Swalec Leagues Review - 12th October

Llantrisant remain the unbeaten leaders of Division Two East but were made to work hard for their result against an unfancied Fleur De Lys side at the weekend.

The Black Army scored four tries thanks to scrum-half Glenn Holloway, Matthew Griffiths and a double for Christopher Green with Lewys Montague scoring 12-points from the tee.

Last season’s Division Three South East winners Dowlais have continued their form into their new environment and are currently in second place, four points behind Llantrisant.

They disposed of Mountain Ash with a fine second half performance to come out on top 25-9 with Kristian Owen, Adam Cullen, Tom Griffin and busy No.8 Simon Griffiths all running in tries for the Dragons.

In Two West, Maesteg Quins kept up their terrific early season form by beating Aberystwyth 27-14 to stay at the top of the division.

There were big wins for Amman United and Felinfoel over Aberavon Quins and Seven Sisters respectively.

Shotton Steel overcome Abergele 43-32 in the battle of the bottom two in Division Two North scoring six tries in the process.

Division Three South West’s Penlan gained a good result away at Maesteg Celtic.

Flanker Robert Green, No.8 Scott Di’Lulio, Dafydd Pritchard, Dean Davies and Kurt Velardo all scored for Penlan to inflict Maesteg Celtic’s first defeat of the season.

In Division Three South East, Brecon won a breath-taking encounter 44-35 at Porth thanks in part to a hat-trick from Jake Crockett.

Penybanc scored ran in eight tries to make light work of Milford Haven 50-0 in Division Four West.

In Four East, Nantyglo and Cwmbran both suffered tasted defeat for the first time this season at the hands of Caldicot and Abertysswg respectively.

Lower down, Treherbert hammered Hirwaun 52-0 in Five South Central and Burry Port hammered St. Davids 75-5 in Division Six West.

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Swalec Leagues Round-Up

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.

FOUR WEST: Veteran fly-half Barry Thomas helps Nantgaredig to a  31-10 win at Burry Port

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 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 13^th 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.

Nant centre Bedwyn Rees bursts through the Port defence

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Burry Port’s battle for survival in Four West suffered a blow when they went down to Nantgaredig 31-10 at home.

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.

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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