That rearguard effort looked even better within a couple of minutes of the restart, as they levelled the scores with a Parks try. The fly-half, making his first appearance since retiring from international rugby with Scotland, did the initial damage by...

However, with the Blues penalised for illegally blocking Ulster tackles on ball carrier Ben Blair, Ruan Pienaar stepped up in the 12th minute to kick the first points of the contest. Then Robbie Diack, enjoying a good run in the team in the absence of...

In his first league game for 16 months, former All Blacks full-back and man-of-the-match Ben Blair produced a flawless 17-point kicking display with prop Sam Hobbs scoring the only try of the game. “It was a fantastic occasion with a great result and a...

Blues commemorated their emotional Arms Park return with a hard-fought victory over Connacht in front of a capacity Cardiff crowd of 8,000. In his first league game for 16 months, former All Blacks full-back and man-of-the-match Ben Blair produced a...

On that occasion in 2001 it was Connacht coach Eric Elwood who was the hero, kicking the two winning penalties but last night it was Cardiff’s Ben Blair who was the hero, kicking 17 of the home side’s 22 points. Connacht’s front five laid the early...

A capacity 8,000 crowd turned out on a cold evening as the Blues went back for a one-off game at their old Arms Park home, many of them former supporters who opposed the region's move to share the state-of-the-art Cardiff City Stadium with the npower...