Cardiff Blues 11 - 19 Edinburgh
Edinburgh made it two wins from two as fourteen points from eventual Guinness Man of the Match, Jaco van der Walt, and a late try from Scotland international Mark Bennett secured an impressive win against Cardiff Blues at Cardiff Arms Park this evening.
The capital side led 8-9 at the break following a stodgy and slow opening 40 minutes of action, but they kicked it into another gear in the second period and eventually powered to claim the road win.
With the aforementioned Van der Walt purring in the No. 10 jersey and providing a platform for Edinburgh to perform, the win undoubtedly came through impressive solo performances from Nic Groom – who skippered the side, Duhan van der Merwe, Nick Haining and George Taylor.
Taylor – who started in the place of the injured Matt Scott – put in a terrific shift in midfield, both in attack and defence, and it was the young centre’s break that eventually set up a slick score for Bennett late in the match.
With Edinburgh starting well and playing with a real purpose and organisation, the opening points of the encounter came through Van der Walt. With Cardiff pinged at the breakdown, the stand-off stroked the ball home for the first points of the evening. [0-3]
With the hosts pushing forward in attach, Fraser McKenzie was sent to the bin for collapsing a maul on the Edinburgh try-line, and Cardiff would make the capital side pay.
Owen Lane was the man to finish a thunderous backline attack that saw the ball shifted across the backline at pace, before the winger was on hand to touch down in the corner. Jarrod Evans missed the resulting conversion. [5-3]
The capital side would once again take the lead through Van der Walt’s second penalty of the evening [5-6], before it was the run of Cardiff to have a man sent to the bin. Seb Davies was perhaps lucky to only see yellow as he tip-tackled Lewis Carmichael head over heels late in the second-half.
Van der Walt and Evans once again traded penalties following a frantic end to the opening 40 minutes and it was Edinburgh who led at the break. [8-9]

With both sides struggling to break down each other’s defence in the opening stages of the second-half, it was going to take a piece of magic to make the breakthrough.
Luckily for Edinburgh, they have a strike runner in Van der Merwe who has the ability to turn a game on its head and the winger’s ferocious running style continued to push the capital side forward in attack.
With Evans and Van der Walt continuing to be successful from the kicking tee – as both stand-offs traded penalties to make it 11-12, there was few and far between the two sides with less than ten minutes remaining in the encounter.
And with time running out, it was late replacement Taylor who broke through the onrushing Cardiff defence before offloading to Bennett who provided the coup de grace.
It was Bennett’s fourth try in just two games and it gave Edinburgh a second win of the season at Cardiff Arms Park. [11-19]

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Cardiff Blues
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Harri Millard
23. Replacement3metres made
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Jason Tovey
22. Replacement0metres made
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Lewis Jones
21. Replacement17metres made
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Will Boyde
20. Replacement1metres made
25MINUTES PLAYED
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Shane Lewis-Hughes
19. Replacement0metres made
17MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
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Scott Andrews
18. Replacement0metres made
19MINUTES PLAYED
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1COMPLETE PASSES
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Corey Domachowski
17. Replacement0metres made
30MINUTES PLAYED
4TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Kristian Dacey
16. Replacement13metres made
30MINUTES PLAYED
14TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Nick Williams
8. Number 815metres made
63MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Olly Robinson
7. Back-row1metres made
55MINUTES PLAYED
4TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Josh Turnbull
6. Back-row1metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
12TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Rory Thornton
5. Second-row1metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
18TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Seb Davies
4. Second-row1metres made
70MINUTES PLAYED
16TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Dimitri Arhip
3. Tighthead prop1metres made
61MINUTES PLAYED
11TACKLES MADE
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Liam Belcher
2. Hooker7metres made
50MINUTES PLAYED
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Bradley Thyer
1. Loosehead prop0metres made
50MINUTES PLAYED
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Lloyd Williams
9. Scrum-half10metres made
61MINUTES PLAYED
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41COMPLETE PASSES
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Jarrod Evans
10. Stand-off13metres made
68MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
21COMPLETE PASSES
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Aled Summerhill
11. Wing17metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
1TACKLES MADE
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Willis Halaholo
12. Inside-centre30metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Garyn Smith
13. Outside-centre27metres made
55MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
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Owen Lane
14. Wing70metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Matthew Morgan
15. Full-back65metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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6COMPLETE PASSES
Edinburgh
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Damien Hoyland
15. Full-back54metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
0TACKLES MADE
6COMPLETE PASSES
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Jamie Farndale
14. Wing12metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
2TACKLES MADE
2COMPLETE PASSES
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Mark Bennett
13. Outside-centre30metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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George Taylor
12. Inside-centre42metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
13TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Duhan van der Merwe
11. Wing106metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
2TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Jaco van der Walt
10. Stand-off12metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
17COMPLETE PASSES
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Nic Groom
9. Scrum-half9metres made
63MINUTES PLAYED
4TACKLES MADE
52COMPLETE PASSES
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Pierre Schoeman
1. Loosehead prop23metres made
63MINUTES PLAYED
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Michael Willemse
2. Hooker17metres made
63MINUTES PLAYED
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Pietro Ceccarelli
3. Tighthead prop1metres made
56MINUTES PLAYED
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Fraser McKenzie
4. Second-row1metres made
37MINUTES PLAYED
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Murray Douglas
5. Second-row7metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Lewis Carmichael
6. Back-row0metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Luke Crosbie
7. Back-row28metres made
80MINUTES PLAYED
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Nick Haining
8. Number 841metres made
59MINUTES PLAYED
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Cameron Fenton
16. Replacement0metres made
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Jamie Bhatti
17. Replacement1metres made
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Murray McCallum
18. Replacement0metres made
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Mesulame Kunavula
19. Replacement11metres made
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Ally Miller
20. Replacement6metres made
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Charlie Shiel
21. Replacement1metres made
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Simon Hickey
22. Replacement0metres made
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James Johnstone
23. Replacement0metres made
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