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A time to enjoy the most heart-warming of seasonal

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traditions. If yesterday was about goodwill to

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all men, today is about the renewal of the old and bitter war rivalries.

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Scrum V live comes from Cardiff, on Boxing Day, where Christmas cheer

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has given way to travel bragging rights. Over there is Cardiff Arms

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Park, a battle ground between today's showdown between the Blues

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and the Dragons. The fans are arriving, and they are anticipating

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another blood and thunder Welsh derby.

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Lee-Lo Calexico out of the air! Jones, white ball out, in a little

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bit of space. -- wide ball. This time, Lee-Lo, isolated. Evans finds

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Mayor. Oh, interception! What a gift to Tom

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James! After two weeks of European

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competition, the Pro12 returns in earnest today in one of the biggest

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fixtures in the calendar. The Blues have a dream start to their season,

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winning the first four in a row, but have stumbled since, the Dragons are

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down in ninth, with just three victories to their name. What a

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Christmas present it would be to pull off a Boxing Day smash and grab

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at the home of their nearest rivals. Good afternoon and seasons greetings

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to you. Hope you had a great day yesterday and are still enjoying the

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Christmas spirit. Seasons greetings too to Scrum V's three wise men. Are

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you feeling festive? Yes, looking forward to this game, nice to get

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out of the house. Nice crisp, dry day, so looking forward to the game

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can be. Conditions are great. Two teams looking for a spark to

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reignite their seasons and you are guaranteed to get sparks flying in a

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Boxing Day derby. I hope so, I hope the quality is good. It is a

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sell-out, fantastic news for the Pro12, and a potent came from fans

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and players and managers and coaches. Maybe get the New Year off

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to an early start. We love talking about the bragging rights. But the

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gap is beginning to widen, and they will want to witness in the race for

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Europe. If they have any thoughts of top six they have to win today. But

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select expectation during the summer when it came to the Blues, finish

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last season really well, on the first four games and you are

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thinking here go, could be something special. Really lost their way over

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the last few games. It is a must win game for the Blues. The Cardiff

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Blues favourites in the eyes of Martin. The Dragons, though, cannot

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win on the road for love nor love me -- not money. Does the psychological

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barrier get higher? It is a mindset really and they will not have a

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closer than home fixture than this one. They would have been talking

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about at this week. Trying to play on the probability of the Blues

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recent home form. If they can get a good start like the Scarlet Stade,

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they could cause an upset. The thought of the two coaches. Danny

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Wilson and Kingsley Jones with us now. Seasons greetings, Wessels

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start with you Kingsley, should we have a cracker? It is what it is all

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about, everyone has extra anxiety, usually the coaches, the players,

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the supporters. Great to see. A few Welsh international back for the

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Dragons, Nick Williams, how much of a boost? Massive, it is great to get

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him back on the pitch for us. Quite a few ex-blues players in the

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Dragons side. Are we all friends here today or does it all led to the

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spice? My chat in the meeting was about a few former Blues players

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come as you say. Just play it as a collective, don't make it personal.

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They all like a pro playing against there are a team but all the Kindle

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to do that is to get the right result. The crowd getting excited,

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some of the Dragons think maybe the Blues are under pressure today, how

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do you see it? It is a home game. We won our last game at home and we

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want to do the same again today. Full respect for the supposition

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that will have to work hard to get it. Turkeys amateurs at the ready,

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we hope to talk to you after the match. Not much in the way of

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fighting talk. They seem fairly relaxed. Danny Wilson alluded to it,

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Martin mentioned it, exchange lopsided season to the Blues, they

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won their first four in a row and then they have won one from six. How

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disruptive might that have been, in hindsight? He is a new coach, would

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have been disrupted. They have looked a little bit lost since he

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has been gone. Rod Wood sniping around the fringes, which would

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want. Trying to play an expansive game and sometimes they overplay it

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a bit. Trying to get their flankers in the wide channel. All back three

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players are down in this short 15 metres. No one from the right back.

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That is an area of concern but also they ship to many tries at home at

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the Arms Park. Against Ulster a few weeks ago they were too vulnerable.

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As we know, this area they really exploited. First with Gilroy and

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then this big centre, who I have been really impressed with,

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McCluskey, the attacks down the same area. They went too vulnerable, too

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lazy, too adept at conceding tries in this area and it is a vulnerable

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area for them. They need to tighten up their defence but the attack has

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got sharper with the arrival of Willis Halaholo. He has made such an

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impact. He was part of a hurricane seen that run the Super Rugby

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tournament. If he can get front football today, that centre

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partnership is incredibly dangerous. Something the Dragons, they will

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have to give them ready in this game if they want to be successful.

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Ideally you would like to see a Welsh boy in the centre amongst

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them, but such is things. Yes, I don't want to put a negative spin on

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things but that is the upshot. Two cracking recruits for the Cardiff

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Blues but they are keeping watch boys out. They are, but you have to

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try to get quality Welsh boys. You have two overseas in the Scarlets

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and in the Ospreys and the Blues. On an international scale, where are

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these youngsters going to play? That will be a problem in the future. But

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there has been a lack of intensity. When they get defeats, the intensity

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has dropped but also Nick Williams. He was a no go forward when Nick

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Williams was injured. Nobody has really stepped up to the mantle and

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carried the ball. With Nick Williams back today, with the boys on the

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front foot, I'd be a real handful again today. They will be delighted

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to see him back. We talked about the centres of the Blues opposite them

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for the Dragons, a young man with a terrible run of injuries that

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starting to discover his confidence now. He burst onto the scene a

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couple of years back the next big thing for Wales. You forget he was

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playing in a World Cup quarterfinal just 12 months ago, Tyler Morgan,

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and he has huge potential but injuries have hampered him, so he

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has not yet fulfilled his potential. He is a very young man and a huge

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test on his hands, defensively as much as anything to keep Clewlow and

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Halaholo quiet. -- to keep Lee-Lo. Kingsley Jones has openly said he

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wants to recruit some of the more senior players to bolster that squad

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but some of starting to prove their worth now. You're yes, they lack

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quality talisman. The signing of terrorist has been a catalyst to try

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to speed it up. Watch out for Ollie Griffiths, not just an attack put on

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the ball. They are trying to get Ashton Hewitt on the ball. A

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dangerous manner so look out for him. But it is the clever tactics

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they need to employ because they lack that firefly. -- that

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firepower. Watch TR Thomas go round the back. The sort of clever tactics

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that they need. Chance of turnover ball, will they have anything up

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their sleeve today? We shall see. Another interesting subplot to this,

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there are six players in that Dragons squad that used to play for

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the Blues, considered not good enough the Blues, they will have a

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point to prove, when they? Certainly motivation factor, but they will

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forget about that, it is a big crowd, both sides will be up it.

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When they say the backs have felt a bit lost without their backs coach,

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hang on now, they are professional rugby players. The backs coach gives

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you guidelines, doesn't give due guidelines on the field. As a

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decision-making for the youngsters on the field, you have to make the

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decisions on the field. Today in the heat of the battle, great atmosphere

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and very noisy, you want people to put their hands up and say right

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post, follow me, I control this game and that is what I want to see from

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both sets of half-backs today. Look at Sam Warburton there, making his

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hundredth appearance for the Blues. You remember him Martin when he came

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in from the academy committee is a real talisman. He needs to put his

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international form behind him, but you look at the back row, Warburton,

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Nick Williams, incredibly aggressive, up against Ollie

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Griffiths, Jackson, and Lewis Evans. A mouthwatering match up. The last

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time these two teams met on Boxing Day here, the Dragons did when

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unexpectedly. Can history repeat itself? Let's find out from our

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commentators. COMMENTATOR: Seasons greetings to you all. Lloyd

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Fairbrother makes only a second league start of the season alongside

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Sam Hobbs and TR Thomas, two former Blues. Another former blue, Tavis

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Knoyle established himself at scrum-half, as has Angus O'Brien at

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Nemeth ten. -- at number ten. As has been shunned Sam Warburton in his

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100th appearance for the Blues, though it has taken him the best

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part of nine seasons to reach that milestone. He will be walking out to

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a packed Cardiff Arms Park. On what is a lovely day. Warburton captain

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because there is no Gethin Jenkins in the team today. Scott Andrews

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preferred on the tight end to Taufa'ao Filise. A late change on

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the wing sees Cory Allen info the unwell Tom James. Reynold Lee-Lo an

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ever present and voting partnership with Willis Halaholo. Cuthbert up to

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some form as well. Ben Whitehouse in charge this

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afternoon. It promises to be an excellent game. Conditions

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absolutely perfect. Gorgeous day in the capital city. As the Cardiff

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Blues try and keep tabs on the top six in the Pro12, and the Dragons

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look to keep their season going. First mistake comes from the first

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play, as the ball goes out. It is the Dragons playing in blue this

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afternoon and the Blues playing in blue and blue. I was going to say,

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for those who have had a big day yesterday, this could be difficult

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to doing to try and make out who's who in this. Very strange decision

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by both teams. Dacey to the tale. Navidi in the

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scrum cap, there was Nick Williams in his first run in the first

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minute. That go forward is what the Blues have missed at times, he has

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been out since the start of October. Warburton carries on. Lloyd Williams

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to Shingler, delays the pass. Williams. Shingler again and still

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Shingler, and he may well have got there. It is tight but he has got

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the ball down before being bundled over. No need for the TMO. What a

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start, and what a finish by Steven Shingler. Yes, Cardiff will be very,

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very disappointed with that defensive effort. Plenty of numbers,

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they slipped off the tackle and you get this great finish, though, very

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good finish. There is a little off-load, double pump, he gets back

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into position, recycles back, throws the ball, throws the dummy, steps

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over the tackle. I think it's Hewitt, isn't it, that tackle has

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got to be made. Stays on his feet, good finish. Great finish, great

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play from the Blues but it all comes back to come you can imagine the

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team talk, start of a positive, immediately under pressure. But

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great play from the Blues. A very good start, two minutes and over.

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Here is the try scorer, now going to try to add the two points. As Martin

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said, you have got to make your front up tackles. Yes, mistake

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compounded by mistake, and Kingsley Jones will be wondering how on earth

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do you do that right from kick-off on such a big stage? APPLAUSE

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Tremendous conversion to add to his finish, what a start to the game by

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Steven Shingler. The single one and one. Misses, he is over.

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O'Brien. He will have to put that first kick out of his head. A great

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kick by Ed Jackson on Lloyd Williams. He does very well indeed

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to control it, under the circumstances.

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It is still alive. But follow-up, though.

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TR Thomas. Penalty goes the Blues way.

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Yes, I think it was Navidi who got over the ball. You look at the Blues

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back row, such a physical, powerful back row. Morgan, Williams and

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Navidi, you expect Williams to get the advantage there.

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They have both the last two. At eight. Williams with the feed.

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Incomes Cory Allen. Late call up on the wing. Tom James has spent some

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time in hospital recently with a gallstone. Best wishes for a

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recovery to him. Morgan with the pass going behind Rey Lee-Lo. It's

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all Blues at the moment. Low tackle by Tyler Morgan. Williams

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can't control. Odette and why you would throw that

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covered to be honest, scrum-half. Plenty more players behind. He has

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overran the ball, forward pass, good positioning by the referee, right

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behind him. Yes, we mention Nick Williams at the top of the show, and

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I would not expect him to play fully. But a big 50, 60 minutes for

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him. He would be blowing, having had such a long time out the last couple

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of months. 7th of October against the Ospreys was his last outing. Two

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years in Munster. Before coming out the Cardiff.

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REFEREE: Just feet. Nothing wrong with the ground. Interesting to see

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Scott Andrews getting the nod at tight head, rather than de Fauw

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fully say who is on the bench. I dare say there will be a bit of

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banter going on between he and Sam Hobbs on the other side -- Taufa'ao

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Filise. Crouch, bind, said. This scrum is

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taking an age. Pat Howard in from the wing. Under

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pressure, a good pass from O'Brien. Halaholo flying. The two centres

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have worked out a defensive system, one will blast out one will hold an

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watch drift. If that is going to be the case, the Dragons have to try

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and work it out. WHISTLE O'Brien looking for Howard. And even

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though it was a good kick and the ball was in the air, Lewis Evans had

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requested the penalty, which is why Ben Whitehouse gave it. I don't

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think he would have caught the ball so easily. Gone.

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Good kick. Defensively, since that miss start, they have done very

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well. Just to jump the gun a little bit. Offside. A very good kick.

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Angus O'Brien. Good field position. Edged Jackson down at the front of

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the Dragons line. TR Thomas. We have seen how clever he can be from his

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line-up positions. Not that time, though. Well stopped by the Blues.

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Adam Warren had to take it from a steady start.

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Knock-on. Spilt in the tackle. Yes. It was off a Cardiff Blues player,

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wasn't it? Off Sam Warburton. Really evident, for me, the first

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ten minutes the Dragons about the ball, they have tried to go close

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quarters, really struggled to get over the gain line. The physicality

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of the Blues, coping with the Dragons carriers wait. That will add

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to the speculation, won't it? And interesting spectator, Leigh

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Halfpenny. He has had a week of Comey bumped into him, let's not

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start... LAUGHTER He played a game in the autumn, now

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he has had a week off, that's it. Interesting back formation, if you

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look at the Dragons, just watch them, put out a little bit, two,

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three behind. Let's just watch how this goes. Good control by Ed

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Jackson. WHISTLE Up and around. Boys. Could have

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stood anywhere, really, the backs. That ball wasn't coming out. Good

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drive, three points. Very good control by Ed Jackson, once it

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started reeling from you thought not exactly the kind of ball you want

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in, let's see if we can get a penalty out of it. And that's

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exactly what they did get. Rhys Gill and Scott Andrews, both of

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whom featured in the all in series. -- autumn international series.

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Safely done by Anders O'Brien, -- Angus O'Brien, the Dragons are the

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first point of the afternoon. Yes, they needed that, it was a very poor

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start by the Dragons. First four minutes, they needed to get

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something on the board. Two good kicks by Angus O'Brien, that was a

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straightforward run in front of the post but it will settle them down.

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The game for him. -- big game for him. WHISTLE

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Again, not a great exit from the Dragons. Straightaway gives the

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Blues a great attack opportunity. Again, Warburton used in the

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line-out. Halaholo. Williams arrives late, and that makes it very

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difficult for the first man. Brushes past Lloyd Fairbrother. Matthew

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Morgan Coppoc quite a queue starts in Europe. Now starting in the

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league as well. James down. Shingler.

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Deep pass to Rey Lee-Lo, Matthew Morgan, that was a great pass by

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Lee-Lo but straight into the hands of Tom Prydie. The Dragons will be

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very happy because defensively they are creeping across the field. They

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had an overlap but instead of going inside shoulders, they want on the

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outside loop. -- went on the outside loop, and just ran out of space.

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Tennis and the one waiting for it. There was a little block on Matthew

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Morgan, and it didn't need it Knoyle had so much time. They kill

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themselves at times, the Dragons, because the kicking has been so

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poor. That was easy ball for Tavis Knoyle is the penalised Tom Prydie

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for looking for Matthew Morgan and blocking his lines. Matthew Morgan

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the only one following it up, the only one anywhere near it. Tavis

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Knoyle so much time then. Such a cheap, cheap penalty to give away.

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Baggage like by Stephen Schindler. -- a good striker.

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Just in case you missed the, it goes straight down the middle.

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Plenty of height from Williams. He needs to be careful about his

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timing. It bounced into Lewis Evans's hands anyway. Confusion

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again in the Dragons' ranks. It is a bit scrappy at the moment. They are

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both running the same hall, unfortunately. He just smashes him.

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It could be interesting. Matthew Morgan is the first man on the

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blindside. Depth is important to see if they can release Matthew Morgan

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with a short pass or something, stop the drift. There is Matthew Morgan.

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White-mac that was great play, that just stop that move. The ball was so

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slow. Huge shot out the blindside. Openside for the Dragons. He reminds

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me of Sam Warburton when he was a youngster, so explosive over the

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ball. There is the turnover, he is straight over the ball. He left

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early from the scrum. Have not been going there too often.

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It flies out of his arms. This will be a yellow card, the 3rd of

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January, perhaps even now. How costly could this be? I just

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want to see the view. Could you play that to me again. OK. I think it is

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just a reaction. It is a penalty, but that depends on the referee and

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what he thinks. He does not dark but he does try to spend. -- does not

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dark. New directors are in force here.

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Your arm is always up high. It is going to be a yellow card. That is

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the way of the game, whether you agree with it or not. It is a high

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tackle. A penalty would have been enough for me. You cannot criticise

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Ben Whitehouse, he knows the reaction. I'm not even sure at the

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referees are happy with the new directive. I have seen some farcical

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yellow cards recently. He is going to get a bit of stick

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after all of this. Not from the jargons' fans. -- Dragons'. They

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have 9-10 minutes to try and impose themselves on this game.

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The first quarter is almost done. Despite the Blues having the better

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of it, the Dragons are still in touch. There is significant wind.

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They got Alex Cuthbert out of that rut.

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At those beads it looked like a collision. The fact that Alex

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Cuthbert has landed on his backside makes it look worse. If we look at

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it in slow motion it makes things look worse. A shoulder to the head

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there. Could be played out through once

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more? It was just a collision. It is a grey area. It looks around chest

:35:50.:35:57.

height. He has gone in with his shoulder. If Alex Cuthbert had

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stayed on his feet nothing would have happened. You connect it with

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number 14. Your arm was always down there. It is a yellow card.

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When it is slowed down or magnified it always looks worse than it is. We

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want to avoid head injuries but it is becoming a bit of a farce for me.

:36:51.:36:55.

There have been two cards there. They are in danger of changing the

:36:56.:37:22.

nature of the game completely. And they wonder why people do not watch

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any more. Stephen shingler is successful

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again. The captain is worth Danny Wilson. What is your take on those

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two yellow cards? I think ours was quite lazy and it deserved

:37:56.:38:01.

something, but probably not a yellow, but under the sanctions the

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game is no wonder the referee has no choice. You had a great start to the

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game. We have done reasonably well. We fed them with a yellow card.

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Pretty clinical and hopefully we can keep it going. What is your message

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to the boys? We are now dealing with a yellow and we must adjust to that.

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We will catch up with you later. Thank you.

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He thought the losing a centre may take some adjustment. But they

:38:48.:38:55.

haven't goes for the next 6-7 minutes. He was not tackle and he

:38:56.:39:07.

made good headway up to the Blues' ten metre line. They are giving

:39:08.:39:13.

themselves a chance. Just a little bit narrow in their

:39:14.:39:40.

defending, the Blues. And the Blues pay the price for losing a centre as

:39:41.:39:45.

Ashton Hewitt gets the Dragons' first. The Blues were playing with

:39:46.:39:56.

this drawback with the last offender on there. They are unmanned short

:39:57.:40:04.

but that is just open. You need to just a little bit when you are

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unmanned short in the centre. They defend the last man on the openside

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and that should not be the last time the Dragons do that because there is

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no one at home for the Blues in their defensive system. Plenty of

:40:21.:40:30.

speed, a good finish. It should be 13-13. Ashton Hewitt, another one

:40:31.:40:42.

who has called my eye this season. -- have got.

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Angus O'Brien converts and it is all square, 13-13. Very quickly watched

:40:53.:41:09.

this year. Stop it there. There is the full-back and there is no one

:41:10.:41:16.

behind. It is easy. The full-back is in the just so there is no one

:41:17.:41:18.

behind. Plenty happening as we hoped there

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would be. It was a good cake. -- good kick. They are really

:41:43.:41:51.

struggling to get back into the run half when they received the ball.

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The decision making is wrong at the moment, the execution.

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Cuthbert waiting, coming in from the left-hand wing. The Blues are very

:42:17.:42:24.

narrow at the moment, there is no width at all. Using the forwards to

:42:25.:42:28.

drive on. Cuthbert has come all the way over.

:42:29.:42:56.

A tackle by Hewitt. Penalty advantage for the Blues. Williams

:42:57.:43:00.

goes straight through the middle. It will be interesting to see what

:43:01.:43:18.

they do. It is a difficult kick. Think this is good decision.

:43:19.:43:32.

It has been a strength. It has gone really well.

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The ball is nowhere near him, it is on the far side. The Dragons thought

:43:50.:44:02.

they did enough to win the scrum. There was a shift at the front and

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it collapsed. It is ever so nice now. Everyone is

:44:05.:44:25.

afraid to do things. Make sure it stays nice and five. --

:44:26.:44:46.

nice and high. You have to look at that and see

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where Morgan defence. But has got to be keyed to the second half. Rey

:45:17.:45:37.

Lee-Lo is about to come back on. Check your town please. -- your

:45:38.:45:41.

town. It is like being back at school.

:45:42.:45:52.

This is meant to be a game for men. They should be treated like men.

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They are a man short. He comes right up there. Lloyd

:45:58.:46:18.

Williams, Kristian Dacey is driven back. Williams has another go.

:46:19.:46:34.

Williams expecting to be involved as often as possible in this close

:46:35.:46:41.

quarters. Scott Andrews, very close indeed. Stephen shingler. The

:46:42.:46:56.

Dragons defence is just about holding on but it is being

:46:57.:47:07.

stretched. Schindler, over the top, to James on the second row. Still

:47:08.:47:15.

this survive. Williams lines up for another go at the defence. Now try

:47:16.:47:24.

but a penalty straight in front. Number nine is offside. Taking

:47:25.:47:33.

quickly by Nick Williams. Ben Whitehouse wasn't even looking. He

:47:34.:47:47.

has touched it, that is play on. Ben Whitehouse got that wrong. They both

:47:48.:48:02.

came back onto Geller. -- on together.

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I felt we had a good platform but we were a little bit to be engaged.

:48:20.:48:29.

Matthew Morgan lines up behind Shingler. Centre either side. Which

:48:30.:48:41.

way is Matthew Morgan going to go if he gets the opportunity.

:48:42.:48:56.

All kinds of options here for the Blues. The first is to keep it at

:48:57.:49:04.

Williams's feeds and now into his hands. -- feet. Javad now the deep

:49:05.:49:18.

digs it out. He spends and Kristian Dacey gets over. The Blues have a

:49:19.:49:30.

second. The decision to go for the touchline was a good one. Kristian

:49:31.:49:35.

Dacey scorers. He stays on his feet, scorers

:49:36.:49:52.

easily. Heads and spends out of the tackle. Josh Navidi did so well, he

:49:53.:50:00.

committed people to the ball. The third try the season for

:50:01.:50:16.

Kristian Dacey. No nonsense from Matthew Morgan, he

:50:17.:50:46.

puts it out of play. He is trying to get the numbers

:50:47.:51:15.

right for the line-out. And think you might have a look at

:51:16.:51:51.

this. He is striking the ball very well but I feel that there is a

:51:52.:51:53.

slight wind behind him. No angle, it is just pure distance.

:51:54.:52:39.

That is a heck of a strike. With something to spare. Nice strong wind

:52:40.:52:46.

behind him. We heard from Danny Wilson, the guy

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in charge of the Blues. Nowhere with Kingsley. You have managed to get

:53:10.:53:15.

back into this one. We are disappointed with the two tries. An

:53:16.:53:24.

error from an exit. We kicked it said the 22. We know the Blues are

:53:25.:53:32.

very physical and strong. The Blues crowd are doing the job today. We

:53:33.:53:38.

are back in it. We need to get some possession and territory. We will

:53:39.:53:51.

join you in the second half. Not happy with the decision. Yielding

:53:52.:54:00.

another ten metres. Do not hold the ball in the air while shouting and

:54:01.:54:01.

swearing. Tackled and did not release. He is

:54:02.:54:18.

very dangerous with the ball in hand. It just shows what can happen.

:54:19.:54:30.

Excel aeration and he is away. Williams hanging onto him long

:54:31.:54:49.

enough. It cost him the extra ten metres. For Britain gets it away. --

:54:50.:55:11.

Warburton. Looking for another try at the end of this half.

:55:12.:55:59.

Real pressure and on -- real pressure on the Dragons's defence.

:56:00.:56:13.

Shingler. Brilliantly done by Josh Navidi. That is the third try just

:56:14.:56:20.

before half time. Constant pressure taking its toll. He off-loaded to

:56:21.:56:33.

Josh Navidi. Inside the make, outside dummy. An easy finish for

:56:34.:56:46.

Josh Navidi. He throws a dummy and it looks like slow motion. An easy

:56:47.:57:04.

try. Danny Wilson will be very content as it heads towards the

:57:05.:57:09.

changing room. Shingler, his distribution has been excellent, his

:57:10.:57:16.

kicking superb as well. He has got all three of the Blues' tries. They

:57:17.:57:24.

have a half time advantage of 27-16 to the Blues. Sam, that is how to

:57:25.:57:33.

end a first half. We got some momentum to finish the half. The

:57:34.:57:38.

scoreboard reflects how difficult it is. This game will go to the last

:57:39.:57:48.

ten minutes. It is a fiery local derby. It is a good one. It is good

:57:49.:57:58.

to see the team giving it a go. And sure Danny has a lot to chat to you

:57:59.:58:06.

about. Thank you. The Blues make the best possible start. They got to try

:58:07.:58:14.

in the first minutes by Shingler and that set the pulses racing. Two

:58:15.:58:19.

yellow cards that were contested and we will talk about that soon. Ashton

:58:20.:58:23.

Hewitt took advantage of a lack of full-back. His eighth try for the

:58:24.:58:31.

Dragons. Then Kristian Dacey got some strong carriage from Josh

:58:32.:58:35.

Navidi. Lovely footwork from Shingler. Josh Navidi on hand to

:58:36.:58:44.

take the scoring pass. That has put a different complexion on things.

:58:45.:58:48.

The Blues now have a significant lead. The Blues have made 130 metres

:58:49.:59:02.

to the Dragons' 64 and they have enjoyed 66% of possession. The stats

:59:03.:59:10.

scoreboard the story. The Blues are in front. That try at half time was

:59:11.:59:13.

a big moment. That is a killer blow for the

:59:14.:59:21.

Dragons of the the Blues confidence going in. The Blues properly deserve

:59:22.:59:27.

to go in in front but not why this margin probably, so it is a long way

:59:28.:59:34.

back for the Dragons. Those awayday demons probably creeping into the

:59:35.:59:38.

Dragons's minds. Sam Warburton saying it is very intense out there.

:59:39.:59:41.

Perhaps we have not seen the fireworks we often expect at least

:59:42.:59:44.

our booze and maybe because of the heavy-handed refereeing.

:59:45.:59:48.

Disappointing for us to look at it and for the crowd. The Dragons on

:59:49.:59:55.

average concede the Paw tries away from home and the Blues at home

:59:56.:59:59.

nearly three. It was was good to be a high-scoring affair. How high, we

:00:00.:00:03.

will have to see the second half. Let's have a look at the first try,

:00:04.:00:07.

could not have come much quicker. Steve Shingler, a botched kick-off

:00:08.:00:15.

but a clinical finish. The boys were talking about Nick Williams and

:00:16.:00:19.

trying to get them into the game. It came from a loose kick. Young Angus

:00:20.:00:24.

O'Brien, the start that Kingsley did not want. Nick Williams at

:00:25.:00:27.

scrum-half, a nice little block by Rhys Gill on Lewis Evans, just buys

:00:28.:00:31.

him a little bit of time to get across the gain line. Then it was

:00:32.:00:38.

all about field position. I was disappointed as a coach, Rynard

:00:39.:00:42.

Landman at, he never forwarded around the corner to allow his

:00:43.:00:49.

team-mates width in defence. You have to say another missed tackle

:00:50.:00:53.

here, ten in the first half of the Dragons and Shingler showed great

:00:54.:00:59.

power and strength to get over. It was an unfortunate one from Ashton

:01:00.:01:01.

Hewitt. He was at fault for that one. Sean touched upon it. For me,

:01:02.:01:07.

the Dragons just killed themselves in the first half, every time they

:01:08.:01:10.

were receiving kick-off they were just giving the Blues great fielding

:01:11.:01:13.

position and putting themselves under pressure. Got to give credit

:01:14.:01:17.

to the Blues team but really poor play from the Dragons. Ashton Hewitt

:01:18.:01:23.

certainly atoned for it with his well taken try down the middle. As a

:01:24.:01:31.

former ten and 15, Jiffy spotted this. He is writing. The forwarded

:01:32.:01:35.

offence is so important for the outside backs. They create a little

:01:36.:01:38.

bit of an overlap on the outside and may recognise, they need to get

:01:39.:01:43.

numbers on the corner. The 2/, if they get around the corner, Matthew

:01:44.:01:52.

Morgan does not have two push-up. Holywell spotted and executed by

:01:53.:01:56.

young Angus O'Brien. This guide does not need a second invitation to get

:01:57.:02:01.

over the line. Good work from Ashton Hewitt. We have mentioned it

:02:02.:02:07.

already, the heavy-handed refereeing, not necessarily his

:02:08.:02:13.

fault. Over the past three or four weeks we have seen some farcical

:02:14.:02:16.

yellow cards, two very questionable ones. Danny Wilson very honest,

:02:17.:02:22.

saying that he thought Rey Lee-Lo's was deserved, Rynard Landman's not

:02:23.:02:31.

so. What was your take on it? He has character and personality and

:02:32.:02:34.

experience. He is falling away, for me, Angus O'Brien. I don't think it

:02:35.:02:39.

warrants a yellow card. You could watch in slow motion this. Martin is

:02:40.:02:44.

nodding here. You can watch every right here and see not and are much

:02:45.:02:49.

time, but if you are yellow carding everyone you would have a game of

:02:50.:02:55.

touch, two against two. We have to be very careful. There will be so

:02:56.:03:02.

many cards, with a red or yellow. We are all for playing safely but it is

:03:03.:03:05.

a physical game, the crowd have come here to see a full on derby where

:03:06.:03:13.

things go on. Listen to be doing that the last three or four months

:03:14.:03:17.

and believe me will get worse. The new directive coming in in January,

:03:18.:03:21.

it will get worse. If you want to stop coincidence then you have to

:03:22.:03:24.

stop for the Nick Williams tap and go. In law he has taken a penalty

:03:25.:03:27.

and Kingsley Jones will be aggrieved, if you will slo-mo

:03:28.:03:32.

everything down. Where do you stop. How about now, let's took about the

:03:33.:03:38.

rugby again. Dacey, third try this season, former record try scorer for

:03:39.:03:42.

the Blues. Some great work from Nick Williams and from Josh Navidi. The

:03:43.:03:49.

Blues's pack have got more power to carry it over the gain line. Nick

:03:50.:03:57.

Williams has taken a quick one. Then it is just what you have come to

:03:58.:04:00.

expect, Nick Williams, good carry, takes out seven and eight for the

:04:01.:04:05.

Dragons. Josh Navidi comes round the corner. They are very patient, this

:04:06.:04:08.

is where they are in control. Just that one or two yards over the gain

:04:09.:04:12.

line. Christian Dacey latches on and he is brilliant from two or three

:04:13.:04:18.

yards out, his cause so many tries. Crucial score. -- scores so many

:04:19.:04:28.

tries. Steve Shingler playing fantastic rugby in the absence of

:04:29.:04:32.

Gareth Anscombe, good footwork and a great past the Josh Navidi for that

:04:33.:04:39.

try. Showing the benefit of a good run of games. Showing some

:04:40.:04:42.

confidence with the ball. That is to be noticed. The Blues if they keep

:04:43.:04:44.

possession and then gives silly penalties away will do well. With

:04:45.:04:55.

Shankly and Laura Williams -- Shingler and Williams. For the

:04:56.:05:02.

Dragons will become a comeback like we did and maybe stay within a

:05:03.:05:07.

score? Healthy lead for the Cardiff Blues, their fans will be very

:05:08.:05:11.

happy. One of their more famous fans is with Katrin. He has been to the

:05:12.:05:15.

Copacabana this year, how does the Copacabana compare the Cardiff Arms

:05:16.:05:21.

Park, Geraint Thomas? Really good. No better place to play to get over

:05:22.:05:28.

the hangover. You come down here quite a bit. I always try to get

:05:29.:05:35.

down here, it is a good day out. Deriding of now, the Tour Down

:05:36.:05:40.

Under, I saw you are enjoying some pizza, are you allowed to do that?

:05:41.:05:44.

You didn't get that on camera, did you? Other than that, full on

:05:45.:05:52.

training and regime and diet and everything, so go to Australia on

:05:53.:05:55.

2nd of January, down there for a month. That will be a good start to

:05:56.:06:03.

the year really. Best of luck, enjoy the rugby until then. He appears to

:06:04.:06:07.

be nursing that hangover, Geraint Thomas. We have a bit of a Christmas

:06:08.:06:12.

cracker on the go here but it is of course one of a real festive feast

:06:13.:06:16.

coming up over the last few days -- next few days. Tomorrow is the West

:06:17.:06:21.

Wales derby as the Ospreys welcome arch rivals Scarlets to the Liberty

:06:22.:06:23.

Stadium, where they haven't lost all season. Catch that one live on S4

:06:24.:06:30.

from 2:30pm. Then a double bill on New Year's Day. Let macro for the

:06:31.:06:48.

fourth and final act, the Dragons, you won't have to leave your server,

:06:49.:06:52.

see every try, every hit, every tackle. Loads more rugby to come

:06:53.:07:03.

before the New Year. It has been a truly momentous year for sport in

:07:04.:07:07.

Wales. Dumbing up straight after scrum five live -- coming up

:07:08.:07:13.

straight after, they look at all the best bits so you would have to leave

:07:14.:07:15.

your sofa until early evening tonight. I just remember looking to

:07:16.:07:21.

see where all the fans of the corner from you know, they had lost that

:07:22.:07:26.

end, the Welsh was the I was panicking inside, not even touching

:07:27.:07:29.

the penalty, like my don't wear to go. A lot of people dream of scoring

:07:30.:07:34.

goals of the Euros, but they drove Creamer scoring once like that. I

:07:35.:07:37.

fell asleep between flights and I woke up thinking oh my god, this is

:07:38.:07:45.

the Olympics. One single summer... Steps up, it's a left footed, oh, he

:07:46.:07:53.

has scored! Gareth Bale for Wales! A time like now other. The Welsh

:07:54.:07:58.

wonder strikes gold! Of heat this hot. Making history. The sweetest

:07:59.:08:12.

summer for Wales, the soaring summer of 2016.

:08:13.:08:25.

So much to look back in joy, Wales on top of the world following this

:08:26.:08:31.

programme, probably an appropriate time to ask you, what was your Welsh

:08:32.:08:36.

sporting moment of 2016? Easy for me, Wales against Belgium, just

:08:37.:08:41.

watching that, Belgium score first half, you think here we go, we have

:08:42.:08:44.

done amazingly well just to get here. Then to go there and win, when

:08:45.:08:48.

Robson Kanu is doing Cruyff turn score you know it is a special

:08:49.:08:55.

night. Yours was probably the set? Apart from my team in the South

:08:56.:09:03.

Wales league cricket being promoted. Yes. It looks as though the teams

:09:04.:09:10.

are back out, yes, the Blues are following the Dragons back out onto

:09:11.:09:12.

the pitch. Time to return to our commentary team with Jonathan Davies

:09:13.:09:18.

and Gareth charmers. COMMENTATOR: Thinking very much indeed. No

:09:19.:09:21.

changes as far as I can make at the of the second half. The final Blues

:09:22.:09:27.

players make their way out. Two wingers and the two centres. Rynard

:09:28.:09:35.

Landman just signed a new contract with the Dragons. Have the

:09:36.:09:40.

misfortune to spend ten minutes in the bin in the first half. The Blues

:09:41.:09:44.

pulling away after the Dragons got back on terms at 13-13, the two late

:09:45.:09:52.

tries have given the home side that cushion at the start of the second

:09:53.:09:55.

half. It has left them just one short of the bonus point. Hands

:09:56.:10:04.

away, handle! At this point the winning bonus point is something

:10:05.:10:07.

they have only achieved once so far this season. Elly yes, they have the

:10:08.:10:12.

wind behind them now. Pressure on Tom Prydie full stop he

:10:13.:10:19.

did well actually. The last vestiges of sun as the ball

:10:20.:10:45.

goes up. The crowd on the far side all raised their hands to shield

:10:46.:10:48.

their eyes. Matthew Morgan, that is the kind of ball he likes, the

:10:49.:10:55.

chance to run at defences. Into the space out wide. Shingler, excellent

:10:56.:11:02.

first half from him. Now Travis and. Open start of the second half and

:11:03.:11:06.

unable go back for the Dragons's scrum. Yes, you was heading into

:11:07.:11:11.

touch and he just threw the ball, it was a forward pass.

:11:12.:11:27.

The Blues have two thirds of the ball in the first. Kingsley Jones

:11:28.:11:36.

mentioned how sure-footed they were in the Dragons 22. They made the

:11:37.:11:41.

most every time they got into the 22 they came away with something. That

:11:42.:11:45.

is what the Dragons have to do, try and keep the Blues out of their 22

:11:46.:11:50.

but they have to keep possession, try and put some width on the ball.

:11:51.:11:56.

Work out the defensive strategy of the two Blues centres. Pressure on

:11:57.:12:03.

the Dragons rumba noil gets it away. -- Knoyle. Ashton Stuart has looked

:12:04.:12:11.

dangerous. Again showing strength as well. Excellent from Hewitt. Trying

:12:12.:12:17.

to give someone else a run. Cory Allen comes across. Everyone having

:12:18.:12:23.

a hack at it. Not ball from Ashton Hewitt again. He

:12:24.:12:45.

has looked really dangerous apart from a missed tackle. He is the go

:12:46.:12:54.

to. I think he has hung on. He has made more metres than every other

:12:55.:12:59.

player particular I think. He has. In the Dragons side. Are you doing

:13:00.:13:10.

the calculating? Yes Comey has, hasn't he? Bit more than the other

:13:11.:13:27.

players have made, right? Penalty advantage for the Dragons. Niall,

:13:28.:13:30.

Ollie Griffiths weights. Good support by Rhys Thomas. O'Brien knew

:13:31.:13:38.

there was an advantage coming. That is what they will go back for. I

:13:39.:13:44.

know there is a long way to go in this game but it epitomised the

:13:45.:13:53.

difference. Can't get any real fun football. Struggling in those close

:13:54.:13:58.

quarters. Just changing his jersey, lads,

:13:59.:14:19.

we're going to let him do it. WHISTLE

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He will try and code same again only better this time.

:14:26.:14:38.

Landman delivers. Rhys Thomas Nix run the site. Still there, look

:14:39.:15:01.

where they are. I think it was a deflection from Lloyd Williams's

:15:02.:15:09.

kick. Search the wrong in that area, he takes the ball. Again it is an

:15:10.:15:14.

area that they have struggled. They have got no gains at all from it.

:15:15.:15:26.

The ruck had already formed. You can't play there. The contact was

:15:27.:15:30.

already made. Ben Whitehouse saying there was a

:15:31.:16:03.

ruck already formed. Ollie Griffiths by those pictures was fully intent

:16:04.:16:10.

on going for it. As you said, you was the tackler so he was well

:16:11.:16:14.

within his rights to go for it. I feel the Dragons need to come away

:16:15.:16:19.

with points on decisions like this. Don't look like they will get them

:16:20.:16:31.

that often. That is out. Rhys Thomas, great pressure. The Blues

:16:32.:16:35.

are following up very effectively indeed. Given the Dragons now time

:16:36.:16:40.

to settle the ball. Well done by Tyler Morgan. Hewitt is the one

:16:41.:16:49.

giving chase, and he takes it first. Excellent play by Ashton Hewitt.

:16:50.:16:58.

Fairbrother. Knoyle back to the blindside, that is where the Dragons

:16:59.:17:02.

shunters. Put it up for O'Brien who pops into the hall. The two

:17:03.:17:07.

Williamses, Lloyd and Nick, bringing him down. Jackson. Prydie at

:17:08.:17:13.

outside-half. Again, it is the Blues defence that

:17:14.:17:28.

wins over the Dragons's attack. Just needed someone with Angus O'Brien.

:17:29.:17:32.

Was rubbing his neck, he had been hurt in the previous tackle.

:17:33.:17:41.

That is Tom Prydie's last action. Carl Maier comes on to replace him.

:17:42.:17:52.

Carl Maier, who took a really nasty knock-on the head, in the Dragons's

:17:53.:18:06.

European cup game. In fact it was a game out in Leinster.

:18:07.:18:24.

Quickly away from the line-out. Shingler, Matthew Morgan trying to

:18:25.:18:31.

create space on the outside for Cuthbert. Maher was the one who got

:18:32.:18:41.

the tackle in. JC was far more direct, far more pacey in the Blues

:18:42.:18:48.

attack. Lee-Lo. Greater variety to it as well. Shingler really is the

:18:49.:19:00.

should beating superbly this afternoon. Just dying on Cory Allen

:19:01.:19:12.

for Halaholo. The attack continues. Boyle, beautifully done. Sam Hobbs

:19:13.:19:27.

knew it was coming in the form of 20 stone of Nick Williams. Cory Hill

:19:28.:19:35.

weights. Trying to take the Dragons away from their own 22. Now with the

:19:36.:19:46.

wind against them, it is difficult to clear your lines. That will hang.

:19:47.:20:23.

Kingsley Jones, Sean,, Ceri Jones. Still got his hair, hanging in

:20:24.:20:56.

there, Kings. I think the pack needs a bit of fresh blood now. Just a bit

:20:57.:21:07.

more energy, a bit more power. The January window, maybe, is it? Oh,

:21:08.:21:09.

that's football. They are looking to spread now every

:21:10.:21:26.

chance they get, the Blues. They go in search of the bonus point try.

:21:27.:21:35.

Think they know the Dragons, although you get someone like --

:21:36.:21:38.

unless you get someone like Ashley Stuart, who will break, you don't

:21:39.:21:42.

have someone who has the -- Ashton Hewitt.

:21:43.:22:21.

Under pressure from Jackson. If he has just slipped up it should not be

:22:22.:22:43.

a penalty. The game is so fast. We have already had one penalty for

:22:44.:22:46.

remonstrating over there. Players from both sides appealing for

:22:47.:22:52.

decisions. It stops now. Have a word with number nine. It just slipped

:22:53.:22:59.

up, it's high. Right, here's the penalty, let's

:23:00.:23:28.

have a look at it. Comes in. He has ended up around the neck, so it is a

:23:29.:23:29.

penalty nowadays. Difficult. Warburton charges at the Dragons's

:23:30.:23:48.

defence. Lloyd Williams puts the ball downfield. A bit long maybe.

:23:49.:23:53.

Easy for Pat Howard to deal with. You were calling for some fresh

:23:54.:24:11.

blood in the Dragons's pack, and here it comes en masse. Elliot Dee,

:24:12.:24:16.

Brok Harris and Nick Crosswell all coming on at the same time. He yes,

:24:17.:24:28.

just a something. Maybe that bit more energy, the boys fresh off the

:24:29.:24:38.

bench. Brok Harris of other who has signed a contract extension. Inside

:24:39.:24:46.

ball to Macauley Cook. Offside. Scrappy, really scrappy. You would

:24:47.:25:09.

have to say the penalty has been fairly poor, summer games we have

:25:10.:25:14.

watched over the Christmas period. From other leagues and very

:25:15.:25:17.

countries it has been very high that this has been very scrappy.

:25:18.:25:45.

I was hoping he would get there before the tackle had formed but no.

:25:46.:25:58.

Boys, we will get this right. Take a step for me please and you get a

:25:59.:26:08.

little bit forward. Knock-on. Navidi could not get up iron. It is the

:26:09.:26:16.

first line-out either team has lost. This appointment for the Blues from

:26:17.:26:21.

such a handy position. The Dragons still have work to do. To get away

:26:22.:26:33.

from the danger area. It is obviously higher risk.

:26:34.:26:42.

A poor line-out, everything was wrong with that. They would not be

:26:43.:26:48.

happy with that lift. The lift was poor.

:26:49.:26:55.

Cory Hill challenges. DC does the cleaning up work.

:26:56.:27:15.

Navidi. He is an important ball-carrier for the Blues. Picked

:27:16.:27:28.

up by Halaholo. Warburton screaming for the ball on the side. Brok

:27:29.:27:34.

Harris on the left-wing here for the minute. That is what Warburton

:27:35.:27:46.

watchers stashed Micro wanted. He picks out Halaholo. Just needed

:27:47.:27:58.

hands. His inside show the run had held the defenders, created the

:27:59.:28:01.

overlap, just needed to feed the next player.

:28:02.:28:10.

Why the cutout pass there, I'm not sure. Matthew Morgan and Christian

:28:11.:28:19.

Day seed to choose from. Not exactly the straightest throw

:28:20.:29:29.

ever. They just want something to happen. We need the Dragons to score

:29:30.:29:36.

just so something happens. It has gone a bit flat in recent minutes.

:29:37.:29:45.

Tyler Morgan missed a big part of the season with injury. That was

:29:46.:29:51.

well played. The Blues have really put the

:29:52.:30:08.

squeeze on defensively. They have had a line-out on the five

:30:09.:30:24.

metre line but that is about it. They have been stuck here.

:30:25.:30:39.

Trying to get inside the defenders who are pushing up on the right-hand

:30:40.:30:51.

side. That is the tactic because they are pressing so hard. It is

:30:52.:31:03.

such a narrow area. It was actually a good kick. On this pitch it is not

:31:04.:31:15.

aid to bones. It is very difficult to judge that is the problem they

:31:16.:31:27.

have. Your options are very short. He is trying a variety of kicks but

:31:28.:31:29.

it is not coming. Are very different sort of

:31:30.:31:50.

scrum-half. He is a big threat around the fringes. Ellis Jenkins is

:31:51.:32:04.

looking to see things for the Blues. He does not want to go. Such a

:32:05.:32:11.

physical ball-carrier. Someone is important is that they

:32:12.:32:37.

need to manage because they have a big game against the Scarlets is

:32:38.:32:38.

coming up. That was a good kick as far as

:32:39.:32:50.

distance goes. If you look at it, all he needs to

:32:51.:33:29.

do is keep his inside shoulder towards the defenders. You need to

:33:30.:33:34.

run outside to hold them. The Blues should be chasing this

:33:35.:34:14.

bonus point. This is the taking. We need the bonus point. Let's try to

:34:15.:34:21.

do everything to get it. Straight down the middle. Their only other

:34:22.:34:31.

bonus point of the season came against Edinburgh.

:34:32.:34:50.

Glasgow occupying six place at the moment, the Blues are one behind

:34:51.:34:57.

them on 22 so they need the five points to draw level. Glasgow

:34:58.:35:06.

against Edinburgh the Scottish Derby. Munster against Leinster this

:35:07.:35:12.

afternoon. You cannot get out of that area. He

:35:13.:35:36.

will not be able to magic his way out of there.

:35:37.:35:55.

For me there is no debate there, you go for a corner. That should be no

:35:56.:36:09.

debate at all. It is not a bad effort from Shingler.

:36:10.:36:22.

Macauley Cook is replaced. The important line-outs for the Blues.

:36:23.:36:40.

Macauley Cook has played every league game this season for the

:36:41.:36:41.

Blues. That is a great position for the

:36:42.:36:58.

Blues. Five metres out they have gone to the back. Angus O'Brien with

:36:59.:37:11.

the clearance. They will get another chance.

:37:12.:37:38.

Gives it a waiter Ollie Griffiths. Making life difficult initially.

:37:39.:38:01.

They are very difficult the Dragons. Gone off the boil a bit in the

:38:02.:38:08.

second half. There has been some frustration. There have been some

:38:09.:38:14.

decent field positions and we have let them off the hook a little bit.

:38:15.:38:20.

Hopefully then we can get the fourth try. We need to look to be a little

:38:21.:38:30.

bit more ruthless. They do not get many chances. We need to be more

:38:31.:38:38.

clinical. Still plenty of time and possession. The first half we went

:38:39.:38:43.

through the phases and we looked quite dangerous.

:38:44.:39:03.

It looks like he will be coming on because Shingler has taken a knock.

:39:04.:39:23.

He will try things and clear things. For me that is a yellow card. The

:39:24.:39:49.

guy comes in from behind and cream some. That is so late.

:39:50.:40:06.

Brought to the attention of Ben Whitehouse. This could be a yellow.

:40:07.:40:38.

Everything looks worse in slow mole, it is late but it looks like a

:40:39.:40:50.

penalty to me. I totally disagree with the administrators. He has no

:40:51.:40:56.

idea what is the most dangerous tackle. That is more calculated than

:40:57.:41:10.

the other two incidents but it is not a yellow card. This is where the

:41:11.:41:19.

game is becoming an absolute joke. Sometimes you need to have a little

:41:20.:41:23.

bit of empathy in the game and that shows no empathy at all.

:41:24.:41:39.

That was bizarre couple of minutes that cannot clarify.

:41:40.:41:58.

What a chapter of events. It does make you wonder what is going on in

:41:59.:42:10.

this game. It did not make in a sense going for the three points.

:42:11.:42:21.

Something will happen with Mickey, anyway.

:42:22.:42:33.

He will be 35 on the 3rd of January. He has played well, Shingler. There

:42:34.:42:51.

is Shingler. That put him in all kinds of

:42:52.:43:20.

trouble. That kick in the lower back is really painful.

:43:21.:43:38.

It was such a dangerous tackle. There was no empathy whatsoever from

:43:39.:43:44.

the people in charge of the game. Here we are. What is he is doing

:43:45.:44:08.

there? The change is for the Blues. The 2/2

:44:09.:44:30.

backs, Thomas Williams and Nick Robinson.

:44:31.:44:48.

The penalty goes against Scott Andrews.

:44:49.:45:01.

They Dragons' head coaches here. No points in the second half and I have

:45:02.:45:14.

been a lot of mistakes by both teams. We are bit disappointed with

:45:15.:45:19.

ourselves. The Blues have taken their chances but we have been

:45:20.:45:24.

giving them the opportunities. There is plenty of time left, hopefully we

:45:25.:45:31.

can get the next scorer. One more score and you will be back in it.

:45:32.:45:39.

That is the idea. We didn't capitalise on the last opportunity.

:45:40.:45:43.

It is about being accurate. We have not been accurate enough.

:45:44.:45:54.

We are trying to use our bench to bring some pace in. We have messed

:45:55.:46:03.

around a little bit too much at the half way line and this is the first

:46:04.:46:08.

chance we have had to see if we get some dynamism into the game. Thank

:46:09.:46:16.

you. The Dragons are trying to up the pace now and put some pressure

:46:17.:46:22.

on the Blues' defence. There is another penalty coming. Number 22,

:46:23.:46:31.

said. -- number 22, you are offside. The Dragons were the losing bonus

:46:32.:46:53.

point specialist last season. He has been very comfortable so far.

:46:54.:47:12.

They will see what the Dragons are trying to do here.

:47:13.:47:32.

Presence and mind from the scrum-half. That could have been a

:47:33.:47:52.

yellow card. It may well be. He will want words as the penalty count

:47:53.:48:04.

increases. He did not win it but he slowed down. I need a range of

:48:05.:48:06.

behaviour. Keep an eye on Kristian Dacey. He

:48:07.:48:18.

slowed it down enough. They were all very flat there. It

:48:19.:48:54.

came off the top. Tyler Morgan looking to try and get to ground.

:48:55.:49:04.

And the Blues when it. The Dragons were caught unaware.

:49:05.:49:20.

Taken in by blue. Do you need medical? Let's go.

:49:21.:49:44.

If the Blues still get a bonus point here they will be disappointed. --

:49:45.:49:54.

is the Blues do not get. Holger balance. -- hold your.

:49:55.:50:24.

We have expected big things today. They have dominated physically, the

:50:25.:50:38.

Dragons. I think they brought Matthew Morgan from Bristol to try

:50:39.:50:41.

and inject some energy into the game. They will get their chance to

:50:42.:50:50.

work their way downfield. The Ospreys are playing the Scarlets

:50:51.:51:32.

is tomorrow afternoon. We will look back at the whole sporting year just

:51:33.:51:41.

before 5pm that day. More derbies on New Year's Day. Can the Blues up the

:51:42.:51:51.

tempo and find something they have not done this half. No points for

:51:52.:51:56.

either side with just five minutes of the second period remaining.

:51:57.:52:21.

Just need to get it out anyway you can.

:52:22.:53:08.

You can see why these are the third and fourth best regions in Wales

:53:09.:53:12.

just now. There is a greater sense of urgency.

:53:13.:53:53.

Only one point scored in the second half. I thought this second half

:53:54.:53:58.

would open up after an open first half. This guy going off, Kristian

:53:59.:54:11.

Dacey, has had a big game. He scored the first trying created a therefore

:54:12.:54:16.

Josh Navidi. Shingler is my man of the match. He scored 17 of their

:54:17.:54:25.

points, including a try. He converted all three. He cannot go

:54:26.:54:33.

near this fourth and a bonus point. That onrushing defence again. He

:54:34.:54:37.

cannot just hang onto it. As the Dragons go through the

:54:38.:55:23.

phases. He makes a break. He steps back inside. Looks for support.

:55:24.:55:28.

Thomas Williams nearly brings him down.

:55:29.:55:39.

He looked set over the top. It is the jargon is who are looking to get

:55:40.:55:50.

the losing bonus point. They are looking a bit tired. -- it is the

:55:51.:55:52.

Dragons. It looked so promising but in the

:55:53.:56:18.

end it was the wrong option and Josh Navidi will take those all day, all

:56:19.:56:26.

season. There is one and a half minutes to go and the Blues should

:56:27.:56:32.

be looking for more opportunities, rather than thinking that they have

:56:33.:56:38.

won the game. That was a lovely break.

:56:39.:56:51.

One opportunity to go. The Blues have one more chance to clinch this

:56:52.:57:06.

bonus point. He still managed to get it away.

:57:07.:57:21.

The defence wins again and that has been the story of the second half.

:57:22.:57:29.

You would think that the Blues have lost their last chance to get a

:57:30.:57:31.

bonus point. Well done. It is all square, 13-13, midway

:57:32.:57:56.

through the half. Two tries towards the end of the first period gave the

:57:57.:58:02.

Blues and advantage of 27-16. Nothing has been added since then.

:58:03.:58:11.

Elliot Dee up the the Blues's 22. O'Brien. Beard. Rolls away from

:58:12.:58:36.

Lee-Lo's challenge. Loose pass spilled by Ollie Griffiths. And

:58:37.:58:42.

maybe, aptly enough, the game ends on the mistake. No points at all in

:58:43.:58:51.

the second half. Pretty much a full house at the Arms Park, not the best

:58:52.:58:56.

entertainment for them. A win for the Blues but they could not have a

:58:57.:58:59.

fourth try to get the bonus point. I just felt the intensity was not

:59:00.:59:04.

there. They did not build, didn't have the patience, didn't have the

:59:05.:59:07.

real guile to try and break down the defence. To be fair to the Dragons,

:59:08.:59:13.

they kept on pounding away, pounding away, and they came back into it

:59:14.:59:17.

late in the half. To me, disappointing that the Blues went

:59:18.:59:20.

for the fourth try but did not show any willing, did not grab it by the

:59:21.:59:24.

scruff of the neck. The game just petered out. Only a second win in 74

:59:25.:59:32.

the Blues after four at the top of the season. They will be happy for

:59:33.:59:36.

the win but disappointed that they could not other fourth try. The

:59:37.:59:39.

first Welsh derby ends in a home win. Blues 27-16 Dragons. Man of the

:59:40.:59:49.

match Steve Sigler. -- Steve Shingler. Congratulations. It wasn't

:59:50.:59:56.

the classic Welsh derby were hoping for. All started with a fantastic

:59:57.:00:02.

try from your good self. It was a good start but a shame we did not

:00:03.:00:05.

click on the second half, and that bonus point is probably a big miss

:00:06.:00:10.

for us. How frustrating was that, no points in the second half, and the

:00:11.:00:13.

bonus point, you might look back on a few months how important it could

:00:14.:00:22.

have been. Definitely important. A scoreless second half, and we should

:00:23.:00:28.

have kicked on. Kicking onto the next Welsh derby is well on New

:00:29.:00:31.

Year's Day. Yes, we'll forward to that, it will be a good day

:00:32.:00:40.

tomorrow, Scarlets against Ospreys. Steven Shingler, thank you very

:00:41.:00:47.

much, congratulations. So there is the table. The Blues stay in

:00:48.:00:53.

seventh, now just one point behind Glasgow as a result of that result,

:00:54.:00:55.

but the Dragons are still in ninth. 27-16 at half-time, 27-16 at

:00:56.:01:13.

full-time. The second half was a bit of hard work. You are being kind, a

:01:14.:01:19.

terrible second half. The first half, there was a lot of quality,

:01:20.:01:23.

excitement and tris, just really fizzled out. The Blues deserved win

:01:24.:01:27.

that game, they should be disappointed they have not got a

:01:28.:01:30.

winning bonus point. I think those teams would be disappointed, the

:01:31.:01:34.

Dragons came away with nothing. They really poor second half. Steve

:01:35.:01:38.

Shingler, man of the match, plenty of positives for the Blues, he was

:01:39.:01:43.

definitely man of the match, the complete performance. Good to see a

:01:44.:01:48.

centre half getting a run of games, behind Gareth Anscombe. He played

:01:49.:01:52.

well in all facets of the game, kicked well, ran at the line, scored

:01:53.:01:57.

a try early on, created one as well, so a good all-round performance and

:01:58.:02:00.

rightly man of the match in what was a disappointing second half, if I'm

:02:01.:02:04.

honest. Apologies if you are struggling to hear us, the PA system

:02:05.:02:08.

is ultra-loud, so it should be on Boxing Day. We talked before the

:02:09.:02:15.

match begun, the Blues had maybe missed the impetus. He was not happy

:02:16.:02:23.

going off after 60 minutes. But they have two manage it, Williams. Had a

:02:24.:02:30.

big 60 minute slot. That was the difference. The physicality of the

:02:31.:02:39.

Blues back. One of the men who try to contain Nick Williams all

:02:40.:02:43.

afternoon was Lewis Evans, the Dragons's captain. You have just

:02:44.:02:46.

been in a huddle at the middle of the pitch, what was said? To get a

:02:47.:02:53.

bit of a good look at ourselves, that was not a good performance. The

:02:54.:03:00.

Blues are not a bad team. We showed them a bit too much respect at

:03:01.:03:05.

times. Not the best start, but you got your cells back into it, how

:03:06.:03:08.

disappointed are you to be leaving with not a bonus point, a losing

:03:09.:03:15.

bonus point? Roos disappointing. Too many errors in our game today. The

:03:16.:03:20.

Blues capitalised on it. We need to realise we are not quite there where

:03:21.:03:25.

we can turn up and just win games. It bit of realism to bring us back

:03:26.:03:28.

down to earth. We had a good run recently but we have got the Ospreys

:03:29.:03:32.

now on New Year's Day and will need to deliver a better performance than

:03:33.:03:37.

that. As for the Welsh derbies, they don't get any easier. It is never an

:03:38.:03:42.

easy game for us, weenie to put out a good team and everyone needs to

:03:43.:03:49.

perform, simple as that. From a losing captain, Lewis Evans, to the

:03:50.:03:52.

winning captain, Sam Warburton has joined us. After only one win in

:03:53.:03:58.

six, that has to come as a welcome relief. We have not done well in the

:03:59.:04:05.

Welsh derbies. That has been a massive focus. We had to sit on a

:04:06.:04:10.

fact that the last game was a 38-3 loss. We were desperate to get back

:04:11.:04:15.

out there and put in a good performance in front of a good

:04:16.:04:19.

crowd. We have talked about the return of Nick Williams alongside

:04:20.:04:22.

you in that back row, how welcome is that, given what you have missed

:04:23.:04:28.

over the last few games? We know the physical presence. He was extremely

:04:29.:04:32.

vocal on the pitch and around the training ground. A great addition to

:04:33.:04:39.

the squad, he has been missed. Derbies, whoever comes out

:04:40.:04:41.

physically on top wins the game. Nick brings a massive part of that.

:04:42.:04:49.

Steve Shingler talked about it, will that be a disappointment? We were

:04:50.:04:53.

chasing a little bit enemy had a penalty. Without we just had to kick

:04:54.:05:00.

it. We thought we would kick three, get two tries ahead. We tried to

:05:01.:05:06.

chase a Debian but fled better safe than sorry. Congratulations on a

:05:07.:05:10.

personal note, your 100th game for the Blues, this is the guy you took

:05:11.:05:17.

another seven jersey. Bar of chocolate a night or a beer? Bring

:05:18.:05:24.

on that Pablo! Great to speak to you, as always, and enjoy your

:05:25.:05:29.

belated Christmas dinner. Cheers, boys. We can speak to the Blues

:05:30.:05:36.

coach, Danny Wilson. Sam was saying, daddy, a very frustrating second

:05:37.:05:38.

half and not getting that bonus point. Pretty awful if I'm honest.

:05:39.:05:55.

Way too many errors. The disappointing but good that we got

:05:56.:05:58.

the win, a home win against the dragon side that can be gritty and

:05:59.:06:03.

difficult as we know. Maybe in the second half we left it out there.

:06:04.:06:13.

You waited a while in recent weeks. It is important we win at home. We

:06:14.:06:17.

have done that in the Derby. I would have taken that before the game,

:06:18.:06:19.

make sure you get the win. They couple of tough results. The

:06:20.:06:31.

Scarlets next, will you be watching them? Yes, I will be looking at

:06:32.:06:35.

that, I'm sure most people will be, but we will be looking at it as a

:06:36.:06:38.

coaching group with interest and see how that pans out. Danny Wilson, he

:06:39.:06:44.

will be happy with the win but frustrated at the lack of a bonus

:06:45.:06:47.

point. Sam Warburton reference there. Several of their attacks came

:06:48.:06:55.

to nothing and eventually they went off the boil. He will not be happy.

:06:56.:07:05.

That is not what Danny Wilson is about. They should be more clinical

:07:06.:07:14.

in those areas. Won't have that many chances against the bigger boys. The

:07:15.:07:17.

Dragons are down the bottom half of the table, they will be disappointed

:07:18.:07:20.

when they go back to review but he will be pleased it is a home win

:07:21.:07:24.

after their recent performances. Lewis Evans was honest about the

:07:25.:07:27.

Dragons, saying they are not where they want to be, a lot of work still

:07:28.:07:33.

to do. If we can take some positives from their performances though,

:07:34.:07:36.

Ollie Griffiths again looked hungry. They have some competition for the

:07:37.:07:43.

jersey at seven. In fairness to Lewis Evans, he is always honest. I

:07:44.:07:50.

mentioned in commentary if you times, the power of the Blues pack

:07:51.:07:53.

in those close quarter areas, the Dragons struggled. They are what

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they are, the Dragons. They just lack that little bit of quality,

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what is that, 12, 13 games away from home they have not won. When you are

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lacking that power and you can't impose yourself physically on games,

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you need someone to supply some magic and Ashton Hewitt showed, in

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glimpses, he has that quality. Definitely, but they were trying to

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use in a bit too often. The Blues defence was much better today. They

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were really powerful and physical around the fringes. He had never to

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go, but he had some space, showed flashes, scored a great try. Just

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not enough on the day. Next up for the Dragons, the Ospreys. They will

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play the Scarlets first but that is a tough prospect. Yes, really

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looking forward to tomorrow's games, they are the top two teams in Wales.

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This for the Dragons, always a difficult place to go, and that is

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enormous, that is for the Dragons, because you come away with two games

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over the Christmas period with two losses, that will ruin the season

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for them. As a former Osprey, you can watch tomorrow's games with a

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bit of detachment. Going down with Ryan Jones. Magical day at the

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liberty. Should get a walk up as well. The Scarlets will fancy their

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chances. Who is going to win? Ospreys. Scarlets. That is roughly

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all we have got time for, the crowd have departed rather swiftly, the

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bars of Cardiff are waiting for them. Thanks for watching today,

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don't forget that they game tomorrow, Ospreys against Scarlets

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at the Liberty Stadium. Sean will be there, signing autographs with Ryan

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Jones. We are back for the Dragons Ospreys game that we mentioned with

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Martin. That is it from Scrum V Live. Enjoy the rest of your Boxing

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Day but don't go anyway to the next hour, stay tuned, Wales celebrated

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one of its I can just remember looking to see

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all our fans in the corner, you know, they'd lost it by then,

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the Welsh. I was panicking inside and thinking,

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"I'm not even touching the pedals,

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