Bolt from Blues as clinical Cardiff shade thriller

CARDIFF BLUES won a seven-try Heineken Cup thriller at the Millennium Stadium to take charge of their qualifying group.

The Blues’ second successive bonus point win piled pressure on Pool Six rivals Gloucester, whose quarter-final hopes suffered a serious setback.

Blues’ record Heineken Cup crowd of just over 27,000 witnessed a free-flowing encounter underpinned by faultless goalkicking from Ben Blair and Olly Barkley.