":\"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue - The Cardiffian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-30T15:57:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/a45f17dd5f8998c15a3300ce1328c838\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1626},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\",\"name\":\"The Cardiffian\",\"description\":\"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/a45f17dd5f8998c15a3300ce1328c838\",\"name\":\"Ioan Phillips\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d18814b5236bb0aed5ac0e3fd2dcf72a\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0c74eb6ebe956e17080cdfe700e2313c32e6ad890f6961b07d70a0a7cac73f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0c74eb6ebe956e17080cdfe700e2313c32e6ad890f6961b07d70a0a7cac73f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ioan Phillips\"},\"description\":\"Trainee journalist covering Barry for The Cardiffian.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/phillips-i\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue - The Cardiffian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue - The Cardiffian","og_description":"CARDIFF Blues\u2019 faint hopes of an Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-final berth were ended by Leicester Tigers in stormy conditions as they succumbed to a 24-12 defeat. Tries from Jack Roberts and Lewis Jones saw Leicester\u2019s lead narrowed to just five points with the hour mark approaching. But it was too little, too late after a disjointed first half in which the Blues shipped 17 points without reply to the reigning Anglo-Welsh Cup champions. Battered by wind and rain before kick-off, the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2018-01-30T15:57:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1626,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ioan Phillips","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ioan Phillips","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/","name":"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue - The Cardiffian","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-30T15:57:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/a45f17dd5f8998c15a3300ce1328c838"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/cardiff-arms-park-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1626},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/leicester-grit-leaves-cardiff-blue\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tigers storm through to leave Cardiff blue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/","name":"The Cardiffian","description":"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/a45f17dd5f8998c15a3300ce1328c838","name":"Ioan Phillips","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d18814b5236bb0aed5ac0e3fd2dcf72a","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0c74eb6ebe956e17080cdfe700e2313c32e6ad890f6961b07d70a0a7cac73f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0c74eb6ebe956e17080cdfe700e2313c32e6ad890f6961b07d70a0a7cac73f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ioan Phillips"},"description":"Trainee journalist covering Barry for The Cardiffian.","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/phillips-i\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23990"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=23990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}