{"id":3542,"date":"2014-03-21T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T10:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2014-03-21T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T10:14:52","slug":"cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh international Cory Allen returns to the starting line-up for the Cardiff Blues ahead of tonight\u2019s eagerly anticipated all Welsh clash against the Ospreys.<br \/>\nAllen, who hasn\u2019t featured for the Blues since the end of October after picking up a shoulder injury in the autumn internationals for Wales, has been named at 13 for the game at the Liberty Stadium. The Blues are short of form, having gone four games without a win since their 35-5 LV= Cup victory against Harlequins on January 31.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3556\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3556  \" alt=\"scrumblues\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3556  \" alt=\"scrumblues\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Blues pack in action in their victory over Glasgow Warriors earlier this season (Photo: Marc)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThey have won only one of their last nine RaboDirect PRO12 games and crashed to a 15-10 at the hands of bottom-of-the-table Zebre in their most recent match.<br \/>\nCaretaker coaches Paul John and Dale McIntosh will be in charge of the Blues for the first time tonight after replacing director of rugby Phil Davies who resigned earlier this month.<br \/>\nThey have made a total of seven changes to the losing side in Parma. The Blues have the boost of Welsh internationals Alex Cuthbert and Gethin Jenkins returning to their ranks to face a playoff-chasing Ospreys side.<br \/>\nA new-look front row will see Jenkins captain the team alongside hooker Rhys Williams and Taufa\u2019ao Filise, with the Tongan tighthead prop making his first start of the calendar year.<br \/>\nDan Fish moves to full-back, while scrum-half Lloyd Williams also makes his comeback as he combines with Gareth Davies at half back. The final change for Blues is the inclusion of back row Ellis Jenkins at openside flanker.<br \/>\nThe Ospreys have won their last 12 contests with fellow Welsh regions in the PRO12, and with Glasgow Warriors nipping at their heels for the last play-off spot, they can ill-afford any slip-ups over the next few weeks.<br \/>\nThey lie fourth in the PRO12 with 46 points, almost double the 24 points of 10th placed Blues. Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy welcomes a host of internationals back into the side, with Rhys Webb, Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric all starting. Ospreys v Cardiff Blues kicks off at the Liberty Stadium at 7.05pm tonight.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOspreys: Sam Davies; Jeff Hassler, Jonathan Spratt, Ashley Beck, Aisea Natoga; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Duncan Jones, Scott Baldwin, Aaron Jarvis, Ryan Jones, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Sam Lewis, Dan Baker, Justin Tipuric. Replacements: Scott Otten, Marc Thomas, Adam Jones, James King, Joe Bearman, Morgan Allen, Tom Habberfield, Hanno Dirksen.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Alex Cuthbert, Cory Allen, Gavin Evans, Harry Robinson; Gareth Davies, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Rhys Williams, Taufa\u2019ao Filise, Chris Dicomidis, Filo Paulo, Ellis Jenkins, Robin Copeland, Josh Navidi. Replacements: Kristian Dacey, Sam Hobbs, Scott Andrews, Lou Reed, Macauley Cook, Lewis Jones, Simon Humberstone, Isaia Tuifua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh international Cory Allen returns to the starting line-up for the Cardiff Blues ahead of tonight\u2019s eagerly anticipated all Welsh clash against the Ospreys. Allen, who hasn\u2019t featured for the Blues since the end of October after picking up a shoulder injury in the autumn internationals for Wales, has been named at 13 for the game at the Liberty Stadium. The Blues are short of form, having gone four games without a win since their 35-5 LV= Cup victory against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"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":[898,2217,2218,901],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","tag-cardiff-blues","tag-cory-allen","tag-liberty-stadium","tag-ospreys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys - 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\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welsh international Cory Allen returns to the starting line-up for the Cardiff Blues ahead of tonight\u2019s eagerly anticipated all Welsh clash against the Ospreys. Allen, who hasn\u2019t featured for the Blues since the end of October after picking up a shoulder injury in the autumn internationals for Wales, has been named at 13 for the game at the Liberty Stadium. The Blues are short of form, having gone four games without a win since their 35-5 LV= Cup victory against [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-21T10:14:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/\",\"name\":\"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys - The Cardiffian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-21T10:14:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys\"}]},{\"@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\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\",\"name\":\"cathyduncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cathyduncan\"},\"description\":\"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy\",\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys - 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\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys - The Cardiffian","og_description":"Welsh international Cory Allen returns to the starting line-up for the Cardiff Blues ahead of tonight\u2019s eagerly anticipated all Welsh clash against the Ospreys. Allen, who hasn\u2019t featured for the Blues since the end of October after picking up a shoulder injury in the autumn internationals for Wales, has been named at 13 for the game at the Liberty Stadium. The Blues are short of form, having gone four games without a win since their 35-5 LV= Cup victory against [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2014-03-21T10:14:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"cathyduncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cathyduncan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cathyduncan","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/","name":"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys - The Cardiffian","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg","datePublished":"2014-03-21T10:14:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/scrumblues-300x170.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/cardiff-blues-look-to-stop-the-rot-against-in-form-ospreys\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardiff Blues look to stop the rot against in-form Ospreys"}]},{"@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\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1","name":"cathyduncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cathyduncan"},"description":"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy","https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459","https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542","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\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3542"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}