| Welsh Interest Over |
Edinburgh Rugby |
33 - 16 |
Cardiff Blues |
| Meadowbank Att: 1,900 |
| Referee: Simon McDowell |
| Saturday 4th October 2003, 17:30 |
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| Welsh interest in the Celtic Cup ended as the Cardiff Blues were beaten at Meadowbank. |
Blues fly-half Nick Robinson kicked an early penalty goal and the Blues pressed home their territorial advantage when prop Ken Fourie was shoved over by his pack.
Cardiff backrower Dan Baugh limped off after 20 minutes, and Edinburgh hit back in the 23rd minute with a great move that involved virtually all 15 home players and resulted in a try to centre Marcus Di Rollo.
Di Rollo went from hero to zero when he was yellow-carded for persistent infringing, but Cardiff failed to take advantage of their extra man. Instead, Edinburgh began playing rugby, and prop Allen Jacobsen scored under the posts after a skilful run from fullback Derrick Lee.
Laney's conversion gave the home side a 14-13 lead and it was to get worse for the Blues. Hot on attack, Robinson tried a grubber-kick through, but Edinburgh grabbed possession and spun it wide to winger Hugo Southwell, who sped past Lee Abdul and gave centre Tom Philip a straight run to the line.
The Blues opened the scoring in the second half with Robinson's third penalty goal, but Edinburgh hit back when replacement prop Joel Brannigan reached over the line to score, and Laney's conversion gave his side a valuable 26-16 lead.
The bizarre sin-binning of winger Craig Morgan - for collapsing a maul, of all things - and replacement hooker Gareth Williams for a professional foul ended Welsh hopes of a comeback and scrum-half Rory Lawson's late try came as no surprise.
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