Cardiff 20
Edinburgh 19
Edinburgh began the tough challenge of taking on Cardiff away from home with a fantastic try.
Just as we’ve seen so many times before Wes Goosen made a blistering break through the middle of the pitch but was taken down short with a terrific tap tackle. Next phase Scott was quick to identify the space putting in a perfectly weighted cross that fell into Lewis Well’s hands for the try.
A Cardiff reply was not far behind as Edinburgh failed to gather a box kick and a Cardiff player slipped through a tackle and ran down the wing. A short pass to scrum half Johan Mulder who used his footwork to beat Bradbury and dive over the line.
Edinburgh’s attack wasn’t quite as clinical as last week but once they entered the twenty-two nothing was wasted. Charlie Shiel showed his class again spotting a gap right in front of the try line and he executed tremendously, stepping and spinning before being pulled down over the line.
Welsh veteran Josh Adams gave his contribution next when he received the ball on the wing beating several defenders. He was able to get a second touch after passing it to a teammate which put him in open space.
Try Ewan Ashman Edinburgh’s third try was incited by another individual effort. This time it was Cammy Scott who made a strong carry putting Edinburgh deep into the twenty-two. A few phases later Ashman went on a cutting line and powered his way over to score.
The first half was heavily dominated by Edinburgh but not quite the Capital side we saw last week. Their attack was both well stopped but also not as free flowing compared to their domination of Benetton. However, they went in at half time with all the momentum and the task of building on positive first half to stop Cardiff getting back into the game.
HT: CARDIFF 17 – 19 EDINBURGH
A rare box kick error from Charlie Shiel gave Cardiff an entry into his teams twenty-two. The home side worked their way across the pitch eventually finishing with former Edinburgh man Javan Sebastian smashing through two defenders in the corner for a try.
Cardiff came out into the second half with more of a fire in their attack than the second half which Edinburgh had in a tight grip. As the half progressed Edinburgh’s attack appeared to regress and struggle to string much together.
Second half action came in fractions with both teams feeling the fatigue and weather conditions. It wasn’t until Cardiff won a penalty on halfway in front of the posts. Ioan Lloyd stepped up and did not disappoint slotting the winning kick on his first start for his new team.
An element that will ease the pain of that loss for Sean Everitt will be the pleasing performances of academy players Lewis Wells and Connor McAlpine. Both played very well for being thrown in the deep end. This emphasised that Edinburgh has built excellent squad depth which is something that has been an issue in previous season.
FT: CARDIFF 20 – 19 EDINBURGH
MOTM: TANE BASHAM
YELLOW CARDS:
CARDIFF –
EDINBURGH –
TRY SCORERS –
EDINBURGH: Lewis Wells, Charlie Shiel, Ewan Ashman
CARDIFF: Johan Mulder, Josh Adams, Javan Sebastian
Teams:
Edinburgh – P.SCHOEMAN, E.ASHMAN. D.RAE, M.SYKES, G.GILCHRIST, L.MCCONNELL, D.RICHARDSON , M.BRADBURY (C), C.SHIEL, C.SCOTT, L.WELLS, P. O’CONOR J.LANG, R.McCANN, W.GOOSEN
Replacements – P.Harrison, B.Venter, P.Hill, C.Hunter-Hill, C.McAlpine, R.Thompson, M,.Davidson
Cardiff – D.Southworth, L.Belcher, J.Sebastian, J.McNally, G.Nott, T.Basham, T.Faletau, J.Mulder, I.Lloyd, T.Bowen, B.Thomas, H.Millard, J.Adams, J.Beetham
Replacements – D.Hughes, C.Domachowski, K.Assiratti, B.Donnell, A.Lawrence, D.Thomas, A.Davies, C.Sheedy
Scoring timeline (Edinburgh first): 5-0, 5-5, 12-5, 12-12, 19-12, 19-17, 19-17, FT
