Cardiff beaten by Edinburgh as Wales star's farewell ends in 28 minutes

Cardiff were unable to sign off at the Arms Park for the season with a win as they fell to a 24-7 defeat to play-off-chasing Edinburgh.

Ellis Jenkins and Rhys Carre were playing their final matches for the club at home, but they were unable to finish in the way they'd like after the Scottish outfit pulled away in the final quarter.

Edinburgh's win moves them up to eighth, moving ahead of the Ospreys after their defeat to the Bulls in Pretoria.

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The first-half was a low-scoring affair, with just the one try in the first 40 minutes. After some patient work by the visitors in the red-zone, Scotland prop Pierre Schoeman forced his way over from close range 27 minutes into the contest.

Gallingly, Jenkins was forced off injured moments later - bringing his Arms Park swansong before retirement to a premature close.

After the break, Cardiff got back into proceedings. Buoyed by Duhan van der Merwe's yellow card for a high tackle on Theo Cabango, they levelled the scores with a well-worked try of their own.

From a lineout, a neat peel move saw Saracens-bound prop Carre mark his second Arms Park farewell with one last reminder of what he can do, crashing over for a try on the day that he admitted his departure was down to being overlooked by Wales. You can read that interview here.

Cardiff might have forged ahead, after Alex Mann nearly put Mason Grady away with a superb long pass, only for van der Merwe, back from the bin, to catch up to the Wales international and deny him a score.

As the match entered the final quarter, the away side took control - with Ewan Ashman scoring from the back of a maul to restore Edinburgh's lead.

Ben Healy's penalty moved them further ahead, before Boan Venter's try with four minutes left made sure of the result.