''The pressure I felt lifted when I heard they had visited my parents'' Docherty said

''The pressure I felt lifted when I heard they had visited my parents,'' Docherty said.''We were just sitting at home, my wife Maureen and me, and the doorbell went. We had never met Murray's parents before but obviously we knew what they looked like. It was very emotional,'' confirmed Drew's father.On Saturday night Docherty was outpointed by Jiminez but, at times, the 30-year-old Scot looked tremendous and made Jiminez, who is a very good champion, look ordinary. On Friday night Drew Docherty was relaxing in a Nottingham hotel when he received a phone call from his father, Archie. Docherty expected it to be just the usual short call to find out how he was feeling about his World Boxing Organisation bantamweight title fight against Daniel Jiminez the following night, Saturday. What Docherty's father Archie told him was a complete surprise: "Wee Jimmy's parents have just been round to wish you luck Drew,'' Mr Docherty said.Last October Docherty beat Jim Murray in a British title defence Twenty- four hours later, Murray died. It will take a very, very good side to stop them from winning the Swalec Cup this season.Penarth: Penalties Miller 2. Cardiff: Tries Hill 3, Hall 2, Ford 2, Bevan, A Davies, Stewart, Rayer; Conversions A Davies, J Davies; Penalty A Davies.Penarth: A Rosser; R Phillips, C Miller, D Paris, C Howells; C Lakin, D Gibbon; G Swaine, T Henson, A Pyman, M Parry (S Crothers, 62), M Edwards (capt), N Baxter, J Allen, D Williams (S Hurley, 16-21).Cardiff: M Rayer; S Ford, M Hall (G Jones, 76), J Davies, S Hill; A Davies, A Moore; M Griffiths, H Bevan, L Mustoe, J Wakeford, D Jones (K Stewart, 56), E Lewis, H Taylor (capt; O Williams, 68), V Davies.Referee: W Bevan (Clydach)..

Those two tries by Hall settled Cardiff and by half-time they were 25-3 ahead.Yet having conceded only four tries in the opening 40 minutes, the Seasiders lost their way in the second half and let in a further seven, including a hat-trick to the Wales winger Simon Hill.It was not so much a question of poor tackling, more that Cardiff were simply brilliant and relentless. If the Welsh coach, Kevin Bowring, is looking for experience in order to to bolster his 32-man squad this week, he should look no further than Hall.Penarth followed a similar pattern to their previous cup tie by offering their visitors first use of the strong wind. Penarth 6 Cardiff 62 It was like Good Friday all over again at Donkey Island. There was a huge crowd, a highly committed home side and a host of international players in the opposing side. The only problem for Penarth was that the scoreline also ended with a familiar look to it as Cardiff, complete with 13 internationals, took over where the Barbarians left off in the Eighties.Having dispatched First Division opposition in the fourth round of the Swalec Cup - when Ebbw Vale were overcome 30-11 - and beaten Cardiff in friendly games at the Arms Park this season and last, the Penarth faithful had been contemplating celebrating the greatest day in their 116-year history.Cardiff, on the other hand, were in no mood to suffer the indignity of another St Peter's style exit from the Cup and selected a side to ensure a comfortable passage through to the last 16 of the tournament.They were too strong at the lines-out, too powerful in the loose and much too fast behind the scrum.As hard as the Third Division outfit tried, and they certainly played as well as they had against Ebbw Vale, they simply proved no match for their big city neighbours.Jonathan Davies got another game under his belt, yet continued to be largely ignored in what is now being viewed as a back-line conspiracy against him, but it was the Welsh World Cup skipper, Mike Hall, who really caught the eye.He had a great game in both attack and defence and not only scored the opening two tries, but also made two others.

Scotland: Tries McKenzie, Dods; Penalty Dods; Drop goal Townsend.IRELAND: J Staples (Harlequins,capt); R Wallace (Garryowen), J Bell (Northampton), K McQuilkin (Bective Rangers), S Geoghegan (Bath); E Elwood (Lansdowne), C Saverimutto (Sale); N Popplewell (Newcastle), T Kingston (Dolphin), P Clohessy (Young Munster), G Fulcher (Constitution), N Francis (Old Belvedere), J Davidson (Dungannon), P Johns (Dungannon), D Corkery (Constitution).SCOTLAND: R Shepherd (Melrose); C Joiner (Melrose), S Hastings (Watsonians), I Jardine (Stirling County), M Dods (Northampton); G Townsend (Northampton), B Redpath (Melrose); D Hilton (Bath), K McKenzie (Stirling County), P Wright (Boroughmuir), S Campbell (Dundee HSFP), G Weir (Melrose), R Wainwright (Watsonians,capt), E Peters (Bath), I Smith (Gloucester).Referee: B Campsall (England).. Ireland know it only too well.Ireland: Try: Clohessy; Conversion Elwood; Penalty Elwood. Both front rows would give you six different versions of what happened - "we were doing our tricks, they were doing theirs," said Dave Hilton - but the referee earned his fee of pounds 400 and as Jim Staples, Ireland's captain, honourably pointed out, "if we had got a penalty try to win the match it would have been theft."Perhaps, under Kidd, Ireland have lost the hell for leather card but that was never enough to sustain them through a campaign. At the end, when the Irish players sat in a quiet dressing-room, elbows on knees, heads in hands, Kidd, applying aversion therapy, told them to remember how wretched the moment feels. The Irish did not get a second wind, Elwood, who missed a couple of penalties, put up one useless high ball and the onslaught only came at the end when Ireland were playing for a penalty try at a scrum that began to resemble the Eton wall game. "He did all the things we expected him to do," Murray Kidd, Ireland's New Zealand coach said, "but not that drop goal."When Ireland reduced the deficit with a stirring try to make it 16-10 at half-time, the eyes were smiling And nothing happened. Townsend is, refreshingly, prepared to take on defences and it was his break, midway through the first half, that led to Michael Dods's try.Gabriel Fulcher, who is joining London Irish in March, had a hand in Scotland's first try, deflecting the ball over his own line and Kevin McKenzie, another star in the making, was the first to react That score highlighted Ireland's lack of control.

Townsend is a useful golfer with a handicap of nine and it was as if he was drawing a six-iron. The kick, launched to the right of the posts, was perfectly executed, coming in on the wind. Scotland probably won 90 per cent of the 50-50 ball.Ireland's gamble of playing into the wind in the first half appeared lost when, just before half-time, Townsend dropped a goal There have not been many better. He plays centre for Northampton because of the presence of the England stand-off Paul Grayson and what an interesting reunion they should have when England go to Edinburgh. Notwithstanding the fact that the Varsity match is a long way removed from international rugby, Ireland should go for David Humphreys who was outstanding in every respect for Oxford University against Cambridge last month.As for Townsend, he can only get better.

On Friday, for example, they were not allowed to watch the A match between the countries, not even allowed to leave the hotel.One of the most significant differences between the sides on Saturday was in the performance of the stand-offs Gregor Townsend and Eric Elwood. Two years ago, same fixture, same venue, similarly horrible conditions, the game ended 6-6, neither side exploiting the wind Townsend, who is 22, has improved immeasurably Elwood is, well, Elwood. Strict comparison is unfair because Townsend was playing behind a better pack and a better scrum-half in Bryan Redpath.Even so Elwood's game is limited and predictable Town-send's is neither. Telfer, in effect, is the chief executive of Scotland plc and is said to be on pounds 70,000 a year.