Cardiff hold on to avenge home defeat and give Dragons the blues

Newport Gwent Dragons 9 Cardiff Blues 11

Cardiff hold on to avenge home defeat and give Dragons the blues
Fri, 02 Jan, 2015 - 00:00
Rhys Naughton

Cardiff Blues avenged their St Stephen’s Day home defeat to Newport Gwent Dragons in the Guinness Pro12 as they held on in the final moments to record a first league away win since September.

There was only one try in a match which was scrappy in the opening half but livened up after the break.

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