{"id":366873,"date":"2011-04-04T15:21:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/roberts-braced-for-tight-finish\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T15:21:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:21:35","slug":"roberts-braced-for-tight-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/roberts-braced-for-tight-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberts braced for tight finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"83.107033639144\">\n                    <span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f9b4ccd844_51995143.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Blues centre Jamie Roberts\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Roberts made his debut for the Blues region in 2007<br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<!-- empty related-stories for Wide -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Centre Jamie Roberts believes the Blues have what it takes to secure a place in the Magners League play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Following the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12897291.stm\">21-21 draw against the Ospreys on Saturday,<\/a> the Blues are now fifth in the Magners League.<\/p>\n<p>And the Blues have a game in hand over their play-off rivals, which include fellow Welsh regions the Ospreys and Scarlets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still definitely in the hunt,&#8221; said Roberts after the game at the Liberty Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In the race to finish in the top four play-off positions, Munster extended their lead at the helm following their <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12938492.stm\">24-23 win over Leinster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ospreys leapfrogged Leinster into third place in the table with the Blues fifth and the Scarlets in sixth place<\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/826b48d80304ospreys.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Highlights: Ospreys v Blues\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                <!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p>Highlights &#8211; Ospreys 21-21 Blues<\/p>\n<p>        <!-- END - caption -->\n    <\/div>\n<p>The Blues complete the regular season with away games at Connacht, the Dragons and the Scarlets and a home match against Treviso.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a huge couple of months for the Ospreys, us, and the Scarlets, in that hunt for a play-off position. It&#8217;s certainly going to be very tight,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously three of our last four games are away from home and we came down here away from home and drew against a very good team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Munster have to play the Ospreys and Ulster are playing well this year &#8211; they haven&#8217;t really lost in the last couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our game in hand against the Dragons away promises to be a huge match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The play-off system in the Magners adds to a very exciting end of season, especially as both teams are out of Europe. It&#8217;s the sole focus now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roberts added that the Blues could be content with two points gained against the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Parks&#8217; drop-goal with 12 minutes remaining rescued Dai Young&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be pleased looking back on it,&#8221; admitted the Wales and Lions centre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We struggled in the scrum and in the line-out and with hindsight we&#8217;ll be very pleased with that result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f9b4ccd844_51995143.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/welsh\/12961407.stm\" title=\"Roberts braced for tight finish\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberts braced for tight finish<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Roberts made his debut for the Blues region in 2007 Centre Jamie Roberts believes the Blues have what it takes to secure a place in the Magners League play-offs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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