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In September, the slate was clean. Battle lines were drawn. Now after | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
seven months of manoeuvring, of victories, of defeats, of | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
stalemate... The end is nigh. This weekend those who'd would be King 's | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
face-off in battle for supremacy. It is far from a two horse race. For | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
those whose chance of Victor Riu had faded, pride and hope remains. -- | :00:49. | :01:00. | |
whose chance of victory had faded. The six Nations may have come to an | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
end but there is no rest for the internationals. Sam Warburton, | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
Gethin Jenkins, Lloyd Williams and Kevin James among those in for the | :01:09. | :01:16. | |
Cardiff Blues today. Gareth Anscombe will be starting at fly-half. This | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
may look like an encrusted rancher battle, don't be fought. The bonus | :01:24. | :01:30. | |
point win both take the Blues about Edinburgh in seventh place and | :01:31. | :02:03. | |
point win both take the Blues about premature. Realistically, they will | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
have to win all of the games this season because the teams above them | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
are strong. They have put themselves in a great position and gone | :02:11. | :03:30. | |
are strong. They have put themselves is playing at four so he adds to the | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
speed of the pack come along with the likes of Gethin Jenkins. | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
Also the red squad -- Welsh squad for the championship. You know Danny | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
Wilson well, Sean Holley. What has impressed you from the Blues? | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
He bought me a copy today, that impressed me. He has been talking | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
about the style he wants to see. They are expecting to play in the | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
wider channels with Reese natural at 15. They need to be aware they don't | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
concede from the driving more. They did against Munster and then an easy | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
win against Glasgow. Why is Rhys Patchell at 15? He is a strong and | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
fast man. You can see him in the channels, beating a Munster winger. | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
There has been detail in the attack and Wilson. Developing quick ball, | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
good ball presentation. A good miss pass and Dan Fish on the wing, he is | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
so flat he brings up the fullback. A lot of space in behind. A chip into | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
the back field and they were in to score. Look out for Rhys Patchell | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
and Dan Fish. I expect a bonus point win tonight. | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
Here we are, approaching the run-in. The Blues are still in with a chance | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
of reaching the top six. Three open side tonight. If it an indication | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
you are going for it will be five points? | :05:07. | :05:08. | |
We have picked the team with combinations we thought was the best | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
approach to play this opposition and that is basically to play a high | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
tempo game that we haven't played well at home. We think it is the way | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
to beat the opposition. Our first objective will be to get the win and | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
if we can do that, get a bonus point. | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
Can the Blues win the ninth home games this season and take a big | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
step towards European qualification? We can find out now in the company | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
of Martyn Williams, in the commentary box, and Gareth Charles. | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
It isn't quite the Cardiff half marathon from Martyn Williams that | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
he is on his way, as are Treviso. Led by Alberto Sgarbi. Treviso, who | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
got the first victory of the season at the expense of the Blues and they | :05:59. | :06:07. | |
have just one since then. Alberto De Marchi is the one uncapped member of | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
the front row. Filo Paulo is in the second row. New Zealander Dean Budd | :06:14. | :06:22. | |
is at number eight. Behind the scrum, Tommaso Iannone is at | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
midfield. Jayden Hayward is the third highest points scorer in the | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
Pro12 at the moment. Tom Palmer is an experienced English | :06:29. | :06:42. | |
man. Speaking of experience, there is none more so in Welsh colours | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
than the man who leads the Blues onto the field this evening, Gethin | :06:47. | :06:56. | |
Jenkins. They may be down towards the foot of the table but recent | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
results mean that elusive sixth spot and the possible place in Europe | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
next season is still up for grabs as we really do reach the business end | :07:08. | :07:08. | |
of the season. Returning internationals for the | :07:09. | :07:27. | |
Blues including Gethin Jenkins, who is back as skipper. The other prop | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
was very impressive for the under 20. Sam Warburton only has two | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
outings for the Blues. Gareth Anscombe is at ten, seeing Rhys | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
Patchell at 15. Scott Andrews, only one game for | :07:44. | :07:54. | |
him. Some impressive youngsters. Andrew Brace, Cardiff born but | :07:55. | :08:13. | |
Irish. He is the man in charge this evening. It has been a gorgeous day | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
in the capital city with conditions absolutely perfect for running rugby | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
and that is exactly what the Blues want to achieve. The first receipt | :08:22. | :08:32. | |
for them. Dan Fish is on the wing this evening. | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
Lloyd Williams is looking for the forwards to carry initially and the | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
very first penalty comes within half a minute. | :08:47. | :08:58. | |
Marco Lazzaroni not rolling away. Interesting to see Gareth Anscombe | :08:59. | :09:06. | |
starting in the number ten shirt. Rhys Patchell going to the Scarlets | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
next year, of course. The incumbent is the one getting in time. Can be | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
very effective joining the line for the Blues. They will be looking for | :09:19. | :09:20. | |
that this evening. Good evening. The Blues are full of | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
confidence. A great win against Munster. An attacking outfit put | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
together by Wilson tonight. They didn't get the line-out. An | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
unexpected source of possession and a chance to attack for Treviso but | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
not too interested in attacking. Alberto Sgarbi happy to get them | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
downfield. It was a good steal. That is | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
something you have to do right. We saw the Scarlets starting so well | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
against Treviso with a couple of tries in the first 20 minutes. | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
Something the Blues have got to do well, strong in the set piece. | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
You have got to win your first phase possession. They have cut the line | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
after losing the first one. Sam Warburton Bailey had to get off his | :10:15. | :10:23. | |
feet to win it. -- barely. Lloyd Williams giving Tom James and only | :10:24. | :10:35. | |
chase. -- and only chase. It is taken by Angelo Esposito. The same | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
offence for the Blues. The key taken by Chris Smylie. Who has come from | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
New Zealand to play his rugby in Italy. Filo Paulo, the scrum-half. | :10:46. | :10:58. | |
Rey Lee-Lo with the wraparound tackle. There is Filo Paulo. | :10:59. | :11:07. | |
The crowd thought there was something and toward going on but in | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
fact, Ferrari has just stayed down after a big hit on him. Very upright | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
running into it. Down to Dillon Lewis. We have seen his ball | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
carrying capabilities with the Under 20s. With Dian Dacey, the link. Rhys | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
Patchell on the outside. A solid tackle. | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
That is the kind of thing the Blues wanted, was to give forwards the | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
right channels. Interesting from Treviso. You would | :11:42. | :11:48. | |
normally expect them to kick for the corner. A quick tap penalty and they | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
are away. Scrappy game from the Blues in the line-out. They were | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
lucky to win it when it went over the top when Sam Warburton wasn't | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
expecting it and then a silly penalty given away, so... Difficult | :12:02. | :12:09. | |
against Treviso, you go in with the expectation is that you are going to | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
run them off the park and they can be a stubborn outfit. You need to do | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
your basics right. Do your little jobs, the jobs that nobody else | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
sees. Is that Jiffy in the rabbit outfit? | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
Not now. Not now, that's what he's saying! Simone Ferrari is the one | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
you saw in the tackle earlier. He ran straight into Josh Navidi and | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
paid the price. The replacement is Filippo Filippetto. Very upright | :12:47. | :12:58. | |
running, running straight into him. Luca Bigi, his fifth start in a row. | :12:59. | :13:06. | |
Just distorting the communications out. -- sorting the communications | :13:07. | :13:07. | |
out. Tom Palmer safely delivers. | :13:08. | :13:34. | |
Controlling the drive. Good hang time on the kick from the smiley. | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
Superbly taken by Tom James and kept infield. Very well done. Rhys | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
Patchell. Dogleg defence, which Rhys Patchell attacks. Just about drug | :13:48. | :13:54. | |
down in the end. Flicked out to Gareth Anscombe. Good work over the | :13:55. | :14:06. | |
ball but driven off it. Good ball out to Sam Warburton. Gethin Jenkins | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
trying to keep up with him. The bounce favours Jayden Hayward. What | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
a comeback that would have been full Sam Warburton! | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
I think he would run back and back again and keep the ball in hand. | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
Brilliant off-load from Josh Turnbull. A good carry from Josh | :14:27. | :14:34. | |
Turnbull and the off-load as well. This is where Sam has to be patient. | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
He goes for the Hollywood chip and chase. Good cover. | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
Gethin Jenkins will be telling him, I was the! | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
There's no point. I just think Sam could have backed himself and | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
stepped outside. Took the chase instead. | :14:55. | :15:04. | |
A different Cardiff Blues. This is something they have improved so much | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
this year. A good kick from Lloyd Williams. | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
He tried to take it one-handed. A lovely little grubber kick from | :15:17. | :15:18. | |
Lloyd Williams. Beautiful kick. Lloyd Williams timed | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
it brilliantly. So often you see scrum-half take the ball and at a | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
stop but it is difficult to attack from there. A brilliant weapon. | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
Perfectly measured kick. Dan Fish couldn't take it but a very positive | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
start from the Blues. Six inches up and it would have been | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
into the basket for Dan Fish. Dillon Lewis was outstanding for Wales in | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
the Under 20s. He was very close to getting the | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
man-of-the-match. This will be another step up. Yes, | :15:58. | :16:04. | |
it is up against Treviso, but... He is up against Alberto De Marchi, | :16:05. | :16:13. | |
who has 29 caps for Italy. Interesting that Sam Warburton is | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
packing down on the blindside. Jenkins is on the left-hand side, | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
the open side. The suggestion they played left and right defensively | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
tonight. He took that kick to the head at | :16:29. | :16:31. | |
Twickenham. A great scrum from the Blues. And | :16:32. | :16:46. | |
they have turned it. Lloyd Williams waiting. Good control from Navidi | :16:47. | :16:55. | |
and it wins the penalty. It is a very impressive loose scrum. | :16:56. | :17:03. | |
Lewis has passed his first test with flying colours. A superb scrum. | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
They are going for the line. I think I would have taken the scrum | :17:07. | :17:17. | |
there. The referee has got it in his mind they are on top. A great leg | :17:18. | :17:26. | |
drive from Dillon Lewis, Kristian Dacey. That is an area they were | :17:27. | :17:28. | |
concerned about with the lighter pack but a brilliant technique. | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
Great take. By Josh Turnbull. Perfect position. Jenkins. All the | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
way. The first try has come for the Blues. Simple as that for Ellis | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
Jenkins. Great control all round for the Blues. It showed earlier on with | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
the driving line-out, it is a weapon. Good patience. Good | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
technique. I thought they might be in for obstruction. Treviso seemed | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
to stop it initially, pulling down. Great work, great buy DVD in the | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
front and then Ellis Jenkins sniffed the line and peeled off. -- great by | :18:12. | :18:21. | |
DVD. They would be able to do that in the Pro12 next year. It is still | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
legal at the moment and good work by Jenkins. | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
So difficult to defend once you are so far back. | :18:30. | :18:32. | |
Virtually impossible, five metres out. Quite ironic because you pick | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
these players will be driving line-out and it gives you the first | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
try. Gareth Anscombe is taking the place | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
kicks. Rhys Patchell is the league leading point Storer on 169. Gareth | :18:49. | :18:59. | |
Anscombe with two penalties. He now gets another two points to add to | :19:00. | :19:01. | |
the season 's tally. A good start from the Blues. A bit | :19:02. | :19:11. | |
scrappy early on with a couple of line-out but they have found their | :19:12. | :19:13. | |
feet in the last five minutes. Before they can go for the restart, | :19:14. | :19:30. | |
Simone Ferrari has been duly patched up and is back on. | :19:31. | :19:38. | |
Filippo Filippetto was of use in those early scrums. | :19:39. | :19:53. | |
Dillon Lewis with the tackle. Your own player has taken him down. | :19:54. | :20:09. | |
Back inside. It is right there for Alberto | :20:10. | :20:37. | |
Back inside. It is right there for over the ball tonight. The back row | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
speaks for itself. Josh Turnbull is good at getting to the ball but also | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
Kristian Dacey and Gethin Jenkins as well. Six out of the pack are very | :20:48. | :22:08. | |
Kristian Dacey and Gethin Jenkins as really game for the Blues this | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
season. -- has played a league game. The other two back in November. | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
International duty and a couple of injuries. He played a lot last | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
season for the Blues, more rugby then he played in all his career | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
last year. People want to be at the forefront. Take the pressure off | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
until the ball is in, otherwise you force me to make another decision | :22:37. | :22:44. | |
now. In the last scrum, with Mr Ferrari | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
back on. The scrum seemed a lot more solid for Treviso. Two good scrums | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
from each team. I think it is the touch judge this | :22:54. | :23:19. | |
site who called it. I think it was the arm. Three on the arm. | :23:20. | :23:32. | |
On the blindside for the referee. We arm was held out by the other match | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
officials. Lewis has just turned 20 and Simone Ferrari is just three | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
days short of his birthday. Two young tight head. | :23:48. | :23:58. | |
And old loose heads. Nice contrast. I am sure he is an Warren Gatland's | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
radar. Amazing when you think Rob Evans and | :24:07. | :24:09. | |
Samson Lee are both only 23 as well. A good strike by Jayden Hayward. | :24:10. | :24:23. | |
Treviso have their first points of the evening. Jayden Hayward is a | :24:24. | :24:31. | |
good player and every time we watch Treviso play, he is the standout | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
player. He is a good kick at goal as well. The Blues will have to keep | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
their discipline. They will be happy with how they started. They will | :24:44. | :24:46. | |
open up play later on. Sam Davies and the gunman have | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
scored more points than Jayden Hayward in the league this year. | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
Alberto Sgarbi and then Luca Marco Barbini with the juggle. | :25:00. | :25:16. | |
He has just kept possession. It was good work initially from Josh | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
Turnbull, involved in the work and kicking loose. I think it is Josh | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
Turnbull and Gethin Jenkins following up with the penalty in the | :25:28. | :25:37. | |
contact area. A nice low tackle by Ellis Jenkins. Gethin Jenkins get | :25:38. | :25:39. | |
over. So difficult in that position. A frustrated seven the whole of his | :25:40. | :25:54. | |
life but he didn't quite have the body shape, and fortunately for | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
Gethin Jenkins, so he has ended up in the front row. | :25:59. | :26:32. | |
Gareth Anscombe wastes no time in cancelling out Jayden Hayward's | :26:33. | :26:40. | |
penalty and the Blues 7-point advantage is restored. | :26:41. | :26:45. | |
Always a little bit of extra pressure on you as well, if you have | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
got to kick us in your team. Rhys Patchell will want to kick the goal | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
kicks so it would have been an interesting conversation this week | :26:55. | :26:55. | |
but so far it has been good. Again, Dan Fish is the one who is | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
there to receive. Dan Fish has played all 17 games, 18 | :27:03. | :27:20. | |
today. Lovely out the back door by Alberto Sgarbi. Over the top. It | :27:21. | :27:28. | |
didn't quite Ludovico Nitoglia. We have seen some good handling skills | :27:29. | :27:30. | |
from both teams early on. Ludovico Nitoglia to Dean Budd. | :27:31. | :27:54. | |
Outside him. Taking an Josh Navidi. Chris Smylie. A great off-load to | :27:55. | :28:02. | |
Sam Christie. A long, floating past that wasn't taken. | :28:03. | :28:10. | |
They do possess a threat. Jayden Hayward again, on the outside of | :28:11. | :28:13. | |
Gethin Jenkins. Just that final pass, they can't get | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
support runners there. Jayden Hayward has picked Gethin Jenkins | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
and gone on the outside. A good support runner. Good scramble | :28:24. | :28:30. | |
defence from the Blues but they do have some dangerous runners. You | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
can't take your eyes off that man. Three New Zealand born players in | :28:36. | :28:54. | |
the back. Halfbacks as well. Dean Budd upfront. Filo Paulo is born in | :28:55. | :28:59. | |
New Zealand. They are not having it all their own | :29:00. | :29:12. | |
way at the scrum anymore, the Blues. It passed by Rhys Patchell. Dan Fish | :29:13. | :29:19. | |
is dragged down. An excellent cover tackle by Ludovico Nitoglia. | :29:20. | :29:25. | |
A big advantage in the Blues. You can either choose to kick the ball. | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
He thought he would give this to Dan Fish in the outside. And Ludovico | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
Nitoglia is really quick and a great cover tackle. | :29:37. | :29:43. | |
Dan Fish has had another good season. Four tries. | :29:44. | :29:53. | |
Ball in hand he is a real threat. Probably needs to work on his game | :29:54. | :29:57. | |
defensively. They do see him as a winger rather than a full-back. | :29:58. | :30:07. | |
Sloppy loan out from Treviso. -- line-out. I think they have lifted | :30:08. | :30:16. | |
the man into the line-up, which exaggerates the throne not being | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
straight. An interesting call from Gethin Jenkins, going for the | :30:22. | :30:24. | |
line-out rather than the scrum. It might indicate they are under | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
pressure. Ferrari is back on. Well is executed -- well executed by | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
Josh Turnbull. Dean Budd. Victoria waits, Chris Smylie just | :30:36. | :30:52. | |
gives him an extra bit of shielding before Dan Fish can arrive. | :30:53. | :30:55. | |
Ferrarini. He wanted to chase but it is too | :30:56. | :31:10. | |
long, straight or Gareth Anscombe. Now to Rhys Patchell. Tries to go | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
outside his man. This could be an overlap here. Rey Lee-Lo. Garyn | :31:17. | :31:23. | |
Smith on his outside. Looking to see if he could get the pass back in but | :31:24. | :31:30. | |
eventually forced out of play. Again, they work the numbers. They | :31:31. | :31:36. | |
have a few times, when they go wide, Treviso are struggling. Goodspeed by | :31:37. | :31:42. | |
Garyn Smith but nobody on the inside and good scramble defence. If the | :31:43. | :31:46. | |
Blues are patient and go through the phases and keep the ball, Treviso, | :31:47. | :31:51. | |
like most Italian sides, do lose their shape in defence. | :31:52. | :32:20. | |
The Blues will look to attack the scrum. Treviso with the put-in. | :32:21. | :32:55. | |
Hayward has stepped in at ten. Maybe Chris Smylie will want to get rid of | :32:56. | :33:09. | |
this one himself. He needs to get a grip of this very quickly. There | :33:10. | :33:16. | |
have been a few taking too much time to set. I still think we should stop | :33:17. | :33:19. | |
the clock while they are in setting and restarting when the ball comes | :33:20. | :33:26. | |
out. You are not in a great rush to get home tonight! | :33:27. | :33:39. | |
Dean Budd, that was forward to Barbini. That was definitely | :33:40. | :33:49. | |
forward, wasn't it? Outside the 22, so Chris Smylie could not go direct | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
attach. Rhys Patchell looking for space on the far side. Across comes | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
Hayward. The return kick. It is going to go dead. Hayward would have | :34:04. | :34:11. | |
been hoping that the artificial pitch would have just held it up. It | :34:12. | :34:18. | |
is always interesting for visiting teams to come down here and play on | :34:19. | :34:21. | |
this page and try and get used to the bounce of the ball. Yes, you can | :34:22. | :34:25. | |
see when it lands, it sticks sometimes, rather than a true | :34:26. | :34:29. | |
bounce. It went straight up in the air that time. It takes some getting | :34:30. | :34:34. | |
used to with your new play on these pages a couple of times a year. | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
Interesting to see that Rhys Patchell is actually doing the drop | :34:40. | :34:43. | |
out and Gareth Anscombe is taking the kicks at goal. Another decent | :34:44. | :34:56. | |
return from Treviso. When you have a Munster book of from Rhys Patchell, | :34:57. | :34:59. | |
it is not really matter. But is a great kick. Munster are in action | :35:00. | :35:06. | |
tonight, racing off to a lead of two converted tries. Munster are one of | :35:07. | :35:13. | |
the teams that the Blues are trying to chase down for that sixth place. | :35:14. | :35:18. | |
They are currently in fifth, just above Glasgow. Glasgow have a game | :35:19. | :35:25. | |
in hand. It is a little bit flat here at the moment. We need sending | :35:26. | :35:29. | |
to spark, a little bit of inspiration from somebody on the | :35:30. | :35:34. | |
park. Treviso are doing their job and frustrating the Blues at the | :35:35. | :35:37. | |
minute. The Blues decided not to contest that line. Barbini again | :35:38. | :35:45. | |
taking the flat ball. Dean Budd straight through the middle. Chris | :35:46. | :35:54. | |
Smylie, to Filo Paulo. Good work by Sam Warburton but he is told to get | :35:55. | :36:01. | |
off it then. Christine not going for the ball, the defence up so quickly | :36:02. | :36:05. | |
in midfield. It is patient from Treviso. They are | :36:06. | :36:25. | |
not making any great inroads into the Blues' defence. The Blues are | :36:26. | :36:35. | |
getting feet in and slowing it down. Dean Budd, again well met Heidi | :36:36. | :36:41. | |
Blues defence. And that is Josh Turnbull with the tackle, it has | :36:42. | :36:47. | |
dislodged the ball. Kristian Dacey, Smith. Rey Lee-Lo was there, ready | :36:48. | :36:55. | |
and waiting. Lloyd Williams, Gareth Anscombe. A good pass to Josh | :36:56. | :36:59. | |
Turnbull. He rides the challenge of Dean Budd. Gareth Anscombe. | :37:00. | :37:11. | |
Clean breaks are very hard to come by at the moment from either side. | :37:12. | :37:22. | |
Rhys Patchell. It is Jenkins. Did get the early try for the Blues. | :37:23. | :37:28. | |
Great break by Lloyd Williams. Just what the Blues needed. Tries to get | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
it to Dan Fish and manages to do so. That is the sparkly team needed. | :37:34. | :37:38. | |
They are flooding backwards in defence now, Treviso. They know the | :37:39. | :37:43. | |
danger. Jenkins, Sam Warburton was waiting. It has slow down. They are | :37:44. | :37:52. | |
back in position. Josh Navidi. Now it is the Blues' turn to be patient. | :37:53. | :37:56. | |
There is Lloyd Williams who sparked it all without great break. Rhys | :37:57. | :38:06. | |
Patchell, Gareth Anscombe. And killing the ball. Failing to roll | :38:07. | :38:10. | |
away. Slowing it down. The Blues will be thinking, chances have been | :38:11. | :38:17. | |
so few are far between, that is what they could have done it. A brilliant | :38:18. | :38:21. | |
break with Lloyd Williams with nobody on his shoulder, similar to | :38:22. | :38:23. | |
Sam Warburton earlier. It was a great pass to Dan Fish, who had to | :38:24. | :38:37. | |
check. He is so dangerous, Lloyd Williams in these areas. Great pace | :38:38. | :38:41. | |
but there is nobody within ten or 15 yards. It | :38:42. | :38:42. | |
but there is nobody within ten or 15 Jenkins got the early try. And it is | :38:43. | :39:13. | |
Ellis Jenkins again, poaching, he has been brought down this time. He | :39:14. | :39:18. | |
was brought down by his own man then, from behind. Kristian Dacey. | :39:19. | :39:23. | |
Round the corner. Driven back. early to make the game a little bit | :39:24. | :40:48. | |
more settled. We have failed to do that so far. Treviso are really | :40:49. | :40:56. | |
struggling in the line-out. Gareth Anscombe, to Dillon Lewis. Certainly | :40:57. | :41:01. | |
looking forward more score before half-time. They are getting close | :41:02. | :41:14. | |
now. On a few occasions. Tom James has the return ball. Manages to fend | :41:15. | :41:27. | |
off Esposito. Sam Warburton. Good hit on Rhys Patchell. It was Filo | :41:28. | :41:35. | |
Paulo. Dan Fish to Smith. James stands up is Manuel. Josh Navidi, | :41:36. | :41:48. | |
Dillon Lewis. Treviso are having to put in a lot of tackles. It will | :41:49. | :41:54. | |
take its toll by the end of the game. It is frustrating the Blues at | :41:55. | :41:57. | |
the moment because they cannot get the second score. Dan Fish. Lloyd | :41:58. | :42:09. | |
Williams, a little pop-up for Rey Lee-Lo. A different angle causing | :42:10. | :42:14. | |
problems. Now there are men white again. Surely this time, Sam | :42:15. | :42:21. | |
Warburton to Josh Navidi. Josh Navidi has just about got there. For | :42:22. | :42:25. | |
a moment, the Blues thought they may have given up another chance but no, | :42:26. | :42:31. | |
it is a try for Josh Navidi. Good patience and phases by the Blues. | :42:32. | :42:36. | |
They were going to run out of numbers eventually, Treviso. A good | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
carry from Rey Lee-Lo. Good hands and good finish from Josh Navidi. | :42:45. | :42:49. | |
Whenever he plays at 806, he is a far better player when he plays in | :42:50. | :42:52. | |
that addition, rather than seven. Not the tallest of players but so | :42:53. | :43:00. | |
difficult to bring down. Strong, great, low centre of gravity. Very | :43:01. | :43:05. | |
difficult to stop, good finish. Tom James would not have been happy if | :43:06. | :43:07. | |
he did not finish, but finish he did. I think it was the right | :43:08. | :43:12. | |
decision not to give it to Tom James because the covering defenders were | :43:13. | :43:16. | |
coming across. He has backed himself and he has got over. He knows his | :43:17. | :43:21. | |
way to the try line. But is the fifth in the league for Josh Navidi | :43:22. | :43:24. | |
this season. Excellent strike from Gareth | :43:25. | :43:50. | |
Anscombe. Converging from wide out. Does not cause any problems at all | :43:51. | :43:57. | |
for him. -- conversion. Just six and a half minutes of the first half | :43:58. | :44:01. | |
remaining. If you are honest, this scoreline slightly flatters the | :44:02. | :44:09. | |
Blues. Treviso made a good fist of things early on but have not managed | :44:10. | :44:11. | |
to get the points on the board. And still the crowd are fairly | :44:12. | :44:39. | |
quiet, even though the Blues have their second. Yes, it is a little | :44:40. | :44:51. | |
bit flat, isn't it? But quickly on Gethin Jenkins. Gareth Anscombe, | :44:52. | :44:56. | |
trying to dance his way through. Lloyd Williams just falling forwards | :44:57. | :45:10. | |
around to the blindside. Giving him the protection to get the kick in. | :45:11. | :45:16. | |
It is missed by Esposito. That is Barbini, the blindside. I | :45:17. | :45:41. | |
think he has rolled over his ankle. He is in a bit of trouble. They have | :45:42. | :45:49. | |
got Abraham Steyn to come on. This will be a big call for the big | :45:50. | :45:55. | |
ball-carrier, if they go over him. It looks as though they may well go | :45:56. | :46:03. | |
forward the other day marquee. The youngster. They have gone with a 6- | :46:04. | :46:11. | |
to split. Filo Paulo making his return to the | :46:12. | :46:23. | |
Arms Park, spent three years here with the Blues. Played in four of | :46:24. | :46:39. | |
Samoa 's games in the World Cup. He is nowhere near him, he has just | :46:40. | :46:43. | |
rolled his ankle. Nowhere near him, he has gone to put his foot down and | :46:44. | :46:46. | |
rolled it. The first try from Ellis Jenkins | :46:47. | :47:04. | |
after eight minutes. From the driving line-out. And the wet sand | :47:05. | :47:10. | |
the numbers proving too much in the yen for Josh Navidi. Adding a second | :47:11. | :47:19. | |
just a couple of minutes ago. There is no way that Barbini is going to | :47:20. | :47:24. | |
be able to carry on after turning his ankle so badly. The strapping is | :47:25. | :47:33. | |
not going to allow him to take any further part in this game. De Marchi | :47:34. | :47:36. | |
takes his place. Rey Lee-Lo, back to Lloyd Williams. | :47:37. | :48:09. | |
Gareth Anscombe. The Blues try and generate some pace. | :48:10. | :48:18. | |
It is the first time we have really seen them running onto the ball from | :48:19. | :48:30. | |
death. It was the right option from Gareth Anscombe. The numbers were | :48:31. | :48:43. | |
there in defence. He has got that. You could see that a mile off. Great | :48:44. | :48:50. | |
work by Ellis Jenkins over the ball. They did the line-out correctly but | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
then not enough support for Dean Budd that is what he is saying, was | :48:56. | :49:00. | |
on his own, Jenkins was on him in a flash. Josh Navidi flew up with the | :49:01. | :49:05. | |
hit and Ellis Jenkins straight over the ball. And the right decision. If | :49:06. | :49:12. | |
they can get three tries in this first, it will set them up for that | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
bonus point in the second. Back the driving line-out. It is something | :49:18. | :49:26. | |
that Danny Wilson has turned into a weapon for the Blues this year. | :49:27. | :49:34. | |
James Down, plenty of line-out options, they are using the maul. | :49:35. | :49:40. | |
Here comes the drive again. It is good defence from Treviso. Lloyd | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
Williams trying to rip the ball from Ellis Jenkins. He is caught up now | :49:47. | :49:49. | |
in the middle of it. It is well defended. I think it was Lazzaroni | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
and Filo Paulo, they just came through the middle and got a hand on | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
the ball. Lloyd Williams could not get it away from the driving maul. | :50:01. | :50:05. | |
Good defence from Treviso. I thought the Blues would get over. | :50:06. | :50:26. | |
Well, Treviso will be happy to hear that half-time whistle. They have | :50:27. | :50:34. | |
been under pressure for long periods. They certainly will not | :50:35. | :50:41. | |
want to concede a third before getting back to the safety of the | :50:42. | :50:42. | |
changing rooms. Dean Budd has to be careful not to | :50:43. | :50:58. | |
get isolated again. And lost it again to Ellis Jenkins. But is real | :50:59. | :51:01. | |
quick thinking from the Blues flanker. It has put them straight | :51:02. | :51:06. | |
back under pressure. Dan Fish looks were Tom James on the outside. It | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
bounces back into the hands of Garyn Smith instead. Manage to force them | :51:13. | :51:19. | |
over the sideline though. And it is an extra bit of defending that | :51:20. | :51:25. | |
Treviso have forced upon themselves. Brilliant work again from Ellis | :51:26. | :51:28. | |
Jenkins. Dean Budd off the back of the scrum, makes the tackle. He we | :51:29. | :51:38. | |
go, they are. -- they are off. Why didn't he play advantage? I am not | :51:39. | :51:52. | |
quite sure. It was knocked on by green, but... | :51:53. | :51:58. | |
REFEREE: If he uses that language again, he | :51:59. | :52:03. | |
leaves the field. I do not need that ran with. It does not matter. OK, | :52:04. | :52:07. | |
let's go. -- that language. And as we have seen all too clearly | :52:08. | :52:24. | |
over the last few weeks, microphones pick up everything on the field, | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
don't they? No comment on that one. Let's move on to the scrum. Last | :52:31. | :52:40. | |
chance for the Blues as the clock goes red. Quickly taken by Lloyd | :52:41. | :52:43. | |
Williams. Lovely inside ball by Gareth Anscombe. Tom James. It is | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
now desperate defence to keep them out before half-time. The Blues are | :52:50. | :52:56. | |
looking to get a third. The ball has been turned over, has it? Yes, it | :52:57. | :53:00. | |
has. It has gone forward. Treviso just managed to hold on but the | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
Blues have half the job done. Four tries as what they want for a bonus | :53:07. | :53:10. | |
point and with half the game played, they do have two of them in the bag | :53:11. | :53:15. | |
already. They have been close on a couple of other occasions but I | :53:16. | :53:18. | |
think they will be fairly satisfied with the first 40. Job half done. | :53:19. | :53:26. | |
The Blues lead at half-time, 17-3. Gareth Anscombe, you have a lead, | :53:27. | :53:32. | |
how confident are you that you can't open them up in the second half? We | :53:33. | :53:38. | |
might have to grind them down. They are spoiling a sad times in the | :53:39. | :53:44. | |
line-out. We can open up in the second half. Happy with that Eddery | :53:45. | :53:51. | |
right boot? It is nice to be doing the goal-kicking again. Have a good | :53:52. | :53:58. | |
orange. The Blues made no secret of the fact they are after a four try | :53:59. | :54:01. | |
bonus point out and they are half way there. Ellis Jenkins crossing | :54:02. | :54:04. | |
after just eight minutes on the clock. One of three opensides | :54:05. | :54:08. | |
playing in the back row for the Blues tonight. Gareth Anscombe | :54:09. | :54:18. | |
goal-kicking again. He has not missed with the boot to night. The | :54:19. | :54:22. | |
second try came from a bit of patience and a strong finish from | :54:23. | :54:25. | |
another of the opensides playing in the back row, Josh Navidi. A quick | :54:26. | :54:32. | |
look at those stats, Treviso making twice as many tackles as the Blues | :54:33. | :54:37. | |
just about than they have missed ten of those as well. The Blues are | :54:38. | :54:41. | |
breaking through the defensive line with a fair amount of regularity but | :54:42. | :54:46. | |
just the two tries to show for it. But the lion's share of possession, | :54:47. | :54:50. | |
more carries and more meat made as well. On most of the stats, | :54:51. | :54:56. | |
Jonathan, the Blues are head. Martyn Williams suggesting the scoreline is | :54:57. | :55:01. | |
flattering them a little bit at the moment but they are comfortable. I | :55:02. | :55:05. | |
think they are dominant, as the stats has shown. You have to give | :55:06. | :55:09. | |
Treviso some credit. They were very abrasive in defence and got stuck in | :55:10. | :55:13. | |
but I think as the half has gone on, the Blues' attacking shape has | :55:14. | :55:17. | |
improved and they have dominated possession and started to look | :55:18. | :55:21. | |
really strong. You would expect them to cut open in the second half. You | :55:22. | :55:25. | |
mentioned their attacking shape. They do seem when they have the ball | :55:26. | :55:28. | |
in hand the more likely of the two sites score. We mentioned it at the | :55:29. | :55:36. | |
start of the show, the intent to the pack that they have picked. They | :55:37. | :55:40. | |
want to play. Sometimes, I think they are forcing it a bit too much. | :55:41. | :55:47. | |
Sometimes you need to engage and be direct. Keep the defence honest. But | :55:48. | :55:52. | |
I think they are the sort of thing is that Danny Wilson will be | :55:53. | :55:56. | |
speaking about that half-time. They are forcing things a little bit and | :55:57. | :55:59. | |
as Jonathan mentioned, they have scored two tries but another few | :56:00. | :56:03. | |
have gone begging. They have. They had some early opportunities. | :56:04. | :56:08. | |
Treviso are not going away. You have to take those opportunities and join | :56:09. | :56:12. | |
a Baz 18. The first and was a Sam Warburton break. They have this | :56:13. | :56:16. | |
shape and they burst through. The backline switch off and wait for the | :56:17. | :56:20. | |
next phase. That is no good. You have to anticipate that one of your | :56:21. | :56:25. | |
forwards could make a break. That was a chance gone begging. Nice play | :56:26. | :56:28. | |
from Lloyd Williams. They take the more infield and it creates a large | :56:29. | :56:33. | |
blindside. Dan Fish is hanging around behind Lloyd Williams. And | :56:34. | :56:41. | |
they go for it. Great timing. He is too flat. Great right footed kick | :56:42. | :56:46. | |
and the fullback has a lot to do. If this gets a bit more of a bounce or | :56:47. | :56:51. | |
Dan Fish is a yard closer, it is a try. They were to opportunities that | :56:52. | :56:56. | |
they did not take. We heard Danny Wilson 20 minutes in expressing his | :56:57. | :57:00. | |
frustration that the Blues have not been able to impose the game than | :57:01. | :57:04. | |
they wanted to one Treviso, betting Sir into a tighter game. -- getting | :57:05. | :57:11. | |
sucked. If it gets better in the second half, more tries will come. | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
You have to learn the right to go outside. I want to show you their | :57:17. | :57:19. | |
basic attacking It was instrumental in the build-up | :57:20. | :57:47. | |
then to create a mismatch and an overlap. I expect to see a little | :57:48. | :57:58. | |
door more directness before they go wide in the second half. We talked | :57:59. | :59:27. | |
gone to do that job. Interesting stuff. Briefly I want to talk about | :59:28. | :59:33. | |
Rhys Patchell. He is playing 15 tonight and our fans can has come in | :59:34. | :59:38. | |
and take attentional. Rhys Patchell is looking pretty good out there. | :59:39. | :59:48. | |
He's just a good rugby player. I think the thing with Rhys Patchell | :59:49. | :59:51. | |
and Gareth Anscombe, they have the ability of splitting the field and | :59:52. | :59:56. | |
playing either side of the ruck. Rhys Patchell has such a good pass | :59:57. | :00:03. | |
and such good speed. He's a top rugby player and he will really | :00:04. | :00:07. | |
prominently in the second half. This is just the 1st of April 12 round | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
matches this weekend. Plenty more coming your weekend, including the | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
first of six Welsh derbies. The Pro12 is heating up. Six derbies | :00:17. | :00:28. | |
coming your way, starting with the Ospreys versus the Scarlets. Catch | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
it live tomorrow on radio Wales. On Sunday the Dragons take on | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
Edinburgh. And on our show later that evening, we will round up the | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
weekend action and meet Pembrokeshire's most famous Pharma. | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
Basically where I grew up as a kid and spent all my summers. | :00:54. | :01:04. | |
Rob Evans is the unanimous choice for loose head of the tournament. | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
Row with tuning that Pembrokeshire boy. He mentioned the championship. | :01:10. | :01:17. | |
Everyone will have an edge but perhaps the ones played next door to | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
us when all four regions arrive on the same day will have extra spice | :01:23. | :01:24. | |
as Judgment Day is coming up. One man who will be a very | :01:25. | :02:01. | |
interested spectator on Judgment Day is the Wales head coach, Warren | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
Gatland. He is an interested spectator tonight. | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
Wait to see you. Six Welsh derbies coming up to finish the running to | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
the season. How much of an incentive will there be for the players to get | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
on the New Zealand tour? A huge incentive, not just for the | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
derbies but also for the Ospreys and the Blues, still with the outside | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
chance to qualify for Europe if they can get into the top six and it will | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
be brilliant for Welsh rugby and hopefully the Scarlets can stay in | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
the top four. Give us some names of players who | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
you might be looking at, hoping you can put them in. | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
A couple of those youngsters will hopefully get a run out for the | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
regions over the next few weeks. Having a look tonight and seeing how | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
Josh Turnbull is doing at second row and seeing we mix of the loose | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
forward trio, Gareth Anscombe at ten and Lloyd Williams nine. The Blues | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
have started pretty well it has been a good first half and hopefully they | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
can score a couple more tries. The big West Wales derby tomorrow. | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
How do you see that? And then the Dragons game on Sunday so I am | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
really looking forward to tomorrow. Hopefully we will get a day like | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
today where the conditions are brilliant and a good crowd turns up. | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
Any truth in the rumour you are only going to the Ospreys against | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Scarlets game because you can't get a ticket for the Pontypridd game? | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
It should be a great occasion. A real derby. Cheers. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
A couple of great derbies coming up tomorrow and talking about the | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
Ospreys against the Scarlets now because it doesn't get any bigger | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
when it comes to West Wales fixtures. Both very strong teams | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
facing off against one another at the Liberty Stadium. The headline | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
for the Ospreys side is the fact that Sam Davies has retained the | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
number ten shirt, Dan Biggar will start on the bench. Freeze by -- | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
Rhys Webb is starting. No Alun Wyn Jones. Injured. Let's look at the | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
Scarlets as well. Gareth Davies will start for them. An intriguing | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
head-to-head against him and Rhys Webb. Jones, the end 20s fly-half, | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
will start as well. Rob Evans starts again. Ken Owens in the back. Let's | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
speak to Martyn Williams in the commentary box. The Scarlets trying | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
to stay in the top four and the Ospreys desperate to get European | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
qualification. How do you see it going? It is | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
always a tasty affair with lots to play for. I think Warren Gatland | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
touched upon it. Conditions tomorrow will be really important in how the | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
game is played. Traditionally the Scarlets like to throw the ball | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
about but I think Sam Davies and Rhys Webb, the Ospreys kicking game | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
will edge its tomorrow. Can't wait to watch it tomorrow. The first of a | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
lot of good derbies towards the end of the season. | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
I can't wait. 40 more minutes against the Blues against Treviso to | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
look forward to. About to kick off for the second half. Back to Gareth | :05:18. | :05:18. | |
Charles. Thanks very much. Two tries in the | :05:19. | :05:28. | |
bank for the Blues. Two more for a bonus point win and it will | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
temporarily get them above the Ospreys and Edinburgh. Both of those | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
teams in action in south Wales over the coming days. The Ospreys against | :05:38. | :05:39. | |
the Scarlets and Dragons against Edinburgh. | :05:40. | :05:46. | |
A well protected ball. James Down. The Blues are battering at the | :05:47. | :06:21. | |
defence early and Dillon Lewis's disappointment is obvious, | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
especially for himself. It was a great kick off from Rhys | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
Patchell. We gathered it well. It was on the blindside. It was a poor | :06:31. | :06:39. | |
pass. We will let him off for that one. It is good to see a prop | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
actually passing. He has to work at it a little bit more. | :06:48. | :06:57. | |
Ulster are ahead of Glasgow at the moment. | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
The Ospreys and the Blues are looking at that sixth-place spot. | :07:06. | :07:14. | |
Josh Turnbull has got through. Support is there from Smith. It | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
reached him anyway. Josh Turnbull is the two receive the ball back. | :07:19. | :07:27. | |
Gareth Anscombe to Dan Fish. Rey Lee-Lo, surely. Rey Lee-Lo. He makes | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
it to the try line. Rey Lee-Lo gets his first league try in Blues | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
colours and a very important score. He has hurt his wrist. It doesn't | :07:37. | :07:49. | |
look good for Rey Lee-Lo but a good start to the second half for the | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
Blues. A great bust by Josh Turnbull. Dan Fish hits the line. I | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
don't normally like to see a list pass but it is important in defence | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
against Treviso. A good finish from Rey Lee-Lo but he has called his | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
wrist or his thumb and he has gone down. Hopefully it is not too | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
serious. It all stems from the Josh Turnbull brake on the right-hand | :08:14. | :08:14. | |
side. Rey Lee-Lo started the last dozen | :08:15. | :08:27. | |
games for the Blues and he played for similar in the World Cup. -- | :08:28. | :08:39. | |
Sambora. The doctor has called from the sidelines but it looks as though | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
it could be the end of the game for Rey Lee-Lo. | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
Cory Allen is out for the Blues also, long term. Hopefully it won't | :08:50. | :08:50. | |
be too serious. The first myth of the evening for | :08:51. | :09:04. | |
Gareth Anscombe of the Blues, with that score early in the second half | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
taking pressure off themselves. The good sign is that he has strapping. | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
He is just getting on with it. Good finish. Woodwork from Dan Fish. You | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
were about to criticise him for the most part but it worked out well | :09:19. | :09:25. | |
because Treviso were chasing. Josh Turnbull and the right-hand side, a | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
great bust and a great carry. It found itself to smooth and they kept | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
the patience. A perfect start to the second half. | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
Dan Fish has taken every restart that has come his way. Not sure of | :09:40. | :09:49. | |
the wisdom of backs taking those. James. The down, Angelo Esposito. | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
Tom James is not averse to a bit of contact. The Blues looked to have | :10:01. | :10:08. | |
got the bit between their teeth in the second half, taking the game to | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
Treviso. Out in the wide open channels as well. | :10:14. | :10:23. | |
This could turn into a long second half for Treviso here. | :10:24. | :10:30. | |
A little outside break by Dan Fish. Gareth Anscombe picks out Rhys | :10:31. | :10:39. | |
Patchell. Down. Ray Lindo. And running by Rey Lee-Lo. He is inside | :10:40. | :10:47. | |
the 22 in the time he is brought down by Marco Lazzaroni. Advantage | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
is being played to the Blues. Gareth Anscombe blows himself and get the | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
ball away to Josh Turnbull. Out to Lloyd Williams, to Rhys Patchell. He | :11:01. | :11:08. | |
slots it to and incomes recover from Jayden Hayward. | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
The referee is playing advantage. It is too easy for the Blues. | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
Off-loading, passing before contact and Treviso have got no answer for | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
it at the moment. They can't slow any ball down at the breakdown. The | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
Blues having everything their own way at the moment. | :11:27. | :11:43. | |
No wonder the Blues are going for the corner. They have really wrapped | :11:44. | :11:53. | |
it up in the half a dozen minutes is half-time. -- since half-time. There | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
was pressure in the first half but this is so much thicker in the | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
second. Josh Turnbull struggling to get the ball back. | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
Nor corn in the line. Tom Palmer with the challenge. Jonathan Thomas | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
said at half-time, when Tom Palmer went up in the first half, he didn't | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
get the ball. He has read the ball well and forced the turnover from | :12:20. | :12:28. | |
Josh Turnbull. They have a slight breather for Treviso. | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
42 caps for England, Tom Palmer. A lot of experience there, isn't | :12:40. | :12:52. | |
the? He will be 37 on Sunday. He joined from Gloucester. | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
It can't be easy when you are on the back foot every week like Treviso at | :12:58. | :12:59. | |
that age. Dean Byrd was hoping for a penalty. | :13:00. | :13:17. | |
We reset is all he has got for it. They seemed to have been a John. | :13:18. | :13:25. | |
Luca Bigi, the Treviso hooker, has at first. | :13:26. | :13:32. | |
That will be so frustrating for Treviso. They were harshly done by | :13:33. | :13:56. | |
in the last scrum. They were going forward and he has penalised them | :13:57. | :13:58. | |
straightaway for an early engage. You are pre-engaged on the Crouch. | :13:59. | :14:24. | |
Josh Navidi is the recipient. They have gone through them all, I think. | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
Kristian Dacey has got the ball in his clutches, looking to come round | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
the blindside. Lloyd Williams. Lloyd Williams has a heart. | :14:37. | :14:43. | |
Good tackle. It was a good tackle. It is still on. Rhys Patchell. | :14:44. | :14:53. | |
Ludovico Nitoglia brings him down. Treviso defence being stretched all | :14:54. | :15:01. | |
over. At the line-out, close to ruck and then wide-out. Turnbull. Jenkins | :15:02. | :15:12. | |
was ready to run on but the ball is stuck so he feeds back inside to | :15:13. | :15:15. | |
Dillon Lewis. Loses the ball in contact. Yet another penalty against | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
Treviso. He has gone back to the penalty for | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
the pulling down in the line-out five metres out. Pretty obvious what | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
the Blues will do, going back to the corner and setting up the driving | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
maul again. In the first ten minutes of the | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
second half, 96% of the possession. Treviso are just hanging on and in | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
fairness, they are making the tackles. Some good one-on-one | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
tackles, one on Rhys Patchell and one on Lloyd Williams. A | :15:56. | :16:21. | |
Smith. A lovely feed by Dillon Lewis. They really are varying the | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
point of attack and the Blues trying to bring down this stubborn Treviso | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
defence. Josh Turnbull with a good laid-back. Rhys Patchell trying to | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
run an angle. Treviso are just not competing for | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
the ball and it is time. Gethin Jenkins is driving his | :16:41. | :18:08. | |
team onwards. Post to the touchline. They go back inside and go to the | :18:09. | :18:16. | |
ground. Alberto De Marchi gets his hands on it but he is allowed this | :18:17. | :18:24. | |
time. Knock forward. Treviso have done well, you have to | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
give them credit. Digging in with snowball whatsoever for the first 12 | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
minutes of this half. They have defended four or five driving | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
line-outs. Number five and number nine. Number two. Sean Holley, you | :18:39. | :18:45. | |
have seen something. Let's go back to the try. It hasn't | :18:46. | :18:54. | |
been a great few minutes but Filo Paulo and the others rush up and it | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
is a zigzag, dogleg defence. Dan Fish does well. When you have a step | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
like Ray Lindo, he is going to see the line and go for it. The Blues | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
have to show some patience, build some pressure, get the line-out | :19:10. | :19:17. | |
drive going and get this score. Changes for the visitors. Davide | :19:18. | :19:29. | |
Giazzon. Alberto Lucchese with his ball in hand. Off the bench against | :19:30. | :19:37. | |
Wales to win his second cap, the scrum-half. | :19:38. | :20:06. | |
Again, aggressive scrimmaging by the Blues. | :20:07. | :20:13. | |
A quick tap by Josh Navidi. He turns... No, just short. Lloyd | :20:14. | :20:27. | |
Williams can't get his hands on the ball. Kristian Dacey gets the try | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
that brings the Blues the bonus point. He kept hammering away. The | :20:34. | :20:41. | |
line-out didn't work in the end. Kristian Dacey gets the bonus point | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
try. It was bound to come with the | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
pressure they have had in the first bit of the second half. A great | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
scrum. One minute the other hand seems to be with Treviso but a great | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
shove from the Blues. I thought Josh Navidi had got there in real-time | :21:00. | :21:08. | |
but he was just short. Gethin Jenkins starts the front row battle | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
with his friend. There is the bonus point. It has been all Blues in the | :21:16. | :21:17. | |
first 15 minutes. The Pontypridd game is the biggest | :21:18. | :21:27. | |
one of the weekend! This time it goes the other way and | :21:28. | :21:57. | |
overcompensate. Conversions don't really matter in the grand scheme of | :21:58. | :21:59. | |
things. The job is done. Four points. He has | :22:00. | :22:09. | |
gone to Haider, Dean Budd. He has to go now. Kristian Dacey gets over. | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
The Blues have been totally dominant. Probably a bit | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
disappointed they haven't gone over the line earlier with the chances | :22:21. | :22:21. | |
they have had. Cherif Traore is on the loose head. | :22:22. | :22:40. | |
Again, Lloyd Williams with the run. Around the neck. Watch the neck | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
area. Change for the Blues. Jarrad Hoeata | :22:48. | :23:19. | |
is coming on. Jenkins is leaving. Josh Turnbull is back to six. A big | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
game for Ellis Jenkins. Did well with some good carries. A couple of | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
good turnovers in the tackle area. And he was in great form before that | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
injury but he is back on song. Not a great first touch of the | :23:33. | :24:05. | |
bench. Cherif Traore. It would carry but you have to take the ball with | :24:06. | :24:07. | |
you. -- a good carry. They've got the points in the bag | :24:08. | :24:35. | |
but now the Blues need to get tries. It could come in handy for what is a | :24:36. | :24:42. | |
tight top of the table. You can't switch off. You are at | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
home and you want to put Treviso to bed. You want to rack up some tries. | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
Hopefully the game will open up. It is about how many matches you | :24:52. | :25:08. | |
win, then points difference, then tries if teams end up on the same | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
number of points. Eight arriving. It has worked for | :25:14. | :25:41. | |
the Blues defensively. Josh Navidi with the turnover. Jenkins has got | :25:42. | :25:50. | |
one, so has Josh Turnbull. Treviso don't have an answer to that tackle | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
area. The defence has not been overly | :25:58. | :26:01. | |
tested in the first hour. See what the thinking is now. | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
Danny Wilson, with the bonus point in the bag, this is more like it? | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
A frustrating first half but now we have the game going better in terms | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
of the attacking tempo we want to play. A lot of pressure this half. | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
It took us a long time to finish but the bonus point is there and we need | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
to finish the game. Some changes? A couple of changes | :26:26. | :26:29. | |
for the right reasons. To give us some impact hopefully. To tire out | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
the opposition. Any chance you can bring Kristian | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
Dacey off? I want to ask him about the Pontypridd game tomorrow. | :26:40. | :26:40. | |
Cheers. Angelo Esposito making good headway. | :26:41. | :27:01. | |
One of the best attacks from Treviso. All the way up there. | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
Operated Archie. -- Alberto De Marchi. Ferrari. Ferrari looks a | :27:09. | :27:20. | |
decent player. He has really scrummaged well and got around the | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
park. The other prop holds onto it. Jayden | :27:24. | :27:30. | |
Hayward. A dangerous path that Alberto Sgarbi is there. | :27:31. | :27:37. | |
It has been slowed down by the Blues. The first time we have seen | :27:38. | :27:45. | |
them Treviso's game this evening. Jayden Hayward to Dean Budd. They | :27:46. | :27:52. | |
showed against the Scarlets that they don't give up. | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
It has all come from a sloppy kick chase from the Blues, a | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
counterattack. You didn't survive the clean-out. | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
He wants to carry on with things, does Jayden Hayward. He could still | :28:07. | :28:14. | |
get there. Right on the try line. The tackle from Kristian Dacey keeps | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
him away. A long ball out and it is the flanker, Marco Lazzaroni, who | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
gets the try from Treviso. Good perseverance. It comes from a | :28:28. | :28:30. | |
sloppy kick chase which allowed them to counterattack, get into the Blues | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
22. They kept their patience and won a penalty. Jayden Hayward kicked the | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
penalty and the Blues run out of numbers. It is all about the top two | :28:42. | :28:47. | |
inches, switching off thinking the job is done. A well-deserved try for | :28:48. | :28:51. | |
that attack from Treviso. For once, he missed pass was needed. | :28:52. | :29:13. | |
Plenty of space for Marco Lazzaroni. It all came from a sense of urgency | :29:14. | :29:20. | |
from Jayden Hayward. Now there is a chance to convert. | :29:21. | :29:28. | |
It didn't quite hold its line, just outside the post. | :29:29. | :29:37. | |
The changes in the front row for the Blues. Munster making that | :29:38. | :29:44. | |
absolutely clear. A bonus point for them as well against Zebre. | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
Italian rugby is in a dark place at the moment. At club level, not just | :29:50. | :29:56. | |
internationally. At the minutes, the Italians are bringing nothing to the | :29:57. | :30:01. | |
party. A real shame. Those teams have gone backwards over two or | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
three years. Dan Fish was taken out before he was | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
anywhere near the ball. Munster just edging it at last go at the moment. | :30:11. | :30:17. | |
A tough encounter. Not a good result for the Scarlets | :30:18. | :30:22. | |
if Ulster win but a good result for the Blues and the Ospreys. They go. | :30:23. | :30:27. | |
Just scored a try. There is just no need for it. | :30:28. | :30:41. | |
Brainless. With Filo Paulo supporting him. Then | :30:42. | :30:48. | |
he comes out and takes out Dan Fish, Davide Giazzon. | :30:49. | :30:52. | |
And the referee was right in front of it. | :30:53. | :31:04. | |
I think the Blues are just bored of driving line-outs. They have decided | :31:05. | :31:14. | |
to take the three. I know I was stressing points difference but I | :31:15. | :31:16. | |
did not quite have this in mind. It is three points to the Blues. It | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
will help the points difference at the end of the day that they could | :31:23. | :31:27. | |
do with tries as well. Four fixtures in the Premiership tomorrow. The big | :31:28. | :31:31. | |
one tomorrow is the Gwent RB, Newport against Crosskeys. | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
Pontypridd are playing Merthyr in the fourth round of the sway let up. | :31:39. | :31:47. | |
Your brother has recently joined Merthyr. What do you think? I think | :31:48. | :31:58. | |
it is a massive occasion. The cup, it is one of those games where you | :31:59. | :32:02. | |
have a lower league team against a Premiership team, it is anyone's | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
game. It is like a cup final really. What about to showcase valleys | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
rugby? It is massive. It is the game everybody wants. And it is | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
happening. I suppose it will be one of the biggest crowd Sardis Road has | :32:19. | :32:24. | |
seen all year. It is a tough one for me. I am a Merthyr boy. But I have | :32:25. | :32:29. | |
had some good times at Ponty. I am 50-50. Very firmly on the fence. May | :32:30. | :32:42. | |
the best team win, that is all you can say. It is great. The cup is | :32:43. | :32:51. | |
getting so much attention. It will be a great occasion tomorrow at | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
Sardis Road. The referee will be very important in that one. And it | :32:57. | :33:03. | |
is not just the players as well, it is Lee Jarvis and the chief going | :33:04. | :33:10. | |
back there as well. A lovely pass to Josh Navidi but Rey Lee-Lo knocks it | :33:11. | :33:12. | |
on. It cannot be too serious if he is | :33:13. | :33:26. | |
still out there. Great hands. Great touch from Rhys Patchell. Just | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
overran it a bit, Rey Lee-Lo. But you mentioned earlier, he is finding | :33:34. | :33:37. | |
his feet. Sam Warburton is going off. Yes, he has blown away the | :33:38. | :33:46. | |
cobwebs with just over an hour. And now Vosawai, formerly of Treviso is | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
coming on. A change at scrum-half. The Blues will have their third | :33:53. | :33:57. | |
captain of the evening. It was Lloyd Williams and now it is Matthew Rees. | :33:58. | :34:11. | |
The Dragons against Edinburgh on S4C on Sunday afternoon to round off the | :34:12. | :34:15. | |
weekend. And then the highlights of the whole weekend and a little luck | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
at Rob Evans down on the farm, 7pm on Sunday. | :34:21. | :34:33. | |
Josh Turnbull was refereeing that one. | :34:34. | :35:05. | |
REFEREE: You have all just come on. When we | :35:06. | :35:08. | |
crouch, we hold, keep the space, keep the ball and keep the Cherop | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
until the ball is in. That is the message. Come on. | :35:16. | :36:43. | |
Premiership team next year, that would make sense. A wealth of | :36:44. | :36:52. | |
experience though. Pontypridd, Warriors, Scarlets, Blues. | :36:53. | :37:02. | |
Good hands by Dillon Lewis. He managed to pick it up off the deck | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
before Montauriol could get there. Vosawai. Gareth Anscombe. That was | :37:09. | :37:20. | |
meant for Dan Fish. It would not sit up for him. Now it does for Hayward. | :37:21. | :37:28. | |
Step back in to Josh Navidi in the end. Gareth Anscombe, he has it all | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
to do himself and he may well do it. A great catch. Vosawai, did that | :37:34. | :37:45. | |
reach or not? If he has finished that off, that was superb. If he has | :37:46. | :37:51. | |
finished that, brilliant try. Firstly from Gareth Anscombe and if | :37:52. | :37:56. | |
Vosawai has taken this and grounded it... Let's have a look. I think he | :37:57. | :38:12. | |
has lost that. I think he has lost it. | :38:13. | :38:22. | |
I think we need to see it in real time as well. Brilliant catch. I | :38:23. | :38:30. | |
wish they would go back for the catch. I think he has lost it. The | :38:31. | :38:39. | |
crowd have seen it on the big screen. So, so close. Bad would have | :38:40. | :38:45. | |
been brilliant. It is a shame. Brilliant pace from Anscombe. I | :38:46. | :38:51. | |
thought he could made it himself. He has thrown it inside. Great pace. | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
Bounces back up. Great decision. That is brilliant on the run. That | :38:58. | :39:07. | |
deserved a try. Vosawai was on halfway when Anscombe started it. | :39:08. | :39:12. | |
Great support work. He is fresh, he has just come on. The applause for | :39:13. | :39:23. | |
Dillon Lewis and Rey Lee-Lo, as they depart. Scott Andrews, now there is | :39:24. | :39:29. | |
someone we have not seen much of this year. He has been playing a | :39:30. | :39:34. | |
little bit at hooker for Cardiff in the Premiership. Good to see him | :39:35. | :39:41. | |
back. Prop, second row, Hopper. He is a fantastic rugby player. Has not | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
quite been able to nail down a spot at tight head. He is a very good | :39:47. | :39:50. | |
rugby player in the loose. Jones once that call. -- want this | :39:51. | :40:29. | |
fact is ball yet, in fairness, I think he did the initial clean-up of | :40:30. | :40:32. | |
the second guy and has gone out and sealed. And that is the pressure | :40:33. | :40:36. | |
with the back. I mentioned at the start of the game the the threat | :40:37. | :40:40. | |
that the Blues have got in that the is really cause Treviso are other | :40:41. | :40:50. | |
problems tonight. Vosawai got so close to a spectacular try. Now a | :40:51. | :40:56. | |
far more conventional drive towards the try line. Over the try line. And | :40:57. | :41:03. | |
this time, he does get his try. Yeah, not aspect Adler but I think | :41:04. | :41:09. | |
that is a well worked try, great patience -- spectacular. Vosawai, an | :41:10. | :41:16. | |
old and at an Treviso player. And they have thrown the Tao Lin now, | :41:17. | :41:22. | |
Treviso, haven't they? They did not compete that time, they did not stay | :41:23. | :41:30. | |
down and stop the drive. -- throwing the in now. | :41:31. | :41:46. | |
They have rounded it off with one for Vosawai. | :41:47. | :42:16. | |
Adds two more to his ever-growing total. It is Sam Warburton in a | :42:17. | :42:26. | |
Blues jersey. How nice is it to be back in the Blues shirt? It is nice. | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
To pick a couple of big Blues they and I was fine. It is great to be | :42:32. | :42:34. | |
back on the pitch and by performing again. All of a sudden, the Blues | :42:35. | :42:40. | |
could be in the mix for the top six. Our home form has been pretty good | :42:41. | :42:45. | |
this season. And we are chasing the top six. The last two games, we have | :42:46. | :42:49. | |
had bonus point wins and we have three massive derby is coming up, | :42:50. | :42:51. | |
the and the Dragons. Josh Navidi carries like a number | :42:52. | :43:12. | |
eight. We know what Gethin Jenkins can do, he fancies himself in the | :43:13. | :43:14. | |
back row. The Blues bench getting a run out. | :43:15. | :43:36. | |
Tom James. Thought he was going to be clean through for a second. | :43:37. | :43:42. | |
Jarrad Hoeata. Switch to Scott Andrews. And he fancies a run. The | :43:43. | :43:54. | |
feeling is that there is at least one more to come from the Blues. I | :43:55. | :43:58. | |
was about to say that. I do not think they are done yet. Good pass | :43:59. | :44:04. | |
from Rhys Patchell to Josh Turnbull. Manages to keep it alive. | :44:05. | :44:11. | |
Evans. Pixel Rhys Patchell. Jarrad Hoeata, good hands to Dan Fish. You | :44:12. | :44:22. | |
we go. It is on. It is Tom James account is over. The try six. To | :44:23. | :44:30. | |
take the Blues over 40 points. Yeah, we said you decide that says they | :44:31. | :44:34. | |
are going to be more. They should allow the line, Treviso have lost | :44:35. | :44:37. | |
all shape. It is a great ball again from Rhys Patchell. He threw when | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
the other side. Good ball by Jarrad Hoeata, take and give. Good decision | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
by Dan Fish to go to the good man on the outside in Tom James. But | :44:47. | :44:52. | |
dangerous with ball in hand all night. And good finish. With it is | :44:53. | :45:09. | |
nice that on James. Not have the best 6-nations. A very strong and | :45:10. | :45:18. | |
powerful winger. He has been in outstanding form the Blues Aurea. He | :45:19. | :45:30. | |
adds the extras and the Blues are rampant. Still with evermore. One | :45:31. | :45:39. | |
more, I think. Still with evermore. Gets ever extract the extra width on | :45:40. | :45:47. | |
the ball. A couple of nice touches tonight. So they are attacking wise, | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
there is stacks of talent on show for the Blues. I think they are the | :45:54. | :45:58. | |
highest point scorers in the league apart from Connacht. Without the | :45:59. | :46:00. | |
ball, they have struggled defensively. They are forced to be | :46:01. | :46:06. | |
reckoned with because of all that attacking threat. Yes, second in | :46:07. | :46:11. | |
terms of points and tries to Connacht. Treviso look for some | :46:12. | :46:21. | |
scant crumbs of comfort. Lucchese loses it. Tom James with | :46:22. | :46:49. | |
the early ball. He is hanging onto anything he can. Matthew Rees. Lewis | :46:50. | :47:02. | |
Jones to Jarrod Evans. Rhys Patchell, again, looking to be the | :47:03. | :47:11. | |
creative influence on the outside. Lewis Jones with the quick pick and | :47:12. | :47:15. | |
go. Dan Fish is there with him. He is looking to go all the way and Dan | :47:16. | :47:23. | |
Fish does go all the way. A great score and he has deserved it. Yes, | :47:24. | :47:29. | |
he has. He has been electric with ball in hand. This is what always | :47:30. | :47:33. | |
happens when Dan Fish has the ball in hand. Too much pace for a tired, | :47:34. | :47:39. | |
tired Treviso defence. Good work by Lewis Jones, great portrait from Dan | :47:40. | :47:49. | |
Fish. -- support play. That is his future, I think, on the wing. | :47:50. | :47:54. | |
Matthew Morgan is predominantly a fullback next year at the Blues. He | :47:55. | :48:09. | |
has plenty of pace. The white flag has come out from Treviso. They have | :48:10. | :48:11. | |
just folded in the last ten minutes. He just pulls the conversion. So | :48:12. | :48:29. | |
they stayed just shy of 50. Lewis Jones was asking for the penalty, | :48:30. | :48:32. | |
tap and go, gives Italy. Backs himself against Hayward. | :48:33. | :48:44. | |
Well, as Treviso take their time, they do not want to play any more. | :48:45. | :48:50. | |
Man of the match? Quite a few have stepped their hand up. Dandridge, | :48:51. | :48:53. | |
Rhys Patchell has done brilliantly again at 15, Josh Navidi as ever -- | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
Dan Fish. But that man right on cue, playing out of position, Josh | :49:01. | :49:02. | |
Turnbull for me has done all the hard graft early on, line-out balls, | :49:03. | :49:08. | |
brilliant carries, big hits, Josh Turnbull for me is the man of the | :49:09. | :49:12. | |
match. A lovely little show and go by Evans. Back inside to Rhys | :49:13. | :49:20. | |
Patchell. And that is try number eight for the Blues. And that does | :49:21. | :49:29. | |
take them over 50 points. Brilliant. Treviso not the best of opposition | :49:30. | :49:34. | |
but they have still got to executed and the Blues have done that. | :49:35. | :49:37. | |
Exactly. They have tried to do that all night. Great play by Jarrod | :49:38. | :49:41. | |
Evans. The little show one goal. Some health 40 was gone to pin his | :49:42. | :49:45. | |
years back. A great ball back inside. Rhys Patchell has looked | :49:46. | :49:48. | |
dangerous at 15 and a really well worked try from the Blues. Brilliant | :49:49. | :49:56. | |
play by Jarrod Evans. Too smart. Too quick and it is not dying with ball | :49:57. | :49:59. | |
in hand, it is the floor just before contact. And we said Dan Fish | :50:00. | :50:04. | |
deserved his try, but Rhys Patchell does as well. He has been superb at | :50:05. | :50:12. | |
15. I wonder how slow Treviso will walk to this kick-off. | :50:13. | :50:23. | |
Two more points for Jarrod Evans, two more points for the Blues. Two | :50:24. | :50:29. | |
seconds means they will have to play one more. They could get to 60. They | :50:30. | :50:42. | |
do not want to kick-off. Those two in short, either one of those could | :50:43. | :50:45. | |
have had man of the match tonight. Big performances. | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
There are tougher games ahead for the Blues that began going to them | :50:51. | :50:55. | |
on the back of two really good wins against Munster and Treviso. And | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
they are a dangerous, dangerous team at the minute. | :51:01. | :51:23. | |
Are fingering riper Treviso. -- nothing going right the Treviso. | :51:24. | :51:39. | |
Eight tries and 56 points will do. It is a second consecutive bonus | :51:40. | :51:46. | |
point win for the Blues. And they still have their eyes set on that | :51:47. | :51:50. | |
sixth place. People will say it's only Treviso. But that is the kind | :51:51. | :51:58. | |
of scoreline you should see, and that even on the beat what is in | :51:59. | :52:02. | |
front of you. They opened up in the Shetland have and showed some great | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
skills with ball in hand. And they are on the hunt for that top six. | :52:07. | :52:10. | |
Six second half tries the the Blues as they eventually run rampant and | :52:11. | :52:17. | |
Ava drag old Treviso side had no answers in the end. Another clear | :52:18. | :52:25. | |
win, another bonus point win Treviso put to the sword by 56-8. | :52:26. | :52:35. | |
Congratulations. How did you enjoy the second row? It is a little bit | :52:36. | :52:39. | |
tougher than playing in the back row. It hurts on the legs and the | :52:40. | :52:44. | |
lungs. What did it feel like playing in front of three opensides in the | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
back? Their work in the contact area is phenomenal. You know what to | :52:51. | :52:55. | |
expect from them and especially in the contact area, it gives as good | :52:56. | :52:56. | |
go forward ball. Bonus point wins, the contact area, it gives as good | :52:57. | :53:05. | |
people will say it is just Treviso at home, with the greatest of | :53:06. | :53:06. | |
respect but we feel the at home, with the greatest of | :53:07. | :53:29. | |
to work towards that top six. Well done. Thank you very much. So, the | :53:30. | :53:39. | |
Blues overwhelmed Treviso in that second half. Six tries to go with | :53:40. | :53:44. | |
the two in the first half and it really was something of a rock. | :53:45. | :53:48. | |
Kristian Dacey crashing over from close range. Vosawai nearly crossing | :53:49. | :53:51. | |
for what could have close range. Vosawai nearly crossing | :53:52. | :55:22. | |
Blues had a lot of possession. In the second half, they were dominant, | :55:23. | :55:25. | |
they were clinical, and when you play the game at that speed and | :55:26. | :55:28. | |
puppies, it really ties the opposition out and that you could | :55:29. | :55:31. | |
tell from the two or three tries scored at the end, but the | :55:32. | :55:35. | |
interesting things were thing is that the Blues scored 56 points but | :55:36. | :55:39. | |
they left for five tries out there as well. It is worrying what the | :55:40. | :55:42. | |
score could have been if they had been a little more clinical. We can | :55:43. | :55:49. | |
now speak to Danny Wilson. Yes, he is smiling. A great performance. | :55:50. | :55:53. | |
That is just about what you wanted. Yes, the second half, we definitely | :55:54. | :55:58. | |
upped our game in terms of attacking shape and our ability to cause | :55:59. | :56:01. | |
problems with the high tempo rugby that we play on this page. They have | :56:02. | :56:10. | |
performed really well. No injuries. That is the important thing, like | :56:11. | :56:15. | |
you said. Produce one day, we jump above the Ospreys in the table and | :56:16. | :56:18. | |
get ourselves the opportunity to start loosening. | :56:19. | :56:31. | |
Our ourselves in a position where viruses on the boughs, to get back | :56:32. | :56:38. | |
to where we are now, knowing a number of all games come out, we | :56:39. | :56:40. | |
have won those games, Ulster Munster, tonight, couple of bonus | :56:41. | :56:46. | |
point wins, gives as an opportunity on this service, we have to improve | :56:47. | :56:49. | |
our home record but we are getting there. Well done and improve the | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
derbies. They have gone ahead of the Ospreys and listening Blues fans | :56:55. | :56:56. | |
will be celibate into my. Let's bring in Sean Holley. We have spoken | :56:57. | :57:02. | |
with our server to the Blues wraps were trying to start to hide in the | :57:03. | :57:08. | |
second half. They ran Julie is a ragged. They have got a style of | :57:09. | :57:11. | |
play. They have got a style of play. Visual to conference and the end. | :57:12. | :57:14. | |
The batch editing about as well. It is a positive light of the Michael | :57:15. | :57:25. | |
Blues. We felt that Josh Navidi got over that on the second effort, it | :57:26. | :57:28. | |
was good because the chorizo winger, round on the openside. And Gethin | :57:29. | :57:33. | |
Jenkins last on to Christian Davies to power over. It is a good try is a | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
leading dry year. A decoy midfielder look how deeply part shall Jarrad | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
Hoeata and Dan Fish are on the outside. It is crucial because | :57:43. | :57:47. | |
Treviso spot up in defence on the outside. Good tracking from Tom | :57:48. | :57:50. | |
James. But there was a very good try, controlled pulling back foot | :57:51. | :57:54. | |
speed. Lewis Jones added the impact but Dan Fish read this all the way. | :57:55. | :57:58. | |
And showed great gas to be the very quick Hayward on the outside. It was | :57:59. | :58:04. | |
a great second half and Danny Wilson will enjoy his beer tonight. He | :58:05. | :58:07. | |
certainly will. Josh Turnbull is the official man of the match that there | :58:08. | :58:12. | |
were several candidates. We... How'd Rhys Patchell is going out of | :58:13. | :58:16. | |
position at fullback but it was a mature performance from him. He was | :58:17. | :58:20. | |
excellent. I see you underestimate his pace. Because he has quite a | :58:21. | :58:24. | |
long stride and he's a bit of a rangy runner, as you can see here, | :58:25. | :58:29. | |
he runs really good support lines as well. We mentioned at half-time, he | :58:30. | :58:33. | |
is an all-around good rugby player. He stays in support and he fully | :58:34. | :58:37. | |
deserves that try. He could have easily been man of the match tonight | :58:38. | :58:42. | |
as well. We do not have a great deal of time left. The Italians are a | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
pretty dark. A Wooden Spoon in the Six Nations. Zebre beaten heavily at | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
Munster tonight. We have seen Treviso capitulate in the second | :58:53. | :58:59. | |
half. As a fan, which I am now, it is re-disappointing. I think the | :59:00. | :59:01. | |
thing that frustrates me about Italian rugby is we are still | :59:02. | :59:06. | |
talking about a lack of fitness in the second half. For me, that is | :59:07. | :59:10. | |
unforgivable. In the modern professional age, the two things | :59:11. | :59:14. | |
that you can improve pretty quickly is fitness and defence. They have | :59:15. | :59:18. | |
missed sort of 37 not tackles in the game and their fitness every game, | :59:19. | :59:23. | |
the last 20 minutes, they always die. That is inescapable. -- | :59:24. | :59:35. | |
inexcusable. To still be lacking in fitness and to be missing 30 tackles | :59:36. | :59:42. | |
is just almost like a pub team. It is unforgivable. Kristian Dacey sat | :59:43. | :59:47. | |
on the fence with the Murphy Pontypridd Derby. URA Bamberg should | :59:48. | :59:59. | |
die. It is a closer study for a long time that the key fact that Alun Wyn | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Jones tips are congratulations to the | :00:01. | :00:13. | |
Blues. They got a sneaking wraps to European convocations on Sunday. | :00:14. | :01:35. | |
This is the one opportunity that I have to show them something | :01:36. | :01:43. | |
ALL: Oooh! Mm-hm. | :01:44. | :01:47. |