Brian Barry-Murphy toasted substitute Rubin Colwill's impact in Cardiff City's dramatic Welsh derby draw with Wrexham - after admitting he should not have come on as early as he did. The Bluebirds seemed destined for defeat in their opening game of the new Championship season after Kieffer Moore's early goal at the Cardiff City Stadium. On a night when Wrexham missed chances to put the game to bed, Cardiff huffed and puffed, but looked like lacking the quality to find an equaliser until Colwill lashed home a free-kick in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
"I thought he had a big impact on a big game," Barry-Murphy said. Last-gasp Cardiff salvage dramatic Wrexham draw Latest Cardiff City news, analysis and fan views Colwill began on the bench having struggled recently with an ankle injury. The Wales international was introduced just after the hour as Barry-Murphy made a flurry of changes in an attempt to turn the tide of the contest.
"He's only trained for two days really, so I probably shouldn't have put him on as early as I did," the Cardiff head coach added. "But the way the game was going, I felt as if we needed a bit of something different and he can do that from deep, so we just take it day by day with him and see how he is. "He's an impeccable professional, loves the game, loves the club, so he's a huge figure for us here, I can't deny that.
He just needs to find some rhythm and volume in his training because he hasn't done a lot of training, so we can't rush him back because that would just put him at risk for no reason." Colwill's goal means Cardiff are off and running in the Championship with a draw which felt almost as sweet as a victory. Amid frantic celebrations after the leveller, Barry-Murphy was cautioned for leaving his technical area. When asked whether the booking was worth it in the circumstances, he said with a smile: "No, no, no.
I don't want to be paying any fines. I was a bit embarrassed."
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