FULL TIME | Y CHWIBAN OLAF | Edinburgh 14 Cardiff Blues 6 - A heroic effort from the visitors after a number of forced changes ahead of kick off. Huge defensive and physical effort against the table topper but the bonus point just escapes the grasps of the visitors.
Hickey slots the penalty and there is now an eight point deficit. 14-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Ball is spilled in midfield, Edinburgh clear and eventually win the penalty at the other end of the field. 11-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Crosbie is penalised for offside at the ruck, and play is now brought into the Edinburgh 22 as there is a hunt for a late score here. 11-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Davies leaps to beat van der Merwe in the air, but Edinburgh turn the possession over at the resulting breakdown. 11-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Hickey adds three points for the home side. 11-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Davies with a try saver in the corner to bring van der Merwe into touch, but advantage was played in the hosts' favour. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Nick Williams replaces Josh Turnbull in the back row. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Free kick to Cardiff Blues after the Edinburgh front row take a backward step before the scrum is set. Good clearance from Fish but Edinburgh have an advantage from the resulting line-out. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Ben Murphy replaces Seb Davies in the boiler room. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Hickey fires a kick to Sau. But Ioan Davies puts brilliant pressure on the Fijian international to force a knock on in the air with the try-line at Edinburgh's mercy. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Jones puts the pressure on Pyrgos, but is penalised for offside. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Keiron Assiratti is on to replace Dmitri Arhip. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
It's perfect judgement from Fish to find touch downfield. There wasn't much room but it was pin-perfect from the stand-in outside half. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Important rip from Boyde on the countering Hoyland. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Corey Domachowski and Kirby Myhill replace Brad Thyer and Kristian Dacey. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
13 phases from the hosts but the defence not giving an inch inside the 22. They are duly rewarded as Willemse is off his feet and the penalty goes in the visitors' favour. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Crucial tackle by Jason Harries after van der Merwe gathers a crossfield kick. The wing bundles his opposite number into touch. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
A nasty clash for Tovey signals the end of his evening. Best of wishes to the outside half. Meanwhile, Ioan Davies is on for his Guinness PRO14 debut. Llonygyfarchiadau enfawr i Ioan! 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Boyde on the crash and using his hip movement to sway past a couple of defenders. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Ball is knocked on in contact by Harries, and Edinburgh have the scrum on the 22m line. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Van der Merwe fails to gather Jones' kick and Davies and Harries keep the ball alive on the edge of the 22. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Hoyland over-cooks his kick behind and it goes out on the full. Cardiff Blues line-out on halfway. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Fish skips past Sau once again and Jones' high kick is knocked backwards by Summerhill, but scrum half Jones just can't keep the ball in-play. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
We're back underway at the Scottish capital, with only two points in it. Hickey gets us restarted. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Haining is penalised on the floor and Tovey adds a penalty to make it a two-point game at the break. 8-6 #GuinnessPRO14
Summerhill and Harries bundle van der Merwe into touch on the 22, but play is brought back after Hoyland spills Smith's hack through. 8-3 #GuinnessPRO14
An absolutely huge steal by Seb Davies before Edinburgh are penalised at the next ruck. Tovey finds touch with a huge boot on the edge of Edinburgh's 22. 8-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Arhip penalised this time, and a more straight-forward effort for Hickey. No mistakes this time. 8-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Edinburgh back in the 22 now as Dean and Bennett look to make some yards in the centre. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Huge tackle again from Llewellyn, this time on hooker Willemse, but Robinson is penalised for going off his feet. Hickey strikes the uprights and we remain at 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
James Johnstone's break downfield gives Edinburgh some rare territory, but the attack comes to an end as Thornton and Thyer combine to hold the ball up in the tackle area. Excellent double hit. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Tovey is off target with his effort. Edinburgh clear but Tovey sends it back downfield. Lewis Jones does well to deal with Hoyland's chip on the counter. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Rory Thornton is taken in the air, and now Tovey will look to add his second penalty of the evening. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Fish keeping himself very busy in the opening quarter, proving a threat with his running and his left boot so far. Berghan is penalised for offside and Tovey will go for the sidelines. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Once again Cardiff Blues targeting that right hand corner to pin Edinburgh back. This time it's Fish's left peg who finds touch. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Powerful surge from Garyn Smith in midfield and a wonderfully judged kick from Lewis Jones finds touch in the Edinburgh 22 to win some territory. Taylor receives treatment after Smith's charge. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
A brilliant chop in midfield on vd Merwe from Max Llewellyn, who came into the side as a late replacement for Ben Thomas. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Summerhill 'feeds the Fish' who dummies past Hoyland but is bundled into the corner just short. The full back unlucky not to break through. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Olly Robinson being Olly Robinson. He combines with Thornton to make the tackle and puts himself in position to force the penalty. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
An immediate reply from Edinburgh, who charge down Fish's clearance and despite Lewis Jones' efforts, George Taylor dots down. 5-3 #GuinnessPRO14
A lovely effort from Tovey who breaks the deadlock against his former side. 0-3 #GuinnessPRO14
Jason Harries and van der Merwe go head-to-head and the away wing doesn't give the South African an inch. A phase later, Boyde wins a penalty at the breakdown. On it in a flash. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
What a step from Fish to ease the pressure of Eroni Sau's chase, and the full back clears. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Seb Davies nicks the ball from the line and an early chance to attack here on the edge of the 22. Jones almost breaks on the blind, but his foot is in touch. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Good nudge from Smith to win some territory. Edinburgh have a line-out inside their own 22. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Cardiff Blues holding firm as Edinburgh look to go through the phases. They eventually force the kick, Robinson gathers and Fish is able to clear. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Edinburgh knock on from the resulting line-out and Lewis Jones clears. Will Boyde puts in a huge hit on Mata in midfield. 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Aled Summerhill can't take Jones' box kick, and his knock on is taken by Kristian Dacey who is penalised for offside. Hickey sends it into the 22 0-0 #GuinnessPRO14
Former Edinburgh outside half Jason Tovey gets us underway here at BT Murrayfield
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