GC 18's 0 NEWPORT/GWENT DRAGONS 36
Gogledd Cymru Under 18s left the field at the end of the game desperately disappointed in a second-half performance which had allowed an enthusiastic Dragons side to run out the comfortable winners of this 4th round match in the Welsh Regional Age-Grade Championship.
At half-time the Dragons had led 10-0,through a Sion Jones try converted by Mathew O'Brien who had also slotted over a penalty,but the Gogledd Cymru side were very much in the contest throughout,and in fact if it had not been for their own continued ill-discipline at the breakdown,it might have been they and not the Dragons who had finished the half in the lead.
However what hopes they had of turning the game round were soon dashed as within the first 5 minutes of the second half,first Kyle Tayler and then Leon Burgess crossed the white-wash for the Dragons.The latter's try which was run in from within his own half seemed to break the young North Walian's hearts and from then the game was over as a contest. Further tries from Jones (again) and substiute scrum-half JB Bruzulier,only re-inforced this fact.
Although there were individual performances of note,most principally,Tom Parry,Henry Roberts and Owain Aled the team as a whole knew that they had let slip the chance of a first victory in this seasons competition.
Gogledd Cymru Under 18s next game is at home to the Scarlets on 25th October.
