Blues clinch EDF Cup

The Phantom · 04-19-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BBC Sport

Cardiff Blues won their first silverware as they totally outplayed Gloucester to lift the EDF Energy Cup.

Two sparkling Leigh Halfpenny tries helped the Blues take an early 17-0 lead at Twickenham.

Gloucester got on the board through Mark Foster but a fine Tom James score made it 22-5 at half-time.

After the break Ben Blair scored a double of his own and Ceri Sweeney and Tom Shanklin also crossed, with a Gloucester penalty try no consolation.

The Blues - born out of the venerable Cardiff club when Welsh rugby moved to the regional model - went into the game chasing silverware on two fronts following last weekend's Heineken Cup quarter-final win over French aristocrats Toulouse.

It was their first final since becoming a region in 2003 but they showed no sign of nerves and dominated from the first whistle, winning the collisions and showing plenty of enterprise with ball in hand.

I doubt anyone cares about this, but I had a fantastic day out in Twickenham yesterday. It's the first time in years that we've been in a cup final, and to win it so convincingly was just unbelievable. Everyone was braced for a close encounter, but once we scored in the first 10mins there was no looking back.

Hopefully this is the catalyst for us to go on to bigger and better things. We've got a huge match with Leicester in the European Cup semi-final in 3 weeks time, and a victory there would take us into dream-land.

All these years of despair are finally paying off!! C'mon the Blues!!!

Blues clinch EDF Cup

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