Cardiff 18-15 Wasps: Blues sting Wasps

CARDIFF Blues set up an Amlin Challenge Cup final showdown with Jonny Wilkinson's Toulon in Marseilles after battling to a deserved 18-15 victory over Wasps at Adams Park.

The Blues reached their first European final since the inaugural Heineken Cup in 1996 with tries from Leigh Halfpenny and Gethin Jenkins.

Wasps fly-half Dave Walder kicked 15 points to keep the English side in touch – but he could not land the vital 77th minute kick that would have taken the match into extra-time.

The Blues had to play the last ten minutes with 14 men but held out to became Wales' first finalists in any European competition since Caerphilly in the 2003 Parker Pen Shield.

Wasps were reduced to 14 men when Simon Shaw was sin-binned and the Blues were forced to play the last minutes one short when Scott Andrews was sin-binned.