Cardiff edge Dragons in nail-biter, Ospreys hold off Scarlets
FRIDAY WRAP: Cardiff secured a nail-biting 22-19 win over the Dragons in their United Rugby Championship Round Eight encounter at Arms Park on Friday.
The win moved Cardiff up to second in the table. However, Munster and Glasgow could overtake them on Saturday if they win their respective matches against Leinster and Edinburgh.
It was 12-12 at the break with prop Javan Sebastian and flank Alex Mann touching down in between Che Hope crossing twice for the visitors.
Wales wing Josh Adams then went over to put the hosts in front early in the second half ahead of the dramatic finale.
Despite being down to 14 men following a yellow card for Josh McInally, Cardiff held out in the face of a prolonged late onslaught to take the spoils.
In Friday’s other Welsh derby, Ospreys climbed off the bottom of the table with a 26-19 away win over the Scarlets in Llanelli.
The visitors’ tries were scored by Owen Watkin, Dewi Lake, Kieran Hardy and Iestyn Hopkins.
Joe Roberts scored a brace for Scarlets before Jarrod Taylor got a late consolation score.
See below for Friday’s scores and scorers!
Cardiff 22-19 Dragons
The scorers:
For Cardiff:
Tries: Sebastian, Mann, Adams
Cons: Sheedy 2
Pen: Sheedy
For Dragons:
Tries: Hope 2, Penalty try
Teams:
Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Harri Millard, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Mason Grady, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Liam Belcher (captain), 1 Rhys Barratt.
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 George Nott, 20 Alun Lawrence, 21 James Botham, 22 Johan Mulder, 23 Jacob Beetham
Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien (co-captain), 14 Huw Anderson, 13 Fine Inisi, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Che Hope, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Ben Carter (co-captain), 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 George Roberts, 1 Rodrigo Martinez.
Replacements: 16 Sam Scarfe, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Cebo Dlamini, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Harri Keddie, 21 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 22 Rhodri Williams, 23 David Richards.
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Ben Connor (Wales), Amber Stamp-Dunstan (Wales)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (Wales)
Scarlets 19-26 Ospreys
The scorers:
For Scarlets:
Tries: Roberts 2, Taylor
Cons: Hawkins 2
For Ospreys:
Tries: Watkin, Lake, Hardy, Hopkins
Cons: Edwards 3
Teams:
Scarlets: 15 Ellis Mee, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Eddie James, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Joe Roberts, 10 Joe Hawkins, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Taine Plumtree, 6 Max Douglas, 5 Jake Ball, 4 Sam Lousi, 3 Archer Holz, 2 Ryan Elias (captain), 1 Alec Hepburn.
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Tristan Davies, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Elis Price, 23 Macs Page.
Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Ryan Conbeer, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Harri Deaves, 6 James Ratti, 5 Ryan Smith, 4 Huw Sutton, 3 Rhys Henry, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Steffan Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Rhys Davies, 20 Morgan Morris, 21 Luke Davies, 22 Phil Cokanasiga, 23 Iestyn Hopkins.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales); Carwyn Sion (Wales)
TMO: Keith David (Wales)
Additional reporting by @Cardiff_Rugby
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