Cudd admits his team will need to repeat their defensive heroics when they take on Munster at Irish Independent Park on Saturday, with their hosts having scored the most tries in the GUINNESS PRO12 so far this campaign.
And while a series of eye-catching recent performances may have made Cudd a marked man at the breakdown, the 26-year-old insists he relishes the challenge of the likes of Antony Foley's side.
"Defensively we had a lot more line speed last weekend because we knew that Edinburgh had some big ball carriers and that we also needed to stop them getting the ball out wide," Cudd told the South Wales Argus.
"There were some good individual tackles as well, causing turnovers. We can take a lot of confidence from that defensive game because we caused them problems to put them under pressure and that's when teams make mistakes.
"But Munster are a really good team that will be in the play-offs. They are a clever team so we have to keep building on that line speed and the performance we put in against Edinburgh.
"I seem to get cleared out more in the rucks! They might look for you at a ruck situation and take you out a bit earlier or hold on to you on the floor a bit longer, things I like to do myself.
"They are just things that you adapt to and if I am being marked then it opens up space for others to do some damage."
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