Rubin Colwill reveals Ralls invite before screamer
Rubin Colwill says he jumped at the chance to take the free-kick which produced the Cardiff City winner at QPR on Saturday.
Isaak Davies had got the Bluebirds back on levels terms in west London, and four minutes later the striker was felled 20 yards out from the Hoops' goal.
And after a quick chat with Joe Ralls, it was Colwill who stepped up to hammer home what proved to be the winner.
"Isaak got fouled and we all got around the free-kick and I was like 'I've got a little chance here to take it'," Colwill revealed.
"Rallsy said 'Rubes, do you want to take it?' and I was like 'yes!'
"If I could just keep it on target and put a bit of power behind it, hopefully it will go in!"
And in it flew to send the travelling support in the away end into raptures.
The win on the road in the English capital capped off a brilliant day, not just for the fans and club, but the academy too.
With two youth products on the scoresheet, it put the cherry on a rather tasty cake.
‘I can do this!’
"What a day for the academy," Colwill added.
"We've been around it for a while now, we're all starting to find our feet, and obviously today tops it all off.
"There is only more to come from us. Hopefully this will be a regular occasion, two academy boys scoring goals and winning games."
Colwill hopes that is form for club will hopefully lead to another call from Wales manager Rob Page with a World Cup play-off match against Austria scheduled for the end of the month. The attacker knows, however, that competition is fierce.
"You just do what you can at club level and hope you are selected," he said.
"I think there are a load of boys doing really well for Wales. Isaak's doing really well, Sparky (Mark Harris) is doing really well, Will (Vaulks) is doing really well and obviously the boys at the other clubs are all doing really well. So there is a lot of competition at the moment for the Wales squad, which is great for the country really."
Davies signed a new deal with the club last week, and his goal at QPR will have felt even sweeter knowing he's been tied down to a long-term deal in south Wales. Colwill says his team-mates are over the moon for him.
"Everyone has been buzzing for him," he said. "He's such a nice lad and everyone gets on with him really well. Everyone is buzzing for him doing so well."
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