{"id":2477,"date":"2014-02-28T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2014-02-28T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T13:25:55","slug":"cardiff-blues-makes-three-changes-for-vital-italian-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/28\/cardiff-blues-makes-three-changes-for-vital-italian-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Blues makes three changes for vital Italian clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Blues make three changes for their crucial trip to Italy to face fellow strugglers Zebre tomorrow afternoon.<br \/>\nFlanker Rory Watts-Jones returns to the side and Tom Williams returns at full back with the in-form Dan fish moving out to left wing as the Blues look to end their three match losing streak. Chris Dicomidis comes in to strengthen the pack at second row.<br \/>\nThe Blues\u2019 only league win in 2014 came on New Year\u2019s Day when they beat Newport Gwent Dragons 21-13 at Cardiff Arms Park. Zebre sit bottom of the RaboDirect Pro12 and tomorrow\u2019s game looks to be the best opportunity to get back to winning ways.<br \/>\nDirector of Rugby Phil Davies admits it\u2019s a crucial game. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge game for us and there is absolutely no hiding away from that fact. It is the last of a four-game stretch when we wanted to climb the table and so only victory is good enough\u201d: he said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2483\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lewis-Jones-zebre.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2483 \" alt=\"Lewis Jones zebre\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lewis-Jones-zebre-300x255.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2483 \" alt=\"Lewis Jones zebre\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lewis-Jones-zebre-300x255.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Lewis Jones runs at the Zebre defence in Cardiff&#8217;s 28-13 win at the end of last season<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDespite losing at home to Zebre the Blues beat Zebre 28-13 at Cardiff Arms Park and 14-7 at Stade XXV Aprile last season and can take confidence from their Italian job.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a good place to go and play, when we played there last year we played really well. Although it was a tight score, we did win convincingly and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to look to do [this weekend].\u201d<br \/>\nThe game kicks of at 4pm tomorrow at Stade XXV Aprile and will be live on BBC Radio Wales.<br \/>\n15 Tom Williams<br \/>\n14 Harry Robinson<br \/>\n13 Isaia Tuifua<br \/>\n12 Gavin Evans<br \/>\n11 Dan Fish<br \/>\n10 Gareth Davies<br \/>\n9 Lewis Jones<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1 Sam Hobbs<br \/>\n2 Kristian Dacey<br \/>\n3 Scott Andrews<br \/>\n4 Chris Dicomidis<br \/>\n5 Filo Paulo<br \/>\n6 Rory Watt-Jones<br \/>\n8 Robin Copeland<br \/>\n7 Josh Navidi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Blues make three changes for their crucial trip to Italy to face fellow strugglers Zebre tomorrow afternoon. Flanker Rory Watts-Jones returns to the side and Tom Williams returns at full back with the in-form Dan fish moving out to left wing as the Blues look to end their three match losing streak. 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