CARDIFF BLUES (13) 27 LEINSTER (6) 11, Arms Park (Att: 9,309)

Scorers: Cardiff: Tries: Robin Sowden-Taylor, Gareth Williams, Rhys Williams, Marc Stcherbina; Cons: Nick Robinson 2; Pen: Ben Blair
Leinster: Try: Shane Horgan; Pens: Felipe Contepomi 2

TIME LINE: 6 minutes - Cardiff try: Robin Sowden-Taylor - 5-0; conversion: missed by Ben Blair - 5-0; 8 mins - Leinster penalty: Felipe Contepomi - 5-3; 18 mins - Cardiff penalty: Ben Blair - 8-3; 26 mins - Leinster penalty: Felipe Contepomi - 8-6; 31 mins - Cardiff penalty: Gareth Williams - 13-6; conversion: missed by Ben Blair - 13-6; Half-time - Cardiff 13 Leinster 6; 47 mins - Cardiff try: Rhys Williams - 18-6; conversion: Nick Robinson - 20-6; 50 mins - Cardiff try: Marc Stcherbina - 25-6; conversion: Nick Robinson - 27-6; 54 mins - Leinster try: Shane Horgan - 27-11; conversion: missed by Felipe Contepomi - 27-11; 57 mins - Leinster yellow card: Felipe Contepomi; Full-time - Cardiff 27 Leinster 11

Cardiff: Ben Blair; Rhys Williams, Jamie Robinson, Marc Stcherbina, Chris Czekaj; Nick Robinson, Mike Phillips; Gethin Jenkins, Gareth Williams, Gary Powell, Deiniol Jones, Robert Sidoli, Mark Lewis, Robin Sowden-Taylor, Xavier Rush (capt).

Replacements used: Scott Roberts for Jenkins, Tom James for R Williams (both 65 mins), Scott Morgan for Lewis, Nick Macleod for Blair (both 69), Rhys Thomas for G Williams, Rhys Shellard for Sowden-Taylor (both 73), Wayne Evans for Phillips (74).

Leinster: Girvan Dempsey; Rob Kearney, Gordon D'Arcy, Shane Horgan, Denis Hickie; Felipe Contepomi (capt), Chris Whitaker; Reggie Corrigan, Bernard Jackman, Will Green, Trevor Hogan, Malcolm O'Kelly, Stephen Keogh, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements used: Stan Wright for Corrigan, Guy Easterby for Whitaker (both half-time), Cameron Jowitt for Keogh, Christian Warner for Kearney (both 56), Owen Finegan for O'Kelly (63), Luke Fitzgerald for Dempsey (67). Not used: Brian Blaney.

Referee: Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Touch Judges: Phil Fear, Gwyn Morris (both Wales)