{"id":33849,"date":"2019-03-01T12:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T12:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33849"},"modified":"2019-03-01T12:43:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T12:43:43","slug":"blues-boosted-by-new-navidi-deal-ahead-of-southern-kings-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/01\/blues-boosted-by-new-navidi-deal-ahead-of-southern-kings-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues boosted by Navidi deal ahead of Southern Kings clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33870\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33870\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-770x503.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-500x327.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-293x191.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33870\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-770x503.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-500x327.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/CDF_040918_CF_Blues_Training_28-293x191.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript> Huw Evans Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCARDIFF BLUES coach John Mulvihill says his side have the character to claim a play-off spot, ahead of their clash with Southern Kings at Arms Park tomorrow night.<br \/>\nLast weekend, his team was training 14-0 at half-time against Edinburgh but came back to claim an unlikely 19-17 win in an enthralling fight-back.<br \/>\n\u201cWe certainly didn&#8217;t start that well and at half-time it wasn&#8217;t looking great. It was a very quiet changing room, but the boys turned it around,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nIt is that character that has Mulvihill believing in a positive end to a season that has, so far, been inconsistent.<br \/>\nHis team are now level on points (42) with Connacht, who face fellow play-off chasers Ospreys on Saturday, and Mulvihill is eyeing a potential gap between them and those beneath them in the table.<br \/>\n\u201cWe said all week that a win (against Edinburgh) could sit us in third and games went our way the night before, so now it&#8217;s important that we go on with it,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n\u201cDestiny is in our own hands and if we get a good win this weekend, we will be five or seven points ahead of one of our rival teams.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Southern Kings sit bottom of Conference B having conceded 59 points to Leinster last time out, but the Blues coach is aware that they are not to be taken lightly.<br \/>\nHe added: \u201cWe need to focus on our start because that&#8217;s one of the things that has been letting us down.\u201d<br \/>\nThe game comes after Wales\u2019 Six Nations flanker Josh Navidi signed a new deal at Arms Park.<br \/>\n\u201cJosh is an awesome player and has been a legend for Cardiff Blues, so it is great to retain his services,\u201d said Mulvihill.<br \/>\nNavidi, 28, has made 169 appearances for the Blues, and has signed a deal despite doubt over the Blues\u2019 regional future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; CARDIFF BLUES coach John Mulvihill says his side have the character to claim a play-off spot, ahead of their clash with Southern Kings at Arms Park tomorrow night. 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