With Coleg Gwent getting a losing
bonus point after going down to Llandovery 10-7, they finish on top of the
group with Josh Leach’s Llandrillo ending up in second.
It is only Coleg Llandrillo’s debut
season in the new format of the Wednesday leagues and will give another boost
to North Wales rugby following the recent success of RGC 1404.
Full-back Morgan Williams was in a
league of his own during the match showing class throughout with his elusive
running and electric pace scoring a terrific solo try to add to his penalty
effort and two conversions.
Cowbridge opened the scoring in the
17th minute after a penalty from full back James Whittingham.
But the superb Williams made one of
his many darting breaks through the Cowbridge defence shortly after before his
attempt at a pass was hacked through by winger Ryan Pike who had a slice of
luck with the bounce , falling right into his lap to put him in for the first
try of the match.
Cowbridge remained dogged
throughout and were perhaps the better team for periods of the game with their
scrum dominant over their opponents.
They took the lead early in the
second half after some fine build up play involving Cardiff Blues Academy
flanker Jordan Viggers led to centre Harri Collier selling a dummy and crossing
from close range.
But Llandrillo showed composure way
beyond their years to weather the storm and with their back row of Will Bryan,
Max Peters and influential skipper Jordan Jones bossing the breakdown, it
seemed inevitable they would come out on top.
They regained the lead through the excellent
Williams when he turned on the gas in the Cowbridge half to beat numerous
defenders before showing remarkable strength and purpose to hold off a number
of tacklers and stretch over for the try.
The result was all but sealed with
10 minutes remaining when replacement Dewi Bowen darted through the defence to
dive in at the corner, much to the delight of his team mates.
The Cowbridge outside-half Tyler
Williams was determined all the way through the match with second-row Jack
Davies also getting through plenty of work and the front row of Rhys Forse,
Aldi Coverdale and Joel Ringer bossing the scrum.
For Llandrillo, Williams is likely
to be involved in the Championship with RGC 1404 sooner rather than later if he
continues to perform like he did today.
Second-row Osian Jones also covered
every blade of grass on the pitch and scrum-half Cameron Davies grew as the
game went on.
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