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Opposition Edinburgh Rugby Venue Cardiff Arms Park Time KO 19:05 Referee Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Edinburgh Form W W L L W  Teams Dragons v Blues Teams Newport Gwent Dragons v Cardiff Blues Opposition Newport Gwent Dragons (A) Opposition Dragons (A) 5-16
HT 5-3
Opposition Newport Gwent Dragons Venue Rodney Parade Time KO 18:30 Referee Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Dragons Form L L L W L  Teams Blues v Treviso Teams Cardiff Blues v Benetton Treviso Opposition Benetton Treviso (H) Opposition Treviso (H) 34-18
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Opposition Benetton Treviso Venue Cardiff Arms Park Time KO 18:30 Referee Fitzgibbon Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Treviso Form W L W D W  Teams Blues v Ulster Teams Cardiff Blues v Ulster Rugby Opposition Ulster Rugby (H) Opposition Ulster (H) 19-48
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Opposition Glasgow Warriors Venue Cardiff Arms Park Time KO 18:30 Referee Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Glasgow Form W L W W L  Teams Sharks v Blues Teams Sale Sharks v Cardiff Blues Opposition Sale Sharks (A) Opposition Sharks (A) 34-33
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Opposition Sale Sharks Venue Salford City Stadium Time KO 12:45 Referee Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Sharks Form W D W L W  Teams Blues v Toulon Teams Cardiff Blues v Toulon Opposition Toulon (H) Opposition Toulon (H) 14-22
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Opposition London Wasps Venue Cardiff Arms Park Time KO 19:30 Referee Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Wasps Form L L L L L  Teams Scarlets v Blues Teams Scarlets v Cardiff Blues Opposition Scarlets (A) Opposition Scarlets (A) 22-16
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HT 16-6
Opposition Ospreys Venue Liberty Stadium Time KO 19:05 Referee Previous Meeting Blues Form L L W L L Ospreys Form W W W L L  Teams Blues v Montpellier Teams Cardiff Blues v Montpellier Opposition Montpellier (H) Opposition Montpellier (H) 24-35
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HT 3-9
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Five Blues players in Gatlands training squad
29 April 2008, 9:46 am
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Wales coach Warren Gatland today (Tuesday) announced the squad he will gather for a week's intensive training at Whites of Wexford, Ireland, next Monday 5th May, as he prepares his Grand Slam winning team for the two-Test summer tour to the home of World Champions South Africa in June.
Gatland's 2008 RBS Six Nations Championship winning side face the Springboks at Vodacom Park, Blomfontein on Saturday 7th June and then travel to Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, for the tour decider on Saturday 14th June, but preparations begin a month in advance.
Un-capped London Irish scrum-half Warren Fury, Dragon's scrum-half Andy Williams and Scarlets full-back Morgan Stoddard are the only new faces outside of the 29-man squad which remained unbeaten during Gatland's debut season in charge.
Injury has forced Gavin Henson (ankle), Dwayne Peel (shoulder), Mark Jones (groin), Deiniol Jones (Shoulder), Mike Phillips (knee) and Robin-Sowden Taylor (Shoulder), to miss the training camp - although neither Henson nor Peel have yet been ruled out of the summer tour altogether - and both Lee Byrne and Sonny Parker will have knee injuries assessed later in the week to ensure they can travel to Ireland for the fitness work.
Dragons duo Rhys Thomas and Andy Williams are also named with the possibility of a late withdrawal in mind as coach Gatland wants them to remain with their region if European qualification continues to be at stake after this weekend's game. Gareth Cooper and Gareth Delve's release by Gloucester was not requested, because of their play-off aspirations in the Guinness premiership.
"We have been given the opportunity to go on a pre-tour training camp thanks largely to the support of the coaches and management at each of the four regions in Wales," said Gatland.
"This is not something that we will be able to do every year, because I would like to see our regions in contention for end of season honours, but with no European competition left at the end of a tough season and with Leinster runaway leaders of the Magners league we have been able to negotiate a position which will hopefully be of benefit to everyone.
"The regions have allowed us to take the players away for an intensive period of training in advance of our tour to South Africa and I would like to personally express my gratitude for their co-operation."
Gatland will take his side to a training base in Wexford which specialises in Cryotherapy, a therapy which aids the body's recovery from exercise and therefore, basically, allows for more training to be undertaken in a short space of time than would normally be possibly.
"Cryotherapy is something that has been around in sport for some time and something I've used before at specific times as an aid to training at various camps in Poland whilst I was in charge of Ireland and London Wasps," added Gatland.
"The facilities at the camp in Wexford will be top notch, but as much as anything else this is a chance for us to gather as a group for the first time since the six nations, to train together and to prepare ourselves for a tough tour against the Springboks.
"Andy Williams and Morgan Stoddart both have a chance to show the coaches what they have to offer and to book themselves a seat on the plane to South Africa, Andy and Warren in particular are in with a good shout with two injuries in their position to Mike Phillips and Dwayne Peel being a worry for us.
"This is our core group now, but there may also be one or two other names we add to the tour party injuries permitting and with a couple of players down in England not considered at the moment.
"There is also plenty more rugby to be played back in Wales before the full complement of probably 26 players or so is announced on 14th May."
WALES TRAINING SQUAD, WEXFORD, MAY 2008:
BACKS: Morgan Stoddart, Lee Byrne, Jamie Roberts, Shane Williams, Tom James, Sonny Parker, Tom Shanklin, Stephen Jones, James Hook, Andy Williams, Warren Fury
FORWARDS: Ryan Jones, Alix Popham, Martyn Williams, Jonathan Thomas, Ian Evans, Alun-Wyn Jones, Ian Gough, Duncan Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Rhys Thomas, Adam Jones, Matthew Rees, Huw Bennett
BIOGS
WALES SQUAD - SOUTH AFRICA TOUR 2008
Morgan STODDART (LLANELLI SCARLETS - Cap No 1,056)
DoB: 23.09.84. 6'1" / 1.86m. 14st 9lbs / 93kgs
International record: 1 cap (L 1; 5 pts - 1T)
Lee BYRNE (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,041)
DoB: 01.06.80. 6'3" / 1.91m. 15st 4lbs / 97kgs
International record: 19 caps (W 8, L 10, D 1; 25 pts - 5T)
Jamie ROBERTS (CARDIFF BLUES - 1,057)
DoB: 08.11.86. 6'4" / 1.93m. 16st 10lbs / 107kgs
International record: 1 cap (W 1)
Shane WILLIAMS (OSPREYS - Cap No 976)
DoB: 26.02.77. 5'7" / 1.71m. 12st 13lbs / 82kgs
International record: 56 caps (W 29, L 25, D 2; 205 pts - 41T)
Tom JAMES (CARDIFF BLUES - Cap No 1,055)
DoB: 17.04.87. 6'2" / 1.88m. 15st 1lb / 96kgs
International record: 2 caps (L 2)
Sonny PARKER (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,007)
DoB: 27.08.77. 6'1" / 1.86m. 15st 13lbs / 101kgs
International record: 30 caps (W 15, L 15; 30 pts - 6T)
Tom SHANKLIN (CARDIFF BLUES - Cap No 993)
DoB: 24.11.79. 6'2" / 1.88m. 15st 9lbs / 99kgs
International record: 52 caps (W 25, L 26, D 1; 90 pts - 18T)
Stephen JONES (LLANELLI SCARLETS - Cap No 966)
DoB: 08.12.77. 6'1" / 1.86m. 14st 12lbs / 94kgs
International record: 70 caps (W32, L36, D2; 613 pts - 6T,113C,116PG,3DG)
James HOOK (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,047)
DoB: 27.06.85. 6'0" / 1.83m. 14st 3lbs / 90kgs
International record: 25 caps (W 11, L 13, D 1; 182 pts - 6T,31C,28PG,2DG)
Andrew WILLIAMS (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS - Cap No 1,023)
DoB: 07.02.81. 5'10" / 1.78m. 14st 2lb 90kgs
International record: 5 caps (W 3, L 2)
Warren FURY (LONDON IRISH)
DoB: 10.12.85. 6'0" / 1.82m. 13st 7lbs / 86kgs
International record: Uncapped
Ryan JONES (OSPREYS, CAPTAIN - Cap No 1,029)
DoB: 13.03.81. 6'5" / 1.96m. 18st 0lbs / 114kgs
International record: 21 caps (W 13, L 7, D 1; 5 pts - 1T)
Alix POPHAM (LLANELLI SCARLETS - Cap No 1,014)
DoB: 17.10.79. 6'2" / 1.88m. 17st 4lbs / 110kgs
International record: 33 caps (W 13, L 19, D 1; 20 pts - 4T)
Martyn WILLIAMS (CARDIFF BLUES - Cap No 944)
DoB: 01.09.75. 6'0" / 1.83m. 15st 13lbs / 101kgs
International record: 81 caps (W 38, L 40, D 3; 73 pts - 14T, 1DG)
Jonathan THOMAS (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,013)
DoB: 27.12.82. 6'5" / 1.96m. 17st 5lbs / 110kgs
International record: 44 caps (W 22, L 20, D 2; 35 pts - 7T)
Ian EVANS (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,045)
DoB: 04.10.84. 6'8" / 2.04m. 18st 3lbs / 116kgs
International record: 12 caps (W 6, L 5, D 1; 5 pts - 1T)
Alun-Wyn JONES (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,046)
DoB: 19.09.85. 6'5" / 1.96m. 18st 9lbs / 118kgs
International record: 21 caps (W 9, L 12; 15 pts - 3T)
Ian GOUGH (OSPREYS - Cap No 964)
DoB: 10.11.76. 6' 6" / 1.98m. 18st 9lbs / 118kgs
International record: 50 caps (W 23, L 24, D 3; 5 pts - 1T)
Duncan JONES (OSPREYS - Cap No 997)
DoB: 18.09.78. 6'0" / 1.83m. 17st 8lbs / 112kgs
International record: 50 caps (W 23, L 25, D 2)
Gethin JENKINS (CARDIFF BLUES - Cap No 1,006)
DoB: 17.11.80. 6'2" / 1.88m. 18st 9lbs / 118kgs
International record: 58 caps (W 25, L 31, D 2; 15 pts - 3T)
Rhys THOMAS (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS - Cap No 1,049)
DoB: 31.07.82. 82. 6'1" / 1.86m. 17st 6lbs / 111kgs
International record: 4 caps (L 3)
Adam Rhys JONES (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,018)
DoB: 08.03.81. 6'0" / 1.83m. 20st 5lb / 129kgs
International record: 48 caps (W 26, L 20, D 2; 5 pts - 1T)
Matthew REES (LLANELLI SCARLETS - Cap No 1,033)
DoB: 09.12.80. 6'0" / 1.83m. 16st 9lbs / 106kgs
International record: 21 caps (W 10, L 10, D 1; 10 pts - 2T)
Huw BENNETT (OSPREYS - Cap No 1,017)
DoB: 11.06.83. 6'0" / 1.83m. 17st 5lbs / 110kgs
International record: 18 caps (W 11, L 7)
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