Off-colour Steelmen beaten Black and Blue
Premiership Cup
Ebbw Vale …………..3
Cardiff ………………27
CARDIFF inflicted a first defeat of the Premiership Cup season on Ebbw Vale to throw the eastern conference wide open.
Greg Woods' Steelmen had started the campaign with back-to-back wins but found Cardiff too good as promising young flanker Gwilym Bradley scored twice. Iestyn Harris also crossed in either half as Steve Law's side recorded a bonus-point success.
Jake Beetham booted Cardiff into an early lead before Ebbw tighthead Dave Whiting saw yellow. And with a man advantage the Blue and Blacks claimed the game's first try when hooker Harris went over. Bradley was next to grab a try and Beetham converted to seal a 15-0 lead.
Fly-half Lewis Williams narrowed the gap and put the Steelmen on the board with a penalty before the break – which turned out to be Ebbw's only points.
Bradley's second at the start of the second half effectively ended the game as a contest and Ebbw were never going to come back from 20-3 down.
Ebbw replacement forward Dan Hill was the next Vale man to see yellow and it allowed Harris to join Bradley in making it a brace for the afternoon. Beetham improved the try.
That was the end of the scoring as Ebbw's poor discipline and the strength of Cardiff 's forwards combined to seal a comfortable away win.
Star man
Gwilym Bradley – Cardiff
