{"id":32352,"date":"2019-02-12T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=32352"},"modified":"2019-02-12T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:51:20","slug":"friendship-forgotten-in-must-win-tie-at-cardiff-arms-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/12\/friendship-forgotten-in-must-win-tie-at-cardiff-arms-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship forgotten in must-win tie at Cardiff Arms Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_32353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32353\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1.jpg 715w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1.jpg 715w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/080119-Cross-Keys-18-Cardiff-21-28-715x400-1-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/noscript> The Blue and Blacks must win on Friday to keep the pressure on leaders Merthyr. (Viv Jones Photogrpahy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBEDWAS RFC travel to Cardiff on Friday in a bid to upset the Blue and Blacks\u2019 title credentials.<br \/>\nThe man behind Cardiff RFC\u2019s title challenge, Steve Law, tackles a team he will remember fondly and who are in desperate need for points themselves &#8212; Bedwas.<br \/>\nLaw spent 16 years at the club leading them to a Fosters Cup triumph and the semi-finals of the Premiership play-offs.<br \/>\nTimes have been bleaker this season for Bedwas as they sit just one point outside the reinstated relegation zone.<br \/>\nRelegation was \u201cring-fenced\u201d for two seasons as the Principality Premiership restructured itself, but up to five teams can now be relegated as it returns to a 12-team format next season.<br \/>\nThe team who finishes 12<sup>th<\/sup> (a position Bedwas currently occupies) will face a playoff match with the winner of the Championship to determine who will be the 12<sup>th<\/sup> team next season.<br \/>\nA resounding victory last time out against fellow strugglers Bargoed RFC, Stefan Sankala\u2019s men have 10 games to turn it around.<br \/>\nFailure to win could also mean that Llanelli RFC can leapfrog them with a win against Bargoed who have lost their last 12 league games.<br \/>\nHowever, things have been much brighter for Cardiff this season.<br \/>\nLaw\u2019s men are the league\u2019s in-form team and unbeaten in their last nine they have an opportunity to go level on points with high-flyers Merthyr.<br \/>\nThe Leicester City of rugby, Merthyr\u2019s story is nothing short of remarkable. After promotion in the 2015\/16 season, they lifted the Principality Premiership in the two seasons that followed.<br \/>\nThe Ironmen now find themselves in prime position to be the first side to win three consecutive Premiership titles, but 2009 champions Cardiff will have something to say about that.<br \/>\nAfter their slow start at Ystrad Mynach last Friday, Law will be keen to see more focus from his men after conceding potentially the fastest try of all time at 7.2 seconds.<br \/>\nCardiff found themselves 11-7 down at half time before an inspired performance from Steff Jones kept their unbeaten run intact.<br \/>\nWill Davies-King from the academy may once again be added to Law\u2019s squad as the Blue and Blacks have a few absentees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cardiff RFC v Bedwas RFC (Friday, February 15, 7.15pm,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Cardiff Arms Park<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEDWAS RFC travel to Cardiff on Friday in a bid to upset the Blue and Blacks\u2019 title credentials. The man behind Cardiff RFC\u2019s title challenge, Steve Law, tackles a team he will remember fondly and who are in desperate need for points themselves &#8212; Bedwas. Law spent 16 years at the club leading them to a Fosters Cup triumph and the semi-finals of the Premiership play-offs. Times have been bleaker this season for Bedwas as they sit just one point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":32357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[4489,6351,154],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-32352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff-arms-park","tag-cardiff-rfc","tag-rugby-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friendship forgotten in must-win tie at Cardiff Arms Park - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/12\/friendship-forgotten-in-must-win-tie-at-cardiff-arms-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friendship forgotten in must-win tie at Cardiff Arms Park - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BEDWAS RFC travel to Cardiff on Friday in a bid to upset the Blue and Blacks\u2019 title credentials. 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