Here are your rugby evening headlines for Saturday, April 20.

WRU say Cardiff were 'robbed'

A match report on the Welsh Rugby Union's website has claimed that Cardiff were “robbed” of victory following a controversial refereeing intervention in the dying moments of their defeat to Ulster in the United Rugby Championship.

The Blue and Blacks were on the brink of their first win in Belfast in 14 years when Rhys Carre was adjudged to have deliberately knocked on a pass inside his own 22 following an intervention by TMO Andrew McMenemy. That resulted in Theo Cabango's try being chalked off and handing John Cooney the chance to kick Ulster ahead late on.

What was galling for Cardiff was the ambiguity in the footage, with it hard to tell if Carre did indeed touch the ball or not. Throw in a more blatant knock-on by Cooney in the build-up to Ulster's try that was ignored by referee Mike Adamson, while Cardiff could also feel aggrieved not to have been awarded a penalty try after the ball was kicked out of Thomas Young's hands as he reached out to score.

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The WRU's report read: "Cardiff were robbed of a first win in Ulster for 14 years, and their first win of 2024, when the TMO joined forces with the referee to rule out a hat-trick try for Theo Cabango and instead awarded a penalty to the home side on the 22 at the other end of the pitch.

"Between them the officials decided that replacement prop Rhys Carre had deliberately knocked on a pass on his 22, even though the ball spun backwards and ended up in the hands of his teammate Ben Donnell.

"Tinus de Beer kicked upfield, regained the ball on the floor and in looked as though Cardiff had won the game in the 78th minute with a corner try, what would have been his third of the game, from Cabango.

"The try was eventually ruled out, Carre was sent to the sin-bin and John Cooney stepped up to kick the match-winning penalty as he turned a 17-16 deficit into a 19-17 victory."

16 players leave Welsh club

Aberavon have announced the departure of 16 players ahead of next season.

The Wizards are preparing for life in Welsh rugby's new EDC, being one of 10 teams selected for the competition.

And as they look forward to a new league, they've announced several departures - with 12 players leaving and another four retiring.

Stef Andrews, Jon Phillips, Callum Carson, Aron Hemmings, Iwan Temblett, Rhodri Cole, Aled Thomas, James Davies, Chris Davies, Rhys Fawcett, Cerith Davies and Casey Williams are all departing at the end of this season.

Rhodri Hughes, Joe Tomalin-Reeves, Chris Banfield and Jay Baker are all hanging up their boots.

Dragons rue 'opportunity missed'

Dragons coach Dai Flanagan said he was bitterly disappointed as Benetton strengthened their hopes of a URC play-off place with a comfortable win over the Gwent side.

The Italian outfit ran in six tries in the 36-19 defeat of the Dragons, leaving Flanagan's side stuck in 15th in the table.

"I am bitterly disappointed," said Flanagan afterwards. "Our error rate was through the roof, our competitiveness was non-existent in the first half.

"We need to look at ourselves and start better. I thought some individuals stood up but this was an opportunity missed."

Wales U20s lose to Army

Wales Women U20 went down 24-17 to an Army XV at the Military Stadium in Aldershot.

After taking an early lead, Welsh indiscipline resulted their having to play with 14 players for much of the first-half, seeing them trail 14-5 at the break.

Wales responded well and outscored the Army in second half. However, a fourth Army try at the end sealed the victory for them.