Replacement of a bath After scores from Joe Cokanasiga, Ollie Lawrence, Alfie Barbery, and Tom Dunn, Jaco Coetzee crossed for two tries, with Finn Russell adding nine points.

Cardiff’s Josh Adams scored two tries before being forced off injured, with Gabriel Hamer-Webb and Ben Thomas also scoring.

Tinus de Beer made 12 field goals.

Cardiff received two losing extra points as compensation for their efforts, but they will feel they deserved more.

This used to be a regular Anglo-Welsh match, with a spectacular Heineken Cup quarter-final in 1996 drawing 14,000 people.