Dan Fish’s early try proved to be the difference as Cardiff Blues notched a fourth consecutive GUINNESS PRO12 triumph in a low-scoring affair with Edinburgh at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park.

After going seven league games without a win at one point this term, the Blues are now right back in form as they dealt high-flying Edinburgh’s top-four chances a real blow with a 10-3 triumph.

Fish crossed the whitewash inside two minutes while Rhys Patchell kicked the other five points for the hosts and Nathan Fowles’ first-half penalty was all Edinburgh could muster in response.

Manoa Vosawai was a constant thorn in the Scottish outfit’s side and head coach Danny Wilson will be delighted that his troops made BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park a fortress, as he requested in the build-up to this clash.

Heading into the weekend, the Blues were the division’s top try scorers with 31 and they showed exactly why with just a minute on the clock.

Their first attack of the match saw them go wide at pace to release Aled Summerhill and the speedster fed Fish to go over with Patchell duly adding the extras.

Edinburgh began to fling the ball about in their backs but it was the hosts who almost had the game’s second try on 14 minutes Vosawai barrelled over but the score was chalked off for a double movement.

Patchell settled for a penalty to increase the advantage to 10-0 shortly afterwards before Fowles slotted a three-pointer of his own to narrow the deficit.

A series of big carries from Vosawai and Josh Navidi kept the Edinburgh defence on its toes with the former doing his best impression of a one-man wrecking ball.

Patchell hit the post with a penalty before the game settled down either side of half-time although Edinburgh made things harder for themselves on 55 minutes when Rory Sutherland was sin-binned for trying to slow down a quick Cardiff penalty.

To their credit, the visitors didn’t concede despite their man disadvantage as Patchell missed another penalty.

The Blues then had a second try disallowed as Patchell dived over in the corner but the TMO disallowed it for the fly-half having a foot in touch.

With time running out, Edinburgh pushed forward looking for the score that would get them back in the game but ultimately came up short as the Cardiff defence held firm to secure a fifth GUINNESS PRO12 win of the season.

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