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Late rally lifts Edinburgh to victory over Cardiff

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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 16: Edinburgh's Duhan Van Der Merwe celebrates after scoring a try during the EPCR Challenge Cup match between Edinburgh Rugby and Castres Olympique at DAM Health Stadium on December 16, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Edinburgh claimed a second victory of the season in the United Rugby Championship as they got the better of a hard-fought contest with Cardiff 27-8 at the Hive Stadium.

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The Welsh side were 5-3 up at the break, but the power of forward replacements such as Pierre Schoeman and Hamish Watson ground them down in the second 40 as the home team emerged with a try bonus.

The visitors shaded a first half which saw Edinburgh captain Grant Gilchrist and then Cardiff flanker Thomas Young sin-binned, for head contact in a tackle and killing the ball respectively.

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      Edinburgh opened their account through Ross Thompson, who made no mistake with the penalty they were awarded.

      Midway through the first half, the home team were awarded another penalty in front of the posts and this time opted for a scrum, but a knock-on let Cardiff off the hook.

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      Cardiff were off the mark after half an hour when Young finished off in the left corner from a Rory Jennings pass after a penalty had been sent to touch. Callum Sheedy failed with his conversion attempt.

      With Gilchrist then sent off the field and Edinburgh down to 14 men, Cardiff thought they had made their pressure tell when Young grounded.

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      However, the score was disallowed for offside against the forward, who was himself yellow-carded just as Gilchrist returned.

      Edinburgh ran the penalty and thought they had regained the lead when Duhan van der Merwe touched down in the left corner, but that score was also chalked off, for a forward pass, and the half came to an end with Cardiff still 5-3 up.

      Edinburgh dominated the early part of the second half and went back in front when Van der Merwe dived acrobatically to score in the corner despite the attentions of Cardiff full-back Cam Winnet.

      Thompson converted to make it 10-5, but a penalty by Sheedy soon narrowed the gap back to two points.

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      As the game entered its final quarter, Edinburgh stretched their lead when substitute Schoeman finished off with a powerful run off the back of a lineout maul. The conversion attempt missed.

      Then Edinburgh added another try when Graham dotted down from a Price pass after a break by Watson. Thompson again failed to add the extras.

      Josh McNally was yellow-carded as Cardiff’s defence was stretched and, after Ben Muncaster had put a foot into touch just before grounding, an overthrow at the lineout was seized on by Ewan Ashman through for the bonus-point score. Thompson’s conversion completed the scoring.

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