{"id":22723,"date":"2017-11-28T12:33:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=22723"},"modified":"2017-11-28T12:33:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:33:14","slug":"cardiff-blues-face-tough-task-unbeaten-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/28\/cardiff-blues-face-tough-task-unbeaten-glasgow\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Blues face tough task at unbeaten Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_22729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22729\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22729\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22729\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Blues-1-edit-1-1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> The Cardiff Blues scrummage against Toulon in the Heineken Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF Blues face a difficult task on Friday as they travel to Scotland to play unbeaten Glasgow Warriors. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Blues will look to win their third match in a row following their 36-30 victory over French outfit Connacht, last Friday night.<\/span><br \/>\nThe match will kick off at 7.45pm at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the Blues\u2019 strong run of form, which has seen them win three of their last four Pro14 games, Glasgow will be favourites to win.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Warriors are unbeaten in domestic rugby this season and have scored 121 points in their last three games. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glasgow sit top of Conference A of the Guinness Pro14, 12 points ahead of Irish competitors Munster.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the final game the Blues will have to play without their Welsh international players who finish their duties at the Principality Stadium against South Africa on Saturday. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blues flanker, Josh Turnball said: \u201cIn the context of the whole season, the teams who do well are the teams who managed to win while the internationals are away. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve addressed that issue and it\u2019s a big period for us over the next couple of weeks, going up against Glasgow next weekend, who will have a couple of the Scottish boys back, I\u2019m sure.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales are the only team to have a game this weekend so their domestic teams will be the only ones without their international players. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turnball continued: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s only a handful of points that separates second to fourth in our Conference, so it&#8217;s important that we keep picking up these victories, whether that&#8217;s by one point or 20 points.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve started to get momentum in the Championship, going into Glasgow next week, and then that momentum will kick us into Europe. 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