Cardiff down Scarlets in Anglo Welsh LV= Cup

Cardiff Blues secured their second Anglo Welsh LV= Cup victory when they beat fellow Welsh side the Scarlets at the Arms Park on Friday night.

A try from Ellis Jenkins on the hour mark moved the Blues ahead after Sion Bennett had crossed for the Scarlets and they showed maturity to see out the game, with Will Thomas’ late penalty giving them adequate breathing space to secure victory.

Final Score Cardiff Blues 19 Scarlets 13

Scorers

Cardiff Blues
Try: Jenkins
Con: Humberstone
Pen: Humberstone 3, Thomas

Scarlets
Try: Bennett
Con: Lewis
Pen: Lewis 2

Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: Sean Brickell (Wales), Jason Langdon (Wales)

Teams

Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Tom Williams, 13 Aled Summerhill, 12 Garyn Smith, 11 Owen Jenkins, 10 Simon Humberstone, 9 Tavis Knoyle, 8 Rory Watts-Jones, 7 Ellis Jenkins (c), 6 Jevon Groves, 5 Chris Dicomidis, 4 Miles Normandale, 3 Taufa’ao Filise, 2 Rhys Williams, 1 Thomas Davies.

Replacements: 16 Liam Belcher, 17 Brad Thyer, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Ben Roach, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Will Thomas, 23 Harry Davies.

Scarlets: 15 Steffan Evans, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Steffan Hughes, 12 Iolo Evans, 11 Jordan Williams, 10 Josh Lewis, 9 Rhodri Davies, 8 Craig Price, 7 Sion Bennett, 6 Rob McCusker (c), 5 Phil Day, 4 Shaun Jones, 3 Ben Leung, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Wyn Jones.

Replacements: 16 Darran Harris, 17 Gethin Robinson, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Roy Osborn, 20 Tom Phillips, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Daniel Jones, 23 Aaron Warren.