Cardiff …24 Merthyr …13
By TIM LEWIS
CARDIFF defeated defending Premiership champions Merthyr at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday afternoon.
This local derby was an extremely full blooded and scrappy affair, with both sides’ defence cancelling each other out on a sunny day in the capital.
Both teams scored two tries apiece, but it was the forward power of the home team that proved to be the deciding factor in the game. Cardiff ‘s scrum, in particular, was very strong. Giving no sign of what was to come, it was the Ironmen who achieved the first score with scrum-half J...