In the haziness of the April sunshine, spectators
may have been forgiven for thinking they were watching cricket rather than
rugby, with an incredible five teams notching up centuries in the Swalec
Leagues on Saturday.
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| FOUR WEST: Veteran fly-half Barry Thomas helps Nantgaredig to a 31-10 win at Burry Port |
Ynysddu, Glyncoch, Newton, Cambrian Welfare
and Sully Sports were the guilty parties as they let loose on Blaina,
Blaengarw, Holyhead, Tongwynlais and St Julians HSOB respectively.
The biggest winning margin of the day came courtesy
of Ynysddu, who notched up 134 points, with Matthew Brown claiming 44 of his
own that included 17 conversions.
However, individual performance of the day went to
Glyncoch’s David Jones, who ran in nine of his side's tries.
The battle for the Two East title took a new twist,
with Nelson moving up to second in the table with a 29-17 win over fellow
highfliers Rhiwbina.
The Unicorns were magical in attack and crossed
five times through Alun Williams, Ross Bevan, Ryan Jones, Ben Cullen and James
Spear. Nelson now sit three points off leaders Bedlinog, though also have a
match in hand over the pacesetters.
The Foxes claimed their 13th victory
of the season as they demolished Llanishen 40-3, with Luke Morgan grabbing a
hat-trick.
Meanwhile, Builth Wells opened up a six point lead
at the summit with a 34-6 win away at Aberystwyth. The Bulls ran in five tries
through Ben Duggan (2), Gethin Davies, Rob Lloyd and Gavin Jones.
In an ill-tempered derby affair, Maesteg Quins took
home the bragging rights as they fought off local rivals Maesteg 34-10 in Two
West.
Lewis Tutt was at the double for the Quins, while
Dan Hughes, Lee Ronan and Andrew Healey also crossed. The hosts, however, did
end the game with only 13 players on the field, after Healey and Nathan Smith
were both given straight reds, as the Quins conspired to win the fight on the
field both figuratively and literally.
Trailblazers Amman United look almost certain to
claim the Three West title after they widened their advantage to 15 points at
the summit thanks to a 61-12 nine try thrashing of Pontyberem.
United’s Jonny Bevan claimed four for the hosts
while Dean Williams(2), Richard Donne and Chris Rees also crossed.
In Three South West, Pencoed claimed their seventh
straight bonus point win of the new year as they ran in seven tries in a 48-20
home success over Vardre.
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| Nant centre Bedwyn Rees bursts through the Port defence |
Burry Port’s battle for survival in Four West
suffered a blow when they went down to Nantgaredig 31-10 at home.
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| Burry's Richard Parker opens the scoring for the hosts |
The visitors crossed five times to record their
tenth win of the season, with Edward Rees claiming a double, while Owen Rhys,
Wayne Davies and Iwan Thomas also touched down. Barry Thomas added three
conversions, while Rees slotted one.
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| Nant's aggressive defence kept Burry at arms lenghth |
Finally, there were some massive wins with Five
South West in particular producing some incredible scorelines - Cwmgors helped
themselves to 13 tries in their 91-7 victory over Llandybie, while Cwmtwrch
bagged 11 tries on their way to a 75-5 win over Crynant.
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