SAD NEWS: Cardiff hammers away on Boxing Day as tension mounts…

Cardiff crushed the Dragons on Boxing Day at Arms Park with a ferocious first-half performance, winning 55–21 and scoring nine tries.With seven tries in the first forty minutes, including two each from Rhys Carre, James Botham, and Tomos Williams, the outcome in Cardiff was decided long before the halftime siren.

The Blue and Blacks’ additional touchdowns came from Ben Thomas, Keiron Assiratti, and Cam Winnett crossing, while the Dragons’ two scores came from Harri Keddie. The loss put a lot of pressure on Dragons head coach Dai Flanagan.

This holiday derby was settled in the first half. You could probably find a variety of antonyms to characterize the Dragons’ performance for every synonym of amazing you could hurl at Cardiff for that first half.

At halftime, Christmas favorites filled Arms Park, and all you could think about was whether Flanagan would still be leading the Dragons the next time the tunes were played.

Based on this performance in the nation’s capital, there’s a chance he won’t make it through an Auld Lang Syne performance and still be the man in charge at Rodney Parade. This young Cardiff will offer everything at the Arms, if there’s one thing you know about them.

That much was clear as soon as Rio Dyer knocked Cam Winnett out of the air, which occurred fewer than thirty seconds into the game and set up the field position for Carre’s first goal.