Cardiff give Zebre the Blues

07 September 2014The Welsh region had been beaten on both occasions when these sides met last term.

But this time they came away from Stadio XXV Aprile with four points plus a bonus point in the bag after notching five tries, scored by Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams, Dan Fish, Alex Cuthbert and Kristian Dacey.

Patchell's try, which he converted, opened the scoring in the ninth minute.

And despite the sin-binning of Filo Paulo and Luciano Orquera's subsequent penalty success, Cardiff had soon extended their advantage, with Williams' effort and a Patchell conversion making it …