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Young All Blacks through to third round
WRU 2nd Round Youth Playoffs
Neyland Youth 24
Lampeter Town Youth 10
THE RECENTLY crowned Pembrokeshire Youth League champions Neyland are through to the third round of WRU playoffs after a 24-10 win over Lampeter Town Youth at Loughor RFC last Saturday (Apr 29).
In the first round of the playoffs they faced Llandeilo in Laugharne RFC on Saturday , April 22, the young blacks came out convincing winners 32-12.
Kick off was delayed by over an hour as Lampeter Town arrived late due to their bus breaking down. This had a knock on effect and the opening 40 minutes saw the sides go in 7-7 at the break.
After an inspiring half – time talk the Y oung B lacks converted a penalty early into the half to take a 10-7 lead the score was quickly brought back to 10 all with a cheap penalty been given away, Neyland then scored two unanswered and converted tries to seal victory.
Tries scorers were No 8 Scott Buirds (2), centre Alex Codd, and replacement prop Callum Jocelyn.
The imperious outside half of Harry Williams made sure he brought his kicking boots as he added all three conversions and a penalty.
The Young All Blacks will play their next playoff game this Saturday 6th May 2017 at Pontarddulais RFC, against Senghenydd from the Dragons Region, kick off is at 2.30pm
Following this game sees a quick turn around for the Y oung B lacks who are also through to the Pembrokeshire Youth Cup final to face Narberth at Haverfordwest RFC on Wednesday , May 10 at 7.15pm.
Neyland Youth: Tom Hughes, Matthew Coles, George Williams, Alex Codd, Henry MacBeth, Harry Williams, George Evans, Eugene Grice, Mark Mathias, Zac Davies, Rhys Rickard, Jimmy Buirds, Parry Phillips, Owain Evans, Scott Buirds.
Replacements: Mitchell Roberts, Jordan Allen-Wright, Kyle Richards, Callum Jocelyn, Callum Syme, Harry Wheeler.
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Clarby stand in the way of Goodwick double
Two thrilling semi finals last weekend has meant Goodwick United and Clarbeston Road will meet in the senior cup final this coming Saturday.
Goodwick faced Pennar Robins in their semi final who pushed the champions very hard. Carl Vincent will be disappointed but proud of the Robins as they gave a great account of themselves. However in the end Goodwick’s quality and experience just was too much for Vincent’s team.
The other semi was an absolute thriller, and after a nail biting game Matthew Fox’ Clarby progressed to the final. A offside call has sparked a lot of debate around the county. However it seems that linesman Jenkins made an absolute perfect call so credit to him for that.
Both teams would have wanted a nice week of preparation for the final, maybe without any games to play. Unfortunately this hasn’t been possible due to the fixture backlog and both outfits have played already this week.
Goodwick will be favourites of course, however if anyone can upset the apple cart Saturday it’s this Clarbeston Road team. Fox’ outfit have impressed over and over this season. Without too much pressure on them, they are in a good place going into the final.
The double at one staged looked like the minimum Goodwick would be aiming for this season. However losses in other cup competitions, means its Senior Cup success or just the league title for the outstanding team of the season. Oddly becoming champions with no cup success maybe seen as a huge disappointment considering their dominance this season. A unique pressure. However if anyone can handle that pressure it’s O’Sullivans outfit.
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Swifts eyes on double.
Monkton Swifts reserves have blown away the second division this season and now have the double in their sights. They face Merlins Bridge reserves in the semi final of the second division cup and lived up to their favourites tag.
Swifts won comfortably with key player Butland getting three assists and Josh Sture grabbing a brace. Waterman and Rhys Sture added the other goals as outstanding Monkton won 4-0.
Herbrandston and Johnston played in the other semi final and this was a much harder fixture to call. The promoted Herbie a younger and perhaps less physical outfit in comparison to the Tigers. Johnston quickly took control of the game when they found themselves two up after just 29 minutes.
However when Scott Murray was shown a red card just eight minutes later, Herbie would have been confident of staging a comeback. Despite being a man light, Johnston held Herbie until the final minute of the 90, when Alex Ouzman gave Herbie late hope. The Tigers held firm however and progress to the final where they will be underdogs. A tag that I’m sure the players and manager Steven Allen won’t mind too much.
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Tenby hit five against downbeat Bridge
On a beautiful day in Tenby, the hosts welcomed Merlins Bridge to The Clicketts, fresh from their West Wales semi final defeat midweek.
The Bridge squad was missing some influential players after picking up some injuries and the visiting team asked questions over the fitness of the pitch, which, according to the Bridge management, was too hard.
The referee waved these away and the game was on, with the Tenby squad clearly thinking they were already in the heads of the Bridge team.
Almost straight from Kick off Tenby set their stall out with some great attacking play, which Jerome Mansbridge benefitted from in just the second minute putting the home team ahead.
The bridge players weren’t at the races and Tenby capitalised scoring a further 4 first half goals, including a Mansbridge hat trick, leaving the away team bewildered and 5-0 down at half time.
What could have been a hugely embarrassing defeat for a team that harboured title hopes at the beginning of the season, turned around somewhat at half time, when Dai Davies, the club captain, almost singlehandedly dragged them to a much higher level in the second half, ensuring his players kept their discipline and worked hard against a very good Tenby team. Undoubtedly Merlin’s Bridge were the better team in the second period, but the damage had already been done in the first half, and despite Bridges best efforts, the score remained 5-0 to the home team.
In a game which saw Tenby jump to 4th in the league, they can be hugely proud of their season and will look to build on that for their next in Division one.
A fantastic game on a beautiful day with a good home crowd watching, the team from the Clicketts will be justifiably happy with their afternoons work.
Tenby 5-0 Merlins Bridge.
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