Welsh football weekend round-up
THE New Saints went back to the top of the Welsh Premier
League with an Alex Darlington hat-trick helping them thrash 10-man Port Talbot
Town 5-0.
Prestatyn had gone top following their 4-1 home victory over
GAP Connah’s Quay on Friday night but Saints underlined their tag as title
favourites to go into first place on goal difference as Paul Keddle was sent
off for Port Talbot.
Darlington pounced after just five minutes and when he
doubled the lead from the penalty spot the result was never in doubt. Chris
Seargeant...
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Super Bowl opener for Nantgaredig points machine Davies
Swalec Bowl weekend round-up (selected games)
IT wasn’t a great weekend for shocks in the first round of
the Swalec Bowl but there were still some standout performances from both teams and
individuals.
On an individual level, no-one was going to better the
display given by Nantgaredig’s Meirion Davies who scored more than half his
side’s points in their 75-13 hammering of St Davids.
Davies contributed no less than 40 points in all as Four
West beat Five West to reach the second round when the likes of Glyncoch,
champions last season, will be...
Builth batter Haverfordwest thanks to hat-trick hero Duggan
Swalec Leagues weekend round-up
THE top three clubs in Two West all won yesterday with
Builth Wells hitting a half-century in their thrashing of winless Haverfordwest.
As well as scores for Luke Murray, Gethin Davies and two
from Sam Gillian, Ben Duggan went over for a hat-trick and Rob Lloyd converted
all bar one and slotted a penalty.
Leaders Maesteg were given a stern test at home by Dunvant
before coming out on top 28-23 but they didn’t pick up a four-try bonus point. Their
three scores came from Mike Powell, Laurance Howley and Owain Evans.
However,...
Eight-try Tondu make struggling Aberavon Quins toil
Division One West, East and North weekend round-up
Prolific kicker Gareth Rees bagged all Kidwelly's points including a individual chip and chase try.
Photo courtesy of AlfiePics
ABERAVON Quins felt the full force of a rampant Tondu
yesterday as the One West leaders scored eight tries without reply in a 57-0
demolition job.
Seeing at it was top versus bottom, a fifth consecutive
defeat for the Quins was always on the cards...
Ebbw and Bargoed stay out in front in Championship race
ONLY five matches into the Championship season and it’s
already looking like it could be a two-horse race for the title between Ebbw
Vale and Bargoed.
Both won for the fifth time in a row yesterday to sit on 24
points at the top of table, but the two victories came in very contrasting
ways.
The match of the day was at Eugene Cross Park where
international referee Nigel Owens was drafted in to oversee Ebbw Vale’s
showdown with Newbridge.
But the exciting game any neutrals there were hoping for
didn’t materialise and in the end it was a rather...
Neath facing tough times after Pontypridd drubbing
NEATH were left shell-shocked by the biggest defeat
in their history yesterday as Emyr Williams’s red card contributed to a 64-15
mauling at the hands of Pontypridd.
The Gnoll side were 17-3 down when the flanker received his
marching orders for motioning a head butt towards a Pontypridd player around a
quarter of the way into the Principality Premiership clash.
Given the visitors’ start to the match is highly debatable
whether Neath would have got anything from the encounter anyway had Williams
not been sent off.
What it did do was make...
Friday, 28 September 2012
Emerging talent given chance to shine on big stage
PLANS to broadcast the WRU Colleges League throughout season 2012/13 have been announced in a partnership between the Welsh Rugby Union and S4C.
Sixteen games will be broadcast to achieve the most extensive TV coverage of non-international junior rugby in the history of the game in Wales. It will feature the eight WRU Colleges League teams involving Under 18 players in further education.
All the teams involved are Welsh sixth form colleges except for the independent school Llandovery College. More colleges or school teams could potentially join...
Maestro Manley holds on to take Welsh PGA crown
STUART Manley followed up his victory in the South Wales
Festival by winning the Welsh PGA Championship for the first time yesterday.
The Machynys Peninsula pro won the title by three shots from
Parc’s Golf Academy’s former champion Richard Dinsdale and North Walian Andrew
Barnett at Cardiff Golf Club.
Manley could even afford to card a second-round one-over-par
71, including a single birdie and one double bogey, having blown the field away
on day one with a six-under 64 to lead by five strokes.
Victory for Manley gives him automatic qualification...
Welsh Premiership Squads for Saturday 29
ABERAVON v
BEDWAS (at the Talbot Athletic Ground, 2.30pm).
Aberavon – J
Phillips; Richard Thomas, B John, M Jenkins, W Price; C Evans, J Heatley; R
Jenkins, E Yardley, A Edwards, I Moore, S Williams (capt), D Thomas, R Morris,
C Davies, Reps – S Andrews, Ricky Thomas, N Brown, I Davies, B Thomas, G Ronan,
A Clatworthy, N White.
Bedwas – H
Amos; R Budina, J Dixon, S Williams, M John; R Powell, T Rowlands; I George, R Hutchinson,
K Gay, J Thomas, K Maiden, P Sargent (capt), S Feehan, S Grainger. Reps – D
Preece, B Roberts, M Petit, P Rees,...
Championship Predictions Week 5
Cardiff Met v Bargoed
The students will be high in confidence after their last minute win at Beddau last week but Bargoed will prove a much tougher test for the Cyncoed outfit. The visitors, who currently sit atop the Championship on maximum points, will relish a chance to keep up their impressive start to the season. With both sides keen to play expansive rugby, it should be an enthralling clash for spectators but I think the Blues will be too strong up front for the students and will win comfortably.
Verdict - Bargoed by 10 points
Ebbw Vale...
Welsh Premiership weekend predictions
Aberavon v Bedwas
Before the start of the season most people would have had
this down as a home banker but it’s quite the opposite after contrasting
openings to the campaign for both clubs.
Bedwas are a top three side at the moment and rightly so
after brushing aside Llanelli at home last weekend while Aberavon put in an
improved performance at Cardiff but still lost 16-6.
You feel that a win for Aberavon is inevitable but Bedwas
won’t want to be the ones to suffer.
Verdict – Bedwas by
six points
Bridgend v Carmarthen
Quins
Both of these...
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Neath squad boosted ahead of Ponty clash
Neath are boosted by the return of four players after injury for Saturday’s big home game against champions Pontypridd at The Gnoll (kick off 2.30pm).
The Blacks are looking to bounce back after last week’s defeat at Cross Keys where they had 12 players sidelined.
Behind the scrum, powerhouse winger Kevin James is expected to resume in the No.14 jersey while up front there are returns for lock Jonny Griffiths, No.8 Lee Evans and flanker Emyr Williams.
Further good news is that speedster Chris Morgans and big lock Lee Williams are also...
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