Cardiff Blues won the European Challenge Cup for the second time on Friday with a dramatic 31-30 victory over Gloucester secured by a nerveless, last-minute penalty from Gareth Anscombe. The Welsh side, who were also champions in 2010, were 20-6 down at half-time and then 30-23 behind with just seven minutes left.
But Gloucester's Lewis Ludlow was then sin-binned before Cardiff's American winger Blaine Scully scored a try in the 76th minute to cut the deficit to two points. Anscombe missed the conversion but got a second chance with the boot moments later when Gloucester were penalised for not releasing the ball.
The Welsh international full-back kept his nerve to pop over the 40-metre penalty to secure the dramatic comeback. "I just can't believe it. We came in at half-time so disappointed with our efforts, we didn't fire any shots," Anscombe told BT Sport.
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