The Blues kicked off the season in nervous fashion, against league champions, Leinster. Last season, the Irish province completed a double over the Arms Park region, as they marched towards the title, but the home side did go one better by providing a rapturous crowd with a 16 all draw.

Young's men were by far the superior side, but lacked the cutting edge to put points on the board. Full back Ben Blair provided the Welsh sides only try of the match, while he also slotted a further penalty and conversion for a 10 point haul, the remaining scores came from the boot of Nick Robinson, who rightly dropped two goals to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

But when Isa Necawaka, Leinster's own Kiwi full back, stuck the ball high up into the Cardiff air, Richard Mustoe failed to deal with the catch, with the fumbling ball falling to the Irish for Necawaka to stroll over unchallenged.

That initially put Leinster in the lead, but a brilliant long range penalty by Blair brought the scores level. And though the Blues continued to dominate the closing encounters, there were no more points from the home side.

Blair claimed my own man of the match award, dealing with high balls for the 80 minutes, spoiling Leinster's only real game plan. While the undoubted clown of the match was the Scottish referee, who failed to award the Blues anything when an incident arose that should have given them a penalty try and yellow card.

But what followed just 3 days later was far worse than the slight disappointment of a home draw.

A second string side held their own for 50 minutes at the Liberty Stadium, but in a disastrous second half performance, the side leaked three tries and became unable to tackle a single player. Admittedly the Blues were always going to struggle in Ospreylia, and in sending a second string team, it was hoped any loss would be shrugged off by fans who knew the top stars weren't involved.

But in truth, it was such a poor second half display, you honestly have to worry about the tactics and training that have been implemented over the summer months. This added to pressure on Young, who only days before publicly stated that this is the best squad he's ever had.

But it's not really crisis point just yet. Yes, the style (or lack thereof) in which we sunk in midweek was worrying, but we far outplayed Leinster, and really were unlucky not to get the win.

But come Friday, Cardiff should get their first ‘W' of the new season. If not, then it may well be time to worry.

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