Blues will pay for ‘faction fights’

FORMER Cardiff and Wales centre and current Old Crescent coach, Mark Ring, claims the Blues will fail again in Europe because of an unwillingness by “factions” to support the regional concept.

Ring, who signed a two-year contract with AIL division two side Old Crescent in the summer, claims the Munster provincial template will never be matched by Cardiff Blues because they’re part of “a system that still has factions in it who are still not supporting the regional concept.”

And he says Munster will win on Sunday by targeting weaknesses in the Blues side, especially in their scrum which “creaked” in their 17-21 home defeat against Leicester in their round two clash on October 28.