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Blues toppled South African giants the Vodacom Blue Bulls 28-12 to pop the champagne corks at Twickenham as the champions of the Welsh leg of the Premiership Rugby 7s Series secured another piece of pre-season silverware. Wales Sevens ace Groves paid tribute to his team-mates as they produced an impressive second day performance at Twickenham. And he was quick after …

Blues launched the second day of the competition at the home of English rugby with a Cup quarter-final against favourites Buenos Aires and gave the eventual overall winners of the event a huge scare before narrowly losing out 7-5. That result meant Blues went into the Plate tournament and the 12-man squad duly produced some of the best rugby seen …

PUBLISHED 16:00 16th August 2014 Midfielder finalises Inter Milan switch Cardiff City Football Club can confirm that Gary Medel’s move to Inter Milan has now been finalised, following the submission and verification of all relevant paperwork. We’d like to wish Gary the very best of luck for his time in Italy and thank him for his contribution.

Cardiff City’s YouTube channel celebrated its first birthday last weekend, having been the premier source of Bluebirds news and behind the scenes footage for the past 12 months. Delivered by the Cardiff City Player AV team, the Bluebirds YouTube channel has allowed more people on an international scale to find out what goes on at Cardiff City – outside of …

Mark Hammett’s team will face the Devon side at home in the build-up to the new PRO12 season. The sides served up two European classics last season and another tightly-fought encounter will now unfold in the first pre-season fixture for Blues. The region has announced details of an away clash with Leicester Tigers on August 29. Season Ticket holders gain …

Patchell made his playing comeback following an eight month injury layoff as Blues lost out 24-17 to Exeter Chiefs in pre-season at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park. The 21-year-old – who last featured against Newport Gwent Dragons on New Year’s Day – played the opening 40 minutes. And McIntosh insists the talented back will now only get better as he …

PUBLISHED 17:30 16th August 2014 by Oliver Roderick (@olrodlegacy) Cardiff City: Marshall, Brayford, Fabio, Hudson (capt), Whittingham, Jones (Javi Guerra), le Fondre, Connolly, Adeyemi, Dæhli (Eikrem), Burgstaller (Gunnarsson). Subs not used: Moore, Kim, Maynard, Morrison. Huddersfield Town: Smithies, Dixon, Hogg (Ward), Butterfield, Coady, Stead (Bunn), Wallace, Wells, Smith, Lynch (capt), Majewski (Hammill). Subs not used: Murphy, Scannell, Crooks, Sinnott.

Gallery 1 of PUBLISHED 18:30 16th August 2014 by Will Pallott We’re here to improve – not just to pick up results. We have to improve so we can develop the team” Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Peter Whittingham’s 28th minute opener on Saturday put the Bluebirds on their way to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Huddersfield Town.   Speaking to Press and Media after the game, Peter said: “I’m pleased with it today. We were a little bit careless conceding the goal, but in the second half I thought we came out with the right attitude. …

Summer signing George Watkins opened his try scoring account with a first half try and Chris Dicomidis and Ellis Jenkins crossed the whitewash in a final flurry. However, McIntosh insisted that, despite a second half fight-back, the Blues needed to focus on banishing the memories of a disappointing opening 40 minutes as the Chiefs scored three tries to take control. …