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Cardiff Rugby face off against Lions in United Rugby Championship Round 13 on Fri 21st March 2025 at Cardiff Arms Park. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 19:35 and is broadcast on BBC, Premier Sports. In South Africa it’s at 21:35 SAST on SuperSport, 08:35 NZST on TVNZ+ in New Zealand, 06:35 AEST in Australia and 12:35 EST on Flo Rugby in the US.
Cardiff Rugby won the last encounter but Cardiff Rugby are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the league table with Lions in 9th and Cardiff Rugby in 11th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Cardiff Rugby vs Lions will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Sign up for freeThe Lions returned from the international break with a disciplined, high-tempo display to stun the Bulls 43-33 at Loftus Versfeld,…
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Gianni Lombard (Lions) is shown a yellow card
The Cardiff Rugby supporters go wild as Callum Sheedy successfully kicks the conversion.
Harri Millard intercepts the pass to race ahead and score the try for Cardiff Rugby
The touch judges raise their flags as Gianni Lombard kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Francke Horn from scoring as they record the try for Lions.
Callum Sheedy does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Gianni Lombard kicks the penalty.
The Cardiff Rugby supporters go wild as Callum Sheedy successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Callum Sheedy makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Cardiff Rugby are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Ben Donnell picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Gianni Lombard converts the try.
Asenathi Ntlabakanye scores the try from close range.