Parks the ace for Cardiff

DAN PARKS kicked 20 points as Cardiff Blues maintained their unbeaten start to the Heineken Cup and leapfrogged Edinburgh to go top of Pool Two at Cardiff City Stadium last night.

A drop goal and penalty from fly-half Parks gave the Blues a 6-3 half-time lead – scrum-half Greig Laidlaw replied with a penalty for the visitors. The Scotland international then added another drop goal, three penalties and converted Alex Cuthbert’s late try to seal the win.

Edinburgh claimed a try of their own through Lee Jones.

Cardiff Blues scorers: Try: Cuthbert. Con: Parks. Pens: Parks 4. Drop Goals: Parks 2. Edinburgh: Try: Jones. Pen: Laidlaw.

CARDIFF BLUES: Halfpenny, Cuthbert, Laulala, Roberts, Czekaj, Parks, L. Williams, G. Jenkins, T. Thomas, Filise, B. Davies, Tito, Paterson, Warburton, Rush. Replacements: Evans for Halfpenny (74), Yapp for G. Jenkins (74), Tyrell for T. Thomas (68), Andrews for Filise (62), Molitika for Tito (74), Navidi for Warburton (74).

EDINBURGH: Paterson, Jones, De Luca, King, Visser, Leonard, Laidlaw, Jacobsen, Ford, Cross, Cox, Lozada, Denton, Grant, McInally. Replacements: T. Brown for Paterson (69), M. Blair for Leonard (36), S. Turnbull for Lozada (68), Rennie for McInally (51).

Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU).