{"id":57331,"date":"2021-12-14T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=57331"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:06:46","slug":"harlequins-vs-cardiff-rugby-heineken-champions-cup-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/12\/14\/harlequins-vs-cardiff-rugby-heineken-champions-cup-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlequins vs Cardiff Rugby: Heineken Champions Cup Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Another tough test&nbsp;waits for understudies against&nbsp;the&nbsp;English Champions&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>QUARANTINING rules&nbsp;mean that&nbsp;Cardiff&nbsp;Rugby\u2019s&nbsp;squad&nbsp;remains&nbsp;depleted&nbsp;for&nbsp;their&nbsp;second&nbsp;Champions Cup&nbsp;match against&nbsp;Harlequins on Saturday.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Rugby&nbsp;are&nbsp;set to remain without quarantining players&nbsp;for Saturday\u2019s game&nbsp;(1pm K.O) at&nbsp;Twickenham Stoop.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English champions won their opening&nbsp;fixture with a&nbsp;hard fought 20-18 win at Castres&nbsp;last weekend, as they remain the only team to beat them at home in the competition since 2015.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missing&nbsp;32&nbsp;regulars against Toulouse last time out, Cardiff Rugby had to call on eleven debutants from semi-professional outfit Cardiff RFC and&nbsp;youngsters from their own&nbsp;academy. The makeshift side&nbsp;put in a brave&nbsp;performance,&nbsp;even&nbsp;managing to take the lead halfway through the first half.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heroic&nbsp;fight against&nbsp;the holders&nbsp;eventually ended&nbsp;in a&nbsp;39-7 loss, with the bonus point win for Toulouse&nbsp;seeing&nbsp;them sit top of Pool B.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enormously proud of each of these guys who gave it an absolute blast.<br><br>Unprecedented circumstances but what an effort. Thank you to everyone who helped us fulfil this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampionsCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChampionsCup<\/a> fixture and congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StadeToulousain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StadeToulousain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrwgKUEKgf\">pic.twitter.com\/HrwgKUEKgf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Rugby (@Cardiff_Rugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cardiff_Rugby\/status\/1469694132985774086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arms Park welcomed&nbsp;recently crowned&nbsp;World Rugby Player of the&nbsp;Year Alexander&nbsp;Dupant, who scored Toulouse\u2019s third try and&nbsp;played a hand in all the others.&nbsp;He is the&nbsp;first French player to win the award since&nbsp;Thierry&nbsp;Dusautoir&nbsp;in 2011.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welsh international Josh Adams&nbsp;scored the side\u2019s only&nbsp;try&nbsp;to give Cardiff Rugby&nbsp;a shock lead against&nbsp;the French side, but the reigning champions eventually showed their class, racing into a 20-7 half-time lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/59590365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a>, Cardiff Rugby\u2019s winger&nbsp;and scorer,&nbsp;Josh Adams said: \u201cSome of the youngsters that were asked to step up, were excellent, they didn\u2019t look out of place at all. It was a great occasion for them to have all their family and friends here.&nbsp;I thought they held their own as well; they were terrific.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How good is this from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cardiff_Rugby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cardiff_Rugby<\/a>?!<br><br>Without a staggering 42 players as they welcome the reigning European champions Toulouse, but they are not backing down!<br><br>Josh Adams gets the first try of the game \ud83d\udc4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeinekenChampionsCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HeinekenChampionsCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nv86CzTTJW\">pic.twitter.com\/nv86CzTTJW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportrugby\/status\/1469660191302037508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Academy manager Gruff Rees stepped in to manage the&nbsp;side,&nbsp;and&nbsp;said: \u201cYes, we\u2019re involved in high performance rugby but there is also a bit of a&nbsp;Corinthian&nbsp;spirit about what we\u2019ve done here today. 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