Llanelli Scarlets hold a minute's silence for Ray Gravelle before their EDF Cup match against Leeds The silence at Stradey Park gives way to applause in memory of Wales rugby great 'Grav' Scarlets full-back Daniel Evans makes the perfect start with the first of his two tries after three minutes Flanker James Bater soon gets in on the act with another try in the 59-19 win over Leeds Fly-half Stephen Jones caps a fine performance by kicking all nine of his attempts at goal Down the road from Stradey Park at the Libery Stadium, Swansea City also pay their respects to Ray Gravell But Gillingham take an early lead when Delroy Facey fires past Swans keeper Dorus De Vries Things get worse for the Swans soon after as striker Warren Feeney is sent off for a dangerous tackle But the Swans keep battling and in the 79th minute Paul Anderson scores to level things Five minutes into injury time Swansea are awarded a penalty, but Andy Robinson's weak kick is saved and they settle for a point Blues Ben Blair runs in for a try but it is not enough to stop them going down to a 42-20 defeat at Leicester Xavier Rush is tackled by Martin Corry Martyn Williams tries to get past Leicester's Christophe Laussuq Tom Shanklin fends off a challenge from Leicester's Dan Hipkiss Enzo Maccarinelli trades blows with Mohamed Azzoui in their WBO Cruiserweight fight Macca sends his opponent to the floor and it's all over Enzo celebrates retaining his title after the fourth round win Joe Calzaghe gets off to a slow start against Mikkel Kessler And the Dane thought he was going to get the better of the Welshman And he can see the win in sight as he finishes stronger And Calzaghe is crowned champion Joe celebrates with dad Enzo WBA, WBC and WBO world super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe Warren Gatland was in Cardiff, being courted by Welsh Rugby Union chiefs for the Wales job Eoghan Hickey scored most of London Irish's points in their 51-16 defeat to the Ospreys Ospreys' Filo Tiatia fends off a challenge from Gary Johnson Mike Phillips gets the ball to the backs Winger Shane Williams scored three tries for the Ospreys
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