:00:43. > :01:02.A time to enjoy the most heart-warming of seasonal
:01:03. > :01:17.traditions. If yesterday was about goodwill to
:01:18. > :01:22.all men, today is about the renewal of the old and bitter war rivalries.
:01:23. > :01:26.Scrum V live comes from Cardiff, on Boxing Day, where Christmas cheer
:01:27. > :01:30.has given way to travel bragging rights. Over there is Cardiff Arms
:01:31. > :01:34.Park, a battle ground between today's showdown between the Blues
:01:35. > :01:37.and the Dragons. The fans are arriving, and they are anticipating
:01:38. > :01:43.another blood and thunder Welsh derby.
:01:44. > :01:52.Lee-Lo Calexico out of the air! Jones, white ball out, in a little
:01:53. > :01:57.bit of space. -- wide ball. This time, Lee-Lo, isolated. Evans finds
:01:58. > :02:04.Mayor. Oh, interception! What a gift to Tom
:02:05. > :02:15.James! After two weeks of European
:02:16. > :02:20.competition, the Pro12 returns in earnest today in one of the biggest
:02:21. > :02:23.fixtures in the calendar. The Blues have a dream start to their season,
:02:24. > :02:29.winning the first four in a row, but have stumbled since, the Dragons are
:02:30. > :02:33.down in ninth, with just three victories to their name. What a
:02:34. > :02:39.Christmas present it would be to pull off a Boxing Day smash and grab
:02:40. > :02:43.at the home of their nearest rivals. Good afternoon and seasons greetings
:02:44. > :02:48.to you. Hope you had a great day yesterday and are still enjoying the
:02:49. > :02:55.Christmas spirit. Seasons greetings too to Scrum V's three wise men. Are
:02:56. > :02:59.you feeling festive? Yes, looking forward to this game, nice to get
:03:00. > :03:04.out of the house. Nice crisp, dry day, so looking forward to the game
:03:05. > :03:08.can be. Conditions are great. Two teams looking for a spark to
:03:09. > :03:12.reignite their seasons and you are guaranteed to get sparks flying in a
:03:13. > :03:16.Boxing Day derby. I hope so, I hope the quality is good. It is a
:03:17. > :03:20.sell-out, fantastic news for the Pro12, and a potent came from fans
:03:21. > :03:34.and players and managers and coaches. Maybe get the New Year off
:03:35. > :03:39.to an early start. We love talking about the bragging rights. But the
:03:40. > :03:43.gap is beginning to widen, and they will want to witness in the race for
:03:44. > :03:47.Europe. If they have any thoughts of top six they have to win today. But
:03:48. > :03:50.select expectation during the summer when it came to the Blues, finish
:03:51. > :03:54.last season really well, on the first four games and you are
:03:55. > :04:05.thinking here go, could be something special. Really lost their way over
:04:06. > :04:08.the last few games. It is a must win game for the Blues. The Cardiff
:04:09. > :04:14.Blues favourites in the eyes of Martin. The Dragons, though, cannot
:04:15. > :04:22.win on the road for love nor love me -- not money. Does the psychological
:04:23. > :04:27.barrier get higher? It is a mindset really and they will not have a
:04:28. > :04:32.closer than home fixture than this one. They would have been talking
:04:33. > :04:35.about at this week. Trying to play on the probability of the Blues
:04:36. > :04:40.recent home form. If they can get a good start like the Scarlet Stade,
:04:41. > :04:47.they could cause an upset. The thought of the two coaches. Danny
:04:48. > :04:52.Wilson and Kingsley Jones with us now. Seasons greetings, Wessels
:04:53. > :04:58.start with you Kingsley, should we have a cracker? It is what it is all
:04:59. > :05:04.about, everyone has extra anxiety, usually the coaches, the players,
:05:05. > :05:08.the supporters. Great to see. A few Welsh international back for the
:05:09. > :05:15.Dragons, Nick Williams, how much of a boost? Massive, it is great to get
:05:16. > :05:19.him back on the pitch for us. Quite a few ex-blues players in the
:05:20. > :05:24.Dragons side. Are we all friends here today or does it all led to the
:05:25. > :05:29.spice? My chat in the meeting was about a few former Blues players
:05:30. > :05:32.come as you say. Just play it as a collective, don't make it personal.
:05:33. > :05:35.They all like a pro playing against there are a team but all the Kindle
:05:36. > :05:40.to do that is to get the right result. The crowd getting excited,
:05:41. > :05:44.some of the Dragons think maybe the Blues are under pressure today, how
:05:45. > :05:48.do you see it? It is a home game. We won our last game at home and we
:05:49. > :05:51.want to do the same again today. Full respect for the supposition
:05:52. > :05:54.that will have to work hard to get it. Turkeys amateurs at the ready,
:05:55. > :06:01.we hope to talk to you after the match. Not much in the way of
:06:02. > :06:07.fighting talk. They seem fairly relaxed. Danny Wilson alluded to it,
:06:08. > :06:10.Martin mentioned it, exchange lopsided season to the Blues, they
:06:11. > :06:17.won their first four in a row and then they have won one from six. How
:06:18. > :06:22.disruptive might that have been, in hindsight? He is a new coach, would
:06:23. > :06:27.have been disrupted. They have looked a little bit lost since he
:06:28. > :06:30.has been gone. Rod Wood sniping around the fringes, which would
:06:31. > :06:34.want. Trying to play an expansive game and sometimes they overplay it
:06:35. > :06:40.a bit. Trying to get their flankers in the wide channel. All back three
:06:41. > :06:46.players are down in this short 15 metres. No one from the right back.
:06:47. > :06:51.That is an area of concern but also they ship to many tries at home at
:06:52. > :07:00.the Arms Park. Against Ulster a few weeks ago they were too vulnerable.
:07:01. > :07:04.As we know, this area they really exploited. First with Gilroy and
:07:05. > :07:06.then this big centre, who I have been really impressed with,
:07:07. > :07:13.McCluskey, the attacks down the same area. They went too vulnerable, too
:07:14. > :07:18.lazy, too adept at conceding tries in this area and it is a vulnerable
:07:19. > :07:27.area for them. They need to tighten up their defence but the attack has
:07:28. > :07:33.got sharper with the arrival of Willis Halaholo. He has made such an
:07:34. > :07:39.impact. He was part of a hurricane seen that run the Super Rugby
:07:40. > :07:42.tournament. If he can get front football today, that centre
:07:43. > :07:46.partnership is incredibly dangerous. Something the Dragons, they will
:07:47. > :07:50.have to give them ready in this game if they want to be successful.
:07:51. > :07:54.Ideally you would like to see a Welsh boy in the centre amongst
:07:55. > :07:58.them, but such is things. Yes, I don't want to put a negative spin on
:07:59. > :08:00.things but that is the upshot. Two cracking recruits for the Cardiff
:08:01. > :08:07.Blues but they are keeping watch boys out. They are, but you have to
:08:08. > :08:12.try to get quality Welsh boys. You have two overseas in the Scarlets
:08:13. > :08:14.and in the Ospreys and the Blues. On an international scale, where are
:08:15. > :08:19.these youngsters going to play? That will be a problem in the future. But
:08:20. > :08:24.there has been a lack of intensity. When they get defeats, the intensity
:08:25. > :08:28.has dropped but also Nick Williams. He was a no go forward when Nick
:08:29. > :08:31.Williams was injured. Nobody has really stepped up to the mantle and
:08:32. > :08:35.carried the ball. With Nick Williams back today, with the boys on the
:08:36. > :08:39.front foot, I'd be a real handful again today. They will be delighted
:08:40. > :08:43.to see him back. We talked about the centres of the Blues opposite them
:08:44. > :08:45.for the Dragons, a young man with a terrible run of injuries that
:08:46. > :08:50.starting to discover his confidence now. He burst onto the scene a
:08:51. > :08:54.couple of years back the next big thing for Wales. You forget he was
:08:55. > :08:58.playing in a World Cup quarterfinal just 12 months ago, Tyler Morgan,
:08:59. > :09:02.and he has huge potential but injuries have hampered him, so he
:09:03. > :09:06.has not yet fulfilled his potential. He is a very young man and a huge
:09:07. > :09:16.test on his hands, defensively as much as anything to keep Clewlow and
:09:17. > :09:19.Halaholo quiet. -- to keep Lee-Lo. Kingsley Jones has openly said he
:09:20. > :09:23.wants to recruit some of the more senior players to bolster that squad
:09:24. > :09:33.but some of starting to prove their worth now. You're yes, they lack
:09:34. > :09:40.quality talisman. The signing of terrorist has been a catalyst to try
:09:41. > :09:47.to speed it up. Watch out for Ollie Griffiths, not just an attack put on
:09:48. > :09:51.the ball. They are trying to get Ashton Hewitt on the ball. A
:09:52. > :09:54.dangerous manner so look out for him. But it is the clever tactics
:09:55. > :10:00.they need to employ because they lack that firefly. -- that
:10:01. > :10:07.firepower. Watch TR Thomas go round the back. The sort of clever tactics
:10:08. > :10:13.that they need. Chance of turnover ball, will they have anything up
:10:14. > :10:19.their sleeve today? We shall see. Another interesting subplot to this,
:10:20. > :10:22.there are six players in that Dragons squad that used to play for
:10:23. > :10:26.the Blues, considered not good enough the Blues, they will have a
:10:27. > :10:30.point to prove, when they? Certainly motivation factor, but they will
:10:31. > :10:35.forget about that, it is a big crowd, both sides will be up it.
:10:36. > :10:39.When they say the backs have felt a bit lost without their backs coach,
:10:40. > :10:43.hang on now, they are professional rugby players. The backs coach gives
:10:44. > :10:45.you guidelines, doesn't give due guidelines on the field. As a
:10:46. > :10:49.decision-making for the youngsters on the field, you have to make the
:10:50. > :10:52.decisions on the field. Today in the heat of the battle, great atmosphere
:10:53. > :10:55.and very noisy, you want people to put their hands up and say right
:10:56. > :10:59.post, follow me, I control this game and that is what I want to see from
:11:00. > :11:05.both sets of half-backs today. Look at Sam Warburton there, making his
:11:06. > :11:08.hundredth appearance for the Blues. You remember him Martin when he came
:11:09. > :11:15.in from the academy committee is a real talisman. He needs to put his
:11:16. > :11:19.international form behind him, but you look at the back row, Warburton,
:11:20. > :11:26.Nick Williams, incredibly aggressive, up against Ollie
:11:27. > :11:30.Griffiths, Jackson, and Lewis Evans. A mouthwatering match up. The last
:11:31. > :11:34.time these two teams met on Boxing Day here, the Dragons did when
:11:35. > :11:44.unexpectedly. Can history repeat itself? Let's find out from our
:11:45. > :11:46.commentators. COMMENTATOR: Seasons greetings to you all. Lloyd
:11:47. > :11:53.Fairbrother makes only a second league start of the season alongside
:11:54. > :11:59.Sam Hobbs and TR Thomas, two former Blues. Another former blue, Tavis
:12:00. > :12:10.Knoyle established himself at scrum-half, as has Angus O'Brien at
:12:11. > :12:17.Nemeth ten. -- at number ten. As has been shunned Sam Warburton in his
:12:18. > :12:20.100th appearance for the Blues, though it has taken him the best
:12:21. > :12:29.part of nine seasons to reach that milestone. He will be walking out to
:12:30. > :12:37.a packed Cardiff Arms Park. On what is a lovely day. Warburton captain
:12:38. > :12:48.because there is no Gethin Jenkins in the team today. Scott Andrews
:12:49. > :12:54.preferred on the tight end to Taufa'ao Filise. A late change on
:12:55. > :13:00.the wing sees Cory Allen info the unwell Tom James. Reynold Lee-Lo an
:13:01. > :13:03.ever present and voting partnership with Willis Halaholo. Cuthbert up to
:13:04. > :13:27.some form as well. Ben Whitehouse in charge this
:13:28. > :13:29.afternoon. It promises to be an excellent game. Conditions
:13:30. > :13:36.absolutely perfect. Gorgeous day in the capital city. As the Cardiff
:13:37. > :13:42.Blues try and keep tabs on the top six in the Pro12, and the Dragons
:13:43. > :13:49.look to keep their season going. First mistake comes from the first
:13:50. > :13:53.play, as the ball goes out. It is the Dragons playing in blue this
:13:54. > :13:57.afternoon and the Blues playing in blue and blue. I was going to say,
:13:58. > :14:00.for those who have had a big day yesterday, this could be difficult
:14:01. > :14:02.to doing to try and make out who's who in this. Very strange decision
:14:03. > :14:17.by both teams. Dacey to the tale. Navidi in the
:14:18. > :14:21.scrum cap, there was Nick Williams in his first run in the first
:14:22. > :14:28.minute. That go forward is what the Blues have missed at times, he has
:14:29. > :14:35.been out since the start of October. Warburton carries on. Lloyd Williams
:14:36. > :14:39.to Shingler, delays the pass. Williams. Shingler again and still
:14:40. > :14:43.Shingler, and he may well have got there. It is tight but he has got
:14:44. > :14:52.the ball down before being bundled over. No need for the TMO. What a
:14:53. > :14:59.start, and what a finish by Steven Shingler. Yes, Cardiff will be very,
:15:00. > :15:02.very disappointed with that defensive effort. Plenty of numbers,
:15:03. > :15:07.they slipped off the tackle and you get this great finish, though, very
:15:08. > :15:11.good finish. There is a little off-load, double pump, he gets back
:15:12. > :15:15.into position, recycles back, throws the ball, throws the dummy, steps
:15:16. > :15:20.over the tackle. I think it's Hewitt, isn't it, that tackle has
:15:21. > :15:26.got to be made. Stays on his feet, good finish. Great finish, great
:15:27. > :15:32.play from the Blues but it all comes back to come you can imagine the
:15:33. > :15:39.team talk, start of a positive, immediately under pressure. But
:15:40. > :15:46.great play from the Blues. A very good start, two minutes and over.
:15:47. > :15:56.Here is the try scorer, now going to try to add the two points. As Martin
:15:57. > :15:59.said, you have got to make your front up tackles. Yes, mistake
:16:00. > :16:06.compounded by mistake, and Kingsley Jones will be wondering how on earth
:16:07. > :16:13.do you do that right from kick-off on such a big stage? APPLAUSE
:16:14. > :16:25.Tremendous conversion to add to his finish, what a start to the game by
:16:26. > :16:32.Steven Shingler. The single one and one. Misses, he is over.
:16:33. > :16:39.O'Brien. He will have to put that first kick out of his head. A great
:16:40. > :16:43.kick by Ed Jackson on Lloyd Williams. He does very well indeed
:16:44. > :16:53.to control it, under the circumstances.
:16:54. > :17:06.It is still alive. But follow-up, though.
:17:07. > :17:36.TR Thomas. Penalty goes the Blues way.
:17:37. > :17:42.Yes, I think it was Navidi who got over the ball. You look at the Blues
:17:43. > :17:48.back row, such a physical, powerful back row. Morgan, Williams and
:17:49. > :18:03.Navidi, you expect Williams to get the advantage there.
:18:04. > :18:16.They have both the last two. At eight. Williams with the feed.
:18:17. > :18:23.Incomes Cory Allen. Late call up on the wing. Tom James has spent some
:18:24. > :18:32.time in hospital recently with a gallstone. Best wishes for a
:18:33. > :18:37.recovery to him. Morgan with the pass going behind Rey Lee-Lo. It's
:18:38. > :18:50.all Blues at the moment. Low tackle by Tyler Morgan. Williams
:18:51. > :19:08.can't control. Odette and why you would throw that
:19:09. > :19:14.covered to be honest, scrum-half. Plenty more players behind. He has
:19:15. > :19:19.overran the ball, forward pass, good positioning by the referee, right
:19:20. > :19:23.behind him. Yes, we mention Nick Williams at the top of the show, and
:19:24. > :19:29.I would not expect him to play fully. But a big 50, 60 minutes for
:19:30. > :19:34.him. He would be blowing, having had such a long time out the last couple
:19:35. > :19:39.of months. 7th of October against the Ospreys was his last outing. Two
:19:40. > :19:54.years in Munster. Before coming out the Cardiff.
:19:55. > :20:01.REFEREE: Just feet. Nothing wrong with the ground. Interesting to see
:20:02. > :20:04.Scott Andrews getting the nod at tight head, rather than de Fauw
:20:05. > :20:09.fully say who is on the bench. I dare say there will be a bit of
:20:10. > :20:11.banter going on between he and Sam Hobbs on the other side -- Taufa'ao
:20:12. > :20:18.Filise. Crouch, bind, said. This scrum is
:20:19. > :20:39.taking an age. Pat Howard in from the wing. Under
:20:40. > :20:45.pressure, a good pass from O'Brien. Halaholo flying. The two centres
:20:46. > :20:51.have worked out a defensive system, one will blast out one will hold an
:20:52. > :20:56.watch drift. If that is going to be the case, the Dragons have to try
:20:57. > :21:03.and work it out. WHISTLE O'Brien looking for Howard. And even
:21:04. > :21:08.though it was a good kick and the ball was in the air, Lewis Evans had
:21:09. > :21:12.requested the penalty, which is why Ben Whitehouse gave it. I don't
:21:13. > :21:27.think he would have caught the ball so easily. Gone.
:21:28. > :21:33.Good kick. Defensively, since that miss start, they have done very
:21:34. > :21:37.well. Just to jump the gun a little bit. Offside. A very good kick.
:21:38. > :22:00.Angus O'Brien. Good field position. Edged Jackson down at the front of
:22:01. > :22:05.the Dragons line. TR Thomas. We have seen how clever he can be from his
:22:06. > :22:15.line-up positions. Not that time, though. Well stopped by the Blues.
:22:16. > :22:23.Adam Warren had to take it from a steady start.
:22:24. > :22:30.Knock-on. Spilt in the tackle. Yes. It was off a Cardiff Blues player,
:22:31. > :22:46.wasn't it? Off Sam Warburton. Really evident, for me, the first
:22:47. > :22:50.ten minutes the Dragons about the ball, they have tried to go close
:22:51. > :22:53.quarters, really struggled to get over the gain line. The physicality
:22:54. > :23:01.of the Blues, coping with the Dragons carriers wait. That will add
:23:02. > :23:06.to the speculation, won't it? And interesting spectator, Leigh
:23:07. > :23:10.Halfpenny. He has had a week of Comey bumped into him, let's not
:23:11. > :23:19.start... LAUGHTER He played a game in the autumn, now
:23:20. > :23:22.he has had a week off, that's it. Interesting back formation, if you
:23:23. > :23:29.look at the Dragons, just watch them, put out a little bit, two,
:23:30. > :23:39.three behind. Let's just watch how this goes. Good control by Ed
:23:40. > :23:49.Jackson. WHISTLE Up and around. Boys. Could have
:23:50. > :23:57.stood anywhere, really, the backs. That ball wasn't coming out. Good
:23:58. > :24:02.drive, three points. Very good control by Ed Jackson, once it
:24:03. > :24:05.started reeling from you thought not exactly the kind of ball you want
:24:06. > :24:07.in, let's see if we can get a penalty out of it. And that's
:24:08. > :24:31.exactly what they did get. Rhys Gill and Scott Andrews, both of
:24:32. > :24:38.whom featured in the all in series. -- autumn international series.
:24:39. > :24:46.Safely done by Anders O'Brien, -- Angus O'Brien, the Dragons are the
:24:47. > :24:51.first point of the afternoon. Yes, they needed that, it was a very poor
:24:52. > :24:55.start by the Dragons. First four minutes, they needed to get
:24:56. > :24:58.something on the board. Two good kicks by Angus O'Brien, that was a
:24:59. > :25:05.straightforward run in front of the post but it will settle them down.
:25:06. > :25:14.The game for him. -- big game for him. WHISTLE
:25:15. > :25:16.Again, not a great exit from the Dragons. Straightaway gives the
:25:17. > :25:38.Blues a great attack opportunity. Again, Warburton used in the
:25:39. > :25:41.line-out. Halaholo. Williams arrives late, and that makes it very
:25:42. > :25:45.difficult for the first man. Brushes past Lloyd Fairbrother. Matthew
:25:46. > :25:52.Morgan Coppoc quite a queue starts in Europe. Now starting in the
:25:53. > :26:14.league as well. James down. Shingler.
:26:15. > :26:24.Deep pass to Rey Lee-Lo, Matthew Morgan, that was a great pass by
:26:25. > :26:32.Lee-Lo but straight into the hands of Tom Prydie. The Dragons will be
:26:33. > :26:37.very happy because defensively they are creeping across the field. They
:26:38. > :26:43.had an overlap but instead of going inside shoulders, they want on the
:26:44. > :26:48.outside loop. -- went on the outside loop, and just ran out of space.
:26:49. > :26:56.Tennis and the one waiting for it. There was a little block on Matthew
:26:57. > :26:59.Morgan, and it didn't need it Knoyle had so much time. They kill
:27:00. > :27:03.themselves at times, the Dragons, because the kicking has been so
:27:04. > :27:13.poor. That was easy ball for Tavis Knoyle is the penalised Tom Prydie
:27:14. > :27:17.for looking for Matthew Morgan and blocking his lines. Matthew Morgan
:27:18. > :27:24.the only one following it up, the only one anywhere near it. Tavis
:27:25. > :28:06.Knoyle so much time then. Such a cheap, cheap penalty to give away.
:28:07. > :28:19.Baggage like by Stephen Schindler. -- a good striker.
:28:20. > :28:51.Just in case you missed the, it goes straight down the middle.
:28:52. > :29:10.Plenty of height from Williams. He needs to be careful about his
:29:11. > :29:29.timing. It bounced into Lewis Evans's hands anyway. Confusion
:29:30. > :29:35.again in the Dragons' ranks. It is a bit scrappy at the moment. They are
:29:36. > :29:58.both running the same hall, unfortunately. He just smashes him.
:29:59. > :30:12.It could be interesting. Matthew Morgan is the first man on the
:30:13. > :30:15.blindside. Depth is important to see if they can release Matthew Morgan
:30:16. > :30:25.with a short pass or something, stop the drift. There is Matthew Morgan.
:30:26. > :30:41.White-mac that was great play, that just stop that move. The ball was so
:30:42. > :30:52.slow. Huge shot out the blindside. Openside for the Dragons. He reminds
:30:53. > :31:04.me of Sam Warburton when he was a youngster, so explosive over the
:31:05. > :31:06.ball. There is the turnover, he is straight over the ball. He left
:31:07. > :31:50.early from the scrum. Have not been going there too often.
:31:51. > :31:54.It flies out of his arms. This will be a yellow card, the 3rd of
:31:55. > :32:13.January, perhaps even now. How costly could this be? I just
:32:14. > :32:28.want to see the view. Could you play that to me again. OK. I think it is
:32:29. > :32:35.just a reaction. It is a penalty, but that depends on the referee and
:32:36. > :32:41.what he thinks. He does not dark but he does try to spend. -- does not
:32:42. > :32:59.dark. New directors are in force here.
:33:00. > :33:06.Your arm is always up high. It is going to be a yellow card. That is
:33:07. > :33:14.the way of the game, whether you agree with it or not. It is a high
:33:15. > :33:21.tackle. A penalty would have been enough for me. You cannot criticise
:33:22. > :33:29.Ben Whitehouse, he knows the reaction. I'm not even sure at the
:33:30. > :33:33.referees are happy with the new directive. I have seen some farcical
:33:34. > :33:58.yellow cards recently. He is going to get a bit of stick
:33:59. > :34:09.after all of this. Not from the jargons' fans. -- Dragons'. They
:34:10. > :34:21.have 9-10 minutes to try and impose themselves on this game.
:34:22. > :34:29.The first quarter is almost done. Despite the Blues having the better
:34:30. > :34:43.of it, the Dragons are still in touch. There is significant wind.
:34:44. > :34:56.They got Alex Cuthbert out of that rut.
:34:57. > :35:08.At those beads it looked like a collision. The fact that Alex
:35:09. > :35:14.Cuthbert has landed on his backside makes it look worse. If we look at
:35:15. > :35:23.it in slow motion it makes things look worse. A shoulder to the head
:35:24. > :35:49.there. Could be played out through once
:35:50. > :35:57.more? It was just a collision. It is a grey area. It looks around chest
:35:58. > :36:04.height. He has gone in with his shoulder. If Alex Cuthbert had
:36:05. > :36:18.stayed on his feet nothing would have happened. You connect it with
:36:19. > :36:38.number 14. Your arm was always down there. It is a yellow card.
:36:39. > :36:50.When it is slowed down or magnified it always looks worse than it is. We
:36:51. > :36:55.want to avoid head injuries but it is becoming a bit of a farce for me.
:36:56. > :37:22.There have been two cards there. They are in danger of changing the
:37:23. > :37:23.nature of the game completely. And they wonder why people do not watch
:37:24. > :37:47.any more. Stephen shingler is successful
:37:48. > :37:55.again. The captain is worth Danny Wilson. What is your take on those
:37:56. > :38:01.two yellow cards? I think ours was quite lazy and it deserved
:38:02. > :38:04.something, but probably not a yellow, but under the sanctions the
:38:05. > :38:14.game is no wonder the referee has no choice. You had a great start to the
:38:15. > :38:19.game. We have done reasonably well. We fed them with a yellow card.
:38:20. > :38:26.Pretty clinical and hopefully we can keep it going. What is your message
:38:27. > :38:31.to the boys? We are now dealing with a yellow and we must adjust to that.
:38:32. > :38:47.We will catch up with you later. Thank you.
:38:48. > :38:55.He thought the losing a centre may take some adjustment. But they
:38:56. > :39:07.haven't goes for the next 6-7 minutes. He was not tackle and he
:39:08. > :39:13.made good headway up to the Blues' ten metre line. They are giving
:39:14. > :39:40.themselves a chance. Just a little bit narrow in their
:39:41. > :39:45.defending, the Blues. And the Blues pay the price for losing a centre as
:39:46. > :39:56.Ashton Hewitt gets the Dragons' first. The Blues were playing with
:39:57. > :40:04.this drawback with the last offender on there. They are unmanned short
:40:05. > :40:11.but that is just open. You need to just a little bit when you are
:40:12. > :40:16.unmanned short in the centre. They defend the last man on the openside
:40:17. > :40:20.and that should not be the last time the Dragons do that because there is
:40:21. > :40:30.no one at home for the Blues in their defensive system. Plenty of
:40:31. > :40:42.speed, a good finish. It should be 13-13. Ashton Hewitt, another one
:40:43. > :40:52.who has called my eye this season. -- have got.
:40:53. > :41:09.Angus O'Brien converts and it is all square, 13-13. Very quickly watched
:41:10. > :41:16.this year. Stop it there. There is the full-back and there is no one
:41:17. > :41:18.behind. It is easy. The full-back is in the just so there is no one
:41:19. > :41:42.behind. Plenty happening as we hoped there
:41:43. > :41:51.would be. It was a good cake. -- good kick. They are really
:41:52. > :42:01.struggling to get back into the run half when they received the ball.
:42:02. > :42:16.The decision making is wrong at the moment, the execution.
:42:17. > :42:24.Cuthbert waiting, coming in from the left-hand wing. The Blues are very
:42:25. > :42:28.narrow at the moment, there is no width at all. Using the forwards to
:42:29. > :42:56.drive on. Cuthbert has come all the way over.
:42:57. > :43:00.A tackle by Hewitt. Penalty advantage for the Blues. Williams
:43:01. > :43:18.goes straight through the middle. It will be interesting to see what
:43:19. > :43:32.they do. It is a difficult kick. Think this is good decision.
:43:33. > :43:49.It has been a strength. It has gone really well.
:43:50. > :44:02.The ball is nowhere near him, it is on the far side. The Dragons thought
:44:03. > :44:04.they did enough to win the scrum. There was a shift at the front and
:44:05. > :44:25.it collapsed. It is ever so nice now. Everyone is
:44:26. > :44:46.afraid to do things. Make sure it stays nice and five. --
:44:47. > :45:16.nice and high. You have to look at that and see
:45:17. > :45:37.where Morgan defence. But has got to be keyed to the second half. Rey
:45:38. > :45:41.Lee-Lo is about to come back on. Check your town please. -- your
:45:42. > :45:52.town. It is like being back at school.
:45:53. > :45:57.This is meant to be a game for men. They should be treated like men.
:45:58. > :46:18.They are a man short. He comes right up there. Lloyd
:46:19. > :46:34.Williams, Kristian Dacey is driven back. Williams has another go.
:46:35. > :46:41.Williams expecting to be involved as often as possible in this close
:46:42. > :46:56.quarters. Scott Andrews, very close indeed. Stephen shingler. The
:46:57. > :47:07.Dragons defence is just about holding on but it is being
:47:08. > :47:15.stretched. Schindler, over the top, to James on the second row. Still
:47:16. > :47:24.this survive. Williams lines up for another go at the defence. Now try
:47:25. > :47:33.but a penalty straight in front. Number nine is offside. Taking
:47:34. > :47:47.quickly by Nick Williams. Ben Whitehouse wasn't even looking. He
:47:48. > :48:02.has touched it, that is play on. Ben Whitehouse got that wrong. They both
:48:03. > :48:19.came back onto Geller. -- on together.
:48:20. > :48:29.I felt we had a good platform but we were a little bit to be engaged.
:48:30. > :48:41.Matthew Morgan lines up behind Shingler. Centre either side. Which
:48:42. > :48:56.way is Matthew Morgan going to go if he gets the opportunity.
:48:57. > :49:04.All kinds of options here for the Blues. The first is to keep it at
:49:05. > :49:18.Williams's feeds and now into his hands. -- feet. Javad now the deep
:49:19. > :49:30.digs it out. He spends and Kristian Dacey gets over. The Blues have a
:49:31. > :49:35.second. The decision to go for the touchline was a good one. Kristian
:49:36. > :49:52.Dacey scorers. He stays on his feet, scorers
:49:53. > :50:00.easily. Heads and spends out of the tackle. Josh Navidi did so well, he
:50:01. > :50:16.committed people to the ball. The third try the season for
:50:17. > :50:46.Kristian Dacey. No nonsense from Matthew Morgan, he
:50:47. > :51:15.puts it out of play. He is trying to get the numbers
:51:16. > :51:51.right for the line-out. And think you might have a look at
:51:52. > :51:53.this. He is striking the ball very well but I feel that there is a
:51:54. > :52:39.slight wind behind him. No angle, it is just pure distance.
:52:40. > :52:46.That is a heck of a strike. With something to spare. Nice strong wind
:52:47. > :53:09.behind him. We heard from Danny Wilson, the guy
:53:10. > :53:15.in charge of the Blues. Nowhere with Kingsley. You have managed to get
:53:16. > :53:24.back into this one. We are disappointed with the two tries. An
:53:25. > :53:32.error from an exit. We kicked it said the 22. We know the Blues are
:53:33. > :53:38.very physical and strong. The Blues crowd are doing the job today. We
:53:39. > :53:51.are back in it. We need to get some possession and territory. We will
:53:52. > :54:00.join you in the second half. Not happy with the decision. Yielding
:54:01. > :54:01.another ten metres. Do not hold the ball in the air while shouting and
:54:02. > :54:18.swearing. Tackled and did not release. He is
:54:19. > :54:30.very dangerous with the ball in hand. It just shows what can happen.
:54:31. > :54:49.Excel aeration and he is away. Williams hanging onto him long
:54:50. > :55:11.enough. It cost him the extra ten metres. For Britain gets it away. --
:55:12. > :55:59.Warburton. Looking for another try at the end of this half.
:56:00. > :56:13.Real pressure and on -- real pressure on the Dragons's defence.
:56:14. > :56:20.Shingler. Brilliantly done by Josh Navidi. That is the third try just
:56:21. > :56:33.before half time. Constant pressure taking its toll. He off-loaded to
:56:34. > :56:46.Josh Navidi. Inside the make, outside dummy. An easy finish for
:56:47. > :57:04.Josh Navidi. He throws a dummy and it looks like slow motion. An easy
:57:05. > :57:09.try. Danny Wilson will be very content as it heads towards the
:57:10. > :57:16.changing room. Shingler, his distribution has been excellent, his
:57:17. > :57:24.kicking superb as well. He has got all three of the Blues' tries. They
:57:25. > :57:33.have a half time advantage of 27-16 to the Blues. Sam, that is how to
:57:34. > :57:38.end a first half. We got some momentum to finish the half. The
:57:39. > :57:48.scoreboard reflects how difficult it is. This game will go to the last
:57:49. > :57:58.ten minutes. It is a fiery local derby. It is a good one. It is good
:57:59. > :58:06.to see the team giving it a go. And sure Danny has a lot to chat to you
:58:07. > :58:14.about. Thank you. The Blues make the best possible start. They got to try
:58:15. > :58:19.in the first minutes by Shingler and that set the pulses racing. Two
:58:20. > :58:23.yellow cards that were contested and we will talk about that soon. Ashton
:58:24. > :58:31.Hewitt took advantage of a lack of full-back. His eighth try for the
:58:32. > :58:35.Dragons. Then Kristian Dacey got some strong carriage from Josh
:58:36. > :58:44.Navidi. Lovely footwork from Shingler. Josh Navidi on hand to
:58:45. > :58:48.take the scoring pass. That has put a different complexion on things.
:58:49. > :59:02.The Blues now have a significant lead. The Blues have made 130 metres
:59:03. > :59:10.to the Dragons' 64 and they have enjoyed 66% of possession. The stats
:59:11. > :59:13.scoreboard the story. The Blues are in front. That try at half time was
:59:14. > :59:21.a big moment. That is a killer blow for the
:59:22. > :59:27.Dragons of the the Blues confidence going in. The Blues properly deserve
:59:28. > :59:34.to go in in front but not why this margin probably, so it is a long way
:59:35. > :59:38.back for the Dragons. Those awayday demons probably creeping into the
:59:39. > :59:41.Dragons's minds. Sam Warburton saying it is very intense out there.
:59:42. > :59:44.Perhaps we have not seen the fireworks we often expect at least
:59:45. > :59:48.our booze and maybe because of the heavy-handed refereeing.
:59:49. > :59:55.Disappointing for us to look at it and for the crowd. The Dragons on
:59:56. > :59:59.average concede the Paw tries away from home and the Blues at home
:00:00. > :00:03.nearly three. It was was good to be a high-scoring affair. How high, we
:00:04. > :00:07.will have to see the second half. Let's have a look at the first try,
:00:08. > :00:15.could not have come much quicker. Steve Shingler, a botched kick-off
:00:16. > :00:19.but a clinical finish. The boys were talking about Nick Williams and
:00:20. > :00:24.trying to get them into the game. It came from a loose kick. Young Angus
:00:25. > :00:27.O'Brien, the start that Kingsley did not want. Nick Williams at
:00:28. > :00:31.scrum-half, a nice little block by Rhys Gill on Lewis Evans, just buys
:00:32. > :00:38.him a little bit of time to get across the gain line. Then it was
:00:39. > :00:42.all about field position. I was disappointed as a coach, Rynard
:00:43. > :00:49.Landman at, he never forwarded around the corner to allow his
:00:50. > :00:53.team-mates width in defence. You have to say another missed tackle
:00:54. > :00:59.here, ten in the first half of the Dragons and Shingler showed great
:01:00. > :01:01.power and strength to get over. It was an unfortunate one from Ashton
:01:02. > :01:07.Hewitt. He was at fault for that one. Sean touched upon it. For me,
:01:08. > :01:10.the Dragons just killed themselves in the first half, every time they
:01:11. > :01:13.were receiving kick-off they were just giving the Blues great fielding
:01:14. > :01:17.position and putting themselves under pressure. Got to give credit
:01:18. > :01:23.to the Blues team but really poor play from the Dragons. Ashton Hewitt
:01:24. > :01:31.certainly atoned for it with his well taken try down the middle. As a
:01:32. > :01:35.former ten and 15, Jiffy spotted this. He is writing. The forwarded
:01:36. > :01:38.offence is so important for the outside backs. They create a little
:01:39. > :01:43.bit of an overlap on the outside and may recognise, they need to get
:01:44. > :01:52.numbers on the corner. The 2/, if they get around the corner, Matthew
:01:53. > :01:56.Morgan does not have two push-up. Holywell spotted and executed by
:01:57. > :02:01.young Angus O'Brien. This guide does not need a second invitation to get
:02:02. > :02:07.over the line. Good work from Ashton Hewitt. We have mentioned it
:02:08. > :02:13.already, the heavy-handed refereeing, not necessarily his
:02:14. > :02:16.fault. Over the past three or four weeks we have seen some farcical
:02:17. > :02:22.yellow cards, two very questionable ones. Danny Wilson very honest,
:02:23. > :02:31.saying that he thought Rey Lee-Lo's was deserved, Rynard Landman's not
:02:32. > :02:34.so. What was your take on it? He has character and personality and
:02:35. > :02:39.experience. He is falling away, for me, Angus O'Brien. I don't think it
:02:40. > :02:44.warrants a yellow card. You could watch in slow motion this. Martin is
:02:45. > :02:49.nodding here. You can watch every right here and see not and are much
:02:50. > :02:55.time, but if you are yellow carding everyone you would have a game of
:02:56. > :03:02.touch, two against two. We have to be very careful. There will be so
:03:03. > :03:05.many cards, with a red or yellow. We are all for playing safely but it is
:03:06. > :03:13.a physical game, the crowd have come here to see a full on derby where
:03:14. > :03:17.things go on. Listen to be doing that the last three or four months
:03:18. > :03:21.and believe me will get worse. The new directive coming in in January,
:03:22. > :03:24.it will get worse. If you want to stop coincidence then you have to
:03:25. > :03:27.stop for the Nick Williams tap and go. In law he has taken a penalty
:03:28. > :03:32.and Kingsley Jones will be aggrieved, if you will slo-mo
:03:33. > :03:38.everything down. Where do you stop. How about now, let's took about the
:03:39. > :03:42.rugby again. Dacey, third try this season, former record try scorer for
:03:43. > :03:49.the Blues. Some great work from Nick Williams and from Josh Navidi. The
:03:50. > :03:57.Blues's pack have got more power to carry it over the gain line. Nick
:03:58. > :04:00.Williams has taken a quick one. Then it is just what you have come to
:04:01. > :04:05.expect, Nick Williams, good carry, takes out seven and eight for the
:04:06. > :04:08.Dragons. Josh Navidi comes round the corner. They are very patient, this
:04:09. > :04:12.is where they are in control. Just that one or two yards over the gain
:04:13. > :04:18.line. Christian Dacey latches on and he is brilliant from two or three
:04:19. > :04:28.yards out, his cause so many tries. Crucial score. -- scores so many
:04:29. > :04:32.tries. Steve Shingler playing fantastic rugby in the absence of
:04:33. > :04:39.Gareth Anscombe, good footwork and a great past the Josh Navidi for that
:04:40. > :04:42.try. Showing the benefit of a good run of games. Showing some
:04:43. > :04:44.confidence with the ball. That is to be noticed. The Blues if they keep
:04:45. > :04:55.possession and then gives silly penalties away will do well. With
:04:56. > :05:02.Shankly and Laura Williams -- Shingler and Williams. For the
:05:03. > :05:07.Dragons will become a comeback like we did and maybe stay within a
:05:08. > :05:11.score? Healthy lead for the Cardiff Blues, their fans will be very
:05:12. > :05:15.happy. One of their more famous fans is with Katrin. He has been to the
:05:16. > :05:21.Copacabana this year, how does the Copacabana compare the Cardiff Arms
:05:22. > :05:28.Park, Geraint Thomas? Really good. No better place to play to get over
:05:29. > :05:35.the hangover. You come down here quite a bit. I always try to get
:05:36. > :05:40.down here, it is a good day out. Deriding of now, the Tour Down
:05:41. > :05:44.Under, I saw you are enjoying some pizza, are you allowed to do that?
:05:45. > :05:52.You didn't get that on camera, did you? Other than that, full on
:05:53. > :05:55.training and regime and diet and everything, so go to Australia on
:05:56. > :06:03.2nd of January, down there for a month. That will be a good start to
:06:04. > :06:07.the year really. Best of luck, enjoy the rugby until then. He appears to
:06:08. > :06:12.be nursing that hangover, Geraint Thomas. We have a bit of a Christmas
:06:13. > :06:16.cracker on the go here but it is of course one of a real festive feast
:06:17. > :06:21.coming up over the last few days -- next few days. Tomorrow is the West
:06:22. > :06:23.Wales derby as the Ospreys welcome arch rivals Scarlets to the Liberty
:06:24. > :06:30.Stadium, where they haven't lost all season. Catch that one live on S4
:06:31. > :06:48.from 2:30pm. Then a double bill on New Year's Day. Let macro for the
:06:49. > :06:52.fourth and final act, the Dragons, you won't have to leave your server,
:06:53. > :07:03.see every try, every hit, every tackle. Loads more rugby to come
:07:04. > :07:07.before the New Year. It has been a truly momentous year for sport in
:07:08. > :07:13.Wales. Dumbing up straight after scrum five live -- coming up
:07:14. > :07:15.straight after, they look at all the best bits so you would have to leave
:07:16. > :07:21.your sofa until early evening tonight. I just remember looking to
:07:22. > :07:26.see where all the fans of the corner from you know, they had lost that
:07:27. > :07:29.end, the Welsh was the I was panicking inside, not even touching
:07:30. > :07:34.the penalty, like my don't wear to go. A lot of people dream of scoring
:07:35. > :07:37.goals of the Euros, but they drove Creamer scoring once like that. I
:07:38. > :07:45.fell asleep between flights and I woke up thinking oh my god, this is
:07:46. > :07:53.the Olympics. One single summer... Steps up, it's a left footed, oh, he
:07:54. > :07:58.has scored! Gareth Bale for Wales! A time like now other. The Welsh
:07:59. > :08:12.wonder strikes gold! Of heat this hot. Making history. The sweetest
:08:13. > :08:25.summer for Wales, the soaring summer of 2016.
:08:26. > :08:31.So much to look back in joy, Wales on top of the world following this
:08:32. > :08:36.programme, probably an appropriate time to ask you, what was your Welsh
:08:37. > :08:41.sporting moment of 2016? Easy for me, Wales against Belgium, just
:08:42. > :08:44.watching that, Belgium score first half, you think here we go, we have
:08:45. > :08:48.done amazingly well just to get here. Then to go there and win, when
:08:49. > :08:55.Robson Kanu is doing Cruyff turn score you know it is a special
:08:56. > :09:03.night. Yours was probably the set? Apart from my team in the South
:09:04. > :09:10.Wales league cricket being promoted. Yes. It looks as though the teams
:09:11. > :09:12.are back out, yes, the Blues are following the Dragons back out onto
:09:13. > :09:18.the pitch. Time to return to our commentary team with Jonathan Davies
:09:19. > :09:21.and Gareth charmers. COMMENTATOR: Thinking very much indeed. No
:09:22. > :09:27.changes as far as I can make at the of the second half. The final Blues
:09:28. > :09:35.players make their way out. Two wingers and the two centres. Rynard
:09:36. > :09:40.Landman just signed a new contract with the Dragons. Have the
:09:41. > :09:44.misfortune to spend ten minutes in the bin in the first half. The Blues
:09:45. > :09:52.pulling away after the Dragons got back on terms at 13-13, the two late
:09:53. > :09:55.tries have given the home side that cushion at the start of the second
:09:56. > :10:04.half. It has left them just one short of the bonus point. Hands
:10:05. > :10:07.away, handle! At this point the winning bonus point is something
:10:08. > :10:12.they have only achieved once so far this season. Elly yes, they have the
:10:13. > :10:19.wind behind them now. Pressure on Tom Prydie full stop he
:10:20. > :10:45.did well actually. The last vestiges of sun as the ball
:10:46. > :10:48.goes up. The crowd on the far side all raised their hands to shield
:10:49. > :10:55.their eyes. Matthew Morgan, that is the kind of ball he likes, the
:10:56. > :11:02.chance to run at defences. Into the space out wide. Shingler, excellent
:11:03. > :11:06.first half from him. Now Travis and. Open start of the second half and
:11:07. > :11:11.unable go back for the Dragons's scrum. Yes, you was heading into
:11:12. > :11:27.touch and he just threw the ball, it was a forward pass.
:11:28. > :11:36.The Blues have two thirds of the ball in the first. Kingsley Jones
:11:37. > :11:41.mentioned how sure-footed they were in the Dragons 22. They made the
:11:42. > :11:45.most every time they got into the 22 they came away with something. That
:11:46. > :11:50.is what the Dragons have to do, try and keep the Blues out of their 22
:11:51. > :11:56.but they have to keep possession, try and put some width on the ball.
:11:57. > :12:03.Work out the defensive strategy of the two Blues centres. Pressure on
:12:04. > :12:11.the Dragons rumba noil gets it away. -- Knoyle. Ashton Stuart has looked
:12:12. > :12:17.dangerous. Again showing strength as well. Excellent from Hewitt. Trying
:12:18. > :12:23.to give someone else a run. Cory Allen comes across. Everyone having
:12:24. > :12:45.a hack at it. Not ball from Ashton Hewitt again. He
:12:46. > :12:54.has looked really dangerous apart from a missed tackle. He is the go
:12:55. > :12:59.to. I think he has hung on. He has made more metres than every other
:13:00. > :13:10.player particular I think. He has. In the Dragons side. Are you doing
:13:11. > :13:27.the calculating? Yes Comey has, hasn't he? Bit more than the other
:13:28. > :13:30.players have made, right? Penalty advantage for the Dragons. Niall,
:13:31. > :13:38.Ollie Griffiths weights. Good support by Rhys Thomas. O'Brien knew
:13:39. > :13:44.there was an advantage coming. That is what they will go back for. I
:13:45. > :13:53.know there is a long way to go in this game but it epitomised the
:13:54. > :13:58.difference. Can't get any real fun football. Struggling in those close
:13:59. > :14:19.quarters. Just changing his jersey, lads,
:14:20. > :14:25.we're going to let him do it. WHISTLE
:14:26. > :14:38.He will try and code same again only better this time.
:14:39. > :15:01.Landman delivers. Rhys Thomas Nix run the site. Still there, look
:15:02. > :15:09.where they are. I think it was a deflection from Lloyd Williams's
:15:10. > :15:14.kick. Search the wrong in that area, he takes the ball. Again it is an
:15:15. > :15:26.area that they have struggled. They have got no gains at all from it.
:15:27. > :15:30.The ruck had already formed. You can't play there. The contact was
:15:31. > :16:03.already made. Ben Whitehouse saying there was a
:16:04. > :16:10.ruck already formed. Ollie Griffiths by those pictures was fully intent
:16:11. > :16:14.on going for it. As you said, you was the tackler so he was well
:16:15. > :16:19.within his rights to go for it. I feel the Dragons need to come away
:16:20. > :16:31.with points on decisions like this. Don't look like they will get them
:16:32. > :16:35.that often. That is out. Rhys Thomas, great pressure. The Blues
:16:36. > :16:40.are following up very effectively indeed. Given the Dragons now time
:16:41. > :16:49.to settle the ball. Well done by Tyler Morgan. Hewitt is the one
:16:50. > :16:58.giving chase, and he takes it first. Excellent play by Ashton Hewitt.
:16:59. > :17:02.Fairbrother. Knoyle back to the blindside, that is where the Dragons
:17:03. > :17:07.shunters. Put it up for O'Brien who pops into the hall. The two
:17:08. > :17:13.Williamses, Lloyd and Nick, bringing him down. Jackson. Prydie at
:17:14. > :17:28.outside-half. Again, it is the Blues defence that
:17:29. > :17:32.wins over the Dragons's attack. Just needed someone with Angus O'Brien.
:17:33. > :17:41.Was rubbing his neck, he had been hurt in the previous tackle.
:17:42. > :17:52.That is Tom Prydie's last action. Carl Maier comes on to replace him.
:17:53. > :18:06.Carl Maier, who took a really nasty knock-on the head, in the Dragons's
:18:07. > :18:24.European cup game. In fact it was a game out in Leinster.
:18:25. > :18:31.Quickly away from the line-out. Shingler, Matthew Morgan trying to
:18:32. > :18:41.create space on the outside for Cuthbert. Maher was the one who got
:18:42. > :18:48.the tackle in. JC was far more direct, far more pacey in the Blues
:18:49. > :19:00.attack. Lee-Lo. Greater variety to it as well. Shingler really is the
:19:01. > :19:12.should beating superbly this afternoon. Just dying on Cory Allen
:19:13. > :19:27.for Halaholo. The attack continues. Boyle, beautifully done. Sam Hobbs
:19:28. > :19:35.knew it was coming in the form of 20 stone of Nick Williams. Cory Hill
:19:36. > :19:46.weights. Trying to take the Dragons away from their own 22. Now with the
:19:47. > :20:23.wind against them, it is difficult to clear your lines. That will hang.
:20:24. > :20:56.Kingsley Jones, Sean,, Ceri Jones. Still got his hair, hanging in
:20:57. > :21:07.there, Kings. I think the pack needs a bit of fresh blood now. Just a bit
:21:08. > :21:09.more energy, a bit more power. The January window, maybe, is it? Oh,
:21:10. > :21:26.that's football. They are looking to spread now every
:21:27. > :21:35.chance they get, the Blues. They go in search of the bonus point try.
:21:36. > :21:38.Think they know the Dragons, although you get someone like --
:21:39. > :21:42.unless you get someone like Ashley Stuart, who will break, you don't
:21:43. > :22:21.have someone who has the -- Ashton Hewitt.
:22:22. > :22:43.Under pressure from Jackson. If he has just slipped up it should not be
:22:44. > :22:46.a penalty. The game is so fast. We have already had one penalty for
:22:47. > :22:52.remonstrating over there. Players from both sides appealing for
:22:53. > :22:59.decisions. It stops now. Have a word with number nine. It just slipped
:23:00. > :23:28.up, it's high. Right, here's the penalty, let's
:23:29. > :23:29.have a look at it. Comes in. He has ended up around the neck, so it is a
:23:30. > :23:48.penalty nowadays. Difficult. Warburton charges at the Dragons's
:23:49. > :23:53.defence. Lloyd Williams puts the ball downfield. A bit long maybe.
:23:54. > :24:11.Easy for Pat Howard to deal with. You were calling for some fresh
:24:12. > :24:16.blood in the Dragons's pack, and here it comes en masse. Elliot Dee,
:24:17. > :24:28.Brok Harris and Nick Crosswell all coming on at the same time. He yes,
:24:29. > :24:38.just a something. Maybe that bit more energy, the boys fresh off the
:24:39. > :24:46.bench. Brok Harris of other who has signed a contract extension. Inside
:24:47. > :25:09.ball to Macauley Cook. Offside. Scrappy, really scrappy. You would
:25:10. > :25:14.have to say the penalty has been fairly poor, summer games we have
:25:15. > :25:17.watched over the Christmas period. From other leagues and very
:25:18. > :25:45.countries it has been very high that this has been very scrappy.
:25:46. > :25:58.I was hoping he would get there before the tackle had formed but no.
:25:59. > :26:08.Boys, we will get this right. Take a step for me please and you get a
:26:09. > :26:16.little bit forward. Knock-on. Navidi could not get up iron. It is the
:26:17. > :26:21.first line-out either team has lost. This appointment for the Blues from
:26:22. > :26:33.such a handy position. The Dragons still have work to do. To get away
:26:34. > :26:42.from the danger area. It is obviously higher risk.
:26:43. > :26:48.A poor line-out, everything was wrong with that. They would not be
:26:49. > :26:55.happy with that lift. The lift was poor.
:26:56. > :27:15.Cory Hill challenges. DC does the cleaning up work.
:27:16. > :27:28.Navidi. He is an important ball-carrier for the Blues. Picked
:27:29. > :27:34.up by Halaholo. Warburton screaming for the ball on the side. Brok
:27:35. > :27:46.Harris on the left-wing here for the minute. That is what Warburton
:27:47. > :27:58.watchers stashed Micro wanted. He picks out Halaholo. Just needed
:27:59. > :28:01.hands. His inside show the run had held the defenders, created the
:28:02. > :28:10.overlap, just needed to feed the next player.
:28:11. > :28:19.Why the cutout pass there, I'm not sure. Matthew Morgan and Christian
:28:20. > :29:29.Day seed to choose from. Not exactly the straightest throw
:29:30. > :29:36.ever. They just want something to happen. We need the Dragons to score
:29:37. > :29:45.just so something happens. It has gone a bit flat in recent minutes.
:29:46. > :29:51.Tyler Morgan missed a big part of the season with injury. That was
:29:52. > :30:08.well played. The Blues have really put the
:30:09. > :30:24.squeeze on defensively. They have had a line-out on the five
:30:25. > :30:39.metre line but that is about it. They have been stuck here.
:30:40. > :30:51.Trying to get inside the defenders who are pushing up on the right-hand
:30:52. > :31:03.side. That is the tactic because they are pressing so hard. It is
:31:04. > :31:15.such a narrow area. It was actually a good kick. On this pitch it is not
:31:16. > :31:27.aid to bones. It is very difficult to judge that is the problem they
:31:28. > :31:29.have. Your options are very short. He is trying a variety of kicks but
:31:30. > :31:50.it is not coming. Are very different sort of
:31:51. > :32:04.scrum-half. He is a big threat around the fringes. Ellis Jenkins is
:32:05. > :32:11.looking to see things for the Blues. He does not want to go. Such a
:32:12. > :32:37.physical ball-carrier. Someone is important is that they
:32:38. > :32:38.need to manage because they have a big game against the Scarlets is
:32:39. > :32:50.coming up. That was a good kick as far as
:32:51. > :33:29.distance goes. If you look at it, all he needs to
:33:30. > :33:34.do is keep his inside shoulder towards the defenders. You need to
:33:35. > :34:14.run outside to hold them. The Blues should be chasing this
:34:15. > :34:21.bonus point. This is the taking. We need the bonus point. Let's try to
:34:22. > :34:31.do everything to get it. Straight down the middle. Their only other
:34:32. > :34:50.bonus point of the season came against Edinburgh.
:34:51. > :34:57.Glasgow occupying six place at the moment, the Blues are one behind
:34:58. > :35:06.them on 22 so they need the five points to draw level. Glasgow
:35:07. > :35:12.against Edinburgh the Scottish Derby. Munster against Leinster this
:35:13. > :35:36.afternoon. You cannot get out of that area. He
:35:37. > :35:55.will not be able to magic his way out of there.
:35:56. > :36:09.For me there is no debate there, you go for a corner. That should be no
:36:10. > :36:22.debate at all. It is not a bad effort from Shingler.
:36:23. > :36:40.Macauley Cook is replaced. The important line-outs for the Blues.
:36:41. > :36:41.Macauley Cook has played every league game this season for the
:36:42. > :36:58.Blues. That is a great position for the
:36:59. > :37:11.Blues. Five metres out they have gone to the back. Angus O'Brien with
:37:12. > :37:38.the clearance. They will get another chance.
:37:39. > :38:01.Gives it a waiter Ollie Griffiths. Making life difficult initially.
:38:02. > :38:08.They are very difficult the Dragons. Gone off the boil a bit in the
:38:09. > :38:14.second half. There has been some frustration. There have been some
:38:15. > :38:20.decent field positions and we have let them off the hook a little bit.
:38:21. > :38:30.Hopefully then we can get the fourth try. We need to look to be a little
:38:31. > :38:38.bit more ruthless. They do not get many chances. We need to be more
:38:39. > :38:43.clinical. Still plenty of time and possession. The first half we went
:38:44. > :39:03.through the phases and we looked quite dangerous.
:39:04. > :39:23.It looks like he will be coming on because Shingler has taken a knock.
:39:24. > :39:49.He will try things and clear things. For me that is a yellow card. The
:39:50. > :40:06.guy comes in from behind and cream some. That is so late.
:40:07. > :40:38.Brought to the attention of Ben Whitehouse. This could be a yellow.
:40:39. > :40:50.Everything looks worse in slow mole, it is late but it looks like a
:40:51. > :40:56.penalty to me. I totally disagree with the administrators. He has no
:40:57. > :41:10.idea what is the most dangerous tackle. That is more calculated than
:41:11. > :41:19.the other two incidents but it is not a yellow card. This is where the
:41:20. > :41:23.game is becoming an absolute joke. Sometimes you need to have a little
:41:24. > :41:39.bit of empathy in the game and that shows no empathy at all.
:41:40. > :41:58.That was bizarre couple of minutes that cannot clarify.
:41:59. > :42:10.What a chapter of events. It does make you wonder what is going on in
:42:11. > :42:21.this game. It did not make in a sense going for the three points.
:42:22. > :42:33.Something will happen with Mickey, anyway.
:42:34. > :42:51.He will be 35 on the 3rd of January. He has played well, Shingler. There
:42:52. > :43:20.is Shingler. That put him in all kinds of
:43:21. > :43:38.trouble. That kick in the lower back is really painful.
:43:39. > :43:44.It was such a dangerous tackle. There was no empathy whatsoever from
:43:45. > :44:08.the people in charge of the game. Here we are. What is he is doing
:44:09. > :44:30.there? The change is for the Blues. The 2/2
:44:31. > :44:48.backs, Thomas Williams and Nick Robinson.
:44:49. > :45:01.The penalty goes against Scott Andrews.
:45:02. > :45:14.They Dragons' head coaches here. No points in the second half and I have
:45:15. > :45:19.been a lot of mistakes by both teams. We are bit disappointed with
:45:20. > :45:24.ourselves. The Blues have taken their chances but we have been
:45:25. > :45:31.giving them the opportunities. There is plenty of time left, hopefully we
:45:32. > :45:39.can get the next scorer. One more score and you will be back in it.
:45:40. > :45:43.That is the idea. We didn't capitalise on the last opportunity.
:45:44. > :45:54.It is about being accurate. We have not been accurate enough.
:45:55. > :46:03.We are trying to use our bench to bring some pace in. We have messed
:46:04. > :46:08.around a little bit too much at the half way line and this is the first
:46:09. > :46:16.chance we have had to see if we get some dynamism into the game. Thank
:46:17. > :46:22.you. The Dragons are trying to up the pace now and put some pressure
:46:23. > :46:31.on the Blues' defence. There is another penalty coming. Number 22,
:46:32. > :46:53.said. -- number 22, you are offside. The Dragons were the losing bonus
:46:54. > :47:12.point specialist last season. He has been very comfortable so far.
:47:13. > :47:32.They will see what the Dragons are trying to do here.
:47:33. > :47:52.Presence and mind from the scrum-half. That could have been a
:47:53. > :48:04.yellow card. It may well be. He will want words as the penalty count
:48:05. > :48:06.increases. He did not win it but he slowed down. I need a range of
:48:07. > :48:18.behaviour. Keep an eye on Kristian Dacey. He
:48:19. > :48:54.slowed it down enough. They were all very flat there. It
:48:55. > :49:04.came off the top. Tyler Morgan looking to try and get to ground.
:49:05. > :49:20.And the Blues when it. The Dragons were caught unaware.
:49:21. > :49:44.Taken in by blue. Do you need medical? Let's go.
:49:45. > :49:54.If the Blues still get a bonus point here they will be disappointed. --
:49:55. > :50:24.is the Blues do not get. Holger balance. -- hold your.
:50:25. > :50:38.We have expected big things today. They have dominated physically, the
:50:39. > :50:41.Dragons. I think they brought Matthew Morgan from Bristol to try
:50:42. > :50:50.and inject some energy into the game. They will get their chance to
:50:51. > :51:32.work their way downfield. The Ospreys are playing the Scarlets
:51:33. > :51:41.is tomorrow afternoon. We will look back at the whole sporting year just
:51:42. > :51:51.before 5pm that day. More derbies on New Year's Day. Can the Blues up the
:51:52. > :51:56.tempo and find something they have not done this half. No points for
:51:57. > :52:21.either side with just five minutes of the second period remaining.
:52:22. > :53:08.Just need to get it out anyway you can.
:53:09. > :53:12.You can see why these are the third and fourth best regions in Wales
:53:13. > :53:53.just now. There is a greater sense of urgency.
:53:54. > :53:58.Only one point scored in the second half. I thought this second half
:53:59. > :54:11.would open up after an open first half. This guy going off, Kristian
:54:12. > :54:16.Dacey, has had a big game. He scored the first trying created a therefore
:54:17. > :54:25.Josh Navidi. Shingler is my man of the match. He scored 17 of their
:54:26. > :54:33.points, including a try. He converted all three. He cannot go
:54:34. > :54:37.near this fourth and a bonus point. That onrushing defence again. He
:54:38. > :55:23.cannot just hang onto it. As the Dragons go through the
:55:24. > :55:28.phases. He makes a break. He steps back inside. Looks for support.
:55:29. > :55:39.Thomas Williams nearly brings him down.
:55:40. > :55:50.He looked set over the top. It is the jargon is who are looking to get
:55:51. > :55:52.the losing bonus point. They are looking a bit tired. -- it is the
:55:53. > :56:18.Dragons. It looked so promising but in the
:56:19. > :56:26.end it was the wrong option and Josh Navidi will take those all day, all
:56:27. > :56:32.season. There is one and a half minutes to go and the Blues should
:56:33. > :56:38.be looking for more opportunities, rather than thinking that they have
:56:39. > :56:51.won the game. That was a lovely break.
:56:52. > :57:06.One opportunity to go. The Blues have one more chance to clinch this
:57:07. > :57:21.bonus point. He still managed to get it away.
:57:22. > :57:29.The defence wins again and that has been the story of the second half.
:57:30. > :57:31.You would think that the Blues have lost their last chance to get a
:57:32. > :57:56.bonus point. Well done. It is all square, 13-13, midway
:57:57. > :58:02.through the half. Two tries towards the end of the first period gave the
:58:03. > :58:11.Blues and advantage of 27-16. Nothing has been added since then.
:58:12. > :58:36.Elliot Dee up the the Blues's 22. O'Brien. Beard. Rolls away from
:58:37. > :58:42.Lee-Lo's challenge. Loose pass spilled by Ollie Griffiths. And
:58:43. > :58:51.maybe, aptly enough, the game ends on the mistake. No points at all in
:58:52. > :58:56.the second half. Pretty much a full house at the Arms Park, not the best
:58:57. > :58:59.entertainment for them. A win for the Blues but they could not have a
:59:00. > :59:04.fourth try to get the bonus point. I just felt the intensity was not
:59:05. > :59:07.there. They did not build, didn't have the patience, didn't have the
:59:08. > :59:13.real guile to try and break down the defence. To be fair to the Dragons,
:59:14. > :59:17.they kept on pounding away, pounding away, and they came back into it
:59:18. > :59:20.late in the half. To me, disappointing that the Blues went
:59:21. > :59:24.for the fourth try but did not show any willing, did not grab it by the
:59:25. > :59:32.scruff of the neck. The game just petered out. Only a second win in 74
:59:33. > :59:36.the Blues after four at the top of the season. They will be happy for
:59:37. > :59:39.the win but disappointed that they could not other fourth try. The
:59:40. > :59:49.first Welsh derby ends in a home win. Blues 27-16 Dragons. Man of the
:59:50. > :59:56.match Steve Sigler. -- Steve Shingler. Congratulations. It wasn't
:59:57. > :00:02.the classic Welsh derby were hoping for. All started with a fantastic
:00:03. > :00:05.try from your good self. It was a good start but a shame we did not
:00:06. > :00:10.click on the second half, and that bonus point is probably a big miss
:00:11. > :00:13.for us. How frustrating was that, no points in the second half, and the
:00:14. > :00:22.bonus point, you might look back on a few months how important it could
:00:23. > :00:28.have been. Definitely important. A scoreless second half, and we should
:00:29. > :00:31.have kicked on. Kicking onto the next Welsh derby is well on New
:00:32. > :00:40.Year's Day. Yes, we'll forward to that, it will be a good day
:00:41. > :00:47.tomorrow, Scarlets against Ospreys. Steven Shingler, thank you very
:00:48. > :00:53.much, congratulations. So there is the table. The Blues stay in
:00:54. > :00:55.seventh, now just one point behind Glasgow as a result of that result,
:00:56. > :01:13.but the Dragons are still in ninth. 27-16 at half-time, 27-16 at
:01:14. > :01:19.full-time. The second half was a bit of hard work. You are being kind, a
:01:20. > :01:23.terrible second half. The first half, there was a lot of quality,
:01:24. > :01:27.excitement and tris, just really fizzled out. The Blues deserved win
:01:28. > :01:30.that game, they should be disappointed they have not got a
:01:31. > :01:34.winning bonus point. I think those teams would be disappointed, the
:01:35. > :01:38.Dragons came away with nothing. They really poor second half. Steve
:01:39. > :01:43.Shingler, man of the match, plenty of positives for the Blues, he was
:01:44. > :01:48.definitely man of the match, the complete performance. Good to see a
:01:49. > :01:52.centre half getting a run of games, behind Gareth Anscombe. He played
:01:53. > :01:57.well in all facets of the game, kicked well, ran at the line, scored
:01:58. > :02:00.a try early on, created one as well, so a good all-round performance and
:02:01. > :02:04.rightly man of the match in what was a disappointing second half, if I'm
:02:05. > :02:08.honest. Apologies if you are struggling to hear us, the PA system
:02:09. > :02:15.is ultra-loud, so it should be on Boxing Day. We talked before the
:02:16. > :02:23.match begun, the Blues had maybe missed the impetus. He was not happy
:02:24. > :02:30.going off after 60 minutes. But they have two manage it, Williams. Had a
:02:31. > :02:39.big 60 minute slot. That was the difference. The physicality of the
:02:40. > :02:43.Blues back. One of the men who try to contain Nick Williams all
:02:44. > :02:46.afternoon was Lewis Evans, the Dragons's captain. You have just
:02:47. > :02:53.been in a huddle at the middle of the pitch, what was said? To get a
:02:54. > :03:00.bit of a good look at ourselves, that was not a good performance. The
:03:01. > :03:05.Blues are not a bad team. We showed them a bit too much respect at
:03:06. > :03:08.times. Not the best start, but you got your cells back into it, how
:03:09. > :03:15.disappointed are you to be leaving with not a bonus point, a losing
:03:16. > :03:20.bonus point? Roos disappointing. Too many errors in our game today. The
:03:21. > :03:25.Blues capitalised on it. We need to realise we are not quite there where
:03:26. > :03:28.we can turn up and just win games. It bit of realism to bring us back
:03:29. > :03:32.down to earth. We had a good run recently but we have got the Ospreys
:03:33. > :03:37.now on New Year's Day and will need to deliver a better performance than
:03:38. > :03:42.that. As for the Welsh derbies, they don't get any easier. It is never an
:03:43. > :03:49.easy game for us, weenie to put out a good team and everyone needs to
:03:50. > :03:52.perform, simple as that. From a losing captain, Lewis Evans, to the
:03:53. > :03:58.winning captain, Sam Warburton has joined us. After only one win in
:03:59. > :04:05.six, that has to come as a welcome relief. We have not done well in the
:04:06. > :04:10.Welsh derbies. That has been a massive focus. We had to sit on a
:04:11. > :04:15.fact that the last game was a 38-3 loss. We were desperate to get back
:04:16. > :04:19.out there and put in a good performance in front of a good
:04:20. > :04:22.crowd. We have talked about the return of Nick Williams alongside
:04:23. > :04:28.you in that back row, how welcome is that, given what you have missed
:04:29. > :04:32.over the last few games? We know the physical presence. He was extremely
:04:33. > :04:39.vocal on the pitch and around the training ground. A great addition to
:04:40. > :04:41.the squad, he has been missed. Derbies, whoever comes out
:04:42. > :04:49.physically on top wins the game. Nick brings a massive part of that.
:04:50. > :04:53.Steve Shingler talked about it, will that be a disappointment? We were
:04:54. > :05:00.chasing a little bit enemy had a penalty. Without we just had to kick
:05:01. > :05:06.it. We thought we would kick three, get two tries ahead. We tried to
:05:07. > :05:10.chase a Debian but fled better safe than sorry. Congratulations on a
:05:11. > :05:17.personal note, your 100th game for the Blues, this is the guy you took
:05:18. > :05:24.another seven jersey. Bar of chocolate a night or a beer? Bring
:05:25. > :05:29.on that Pablo! Great to speak to you, as always, and enjoy your
:05:30. > :05:36.belated Christmas dinner. Cheers, boys. We can speak to the Blues
:05:37. > :05:38.coach, Danny Wilson. Sam was saying, daddy, a very frustrating second
:05:39. > :05:55.half and not getting that bonus point. Pretty awful if I'm honest.
:05:56. > :05:58.Way too many errors. The disappointing but good that we got
:05:59. > :06:03.the win, a home win against the dragon side that can be gritty and
:06:04. > :06:13.difficult as we know. Maybe in the second half we left it out there.
:06:14. > :06:17.You waited a while in recent weeks. It is important we win at home. We
:06:18. > :06:19.have done that in the Derby. I would have taken that before the game,
:06:20. > :06:31.make sure you get the win. They couple of tough results. The
:06:32. > :06:35.Scarlets next, will you be watching them? Yes, I will be looking at
:06:36. > :06:38.that, I'm sure most people will be, but we will be looking at it as a
:06:39. > :06:44.coaching group with interest and see how that pans out. Danny Wilson, he
:06:45. > :06:47.will be happy with the win but frustrated at the lack of a bonus
:06:48. > :06:55.point. Sam Warburton reference there. Several of their attacks came
:06:56. > :07:05.to nothing and eventually they went off the boil. He will not be happy.
:07:06. > :07:14.That is not what Danny Wilson is about. They should be more clinical
:07:15. > :07:17.in those areas. Won't have that many chances against the bigger boys. The
:07:18. > :07:20.Dragons are down the bottom half of the table, they will be disappointed
:07:21. > :07:24.when they go back to review but he will be pleased it is a home win
:07:25. > :07:27.after their recent performances. Lewis Evans was honest about the
:07:28. > :07:33.Dragons, saying they are not where they want to be, a lot of work still
:07:34. > :07:36.to do. If we can take some positives from their performances though,
:07:37. > :07:43.Ollie Griffiths again looked hungry. They have some competition for the
:07:44. > :07:50.jersey at seven. In fairness to Lewis Evans, he is always honest. I
:07:51. > :07:53.mentioned in commentary if you times, the power of the Blues pack
:07:54. > :08:04.in those close quarter areas, the Dragons struggled. They are what
:08:05. > :08:08.they are, the Dragons. They just lack that little bit of quality,
:08:09. > :08:15.what is that, 12, 13 games away from home they have not won. When you are
:08:16. > :08:19.lacking that power and you can't impose yourself physically on games,
:08:20. > :08:23.you need someone to supply some magic and Ashton Hewitt showed, in
:08:24. > :08:26.glimpses, he has that quality. Definitely, but they were trying to
:08:27. > :08:31.use in a bit too often. The Blues defence was much better today. They
:08:32. > :08:34.were really powerful and physical around the fringes. He had never to
:08:35. > :08:39.go, but he had some space, showed flashes, scored a great try. Just
:08:40. > :08:43.not enough on the day. Next up for the Dragons, the Ospreys. They will
:08:44. > :08:47.play the Scarlets first but that is a tough prospect. Yes, really
:08:48. > :08:53.looking forward to tomorrow's games, they are the top two teams in Wales.
:08:54. > :08:59.This for the Dragons, always a difficult place to go, and that is
:09:00. > :09:02.enormous, that is for the Dragons, because you come away with two games
:09:03. > :09:06.over the Christmas period with two losses, that will ruin the season
:09:07. > :09:12.for them. As a former Osprey, you can watch tomorrow's games with a
:09:13. > :09:15.bit of detachment. Going down with Ryan Jones. Magical day at the
:09:16. > :09:24.liberty. Should get a walk up as well. The Scarlets will fancy their
:09:25. > :09:32.chances. Who is going to win? Ospreys. Scarlets. That is roughly
:09:33. > :09:34.all we have got time for, the crowd have departed rather swiftly, the
:09:35. > :09:39.bars of Cardiff are waiting for them. Thanks for watching today,
:09:40. > :09:44.don't forget that they game tomorrow, Ospreys against Scarlets
:09:45. > :09:47.at the Liberty Stadium. Sean will be there, signing autographs with Ryan
:09:48. > :09:51.Jones. We are back for the Dragons Ospreys game that we mentioned with
:09:52. > :09:57.Martin. That is it from Scrum V Live. Enjoy the rest of your Boxing
:09:58. > :09:59.Day but don't go anyway to the next hour, stay tuned, Wales celebrated
:10:00. > :10:02.one of its I can just remember looking to see
:10:03. > :10:04.all our fans in the corner, you know, they'd lost it by then,
:10:05. > :10:06.the Welsh. I was panicking inside and thinking,
:10:07. > :10:11."I'm not even touching the pedals,