Division Two North: Rhyl 20 Abergele 10
Sep 27 2010 by Rob Griffiths, Daily Post
Division Two North: Rhyl 20 Abergele 10
IF ever there was a game of two halves this was it as Abergele continue their learning curve in Division Two North.
After completely dominating the opening 40 minutes and going in 10-0 up at the interval, Gele had no answer to the strong running of replacement centres Kriss Wilkes and Liam Kennedy after the break as Rhyl hit back with 20 unanswered points to seal the win and move second in the standings.
But Gele team manager Dino Jones Davies he was not too despondent after the loss.
Abergele have been knocking on the door of Division Two North for the past five seasons, and after finally being granted promotion, are continually learning.
“In the past five seasons we’ve played 110 games in the league, winning 94, drawing one and losing only 15,” said Jones Davies.
“We’ve been trying to get into this league for a number of years and now we are there we have got to learn quickly to compete.
“Beforehand if we were 10-0 up in a match then that was pretty much game over, now, as Bala did the previous week, teams will come back at you and we have got to learn how to deal with it.”
Abergele went in at the break 10-0 ahead with prop Darren Peters notching the game’s opening try, while full-back Gaz Evans converted and added a penalty.
But with the hard-running Wilkes and Kennedy on the field at half time, Rhyl took advantage with tries from centre Rob Tilley, full-back John Hall and Kennedy, with flanker Anthony Tilley converting one and adding a penalty.
Jones Davies added: “This was just a game of two halves; first half we absolutely dominated and they didn’t even get into our 22, but then second half we couldn’t contain their two centres and they created havoc for us.”
27.9.10
25.09.10 Ruthin 25 Mold 27 John Palmer Reports
Ruthin started strongly in this top of the table clash with unbeaten Mold and after 10 minutes of play Ruthin’s tight organisation and attacking play paid off with a try by centre Lloyd Stradling, converted by Wil Davies. Mold countered with their first real foray into the Blues half but the Blues broke out of Mold’s half with good play by flanker Clwyd Jones and full back Ben Syme and for the next 20 minutes the homes sides aggressive chasing and stifling of any potential Mold attack restricted most of the play to the visitors half. Ruthin were awarded a penalty which Davies slotted over and almost immediately centre Dan Edmonds got one back for the visitors. Just on half time Davies kicked another penalty for the home side and at the break the score was 13-3 to Ruthin. Mold went on to the attack on the restart but after a few minutes their scrum half was sin-binned. From the resulting penalty on the half way line, Ruthin kicked to touch and from the line-out No8 Lee Pope forced his way through the Mold defence and offloaded to wing Kyle Davie who sped over for a try. Again Mold responded and the Blues had to defend well against increasingly powerful forwards play by the visitors. Ruthin went down to 14 men after a player was yellow carded and Mold got a try back. The home side probably thought they had done enough when from another penalty on the half way line good work by fly half Jamie Morris released Kyle Davies to score along the wing. Wil Davies converted putting them 25-10 ahead. However Mold ‘s fitness and pack strength began to tell. They went over for two tries of which one was converted and then with a few minutes to go the visitors pack drove over for their bonus point try. With the visitors ahead for the first time at 27-25 and the clock ticking away Morris attempted a drop goal for the Blues which was charged down and shortly afterwards the whistle blew for full time. The Blues will be disappointed that they only came away with a point after probably their best display of the season but should take heart from improving performances by many players and a good debut performance by Jason Humphreys as replacement prop.
27.09.10 Llangefni 19 Nant Conwy 25 Adroddiad Ifor Glyn Report
Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy
Sadwrn / Saturday 25.09.10 Llangefni 16 v Nant Conwy 25
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Owain Jones(2), Ifan Jones (1)
Trosi / Conversions: Owain Jones (2)
Cosb / Penalties: Ifan Jones (1), Owain Jones (1)
Ar ddiwrnod heulog a braf, gwelwyd dau dîm yn ceisio’u gorau i chwarae rygbi cywir. Dechreuodd Nant ar dan a sgoriodd Owain gais ger y pyst ar ôl 2 funud yn unig. Bu i’r ymdrech am drosi daro’r post. Ar ol 10 munud, sgoriodd Arwel Roberts gic gosb lwyddiannus i Langefni. Chwarter ffordd drwy’r gêm, ymatebodd Ifan gyda chic gosb lwyddiannus i Nant yn syth ar ol i Arwel daro’r post efo cic debyg i’r tîm cartref. Yn yr amser ychwanegol ar ddiwedd yr hanner cyntaf, cyfnewidiwyd dwy gic gosb arall gan y ddau dîm - Ifan tros Nant ac Arwel tros Langefni. Sgôr o 6 - 11 ar yr hanner.
Chwaraeodd Llangefni yn well yn yr ail hanner ac ar ol 23 munud, bu i Dylan Jones sgorio cais yng nghornel chwith y maes a droswyd yn arbennig gan Arwel. Aeth Llangefni ymhellach ar y blaen gyda chic gosb arall gan Arwel i wneud sgôr o 16 - 11 gyda 7 munud yn weddill. Ond, o hynny ymlaen, Nant fu’n pwyso gydag Ifan yn sgorio cais dan y pyst ar funud olaf y gêm. Troswyd gan Owain. Yna, 5 munud i mewn i’r amser ychwanegol, bu i Owain sgorio’i ail gais o’r gêm, eto o dan y pyst, a throsodd i wneud sgôr derfynol o 16 -25.
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae adref yn erbyn Yr Wyddgrug.
On an sunny and dry day, two teams trying to play open rugby were evident. In their first attack, fly half Owain scored a try by the posts but the conversion attempt struck the post. After 10 minutes, Arwel Roberts scored Llangefni’s first points with a successful penalty kick. A few minutes later, he struck the post with another penalty attempt. Ifan was successful with his penalty for Nant after 20 minutes and two minutes into extra time at the end of the first half, Owain scored a penalty to put Nant further ahead. But there was still sufficient time for Arwel to slot a penalty over for the home side to make the half time score 6 – 11.
Llangefni were the better team for the first 30 minutes of the second half and winger Dylan Jones scored a try in the left corner after 23 minutes which was excellently converted by Arwel for Llangefni to go ahead for the first time during the match. That lead was extended after 33 minutes from another penalty kick by Arwel.
From then on, it was all Nant and only a minute remained of normal time when Ifan crossed over for a try under the posts, converted by Owain,for Nant to regain the lead. That lead was extended in the 45th minute when Owain scored his second try of the afternoon, again under the posts and duly converted to make the final score 16 – 25..
Next Saturday, Nant will be playing at home against Mold.
Ifor Glyn (Ysgrifennydd / Secretary)
Sadwrn / Saturday 25.09.10 Llangefni 16 v Nant Conwy 25
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Owain Jones(2), Ifan Jones (1)
Trosi / Conversions: Owain Jones (2)
Cosb / Penalties: Ifan Jones (1), Owain Jones (1)
Ar ddiwrnod heulog a braf, gwelwyd dau dîm yn ceisio’u gorau i chwarae rygbi cywir. Dechreuodd Nant ar dan a sgoriodd Owain gais ger y pyst ar ôl 2 funud yn unig. Bu i’r ymdrech am drosi daro’r post. Ar ol 10 munud, sgoriodd Arwel Roberts gic gosb lwyddiannus i Langefni. Chwarter ffordd drwy’r gêm, ymatebodd Ifan gyda chic gosb lwyddiannus i Nant yn syth ar ol i Arwel daro’r post efo cic debyg i’r tîm cartref. Yn yr amser ychwanegol ar ddiwedd yr hanner cyntaf, cyfnewidiwyd dwy gic gosb arall gan y ddau dîm - Ifan tros Nant ac Arwel tros Langefni. Sgôr o 6 - 11 ar yr hanner.
Chwaraeodd Llangefni yn well yn yr ail hanner ac ar ol 23 munud, bu i Dylan Jones sgorio cais yng nghornel chwith y maes a droswyd yn arbennig gan Arwel. Aeth Llangefni ymhellach ar y blaen gyda chic gosb arall gan Arwel i wneud sgôr o 16 - 11 gyda 7 munud yn weddill. Ond, o hynny ymlaen, Nant fu’n pwyso gydag Ifan yn sgorio cais dan y pyst ar funud olaf y gêm. Troswyd gan Owain. Yna, 5 munud i mewn i’r amser ychwanegol, bu i Owain sgorio’i ail gais o’r gêm, eto o dan y pyst, a throsodd i wneud sgôr derfynol o 16 -25.
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae adref yn erbyn Yr Wyddgrug.
On an sunny and dry day, two teams trying to play open rugby were evident. In their first attack, fly half Owain scored a try by the posts but the conversion attempt struck the post. After 10 minutes, Arwel Roberts scored Llangefni’s first points with a successful penalty kick. A few minutes later, he struck the post with another penalty attempt. Ifan was successful with his penalty for Nant after 20 minutes and two minutes into extra time at the end of the first half, Owain scored a penalty to put Nant further ahead. But there was still sufficient time for Arwel to slot a penalty over for the home side to make the half time score 6 – 11.
Llangefni were the better team for the first 30 minutes of the second half and winger Dylan Jones scored a try in the left corner after 23 minutes which was excellently converted by Arwel for Llangefni to go ahead for the first time during the match. That lead was extended after 33 minutes from another penalty kick by Arwel.
From then on, it was all Nant and only a minute remained of normal time when Ifan crossed over for a try under the posts, converted by Owain,for Nant to regain the lead. That lead was extended in the 45th minute when Owain scored his second try of the afternoon, again under the posts and duly converted to make the final score 16 – 25..
Next Saturday, Nant will be playing at home against Mold.
Ifor Glyn (Ysgrifennydd / Secretary)
22.9.10
2.09.10 Rydal Vikings 16 pts RGC 1404 A 30 pts
Rydal Vikings 16 pts RGC 1404 A 30 pts
The weather conditions didn’t bode well for the first outing of a new rugby team to North Wales. RGC 1404 ‘A’ team who’s sole purpose is to supply players to the senior RGC 1404 team were to face wet and blustery conditions at Rydal Penrhos 1st team pitch, Colwyn Bay.
In fairness both sides handled the slippery ball well, although it was lost several times in contact. The first twenty minutes were fairly even but a long pass out from Nick Saunders saw Ben Stelmaszek race over for the RGC A squad’s first try. Saunders converted from out wide to give a seven nil lead. Stelmaszek almost scored his second shortly afterwards but was forced into touch just a few yards short. As half time approached, it looked as if the scoreboard would not be troubled again but the Vikings managed to force the ball over for a deserved try. The conversion was missed and the half time whistle blew.
The second half was only two minutes in when Saunders kicked a long range penalty and when the Vikings infringed again, he tried an even longer kick. This attempt hit the cross bar and bounced back into play where the impressive Anthony Tilley, following up, almost scored under the posts. The Old Boys managed a penalty of their own but the young Gogs were now running rampant and the Vikings were forced to kill yet another ball just short of the line. The quick thinking James Farrell took a quick tap and fed Sean Condon who crashed over whitewash. Saunders duly converted. A reverse carbon copy saw the Vikings score from a tap penalty but a missed conversion meant that they were still chasing the scoreline. One more penalty for the home side was met with two from the visiting Saunders. It was then the Gogs exciting young backs showed their flair and a fine break by Rob Tilley saw him put Andy Clutton in the clear and he used his pace to score out wide. A final conversion by Saunders saw the RGC 1404 A side home and dry.
Marc Roberts the WRU Performance Development manager said “This was a performance that showed potential, especially as the squad was so young ranging form 17-22 years of age. We still have work to do and we will continue to develop this young group of players”.
The weather conditions didn’t bode well for the first outing of a new rugby team to North Wales. RGC 1404 ‘A’ team who’s sole purpose is to supply players to the senior RGC 1404 team were to face wet and blustery conditions at Rydal Penrhos 1st team pitch, Colwyn Bay.
In fairness both sides handled the slippery ball well, although it was lost several times in contact. The first twenty minutes were fairly even but a long pass out from Nick Saunders saw Ben Stelmaszek race over for the RGC A squad’s first try. Saunders converted from out wide to give a seven nil lead. Stelmaszek almost scored his second shortly afterwards but was forced into touch just a few yards short. As half time approached, it looked as if the scoreboard would not be troubled again but the Vikings managed to force the ball over for a deserved try. The conversion was missed and the half time whistle blew.
The second half was only two minutes in when Saunders kicked a long range penalty and when the Vikings infringed again, he tried an even longer kick. This attempt hit the cross bar and bounced back into play where the impressive Anthony Tilley, following up, almost scored under the posts. The Old Boys managed a penalty of their own but the young Gogs were now running rampant and the Vikings were forced to kill yet another ball just short of the line. The quick thinking James Farrell took a quick tap and fed Sean Condon who crashed over whitewash. Saunders duly converted. A reverse carbon copy saw the Vikings score from a tap penalty but a missed conversion meant that they were still chasing the scoreline. One more penalty for the home side was met with two from the visiting Saunders. It was then the Gogs exciting young backs showed their flair and a fine break by Rob Tilley saw him put Andy Clutton in the clear and he used his pace to score out wide. A final conversion by Saunders saw the RGC 1404 A side home and dry.
Marc Roberts the WRU Performance Development manager said “This was a performance that showed potential, especially as the squad was so young ranging form 17-22 years of age. We still have work to do and we will continue to develop this young group of players”.
19.9.10
19.09.10 Cowyn Bay 8 Ruthin 10 John Palmer Reports
Away matches at Colwyn Bay have always been a challenge for Ruthin and this one in 80 minutes of pouring rain was no exception. For the first 20 minutes most of the pressure came from Ruthin but it wasn’t until scrum half Deian Williams slotted over a penalty goal that the Blues saw some reward for their efforts. Despite Ruthin pressure the home side had been getting the better of the scrums and following a scrum on Ruthin’s 22, the Blues conceded a lineout 5 yards from their line and the Bay scrum half went over for a try. Play then oscillated between the two halves but with a slippery ball making handling difficult for both sides neither were able to improve on their score and the whistle blew for half time with the home side ahead 5-3. At the start of the second half the Blues conceded a penalty which led to a line out on their own 22 but the home side lost possession and counter attacking forward play by flankers John Meldrum and the excellent Clwyd Jones set up replacement prop Richard Manley to offload to wing Kyle Davies who went over for a try converted by Williams. Although Ruthin’s scrummaging was better in the second half Ruthin were unable to add to their score and the Bay narrowed the gap with a penalty goal in the 60th minute. The Blues came near to scoring a couple of times after good running by No 8 Lee Pope, wing Huw Parry and Kyle Davies but it was not to be and the final score remained at 10-8 to Ruthin. Although the match was low scoring and something of a struggle there were some good individual performances with Richard Manley and fly half Jamie Morris being of note in addition to Clwyd Jones.
19.09.10 Nant Cowy 24 Bethesda 18 Aroddiad Ifor Glyn Report
Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy
Sadwrn / Saturday 18.09.10 Nant Conwy 24 v Bethesda 18
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Owain Jones, Henry Williams, Aaeron Jones, Peredur Ellis
Trosi / Conversions: Peredur Ellis (2)
Ar ddiwrnod hynod wlyb, gwelwyd llawer o gamgymeriadau pasio a tharo’r bel ymlaen , yn enwedig gan Nant. Cosbwyd Nant ddwywaith yn y 10 munud cyntaf gyda Mathew Parry yn sgorio dwy gic gosb i Fethesda i fynd 0-6 ar y blaen. Chwarter ffordd drwy’r gêm, llithrodd Owain trwy linell amddiffyn y gwrthwynebwyr i sgorio o dan y pyst a thasg hawdd oedd i Peredur drosi yn ei gem gyntaf yn ôl ar ôl tymor allan oherwydd anaf drwg iawn. Ar ddiwedd yr hanner cyntaf, gwelwyd cais gorau’r gêm gyda Henry yn gorffen symudiad chwim ar draws y cae gyda chais yn y gornel dde. Methwyd y trosiad ond daeth Bethesda yn ol i sgorio cais eu hunain trwy Gareth Wyn, mewn modd tebyg i gais cyntaf Nant, i wneud sgôr o 12 - 11 ar yr hanner.
Dau funud ar ol yr egwyl, bu i Mathew Parry, rhif 10 Bethesda gicio tros linell amddiffyn Nant a bod y cyntaf i durio’r bel a pharhau i drosi hefyd. Nant yn pwyso wedyn a chael cais haeddiannol trwy Aeron ar y chwith ymhen pum munud arall o chwarae. Troswyd gan Peredur i wneud y sgor yn 19 - 18. O hynny ymlaen, Nant fu’n pwyso ond yn methu gorffen symudiadau addawol gyda’r bas olaf yn methu’n aml. Fodd bynnag, daeth y profiadol, Peredur i’r adwy dri munud i mewn i’r amser ychwanegol i sgorio cais ar y chwith ac ennill y pwynt bonws i Nant. Methwyd y trosiad eto.
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae i ffwrdd yn erbyn Llangefni.
On an extremely wet and unpleasant day, several errors in passing movements by virtue of knock-ons, especially by Nant. The home team were penalised twice in the first 10 minutes by the boot of Mathew Parry. A quarter of the way through the match, Owain sliced through the visiting defence line to touch down underneath the posts. Peredur, returning after a season out due to a serious injury, converted. Towards the end of the first half, Henry scored arguably, the best try of the match in the right wing corner after an excellent passing movement along the entire half of the pitch. The conversion was missed but, right on the half time whistle, Bethesda replied with a try of their own scored by Gareth Wyn. The half time score was 12 – 11.
Only two minutes of the second period had been played when Mathew Parry chipped over the Nant defensive line and was the first to touch the ball down for a try which he then duly converted. Nant then pressurised more and more and Aeron burst through to score another try again this week, after another 5 minutes. Peredur converted so that Nant regained the lead at 19 – 18. This score remained the same until added time although several promising attacking moves by Nant failed because the final pass went astray on several occasions. Peredur showed his experience to score the final, and bonus point try, after 3 minutes of added time but failed with the conversion.
Next Saturday, Nant will be playing away at Llangefni.
Ifor Glyn (Ysgrifennydd / Secretary)
Sadwrn / Saturday 18.09.10 Nant Conwy 24 v Bethesda 18
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Owain Jones, Henry Williams, Aaeron Jones, Peredur Ellis
Trosi / Conversions: Peredur Ellis (2)
Ar ddiwrnod hynod wlyb, gwelwyd llawer o gamgymeriadau pasio a tharo’r bel ymlaen , yn enwedig gan Nant. Cosbwyd Nant ddwywaith yn y 10 munud cyntaf gyda Mathew Parry yn sgorio dwy gic gosb i Fethesda i fynd 0-6 ar y blaen. Chwarter ffordd drwy’r gêm, llithrodd Owain trwy linell amddiffyn y gwrthwynebwyr i sgorio o dan y pyst a thasg hawdd oedd i Peredur drosi yn ei gem gyntaf yn ôl ar ôl tymor allan oherwydd anaf drwg iawn. Ar ddiwedd yr hanner cyntaf, gwelwyd cais gorau’r gêm gyda Henry yn gorffen symudiad chwim ar draws y cae gyda chais yn y gornel dde. Methwyd y trosiad ond daeth Bethesda yn ol i sgorio cais eu hunain trwy Gareth Wyn, mewn modd tebyg i gais cyntaf Nant, i wneud sgôr o 12 - 11 ar yr hanner.
Dau funud ar ol yr egwyl, bu i Mathew Parry, rhif 10 Bethesda gicio tros linell amddiffyn Nant a bod y cyntaf i durio’r bel a pharhau i drosi hefyd. Nant yn pwyso wedyn a chael cais haeddiannol trwy Aeron ar y chwith ymhen pum munud arall o chwarae. Troswyd gan Peredur i wneud y sgor yn 19 - 18. O hynny ymlaen, Nant fu’n pwyso ond yn methu gorffen symudiadau addawol gyda’r bas olaf yn methu’n aml. Fodd bynnag, daeth y profiadol, Peredur i’r adwy dri munud i mewn i’r amser ychwanegol i sgorio cais ar y chwith ac ennill y pwynt bonws i Nant. Methwyd y trosiad eto.
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae i ffwrdd yn erbyn Llangefni.
On an extremely wet and unpleasant day, several errors in passing movements by virtue of knock-ons, especially by Nant. The home team were penalised twice in the first 10 minutes by the boot of Mathew Parry. A quarter of the way through the match, Owain sliced through the visiting defence line to touch down underneath the posts. Peredur, returning after a season out due to a serious injury, converted. Towards the end of the first half, Henry scored arguably, the best try of the match in the right wing corner after an excellent passing movement along the entire half of the pitch. The conversion was missed but, right on the half time whistle, Bethesda replied with a try of their own scored by Gareth Wyn. The half time score was 12 – 11.
Only two minutes of the second period had been played when Mathew Parry chipped over the Nant defensive line and was the first to touch the ball down for a try which he then duly converted. Nant then pressurised more and more and Aeron burst through to score another try again this week, after another 5 minutes. Peredur converted so that Nant regained the lead at 19 – 18. This score remained the same until added time although several promising attacking moves by Nant failed because the final pass went astray on several occasions. Peredur showed his experience to score the final, and bonus point try, after 3 minutes of added time but failed with the conversion.
Next Saturday, Nant will be playing away at Llangefni.
Ifor Glyn (Ysgrifennydd / Secretary)
13.9.10
13.09.10 Division One North: Caernarfon 34 Llandudno 27
Division One North: Caernarfon 34 Llandudno 27
Sep 13 2010 by Our Correspondent, Daily Post
LLANDUDNO were denied a memorable result at Y Morfa as a last-ditch try from Dylan Gwyn Owen gave Caernarfon a 34-27 victory.
With Llandudno pressing on the Cofis’ line, a mix-up between two players saw the ball spilled forward and Caernarfon needed no second invitation as the ball was moved through the hands for Owen to finish off under the posts and seal a late dramatic win.
Cofis coach Ieuan Jones was happy having seen his side comeback, but was less than impressed with the officiating.
“Last week at Nant we had a great referee, he was strict, but very fair and he let the game flow,” said Jones. “I’m sorry to say, but the refereeing was very poor on Saturday. There were two red cards handed out which were unbelievable, and I’d honestly have to say he got about 60% of decisions wrong for both sides.
“If we had lost you’d say it was sour grapes, but we won and I’m still disappointed because we tell the players to go out and enjoy the game, but there was no way you could enjoy that kind of a game, even though we won in the end.”
Winger James Gregson crossed for a brace of tries, while fellow wideman Will Varley went over as well, with Rhodri Carlton Jones converting all three and adding two penalties.
Caernarfon’s reply came from Dafydd Roberts, Owen, Lance Owen and Rhys Evans, all converted by Kelvin Morris, who also added two penalties of his own.
Sep 13 2010 by Our Correspondent, Daily Post
LLANDUDNO were denied a memorable result at Y Morfa as a last-ditch try from Dylan Gwyn Owen gave Caernarfon a 34-27 victory.
With Llandudno pressing on the Cofis’ line, a mix-up between two players saw the ball spilled forward and Caernarfon needed no second invitation as the ball was moved through the hands for Owen to finish off under the posts and seal a late dramatic win.
Cofis coach Ieuan Jones was happy having seen his side comeback, but was less than impressed with the officiating.
“Last week at Nant we had a great referee, he was strict, but very fair and he let the game flow,” said Jones. “I’m sorry to say, but the refereeing was very poor on Saturday. There were two red cards handed out which were unbelievable, and I’d honestly have to say he got about 60% of decisions wrong for both sides.
“If we had lost you’d say it was sour grapes, but we won and I’m still disappointed because we tell the players to go out and enjoy the game, but there was no way you could enjoy that kind of a game, even though we won in the end.”
Winger James Gregson crossed for a brace of tries, while fellow wideman Will Varley went over as well, with Rhodri Carlton Jones converting all three and adding two penalties.
Caernarfon’s reply came from Dafydd Roberts, Owen, Lance Owen and Rhys Evans, all converted by Kelvin Morris, who also added two penalties of his own.
13.09.10 Division One North: Ruthin 28 Llangefni 10
Division One North: Ruthin 28 Llangefni 10
Sep 13 2010 by Our Correspondent, Daily Post
AT Ruthin they’re justifiably proud of their Welsh international prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts – and now they’re getting excited about his brother.
But unlike the giant Sale Sharks front-row, Sion Roberts is a winger – albeit a powerful hard-running one.
He’s a few stone lighter than elder brother Eifion but also a few yards quicker. He’s strong too and he showed both qualities in scoring two fine tries as Ruthin earned a hard-fought bonus point win over a dogged Llangefni side at Cae Ddol.
The Blues certainly began with a bang with their rampaging back-row of Clwyd Jones, Jon Meldrum and Lee Pope leading the charge and Llangefni were at full stretch.
Scrum-half Will Davies missed a penalty but the pressure told after 20 minutes when centre Gethin Hughes crossed under the posts with Davies converting.
Ruthin doubled their lead from a lineout, Chris Lewis’ catch followed by a drive over the line by hooker Gary Teeson with Davies converting handsomely.
Slick handling by Ruthin’s backs carved out space for right wing Roberts and his pace and power did the rest with Davies again converting.
Llangefni rallied as No8 Iestyn Dafydd galvanised them with some charging runs and right on half time a series of drives saw prop Sion Arron crash over.
This sparked a bust-up which saw Ruthin lose back-row forwards Clwyd Jones and Lee Pope to the sin bin with Llangafni’s Mark Pritchard also yellow carded.
It also took the wind out of Ruthin’s sails as the second half started with Llangefni 21-5 down and battering away but it was 25 minutes into the half before prop Iwan Evans smashed over on the blind side.
The visitors threatened a comeback but handling errors cost them dear and when left wing Huw Parry pounced on a dropped pass, Ruthin moved the ball right where Sion Roberts thundered over with Davies adding another well-struck conversion.
Cefni boss Dewi Redvers Jones was left with a frustrated feeling at the end, saying: “From our point of view it wasn’t a great performance. Last year we did struggle at times, and while we thought we had a really good pre-season this time, we are still making far too many unforced errors.
“We allowed Ruthin to control the game for too long in the first half, and while we did come back at them in the second, you can’t gives sides like Ruthin a 21-0 head start.
“There are still some positives to come from the game because we did well when we kept hold of the ball and we came back at them well, but we have just got to cut these mistakes out of our game.”
Sep 13 2010 by Our Correspondent, Daily Post
AT Ruthin they’re justifiably proud of their Welsh international prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts – and now they’re getting excited about his brother.
But unlike the giant Sale Sharks front-row, Sion Roberts is a winger – albeit a powerful hard-running one.
He’s a few stone lighter than elder brother Eifion but also a few yards quicker. He’s strong too and he showed both qualities in scoring two fine tries as Ruthin earned a hard-fought bonus point win over a dogged Llangefni side at Cae Ddol.
The Blues certainly began with a bang with their rampaging back-row of Clwyd Jones, Jon Meldrum and Lee Pope leading the charge and Llangefni were at full stretch.
Scrum-half Will Davies missed a penalty but the pressure told after 20 minutes when centre Gethin Hughes crossed under the posts with Davies converting.
Ruthin doubled their lead from a lineout, Chris Lewis’ catch followed by a drive over the line by hooker Gary Teeson with Davies converting handsomely.
Slick handling by Ruthin’s backs carved out space for right wing Roberts and his pace and power did the rest with Davies again converting.
Llangefni rallied as No8 Iestyn Dafydd galvanised them with some charging runs and right on half time a series of drives saw prop Sion Arron crash over.
This sparked a bust-up which saw Ruthin lose back-row forwards Clwyd Jones and Lee Pope to the sin bin with Llangafni’s Mark Pritchard also yellow carded.
It also took the wind out of Ruthin’s sails as the second half started with Llangefni 21-5 down and battering away but it was 25 minutes into the half before prop Iwan Evans smashed over on the blind side.
The visitors threatened a comeback but handling errors cost them dear and when left wing Huw Parry pounced on a dropped pass, Ruthin moved the ball right where Sion Roberts thundered over with Davies adding another well-struck conversion.
Cefni boss Dewi Redvers Jones was left with a frustrated feeling at the end, saying: “From our point of view it wasn’t a great performance. Last year we did struggle at times, and while we thought we had a really good pre-season this time, we are still making far too many unforced errors.
“We allowed Ruthin to control the game for too long in the first half, and while we did come back at them in the second, you can’t gives sides like Ruthin a 21-0 head start.
“There are still some positives to come from the game because we did well when we kept hold of the ball and we came back at them well, but we have just got to cut these mistakes out of our game.”
13.09.10 SCARLETS U18 22points RGC U18 23points
SCARLETS UNDER 18 22 RGC 1404 UNDER 18 23
RGC 1404 Under 18s produced the biggest shock of this years regional age-grade competition as they gained their first win of this season's campaign against the previously unbeaten Scarlets Under 18s at Bynia RFC.
When Scarlets stand-off Nick Setaro crossed after only 5 minutes the large contingent of North Wales supporters who had made the journey to South-West Wales must have feared the worst. However building upon the much improved performance in their previous game against the Dragons 2 weeks ago, the RGC team instead started taking the game to the home side and a combination of a well organised defence in which Meilir Parry and James Grundy were outstanding and a greater incisiveness in attack led to 2 tries for them. The first scored by Mike Jones came following a bullocking run from second-row Llew Williams, the second after quick-thinking from right-wing Jason Blackmore, who having made an interception and realising he did not have the pace to go half the length of the field instead kicked the ball down field and the race to the line was won by stand-off Lewis Barker. Both tries being converted by Dion Jones.Although Scarlets hooker Simon O'Leary pulled a try back just before half-time , it was the RGC side who led at the interval by 2 points.
As expected the second-half saw the Scarlets come with all guns blazing and they were soon rewarded with second row Curtis Morris crossing the whitewash, Setaro adding the extras to give them a 5 point lead. Again however if anyone thought this would lead to a collapse from the young North Walians, they were to be mistaken as the same combination of aggressive and organised defence and structured and controlled attack that had been so evident in the first-half was maintained,and they were rewarded for their patience with 2 succesful penalties from the boot of Jones to reclaim the lead. It was a lead that was to last until less than 2 minutes from the end when the Scarlets following a period of sustained pressure close to the RGC line were awarded a penalty which was converted by theleading points scorer in this years competition, Jordan Williams who had come on to replace Setaro. However the drama was not over yet as from the re-start the Scarlets were penalised at the breakdown and showing nerves of steel full-back Jones calmly slotted over the penalty from close to the touchline with the final act of the game to give the RGC side a famous victory. Not only was it their first win in this years competition but it was the first victory that an RGC 1404 Under 18 side had achieved since entering the competition back in 2008.
For a side that lost its first 2 games this year by a collective margin of over 120 points this was a tremendous turnaround and all credit must go both to the players and coaches. THE RGC 1404 side now have a 6 week break until their next match in the competition when they will face the Blues at Eirias Parc on October 24th.'
Will
RGC 1404 Under 18s produced the biggest shock of this years regional age-grade competition as they gained their first win of this season's campaign against the previously unbeaten Scarlets Under 18s at Bynia RFC.
When Scarlets stand-off Nick Setaro crossed after only 5 minutes the large contingent of North Wales supporters who had made the journey to South-West Wales must have feared the worst. However building upon the much improved performance in their previous game against the Dragons 2 weeks ago, the RGC team instead started taking the game to the home side and a combination of a well organised defence in which Meilir Parry and James Grundy were outstanding and a greater incisiveness in attack led to 2 tries for them. The first scored by Mike Jones came following a bullocking run from second-row Llew Williams, the second after quick-thinking from right-wing Jason Blackmore, who having made an interception and realising he did not have the pace to go half the length of the field instead kicked the ball down field and the race to the line was won by stand-off Lewis Barker. Both tries being converted by Dion Jones.Although Scarlets hooker Simon O'Leary pulled a try back just before half-time , it was the RGC side who led at the interval by 2 points.
As expected the second-half saw the Scarlets come with all guns blazing and they were soon rewarded with second row Curtis Morris crossing the whitewash, Setaro adding the extras to give them a 5 point lead. Again however if anyone thought this would lead to a collapse from the young North Walians, they were to be mistaken as the same combination of aggressive and organised defence and structured and controlled attack that had been so evident in the first-half was maintained,and they were rewarded for their patience with 2 succesful penalties from the boot of Jones to reclaim the lead. It was a lead that was to last until less than 2 minutes from the end when the Scarlets following a period of sustained pressure close to the RGC line were awarded a penalty which was converted by theleading points scorer in this years competition, Jordan Williams who had come on to replace Setaro. However the drama was not over yet as from the re-start the Scarlets were penalised at the breakdown and showing nerves of steel full-back Jones calmly slotted over the penalty from close to the touchline with the final act of the game to give the RGC side a famous victory. Not only was it their first win in this years competition but it was the first victory that an RGC 1404 Under 18 side had achieved since entering the competition back in 2008.
For a side that lost its first 2 games this year by a collective margin of over 120 points this was a tremendous turnaround and all credit must go both to the players and coaches. THE RGC 1404 side now have a 6 week break until their next match in the competition when they will face the Blues at Eirias Parc on October 24th.'
Will
12.9.10
12.09.1 PWLLHELI 17 NANT CONWY 18 -ADRODDIAD IFOR GLYN REPORT
Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy
Sadwrn / Saturday 01109.10 Pwllheli 17 v Nant Conwy 18
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Eryl Jones, Trystan Sion
Trosi / Conversions: Ifan Jones (1)
Cosb / Penalties: Ifan Jones (2)
Ym munud cyntaf y gem aeth Nant ar y blaen gyda chic gosb lwyddiannus o bellter gan Ifan. Ymatebodd Gethin Roberts i'r tim catref gyda chic debyg ymhen 10 munud. Pwysodd Nant yn gryf o'r ail gychwyn a gwthiodd y pac, Eryl y bachwr trosodd i sgorio cais ar ol 12 munud. Trosodd Ifan. Pedwar munud arall a throswyd cic gosb arall gan Ifan. Nant yn llwyr reoli yn y chwarter cyntaf yma ond Pwllheli'n ymateb yn rhannol trwy gic gosb arall gan Gethin Roberts qr ol 25 munud
Sgôr o 6 - 13 ar yr hanner felly.
Daeth Pwllheli yn fwy i mewn i’r gêm yn yr ail hanner a bu i Huw Williams sgorio cais ar ol 5 munud. Dwy gic gosb lwyddiannus gan G Roberts i'r tim cartref wedyn yn gwneud yn sgor yn 17 – 13 ar ol 22 munud. Nant erbyn hyn o dan cryn dipyn o bwysau. Cyrhaeddodd yr 80 munud ar yr un sgor ond, yn yr amser ychwanegol o 9 munud a hanner a ganiatawyd gan y dyfarnwr, bu i Bwllheli droseddu 9 gwaith o fewn cyrraedd y pyst. Rhedwyd pob cyfle gan nad oedd triphwynt yn ddigon i Nant. Ar yr eiliad olaf un, llwyddodd Trystan i dirio'r bel ar y gornel chwith. Rhyddhad i Nant ond siomiant i Bwllheli!
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae adrefyn erbyn Bethsda.
Nant went ahead in the 1st minute of the natch by virtue of a successful penalty by Ifan. Pwllheli replied after 10 minutes in a similar manner – Gethin Robers being the scorer. Two minutes later a strong drive by the Nant pack resulted in Eryl the Hooker touching down for a try that was converted by Ifan. This was followed 4 minutes later with another successful penalty by Ifan. Nant were controlling the first half but were penalised by Roberts gain after 4 minutes.
A score of 6 – 13 at half time.
Pwllheli became more forceful during the second half and Huw Williams scored a try for them after 5 minutes. Another 2 successful penalties by Roberts for Pwllheli made the score 17 – 13 after 22 minutes which remained until 80 minutes had been played. Nant withheld strong pressure from Pwllheli and then, matters changed completely during the extra time (9 and a half minutes in total allowed by the referee. Pwllheli committed 9 fouls during this extra period but 3 points would be unsufficient for Nant. At the very last moment of the game, Trystan managed to squeeze over for a try in the left hand corner to win the match for Nant. A sigh of relief for Nant and a huge disappointment for Pwllheli.
IFOR GLYN YSGRIFENNYDD/SECRETARY NANT CONWY
Sadwrn / Saturday 01109.10 Pwllheli 17 v Nant Conwy 18
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Eryl Jones, Trystan Sion
Trosi / Conversions: Ifan Jones (1)
Cosb / Penalties: Ifan Jones (2)
Ym munud cyntaf y gem aeth Nant ar y blaen gyda chic gosb lwyddiannus o bellter gan Ifan. Ymatebodd Gethin Roberts i'r tim catref gyda chic debyg ymhen 10 munud. Pwysodd Nant yn gryf o'r ail gychwyn a gwthiodd y pac, Eryl y bachwr trosodd i sgorio cais ar ol 12 munud. Trosodd Ifan. Pedwar munud arall a throswyd cic gosb arall gan Ifan. Nant yn llwyr reoli yn y chwarter cyntaf yma ond Pwllheli'n ymateb yn rhannol trwy gic gosb arall gan Gethin Roberts qr ol 25 munud
Sgôr o 6 - 13 ar yr hanner felly.
Daeth Pwllheli yn fwy i mewn i’r gêm yn yr ail hanner a bu i Huw Williams sgorio cais ar ol 5 munud. Dwy gic gosb lwyddiannus gan G Roberts i'r tim cartref wedyn yn gwneud yn sgor yn 17 – 13 ar ol 22 munud. Nant erbyn hyn o dan cryn dipyn o bwysau. Cyrhaeddodd yr 80 munud ar yr un sgor ond, yn yr amser ychwanegol o 9 munud a hanner a ganiatawyd gan y dyfarnwr, bu i Bwllheli droseddu 9 gwaith o fewn cyrraedd y pyst. Rhedwyd pob cyfle gan nad oedd triphwynt yn ddigon i Nant. Ar yr eiliad olaf un, llwyddodd Trystan i dirio'r bel ar y gornel chwith. Rhyddhad i Nant ond siomiant i Bwllheli!
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae adrefyn erbyn Bethsda.
Nant went ahead in the 1st minute of the natch by virtue of a successful penalty by Ifan. Pwllheli replied after 10 minutes in a similar manner – Gethin Robers being the scorer. Two minutes later a strong drive by the Nant pack resulted in Eryl the Hooker touching down for a try that was converted by Ifan. This was followed 4 minutes later with another successful penalty by Ifan. Nant were controlling the first half but were penalised by Roberts gain after 4 minutes.
A score of 6 – 13 at half time.
Pwllheli became more forceful during the second half and Huw Williams scored a try for them after 5 minutes. Another 2 successful penalties by Roberts for Pwllheli made the score 17 – 13 after 22 minutes which remained until 80 minutes had been played. Nant withheld strong pressure from Pwllheli and then, matters changed completely during the extra time (9 and a half minutes in total allowed by the referee. Pwllheli committed 9 fouls during this extra period but 3 points would be unsufficient for Nant. At the very last moment of the game, Trystan managed to squeeze over for a try in the left hand corner to win the match for Nant. A sigh of relief for Nant and a huge disappointment for Pwllheli.
IFOR GLYN YSGRIFENNYDD/SECRETARY NANT CONWY
10.9.10
10.09.10 RGC U16 Squad v Scarlets on Sun 12 September 2010
Please find the RGC1404 U16's Team below, who will be playing Llanelli Scarlets in the 2010/11 Regional Age Grade U16's Championship.
Shirt
Player Name
Club
1
Callum
MITCHELL
Colwyn Bay RFC
2
Luke
WILLIAMS
Mold RFC
3
Sion
HUGHES
Llangefni RFC
4
George
JONES
Wrexham RFC
5
Sam
PARRY
Llandudno RFC
6
Scott
CRITCHLEY
West Park (Exiles)
7
Dafydd Rees
JONES
Denbigh RFC
8
Toby
TWIGG
Whitchurch (Exiles)
9
Joe
HUGHES
Mold RFC
10
Joseff
EDWARDS
Bala RFC
11
Rhodri
MAYOR
COBRA
12
Rhys
WILLIAMS
Mold RFC
13
Emyr
GWYNEDD
Mold RFC
14
David
BOWEN
Mold RFC
15
Osian
JONES
Pwllheli RFC
16
Harry
Cartwright
Mold RFC
17
Oli
SUTER
Mold RFC
18
Jake
HAZLEHURST
Newtown RFC
19
Ben
SALISBURY
Whitchurch (Exiles)
20
Morgan
HARRIES
Llandudno RFC
21
James
STRONG
Mold RFC
22
Gwilym
PARI
Pwllheli RFC
Res
Gethin
WILLIAMS
Nant Conwy RFC
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J Bryden Lloyd
RGC1404 U16's Team Manager
(01352) 840835
07879 466737
Shirt
Player Name
Club
1
Callum
MITCHELL
Colwyn Bay RFC
2
Luke
WILLIAMS
Mold RFC
3
Sion
HUGHES
Llangefni RFC
4
George
JONES
Wrexham RFC
5
Sam
PARRY
Llandudno RFC
6
Scott
CRITCHLEY
West Park (Exiles)
7
Dafydd Rees
JONES
Denbigh RFC
8
Toby
TWIGG
Whitchurch (Exiles)
9
Joe
HUGHES
Mold RFC
10
Joseff
EDWARDS
Bala RFC
11
Rhodri
MAYOR
COBRA
12
Rhys
WILLIAMS
Mold RFC
13
Emyr
GWYNEDD
Mold RFC
14
David
BOWEN
Mold RFC
15
Osian
JONES
Pwllheli RFC
16
Harry
Cartwright
Mold RFC
17
Oli
SUTER
Mold RFC
18
Jake
HAZLEHURST
Newtown RFC
19
Ben
SALISBURY
Whitchurch (Exiles)
20
Morgan
HARRIES
Llandudno RFC
21
James
STRONG
Mold RFC
22
Gwilym
PARI
Pwllheli RFC
Res
Gethin
WILLIAMS
Nant Conwy RFC
--
J Bryden Lloyd
RGC1404 U16's Team Manager
(01352) 840835
07879 466737
10.09.10 RGC U18 Squad v Scarlets on Sun 12 September 2010
Please find below RGC 1404 UNDER 18 SQUAD DETAILS FOR THIS SUNDAYS GAME V SCARLETS. I would be most grateful if you would publicise through your networks:
1. Joe Simpson- Bangor
2. Gareth Pym- Exiles
3. Rhodri Evans- Caernarfon
4. Llew Williams- Caernarfon
5. Jamie Williams- Colwyn Bay
6. James Grundy- Mold
7. Meilir Parry- Bangor
8. Arron Gwyn- Caernarfon
9. Alex Schwarz- Mold
10. Lewis Barker- Mold
11. James Roberts- Mold
12. Jac Williams- Ruthin
13. Mike Jones- Ruthin
14. Jason Blackmore- Ruthin
15. Dion Jones- Nant Conwy
16. Ollie Hughes- Mold
17. Jacob Weaver-Jones- Welshpool
18. Gareth Williams- Welshpool
19. Mareddyd Francis- Exiles
20. Owain Aled- Bala
21. Jack Bennett- Newtown
22. Teddy Brittain- Llanidloes
1. Joe Simpson- Bangor
2. Gareth Pym- Exiles
3. Rhodri Evans- Caernarfon
4. Llew Williams- Caernarfon
5. Jamie Williams- Colwyn Bay
6. James Grundy- Mold
7. Meilir Parry- Bangor
8. Arron Gwyn- Caernarfon
9. Alex Schwarz- Mold
10. Lewis Barker- Mold
11. James Roberts- Mold
12. Jac Williams- Ruthin
13. Mike Jones- Ruthin
14. Jason Blackmore- Ruthin
15. Dion Jones- Nant Conwy
16. Ollie Hughes- Mold
17. Jacob Weaver-Jones- Welshpool
18. Gareth Williams- Welshpool
19. Mareddyd Francis- Exiles
20. Owain Aled- Bala
21. Jack Bennett- Newtown
22. Teddy Brittain- Llanidloes
5.9.10
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Since its launch in September 2009 over TWO MILLION people have visited our website.
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These are the monthly statistics - keep surfing!!
Aug 2010 = 173,161 hits
July 2010 = 137,628 hits
Jun 2010 = 89,108 hits
May 2010 = 161,633 hits
Apr 2010 = 309,958 hits
Mar 2010 = 335,212 hits
Feb 2010 = 285,894 hits
Jan 2010 = 347,383 hits
Dec 2009 = 225,219 hits
Nov 2009 = 195,993 hits
Oct 2009 = 234,997 hits
Sep 2009 = 59,716 hits (Since the 22/09/09 only)
05.0.10 Nant Conwy 20 Caernarfon 26 Adroddiad Ifor Glyn Report
Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy
Sadwrn / Saturday 04.09.10 Nant Conwy 20 v Caernarfon 26
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Carwyn ap Myrddin, Carwyn Ellis (2)
Trosi / Conversions: Ifan Jones (1)
Cosb / Penalties: Carwyn ap Myrddin (1)
Mae’n ystrydeb bellach mai ‘pwyntiau sy’n ennill gemau’ ac roedd hynny’n wir heddiw. Nant yn methu gyda phedair ymdrech am gic cosb a Chaernarfon yn llwyddo gyda phob cynnig.
Sgôr o 8 - 20 ar yr hanner gyda Carwyn ap yn sgorio cais a chicio cic gosb i Nant. Sgorwyr yr ymwelwyr oedd ceisiau yr un i Rhodri Owen a Dylan Gwyn, y ddau yn cael eu trosi gan Celfyn Morris yn ogystal â dwy gic gosb lwyddiannus ganddo hefyd.
Daeth Nant yn fwy i mewn i’r gêm yn yr ail hanner a bu i Carwyn Ellis sgorio dau gais a throswyd yr ail gan Ifan. Dwy gic gosb i Gaernarfon gan Celfyn eto.
Nid oedd hon yn gêm fudr o gwbl. Serch hynny, gwelwyd pedwar cerdyn melyn - un i Nant a thri i Gaernarfon.
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae i ffwrdd yn erbyn Pwllheli.
It is a cliché by now that ‘it is points scored that wins matches’. That was certainly true today as Nant failed with four penalty attemps as Caernarfon were successful with their four attempts.
A score of 8 -20 at half time, Nant’s scores being a penlty by Carwyn ap Myrddin and an unconverted try by him as well. Caernarfon’s points came from tries by Rhodri Owen and Dylan Gwyn both converted by Kelvin Morris as well as two successful penalty kicks by Kelvin.
Nant became more forceful during the second half and Carwyn Ellis scored two tries, the second of which was converted by Ifan Jones. Caernarfon had another two penalties successfully converted by Kelvin again.
This would not be classified as a dirty game at all although 3 Caernarfon players were sin binned as well as one from Nant.
Next Saturday, Nant will be playing away at Pwllheli.
Ifor Glyn (Ysgrifennydd / Secretary)
Sadwrn / Saturday 04.09.10 Nant Conwy 20 v Caernarfon 26
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Carwyn ap Myrddin, Carwyn Ellis (2)
Trosi / Conversions: Ifan Jones (1)
Cosb / Penalties: Carwyn ap Myrddin (1)
Mae’n ystrydeb bellach mai ‘pwyntiau sy’n ennill gemau’ ac roedd hynny’n wir heddiw. Nant yn methu gyda phedair ymdrech am gic cosb a Chaernarfon yn llwyddo gyda phob cynnig.
Sgôr o 8 - 20 ar yr hanner gyda Carwyn ap yn sgorio cais a chicio cic gosb i Nant. Sgorwyr yr ymwelwyr oedd ceisiau yr un i Rhodri Owen a Dylan Gwyn, y ddau yn cael eu trosi gan Celfyn Morris yn ogystal â dwy gic gosb lwyddiannus ganddo hefyd.
Daeth Nant yn fwy i mewn i’r gêm yn yr ail hanner a bu i Carwyn Ellis sgorio dau gais a throswyd yr ail gan Ifan. Dwy gic gosb i Gaernarfon gan Celfyn eto.
Nid oedd hon yn gêm fudr o gwbl. Serch hynny, gwelwyd pedwar cerdyn melyn - un i Nant a thri i Gaernarfon.
Dydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd Nant yn chwarae i ffwrdd yn erbyn Pwllheli.
It is a cliché by now that ‘it is points scored that wins matches’. That was certainly true today as Nant failed with four penalty attemps as Caernarfon were successful with their four attempts.
A score of 8 -20 at half time, Nant’s scores being a penlty by Carwyn ap Myrddin and an unconverted try by him as well. Caernarfon’s points came from tries by Rhodri Owen and Dylan Gwyn both converted by Kelvin Morris as well as two successful penalty kicks by Kelvin.
Nant became more forceful during the second half and Carwyn Ellis scored two tries, the second of which was converted by Ifan Jones. Caernarfon had another two penalties successfully converted by Kelvin again.
This would not be classified as a dirty game at all although 3 Caernarfon players were sin binned as well as one from Nant.
Next Saturday, Nant will be playing away at Pwllheli.
Ifor Glyn (Ysgrifennydd / Secretary)
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