Blair stars as Blues crush

Cardiff 27 Glasgow 9

Blair stars as Blues crush
Sat, 23 Sep, 2006 - 01:00
Ben Blair

The Blues, with six successive home wins behind them in the league, showed welcome adventure from the first whistle, but slipshod handling let them down.

A burst by lively scrum-half Mike Phillips looked promising, but he ran away from the support and was happy to settle for a penalty, kicked by Blair.

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