They get a Blues!
awarded to give the Blues an early 7-0 lead.
You wondered if you must have been seeing things, but a check of the replay confirmed that the ball had indeed not gone between the posts.
Unfortunately, the officials hadn’t checked it out and Irish referee Andrew Brace had understandably gone with his assistants.
You can only imagine they were confused by the ball bouncing behind the try line, but it was certainly a strange one.
In the end, it didn’t matter, which was probably just as well!
JENKINS JOY
IT’S been a testing 2017 for Ellis Jenkins, who spent the best part of three months on the sidelines with concussion issues.
So it’s great to see him back to full fitness and showing the kind of form that earned him three caps on Wales’ summer of New Zealand last year.
If you are going to make a statement that you are back, there’s no better place to do it than at the Principality Stadium up against one of the very best opensides in the business in Justin Tipuric.
Jenkins was crucial to the Blues’ triumph, earning a succession of turnovers at the breakdown, putting in his tackles and linking effectively in the loose.
It was a performance that must have put him right in the frame for a place on Wales’ summer South Seas tour and confirms once again just how well off we are for opensides. BLUES: M Morgan (S Shingler 55); A Cuthbert, R Lee-Lo, W Halaholo, R Williams (A Summerhill 75); G Anscombe, L Williams; G Jenkins (capt, R Gill 60), K Dacey (M Rees 60), T Filise (A Peikrishvili 53), J Hoeata (J Down 71), M Cook, J Navidi, N Williams (S Bennett 62), E Jenkins SCORERS: Tries: Dacey, L Williams, N Williams, Filise, Anscombe; Cons: Anscombe (5) OSPREYS: D Evans; K Giles, A Beck, J Matavesi (K Fonotia 45), D Howells (L Price 71); S Davies, R Webb (capt, T Habberfield 60); N Smith (P James 60), S Baldwin (S Otten 53), B Mujati (R Jones 47), B Davies, R Thornton (L Ashley 47), J King, D Baker (T Ardron 58), J Tipuric SCORERS: Tries: Evans, James; cons: S Davies; Pens: S Davies Referee: A Brace (Irish RU) Attendance: 60,642