Report: Cardiff University 6th 22-16 University of South Wales 2nd

By Callum Nixon and Jacob Chick

A FIERCELY fought derby saw Cardiff University claim a narrow success over USW 2nd at their Llanrumney base in the capital.

USW started the game brightly and were unfortunate to have a try disallowed in the fifth minute due to an offside decision.

But it was Cardiff who opened the scoring in the 11th minute, with a try also being converted to establish a 7-0 lead.

The hosts quickly followed up with another try to go 12-0 in front, but USW were off the mark in the 18th minute with a penalty from full-back Jordan Evans.

By the interval the deficit was 12-6 after another Evans penalty and USW had the platform to turn around the game.

The second half started just as the first had ended – big tackles were a regular occurrence and USW No8 Chris Goldthorpe was a casualty of one hit which delayed the game for five minutes.

After 51 minutes Cardiff charged forward and registered another unconverted try that put them 17-6 to the good.

USW did get a try back but they were then hampered by Cole Barry receiving a yellow card.

Cardiff claimed another try with 10 minutes left and although a callum Digby touchdown gave USW some hope, there was no way back.

While it was a valiant effort from the USW side, they left empty-handed and will go into their next match against Aberystwyth hoping for a much better result.