But it's Geraghty who rips the ball and sends it down the field to relieve the danger.

Blues look very strong at scrum time winning a penalty. Anscombe drills it down the line and into the Irish 22.

Cardiff march back up the field and win 2 penalties back to back but Anscombe does what Geraghty did 2 minutes earlier and sends it wide. 22 drop out Irish.

Geraghty misses another penalty from a relatively easy angle.

The captain is sent to the bin for slowing down the ball. The ref had told Rees previously that anymore penalties someone would end up in the bin and he followed up on his words.

Penalty Irish which they send down the line. lineout for Irish inside the Blues 22.

Both teams looking to run at each other in the opening 15 minutes. Irish now have the ball on the half way.

Straight away the blues level the game. A nice chip over the top was gathered by Smith who breaks through one tackle to run in from inside the Irish 22. Very poor tackling by Irish allowed Smith to cross the line with ease.

The try comes from nowhere. Anscombe trys to clear but the tight head Geoff Cross charges down and sprints in from 25 meters. Geraghty adds the conversion to give Irish a 7 point lead.

Irish swing it wide but Ojo knocks-on just outside the blues 22. Cardiff scrum.