CARDIFF Blues captain Josh Turnbull praised the resilience of his side after they ground out a narrow victory over archrivals the Dragons in horrible conditions at Rodney Parade.
This game was downright ugly with Newport feeling the full force of Storm Bella making the conditions unplayable at times. But the Blues will care little for the manner of the win as they showed great character to record their 11th straight victory over the Dragons.
“The Dragons wanted an untidy game like that because they wanted to cause us problems at the contact area”, said Turnbull.
“We knew with the wind in the...