Mulders been great. I've finally stopped mourning Tomos.

He benefitted (twice) from Tomos being injured. Jockey had a long look and didn't fancy what he saw. Remember Cardiffs attack when it was Tomos/De Beer compared to Bevan/De Beer?
For Wales he operated Gatlands box Kick gameplan. Didn't let anyone down but had no hope once he fell below Aled Davies

And Tomos. No way we'd have not offered him his due.

Eye of the tiger

Thank God I live in Wales then!

Personally I hate that these offences are reds but the law for the past few years makes that a red all day. No arms, upright and shoulder to the head. I've fumed at many cards that Cardiff have had that have been similar.

I thought it would be a red the moment I saw the tackle

An Irish offense? It was definitely a red. Good to see

It's a fascinating interview. I really hope the Union go with these and not Y11

Did anyone think we'd done much in pre season to right the defense? New coach and a discarded nose the tackle, Pimped the offense further. It's not a surprise that the defense is worse.
When JB was on a cheap contract we made clever defensive signings. Since his pay day we've failed to. Awful mess.

And very good it was too

The same journalists who blithely ignore 'funding'. What funding? They are paying for a service. And they reduced the amount they used to pay. Nobody is questioning what they are planning to put in.

It's senseless isn't it?

I seem to be one of the few who enjoyed the game

Fingers crossed that's true

I don't. :)

Really? Lloyd covers almost the whole back line and is far more talented.

Or they could just remortgage, sell the stadium (with guaranteed usage) or negotiate an appropriate sponsorship deal and pay the current 4 the going rate for player release.

He's top class

Injuries are already affecting us. Dragons will be rubbing their hands together.

Had tom Bowen held on to that pass in the first half it's a very different game

No cutting edge

Yes. It's quite a weird selection as there's no pace in our pack.

This is what annoys me. It's in England's interest for Wales to be competitive. There is no long term value (if you concede that international rugby is what drives the game financially) in Wales being rubbish. You'll stop selling ticket to fixtures against them if they just become as Italy were.

It's huge game which is why the injuries are so frustrating. Win and we have a great chance of a very good opening block. Lose and the Drags will really fancy us next Friday and we could well begin to fade.

There was no chance tonight when the front five were so overwhelmed and the ref went into 'ref the momentum' mode. And the crumbs you did get weren't managed well. I wouldn't panic yet.

You are so right.

He's outstanding

My daughter completed the Cardiff half marathon is 2 hours and 6 minutes this morning. Very good especially as she's been injured for the past two months and managed 1 training run. Very proud.

Definitely. That was the most careless we've played in ages. I think there's the makings of a very good team there and we had at least half a team of 1st teamers missing but good teams don't balls us that kick off or consistently miss kicks at goal.