In-form Cardiff put out Dragons’ fire

Newport-Gwent 13 Cardiff 18

The Blues, shrugging off driving rain, fashioned a sensational seventh-minute score.

Blues flanker Martyn Williams put his skipper and namesake Rhys into attacking mode from a retreating scrum. Chris Czekaj then made headway down the right flank before sending scrum-half Mike Phillips over unopposed to climax a stunning 89-metre raid. Nicky Robinson duly added the conversion.