Fixture

Rhydyfelin RFC  32 v Brynmawr RFC 11

This game was played in terrible conditions; Brynmawr took an early lead through a penalty.  Rhydyfelin quickly got back on track through their forwards with a great driving maul from the 22-meter line for number 8 Kieron Phillips to score wide out.  A well worked backs move then split the away defence with no hands placed on try scorer Luke Rees to score, Captain Lewis Smith added the conversion to make it 12-3 to Rhydyfelin.

Rhydyfelin then extended their lead with a penalty for Lewis Smith after Brynmawr killed the ball on the 22, with a warning issued.

Brynmawr then worked themselves into a good position only to be held up over the try line. The resulting five-meter scrum was excellently taken against the head as the Rhyd pack drove Brynmawr off the ball, a calamity of errors as Rhydyfelin tried to run from their home line resulted in a charged down kick falling into the hands of the Brynmawr winger to fall over the line and score. Brynmawr’s tails were up now and a 2^nd penalty for offside made the score 15-11 at half time with Rhydyfelin wondering how they had let Brynmawr back into the game.

Normal service was resumed in the 2^nd half as excellent flanker Kyle Perry crashed over as the pack regained their dominance, Lewis Smith converting to make it 22-11. The weather really turned for the worse now but both teams tried to play rugby that was well officiated by Tim Davies. Ross Lucas on at half time put a lovely grubber kick through the away defence to gather and score for a bonus point making it 27-11 going into the final quarter. A fine move with winger Jordan Rees crashing over in the corner was the final score of the game resulting in a well-deserved 32-11 victory.