The
road to Swalec finals day and a date at the home of Welsh rugby continues on
Saturday with a number of mouth-watering ties in round four of the Bowl
competition.
Burry
Port will be hoping to spring another Cup surprise on Saturday when they
entertain Cwmgors in Round Four of the competition a side two divisions higher
than the Six West outfit.
Last
time out the Six West side put paid to Four West’s Trimsaran, and Director of
Rugby Gareth Gravell is looking forward to welcoming the Cherries to the Park
for the tie.
“We’ve
been going well in the league so far this season. We were delighted to get the
home draw and hopefully we can use that to our advantage on Saturday.”
Burry
Port recorded a club record 123-3 success in the league earlier in the season
over Fall Bay and Gravell is optimistic the confidence in the squad can help
them to bag another upset.
“It
will undoubtedly be a big test for us. Cwmgors are going well in their division
but the boys are full of confidence and we are expecting a big crowd, and
hopefully we can get the win.”
Another
lower league club looking to spring a surprise and book a last 16 spot in the
competition are Hartridge, who travel to Four East highfliers Oakdale.
Hartridge
currently sit top of Six South East and are unbeaten so far this season, and
Club Secretary Bill Berry is quietly confident they can produce a shock on
Saturday.
“We
believe we’ve got a strong enough side to really go and cause Oakdale problems
on Saturday. We know it will be hard going but there is definitely a quiet
confidence in the club at the moment and hopefully we can live up to that on
Saturday.”
The
Newport side are still a junior member of the WRU but Berry admits things are
going well at the club, on and off the pitch.
“We
are really delighted with the way our season is going at the moment, we have a
strong first squad and have great numbers turning out for our second XV. More
importantly, we also recently set up a junior side so things are definitely
looking up for us."
Meanwhile,
Six West’s Tregaron and Six East’s Tredegar Ironsides will also be looking to
belie their lower league status when they take on Laugharne and Ynysddu
respectively.
Glyncoch
resume their bid to regain the title they won back in 2012 when they travel to
fellow Four South East side Llantwit Major.
The
Glyncs have had a fairly safe passage through to this stage of the competition
so far with a bye, a walkover and a 102-7 victory seeing them through so far.
Llantwit will undoubtedly prove to be a sterner test for the Pontypridd based
outfit this weekend and will fancy their chances on home turf.
In
one of the tastiest clashes of the round, Four East leaders Nantyglo travel to
Abertysswg.
Nantyglo
Team Manager Paul Cooper believes the contest is too close to call.
“Both
sides are going well in the league, despite neither of us having played much
rugby recently due to the weather, but I’m certain both teams will go out there
and give it their all.”
Glo
reached the quarter-final stage last season and Cooper admits the club would
like to go all the way this season.
“I
think if we can get over the hurdle of Abertysswg, who are a very good side and
are extremely tough to beat on their own patch, then we can really kick on and
start thinking about a Cup run.”
Despite
the lack of game time, Cooper believes Nantyglo will be well prepared for the
clash.
“We’re
at full strength and the lads are fresh and are really up for the match. We’ve
been looking good in training and we are really looking forward to the game.”
Elsewhere,
Five South West pacemakers Ystradgynlais entertain league rivals Abercrave, and
Clwb Rygbi Cymry Caerdydd welcome Llandaff in an all Four South East match-up.
A
full list of the Swalec Bowl Round 4 fixtures can be found here.
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