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Article: Rugby union: Powell and Harris inspire Cardiff smash-and-grab Edinburgh 22 Cardiff 26
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 2, 2002
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IT TURNED out to be a dismal St Andrew's Day for the Scots as
their Celtic cousins turned on them. In Glasgow it was Ulster who
held out to book a Celtic League semi-final date with Munster, while
in Edinburgh a spectacular smash-and-grab raid by Cardiff earned them
an all-Welsh showdown with Neath.
Quite how Edinburgh lost this game after racing into a 14-point
lead, and then taking a 19-6 advantage into the interval, will be
beyond their comprehension. As the Cardiff coach, and the emergency
tight head prop, David Young, quite rightly put it, "we were blitzed
in the first half".
Tries from Scott Murray and Derrick Lee were no more than the home
side deserved for their driving forward ...