North and Mid Wales

RUGBYIssue 52: March 31st, 2016

GRAND SLAMWINNERS!

Welcome to the latest issue of the North & Mid Wales Rugby magazine and apologies for it running a bit behind schedule.

This issue pays tribute to the Welsh U20 team and includes reports and pictures (kindly supplied by Tony Bale) of the three games that took place at Parc Eirias.

Tony also supplied the picture for the front cover.

Kumari has once again given permission for her ilatest interview to be published in this magazine, this time with Sian Williams. We thank both Kumari and Sian.

The next issue should be out by the end of April Iso youi’ll be hav-ing two in the month) and then we’ll be back on track.

Congratulations to the eight clubs who will be contesting the North Wales Cup and Plate competitions at Parc Eiirias, it should be a cracking weekend of top quality rugby.

By the time the next issue is published, we’ll be a lot nearer to knowing if RGC are going to make the promotion spot to the Pre-miership. Like the rest of the rugby folk of North and Mid Wales, we wish them all the best for the run-in. Exciting times ahead!

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Wrexham U10 v Newcastle U10 by Chris

Wright

Bala RFC will be hosting two major touch rugby events this sum-mer, one for elite teams and the other for fun.

Touch rugby will be kicking off in Bala every Thursday evening at 7pm from 31st March 2016 over the summer. It is open to men and women aged 15 or over. No prior experience is necessary and the only equipment you need is a pair of boots! The club will also be hosting two rugby tournaments this summer, one for elite teams and the other for a bit of fun.

The mixed open touch rugby tournament will take place on Satur-day 25th June 2015. This event is the final series in four national touch rugby tournaments organised by the Welsh Touch Associa-tion (WTA) and will be attracting some of the best teams across Wales.

A team must consist of a minimum of six players with at least three ladies on the pitch at any one time. It costs £150 per team to register and concessions are available for junior teams (mostly consisting of players under 18 years of age on the day of the tour-nament) or teams that bring non-playing qualified referees.

The game will be played under the Federation of International Touch (FIT) rules. If you are interested in playing or register-ing a team in the tournament then contact Harry Guttridge on 07882712660 or harry.guttridge@hotmail.co.uk. The closing date for registration is Monday 20thJune.

The chairman of Clwb Rygbi’r Bala, Tony Parry, said “We are very proud to be hosting this event and it is the first time that the national touch series has been hosted in North Wales. We hope that it will raise the profile of touch rugby in the region and inspire local people to take up the game.”

The fun day tournament takes place the weekend after the WTA mixed open, on Saturday 2nd July. Referees will be more relaxed with the rules and there will be a coaching clinic in the morning to bring people up to speed with the game. Players can either regis-ter a team before the event or just turn up on the day.

This event will be combined with the usual fun day activities, such as the tug of war, obstacle course and sheep racing. There will also be a beer tent to keep the athletes and spectators hydrated.

One of the event organisers, Harry Guttridge, said “These two tournaments offer something for everyone. Bala are aiming to field at least one team in the mixed open and the more experienced players can train for this over the coming months. Those that are new to the game or just was a bit of fun can enter the fun day tournament instead the following weekend.

We are pleased to welcome back player coach Ceri Redman this year who is busy putting together a ladies team. She’s already got plenty of volunteers and they will start training three months earlier this year to make the most of the light evenings.

Last year we were lucky enough to have specialist coaching in Bala from Wrexham Raptors every other week and a few of our players went on the represent North Wales in the National trials in Swansea. We want to build on last years success and will be working in close partnership with the WTA, WRU and Wrexham Raptors to deliver regular skills clinics and quality coaching at Maes Gwyniad”.

WTA Programme Manager, Matt Adams, said “It’s fantastic that newly established clubs will be hosting rounds of the WTS this year. It’s particularly pleasing to see the series being hosted at Bala RFC by Bala Touch and at Ystrad Mynach by Caerphilly Chargers. The exposure of the game will be increased in those areas and hopefully result in more local people wishing to take up the game.”

Visit the ‘Touch Rygbi Cymysg Y Bala’ Facebook Page for regular updates on training and games.

Touch rugby is taking off in Bala this summer!

Sunday, 3rd April, 2016International U16 Festival at Eirias Park

Wednesday, 6th April, 2016International U16 Festival at Eirias Park

Saturday, 9th April, 2016International U16 Festival at Eirias Park

Sunday, 24th April, 2016North Wales Youth Cup and Plate Finals - venue to be confirmedSaturday, 30th Aprill, 2016North Wales Cup Finals Extravaganza

Saturday, 30th April, 2016North Wales Cup Final Extravaganza

Sunday, 1st May, 2016North Wales Cup Final Extravaganza

Friday, 13th May, 2016Eruropean Challenge Cup Final, Lyon, France

Saturday, 14th May, 2016European Cup Final, Lyon, France

Saturday, 28th May, 2016Ruthin RFC Seniors 7s TournamentPlease see advertisement opposite

Saturday, 28th May, 2016Cambrian Training Mid Wales Cup and Shield Finals at Llanidloes RFC

Sunday, 29th May, 2016Friendly: England v Wales

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The Deputy Minister for Cul-ture, Sport and Tourism, Ken Skates, has announced that Parc Eirias will benefit from the £5million Welsh Govern-ment loan scheme to update its facilities, which will include the addition of a new 3G pitch.

Parc Eirias will receive a loan of almost £1 million to update its facilities with a new 3G rugby /football pitch, an artificial bowl-ing green, a hydrotherapy pool, multi-purpose activity room and dedicated ATP hockey surface.

The Wales Collaborative Sports Facilities Group will also be providing £300,000 in funding. With almost £900,000 from Conwy County Borough Coun-cil, the total investment in the project will be £2.19million.

The Deputy Minister said: “We launched our Sports Facilities Capital Loan Scheme to help local authorities find new and exciting ways to encourage whole families to enjoy and take part in sporting activities in their area.

“We recognise that this is a challenging financial time for authorities and I am pleased we are supporting them to cre-ate the right facilities in the right places, breaking down barriers to sport so that people of all abilities, ages and backgrounds can enjoy its many benefits.”

The Welsh Government’s Sports Facilities Capital Loan Scheme was introduced on a pilot basis to provide local authorities with the opportunity

£1m Welsh Government loan to update Parc Eirias facilities

to apply for an interest free loan to make them more inclusive, attractive and accessible and ensuring they meet the needs of the local area.

Councillor Graham Rees, Cabinet Member for Tourism, Marketing and Leisure, Conwy County Borough Council said: “We’re delighted that we’ve been able to secure this Sports Facilities Capital Loan to con-tinue the development of Parc Eirias as a Regional Centre of Sporting Excellence; it will help us provide first clasas commu-nity facilities that will be avail-able, and in excellent condition, all year round for local sports clubs.”

Parc Eirias has been a major catalyst for the growth of rugby in North, allowing key matches, such as tonight’s U20s Six Nation decider, to be hosted in the region. The addition of 3G pitches is expected to boost this development further.

Welsh Rugby Union Group Chief Executive Martyn Phillips said: “Eirias has become a centre of excellence for North Wales rugby in all senses of the word. As the home base for Wales U20 for the past five years, the facilities on and off the field and the outstanding staff have helped the side to flourish, culminating in a Grand Slam decider this weekend.

“Having invested heavily in an academy structure for north Wales, we believe the new 3G pitch and facilities will enable more youngsters from the area,

such as Rhun Williams, one of the form players in the Wales Under 20 side, to reach their full potential within north Wales, through our regional perform-ance pathway, and the addition-al facilities will allow a greater focus on women and girls.

“In addition, the new 3G pitch will provide an important training and playing facility for community rugby clubs in the area, along with the delivery of community coach and referee education.”

Further Information--The Sports Facilities Capital Loan Scheme provided loans of up to £1million to local authori-ties for projects that met the scheme criteria. These were interest free and must be repaid within ten years. The loan is for capital projects only.

The scheme was a pilot and an evaluation has been under-taken. It concluded that overall the scheme was welcomed and the process was comprehen-sive and clearly administered. However, it was evident from the evaluation that if Minis-ters were minded to run the scheme again, the appetite for the scheme at that particular juncture would need to be as-sessed.

Last year the Welsh Govern-ment announced that local authorities across Wales were able to apply for £5million in interest free loans to improve local sport and recreational facilities.

Ruthin club tie awards

Kyle Davies and Jason Humphreys were pre-sented with ties marking their 200 and 100 appear-ances for the 1st team respectively by Director of Rugby, Kenton Morgan

CongratulationsAmanda

A great honour recently for North Wales referee, Amanda Lattuca, when she was appointed as an Assistant Referee at the Wales Women v Wales Italy Six Nations game.Congratulations to Amanda for this very well deserved honour.

Pictured above and right: Ruthin RFC U16 on their tour to Ireland. A successful trip both on and off the field with vic-tories over Ballinrobe RFC, Co Mayo 7-10 and Galwegians RFC, Galway 7-27.

Welly good effort at Welshpool RFC in charity fund-raiser

Vnce Roberts, sporting the pink hair, is raising funds for Lingen Davies Cancer Unit and persuaded the boys at Welshpool RFC and Waterlool Rovers FC to hold a rugby/soccer match with a difference... wearing wellies! One half was rugby, the other soccer and the event raised over £500. Vince is pictured above with the players.

Congratulations to Builth’s Jeremy Pugh who was recently announced as the newest mem-ber of the Neath Supporters Club Hall of Fame.

Newtown enjoy successful tour to AntwerpPictured below are the Newtown RFC team who enjoyed two wins out of two on their recent trip to Antwerp

BALA v SKEWEN - SWALEC CUPPictures by Trevor Edwards

PWLLHELI v LLANGEFNIPictures kindly supplied by Pwllheli RFC.

The Bethesda rugby girls took to the road recently for their first ever tour.

The under 13’s 15’s and 18’s enjoyed watching the Wales v Italy men’s game in Seven Sisters Rugby Club and what a warm welcome they had there along with a some parents, coaches and manager.

They then had a quick visit to their hotel before being taken for a mystery trip which no one knew anything about Unbeknown to everyone, Yvonne Dignam the team manager and Simon Dignam, senior coach, had called in a few favours and arranged for the girls to meet with the Wales Women’s team for a meet and greet at their hotel before their game with Italy the next day.

The girls were gob smacked when shown into a room and greeted by the whole team, coaching staff and physios. They were wel-comed by team captain Rachel Taylor who introduced the team, they then went on to say a bit about how they prepare before a match.

The girls then got a chance to ask questions and each Wales player answered in great detail about how they got into rugby and what the girls should be doing to get into international rugby.

Then the cameras came out and a few selfies were taken.

Rachel mentioned in her talk about how they prepare for games that they have a little sing song so the Bethesda girls gave them a song. They were amazed and this time it was the Wales team who had their cameras out.

Then it was time to announce the next surprise. The girls knew they were going to watch the Wales v Italy women’s game on Sunday but Rachel announced that it had been arranged that they were the guard of honour for the game. The girls left on cloud nine back to the hotel.

Bethesda Girls get Welsh team surprise

On Sunday the surprises kept coming, nine of the girls were chosen to be match ball girls for the game and after welcoming the teams on the field in the guard of honour the girls took to their places for their role of ball girls.

Our youngest player had the most important job which was to take the ball to the centre of the field for each play and she did an amazing job each time along with the rest of the girls. Those girls watching and the parents also had a very exciting game but not the score they wanted.

The journey home was a bit quieter with very tired girls and par-ents but didn’t sleep much too busy with Facebook and tweeting their new friends, the Wales women’s team, and sharing their experiences. And what an experience it was.

Wales U20 18 v Scotland U20 15Pictures by Tony Bale

Billy McBryde stepped off the bench and up to the mark to kick Wales Under 20 to a last-gasp 18-15 victory over Scotland with the first action of his debut in his Dad’s native North Wales. Robin McBryde, the Wales forwards coach, had driv-en the length of the country from the Welsh training camp in Cardiff to Colwyn Bay to watch his teenage son take on the much fancied Scots and it ended up as a very worthwhile journey.

He may have had to wait until the 79th minute to see Billy come onto the field, but he stole the show with his nerveless, left footed penalty that put Wales into the lead for the first time in the game. With his Scar-lets’ clubmate, Dan Jones, having an off day with the boot a week after scoring 20 points in the victory over Ireland in Dublin, McBryde was called onto the field when Wales were awarded a 79th minute penalty 35 metres out from the Scottish posts.

With the scores tied at 15-15 it was going to be a hero or zero moment, but the talented teenager kept his nerve, struck the ball sweetly and hit the target to give Wales the lead with a minute left on the clock.

The Scots arrived with their tails in the air after their first win at this level over the auld enemy and with a magnificent driving line-out they managed to weather an early Welsh storm and build-up a 10 point interval lead at Parc Eirias. The Welsh forwards simply had no answer to the Scottish line-out in the first-half and conceded two tries from that phase. To be fair, Wales grabbed a try of their own from flanker Shaun James from a five metre line out, but their best weapon was their scrum.

It took 48 minutes before the Italian referee blew for the game’s first scrum, but the Welsh pack wasted no

time in demonstrating their dominance in that area by bagging a penalty. Once again it was to prove a great weapon for Tom Phillips’ side.

Wales head coach Jason Strange had installed Scotland as firm favourites ahead of the game and for long periods it looked as though he had been right to do so. Their half-backs controlled territory very well and in the openside flanker Matt Smith, one of their two try scorers, they had the best player on the pitch, even though the Welsh scrum half Reuben Morgan-Williams picked up the official Man of the Match award.

The Scots soaked up 20 minutes of intense Welsh pressure playing into the wind and grabbed the game’s first points when their accomplished outside half Rory Hutchinson kicked a 21st minute penalty. Within three minutes the lead had grown to eight points after Smith was worked over from the second of two driving line-outs that took the Scots half the length of the pitch.

Jones was wayward with his kicking all night an after he had missed a penalty and great break from Morgan-Williams took the home side deep into the Scottish 22. The lively Keelan Giles was held up in the left corner, but Evans converted the close-range line-out into a Welsh try.

Scottish prop Murray McCallum followed suit before the break and Hutchinson’s conversion gave the confident Scots a handy interval lead with the wind to come at their backs in the second half. But it was Wales who came out of the blocks quickest in the second half and who dominated the territory.

They found a way, along with the referee, to counter-act the Scottish line out and it was the skipper Tom Phillips who cut the gap to one sore four minutes after the re-start with a second home try. Jones was narrowly wide with his conversion attempt off the touchline.

The try that levelled the scores from Ospreys flyer Giles was right out of the top drawer, with the centre Harri Millard and full back Rhun Williams showing great handling skill to release the wing. Once again Jones couldn’t hit the target of the touchline, but cometh the hour, cometh Billy McBryde.

As Jones left the field with a side strain when the penalty was awarded to Wakes, the youngster raced onto the field and took complete ownership of the situation. The kick was on the right side of the field for his cultured left boot and over went the match winning penalty.

Wales U20: Rhun Williams (RGC); Elis-Wyn Benham (Cardiff Blues), Joe Thomas (Ospreys), Harri Millard (Cardiff Blues), Keelan Giles (Ospreys); Dan Jones (Scarlets), Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys); Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Blues), Dafydd Hughes (Scarlets), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Shane Lewis-Hughes (Cardiff Blues), Bryce Mor-gan (Dragons), Tom Phillips (captain, Scarlets), Shaun Evans (Scarlets), Harrison Keddie (Dragons)

Replacements: Leon Brown (NG Dragons) for Lewis 72, Morgan Sieniawski (Cardiff Blues) for Evans 75, Billy McBryde (Scarlets) for Jones 79Unused Replacements: Ifan Phillips (Scarlets), Robert Lewis (Cardiff Blues), James Ratti (Ospreys), Declan Smith (Scarlets), Joe Gage (Ospreys)

Wales U20 16 v France U20 10Pictures by Tony Bale, Report by Welsh Rugby Union

Billy McBryde returned to the scene of his match winning debut for Wales Under 20 two weeks earlier to mastermind a brilliant Welsh performance that earned them a third successive triumph with a 16-10 win over France. McBryde showed nerves of steel by coming on to kick the decisive penalty to beat the Scots at Parc Eirias in round two of the Under 20 Six Nations Champi-onship, and the Scarlets outside half landed three penalties and a conversion to earn Wales a win that leaves them as the only unbeaten side in the tournament.

It means Tom Phillips’ side will head to Ashton Gate to face England in a Triple Crown showdown on 11 March with a possible first Grand Slam at this age group in their sights. The last time they won their opening three matches was in 2013, when they went all the way to the final game against England at Parc Eirias before losing 28-14. They have twice finished second since it went to Under 20 in 2008, but have yet to clinch a Triple Crown, Grand Slam or championship title. But after this superb showing against a much fancied French outfit they can head to Bristol full of confidence.

The French cause was hindered by a red card for wing Gabriel N’Gandebe after 56 minutes following a reckless challenge with his feet on Welsh full back Rhun Williams as he chased a kick ahead.

That earned him a second yellow card and left the French a man short for the final 24 minutes. Moments later man of the match McBryde kicked his third pen-alty and Wales had their noses in front at 9-7.

The first-half had seen France dominate the early exchanges and try to out-muscle the home side. But the Welsh pack were having nothing of it and they secured two scrum penalties which McBryde kicked to build a six point lead.

His opposite number, Anthony Belleau, had already missed the target with two shots at goal and Wales were thankful to hold a 6-0 lead at the break. But that didn’t last long as France came racing out of the blocks at the start of the second period.

Some solid approach work from the forwards left Wales short-handed on their right and Biarritz centre Alex Arrate was able to cross on the overlap for a try which Belleau converted to edge his side one point ahead.

The Welsh defence, led by inspirational skipper Tom Phillips and his workaholic back row, kept chopping down the French attackers and it was a midfield raid by the centre pairing Harri Millard and Joe Thomas that paved the way for Mc-Bryde’s third penalty just short of the hour.

Back came the French with another Belleau penalty to regain the lead, but then McBryde launched a move from just in front of his own posts that enabled Keelan Giles to show off his twinkle-toes . The Ospreys star sped up the left wing out of his 22 to maximise the space left by the red card shown to his opposite number.

Harrsion Keddie was up in support when he was cut down 30 metres out and eventually it was left to replacement prop Leon Brown to throw the try scoring pass to right wing George Gasson to complete an 80 metre score. It was a sen-sational effort which McBryde improved to open up a six point gap.

The outside half had a chance to drive a final nail in the French coffin with a 75th minute penalty, but this time he was wide. It didn’t matter, though, as Wales held on for a famous win.

Scorers: Wales U20: Try: G Gasson; Con: B McBryde; Pens: B McBryde 3; France U20: Try: A Arrate; Con: A Belleau; Pen: A Belleau

Wales Under 20: Rhun Williams (RGC); George Gasson (Dragons), Joe Thomas (Ospreys), Harri Millard (Cardiff Blues), Keelan Giles (Ospreys); Billy McBryde (Scarlets), Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys); Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Blues), Dafydd Hughes (Scarlets), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Shane Lewis-Hughes (Cardiff Blues), Adam Beard (Ospreys), Tom Phillips (captain, Scarlets), Shaun Evans (Scarlets), Harrison Keddie (Newport Gwent Dragons)

Replacements: Ifan Phillips (Scarlets), Rhys Fawcett (Scarlets), Leon Brown (Newport Gwent Dragons), Bryce Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons), Morgan Sieniawski (Cardiff Blues), Declan Smith (Scarlets), Kieran Williams (Ospreys), Joe Gage (Ospreys)

Wales U20 35 v Italy U20 6Pictures by Tony Bale, Report by Welsh Rugby Ujnion

Wales Under 20 made history as they delivered a first junior Six Na-tions Grand Slam since 2005 as they overcame a nervous first-half to finally put Italy to the sword at Parc Eirias and emerge with a 35-6 victory. Tom Phillips’ side were all fingers and thumbs for the first 40 minutes as they let the sense of occasion get to them. They dropped the ball, conceded territory and were very much the second best side for long periods as the rugged Italians turned on the power.

But three second half tries turned the game on its head after the sides changed ends with the scoreboard level at 6-6. It meant Wales added the Under 20 Grand Slam to the Triple Crown they won against England last weekend - their first triumph at Under 20 level in the nine seasons games have been played at the age group.

Phillips now joins Stephen Jones (U21 - 1999), Paul James (U21 - 2003) and James Merriman (U21 - 2005) as a Grand Slam skipper and it was the Scarlets’ back row man’s charge down from a defen-sive kick out of the Italian 22 from the second half kick-off that settled the nerves and sparked a major second half revival.

There were two penalties a piece from the respective outside halves in the opening half and Italy briefly led 6-3 when Matteo Minozzi kicked his second goal. But Dan Jones levelled the scores with the final kick of the first-half and whatever was said in the dressing room at half-time certainly did the trick.

The forwards took charge, the Welsh scrum destroyed the Italian set-piece and off the back of their work the outstanding Harrison Keddie picked up two tries as Italy were swept aside on a wave of pride, passion and Welsh panache.

Wales had failed to put together any of the phase play that had enabled them to trounce England a week earlier in the first-half, but with some strong words from the coaching team of Jason Strange, Geraint Lewis, Chris Horsman and Richard Hodges no doubt ringing in their ears they were a transformed side after the break.

Jones kicked a penalty to edge his side in front after 46 minutes and then the direct approach from the home pack paved the way for Ked-die’s first try from close range. Jones added he conversion and then improved a driving line-out try from Scarlets’ openside Sean Evans.

That try came seconds after Italian prop Daniele Rimpelli was sent to the sin-bin for a senseless off the ball dump tackle on Harri Millard. There was a third home before Rimpelli returned, this time from right wing Joe Thomas.

Another Jones conversion extended the lead to 24 points before that man Keddie added the final seal of approval to an outstanding season for the Welsh youngsters with a second close-range, power try that came with the final move of the game.

Wales will now move on to the Junior World Championships in Man-chester this summer as one of the form teams - and one of the teams to beat.

Scorers: Wales: Tries: H Keddie 2, S Evans, J Thomas; Cons: D Jones 3; Pens: D Jones 3. Italy: Pens: M Minozzi 2.

Wales Under 20: Rhun Williams (RGC); Joe Thomas (Ospreys), Harri Millard (Cardiff Blues), Owen Watkin (Ospreys), Keelan Giles (Os-preys); Daniel Jones (Scarlets), Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys); Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Blues), Dafydd Hughes (Scarlets), Dil-lon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Shane Lewis-Hughes (Cardiff Blues), Adam Beard (Ospreys), Tom Phillips (Scarlets, captain), Shaun Evans (Scarlets), Harrison Keddie (Dragons)

Replacements: Ifan Phillips (Scarlets) for Hughes or 73; Rhys Fawcett (Scarlets) for Domachowski 65; Leon Brown (Dragons) for Lewis 72; Bryce Morgan (Dragons) for Lewis-Hughes 73; Morgan Sieniawski (Cardiff Blues) for Evans 65; Declan Smith (Scarlets) for Morgan-Williams 65; Billy McBryde (Scarlets) for Watkin 72; Joe Gage (Ospreys) for Williams 73.

RGCRGC 19 v Carmarthen Quins 25 RGC fall just short in

heroic Swalec Cup effort RGC 19 v Carmarthen Quins 25

Report by Dave Jones, Pictures by Alan Skeates

It was a case of so near and yet so far for RGC as they exited the SSE Swalec Cup at the hands of Principality Premiership side Carmarthen at Colwyn Bay.

Saturday’s quarter-final tie at Brookfield Drive saw the Championship hosts push their opponents all the way only to fall just short at the final hurdle.

RGC had caused a sensation by knocking out Premiership outfit Aberavon in the previous round, but there was to be no double giant-killing for the Gogs.

The visitors ran in three tries with fly-half Craig Evans kick-ing two conversions and two penalties to put away their Championship opposition.

There was barely a score in it for much of the game as both sides traded the lead.

RGC opened the scoring with an opportunist try after a quick turnover sent the ball across the park to wing Tiaan Loots, scorer of the key touchdown against Aberavon,

Loots evaded one tackler and crashed through another three to score, but James Lang’s conversion sailed wide.

Carmarthen were rewarded for their long spell of pressure with a try under the sticks for centre and North Walian Iolo Wyn Evans, converted by Craig Evans.

And Quins put themselves further ahead with a try in the corner for wing Lee Williams just before half time.

RGC hit back immediately after the restart with a try from Evan Yardley, this time converted successfully by Lang.

The hosts had a chance to edge themselves in front but Lang’s penalty kick hit the post.

Afon Bagshaw burst through midfield for a certain try after a battle at the 10-metre line, but play was called back for a scrum near halfway.

The visitors put themselves in front with a penalty from Evans to make it 15-12, but RGC full-back Bagshaw crossed the whitewash soon after.

He was on the end of some sharp passing play in the Quins 22 and burst through the defence to score.

Lang’s conversion made it 19-15 to the hosts with 20 min-utes left and the sizable home crowd were dreaming of the semi-finals.

But the Quins hit back with vicious efficiency as Williams leapt into the try area for his second of the afternoon, leav-ing a simple conversion for Craig Evans.

It was a case of so near and yet so far for RGC as they exited the SSE Swalec Cup at the hands of Principality Premiership side Carmarthen at Colwyn Bay.

RGC 26 v PONTYPOOL 11

5th March, 2016 - report by DaveJones, North Wales Newspapers

Player-Coach Josh Leach said Saturday’s magnificent result at Parc Eirias reflected the remarkable progress made by RGC as they claimed their first Championship victory over mighty Ponty-pool in five attempts.

Leach was particularly pleased with the quality of defending the team produced, as well as the stamina shown to clinch the game in the last 20 minutes.

“We worked really hard in training during the week and it really showed in that final 20 minutes,” said the scrum-half.

“We were especially brilliant in defence, although we could have been more composed with the ball at times. “But this was the first time we’ve beaten Pontypool and for us to come off the field 26-11 winners and still having more to give was so pleasing.

“The squad has come on so well in the past few months. They are mainly young lads but they are so willing to learn. We’re a very tight-knit group and are improving all the time.”

Leach added: “In the first half we didn’t make the most of our op-portunities.

“Although we led at half time, Pontypool were still very much in the game and pushed us back at the start of the second half and went ahead, but from there we got a grip.

“We’d said beforehand we could win it in the last 20 minutes and that’s what happened, but our hard work of the first 60 meant we could go on and do that.”

Pontypool took an early lead through a Clayton Gullis penalty which had originally been awarded to RGC for a knock-on, but was reversed after the home side showed a lack of discipline.

The hosts had a chance to equalise via a penalty from the centre spot, but although James Lang’s kick had the distance it sailed just wide.

RGC upped the pressure and grabbed the game’s opening try following a lineout, Lithuanian lock Zygimantas Radzius touching down in the corner.

From the kick-off the Gogs were penalised for crossing and Gullis restored the Ponty lead via a penalty.

Back came RGC and close to the interval home pressure told when an excellent dummy by Lang allowed Andrew Williams to ground in the corner.

Lang’s conversion looked good but the ball came back off the posts and half time arrived with a 10-6 home advantage.

A lively start to the second half saw both sides threaten before ‘Pooler claimed a try through wing Nathan Brooks.

RGC responded well and a penalty given for a high tackle was booted between the posts by Lang.

Another Lang three-pointer boosted the home lead to 16-11 enter-ing the final quarter.

Ponty pressed but then RGC made a superb break from defence and to huge cheers from the crowd Lang went over in the corner.

And the win was sealed when great hands led to Tiaan Loots add-ing a bonus-point clinching touchdown.

RGC claim first-ever win over Pontypool

BARGOED 23 v RGC 20

12th March, 2016 - report by Scott Lawson, RGC News

Pictures kindly supplied by Liz Bryan

RGC were edged out by Bargoed in an enthralling encounter down South, which was nip and tuck for 80 minutes.

Coach Phil Davies took plenty of positives out of the game “we played some good rugby today and the players executed the plan we had coming into the game It shows how far we have come that we can be disappointed in a result due to a couple of errors”

As expected the game opened with the home-side testing RGC upfront, and the Gogs were putting in some good tackles. RGC were then going through some good phase play, and were able to make some runs from Andrew Williams and Huw Worthington.

James Lang put the first points on the board with a well kicked penalty to settle a few nerves.

RGC were clearly looking to get behind the Bargoed defence, and Alex Schwarz was kicking well from hand, with his fellow backs chasing down well.

Bargoed were winning the arm wrestle in the scrum, and the referee’s whistle was going on favour of the last years League Champions. As the game went on the home-side were looking dangerous making some clinical breaks from Humphries and Protheroe which meant much of the game was played in the RGC half. The Gogs were putting up a strong defence and the home-side knocked on at key times spurning the opportunities .

Lang missed a penalty before Mathew Hurley stuck over 2 kicks to take the lead. Bargoed had another decent break with a kick and chase but great covering work from the boot of Afon Bagshaw to clear the bouncing ball on the try-line to prevent the try.

Lang was next to earn some defensive plaudits with a big tackle as the try looked on. The home crowd were becoming more vocal, but RGC were able to quieten them down with a big driving maul wish was held up on the line, just as the away crowed were start-ing to celebrate

Lang levelled the score with a another penalty but as the half-time whistle approached the pendulum swung in Bargoed’s favour when Evan Yardley was giving a yellow and Hurly made it 9-6 at the break.

The home-side looked to make the man advantage count from the start of the 2nd half and they pressed RGC back towards the line, just when it looked like the score was on RGC worked the turno-ver and as result Carwyn Ap Myrddin was able to kick a loose ball

RGC edged out in enthralling game

down the pitch and outpace the Bargoed players before offloading to Andrew Williams to take the ball under the posts. It was a great try highlighting RGC’s defensive work along with the fitness to break the length of the field. Lang made the simple conversion.

RGC needed to play for territory but were unable to clear the lines from kick off, and the pressure was back on them.

RGC failed to collect their lineout and the try was gifted to Bargoed with a simple conversion from Hurley. Momentum was with Bargoed and they ran the ball again, and it was no surprise that another try came with Grant Rogers crossing the whitewash. Hurley once again hit the extras.

In seasons gone by RGC would have been out the game, but the mind-set of the team this year is much stronger and they re-grouped, focused and went again.The pack drove, worked hard and pushed the home-side back before Schwarz made a dart but was held up on the line.

RGC were going through the phases and it was Andrew Wil-liams who took the ball and crashed over the line for his 2nd of the game. Lang hit the conversion to make it 23-20. Tiaan Loots made a break down the line but was tackled into to touch, as the home crowd became more nervous.

In the final minutes Bargoed were given a penalty and took the kick into touch as they looked for the bonus point try. Hurley over-cooked the kick and in the end RGC came away with the losing bonus point and remain in 4th place with 8 games to go.

LLANHARAN 0 v RGC 80

19th March, 2016 - report by Scott Lawson, RGC News

Pictures kindly supplied by Liz Bryan

RGC put in a professional performance against bottom club Llan-haran when the racked up 12 tries in a big away 80-Nil away win.

With the SWALEC Championship promotion race looking even tighter with the Bargoed and Pontypool results on Friday night the Gogs knew what was needed from the first whistle.

The early 11am kick off they got an early wakeup call when the Llanharan centre broke through the defence and 3 missed tack-les. It was probably the alarm RGC needed as put down the first score when the ball was spread from left to right for winger Tiaan Loots to go over for the try.

The players were looking to offload keep the ball moving and some great hands from Shaun Lonsdale, James Lang and Cam Davies led to a Will Bryan try. Lang hit the 2 points.

Afon Bagshaw was next to run over the line, after he evaded some tackles to go in for try number 3. Lang was successful again with the boot.

As the clock ticked to 23 minutes the Gogs picked up the bonus point try when Will Bryan got the score. Lang was on form again with the extras.

They didn’t rest up after that a score and they looked dangerous every time they had the ball, especially Tiaan Loots who made big yards when ran.

Kelvin Davies got on the scoresheet with a try that was down to power rather than pace, as he crashed through some bodies. It was another conversion from Lang.

The RGC full-back also impressed in defensive work when he ran to collect a Llanharan kick and whilst under pressure he picked up a bouncing ball with one hand on the run.

Lang leads the way at Llanharan

TATA STEEL 17 v RGC 12

26th March, 2016 - report by Dave Jones, Daily Post

Pictures kindly supplied by Liz Bryan RGC suffered a blow to their hopes of a top four finish in Swa-lec Championship when they lost a tight game at Port Talbot on Saturday.

Having beaten the South Walians 57-0 at Colwyn Bay last No-vember, the Gogs made the long trip to the Saints’ ground with confidence, but it was a very different affair in the return.

In difficult conditions underfoot due to heavy rain, handling the slippy ball proved hazardous for both sides.

There was quite a feisty opening to the game with Tata badly missing an early penalty attempt.

And it was the visitors who struck first when following an attacking lineout Tom Hughes touched down under the posts, James Lang adding the conversion.

The home side were awarded a penalty for a scrum offence by the opposition and Diggy Bird split the posts for 7-3.

RGC’s Ziggy Radzius looked to be on his way for a try but put a foot in touch.

A fine tackle from Lang prevented a Steel score, but persistent pressure from the hosts eventually led to a penalty try which Bird

Gogs suffer blow to top four hopes

As the half time whistle approached try number arrived Cam Dav-ies and Loots combined before passing to Bagshaw for his 2nd try of the game. Lang kicked another conversion.

The points racked up in the 2nd half and the tries count racked up. Substitute winger Sam Jones sprinted down the line for the score and Lang made it 47 nil.

Lang picked up 2 tries in the half including one from the halfway line when his sidestep opened up the defence and he powered down the pitch for a great solo score.

The home side did get back in the game and worked the Gogs defence hard for spells, but some big tackles and a strong RGC wall of bodies stopped them crossing the whitewash. The old heads off Kelvin Davies and Bryn Williams made sure they kept focus on the defensive work.

In the end RGC ran in a further 3 tries from Danny Cross, Richard Hopkins and Cam Davies as the half wore on.

The Gogs didn’t stop playing for the full 80 minutes and Lang fin-ished the game with impressive 30 points, 2 tries and 10 conver-sions as they closed the gap on 3rd place Pontypool.

converted to make it 10-7 at half time.

The conditions were not helping the Gogs’ fluent style of rugby at all and while the travellers often got into good positions errors proved costly.

Then Tata took a big step towards the win when Ross Pritchard went over for a try which Bird improved to establish a 10-point lead.

To their credit, RGC never gave in and Radzius crossed for a try in the corner which went unconverted but reduced the arrears to five points.

And the Gogs pressed hard in the closing stages for the winning score, Tim Grey making a great break out of defence, but the final pass was intercepted and Tata Steel celebrated the victory.

Welshpool Under 10 v Newtown Under 10Rydal Penrhos Prep School won the Cooper Cup after a thrilling second leg display against Colwyn Bay.

The gifted rugby stars gave themselves plenty to do after the first encounters, but better weather and improved performances resulted in them retaining the trophy recently. The U8 side got them off to a flying start and triumphed 12-5 thanks to a majestic display from the tricky Biv Gilmartin, who was one of the standout performers on show.

This was further boosted by the U9 side, who came away with a hard fought 7-5 victory with fine displays from James Gilmartin, Henry Hibbert and Telor Jones. Rydal Penrhos’ U10 side ensured that the cup was retained after a 21-7 victory over their Bay rivals, with John Dick mustering a performance of genuine quality to get the home side over the line.

Needing a draw or victory to win the cup outright, the U11 side began well and Callan Earle gave them the lead with two stunning tries to put the home side 14-0 up. A fine team move resulted in Jonathan Osbourne crossing the line to ensure that Rydal Penrhos went into the interval with a 19-0 advantage. The visitors responded magnificently after the break and tries from Thomas Belcher and Will Austin brought them to within five points in the closing stages. Austin notched his second try of the game soon after, but Shae Clark missed a conversion to ensure that the final score finished 19 apiece much to the delight of the home fans.

Head of Boys’ games Jamie McLeod, said: “The lads made it hard for themselves in the first leg, but to come out and perform under pressure as this did was magnificent. “It was a real group effort and they showed tremendous character to not only retain, but win the Cooper Cup once again, so I am delighted.”

Rydal Penrhos Prep School rugby stars retain Cooper Cup

Wales Womens captain, Rachel Taylor, pictured with the Abergele Ladies at a recent training session.

Helping hand from Rachel

Llangefni Ladies Reunion

Picture shows the Llangefni Ladies team at their recent re-union.

Nant Conwy did the coun-try proud, reaching final of Quimperois tournament and narrowly losing to Belgium.

Many thanks to Nant Conwy RFC for kindly supplying the pictures and scores. Canlyniadau: Taith dan 16 Nant Conwy - Twrnament Quimper-ois - 26 & 27/03/16Results for: Nant Conwy u16s Tour - Quimperois Tournament - 26 & 27/03/16

Nant Conwy 0 - Plouzane 3

Nant Conwy 12 - St. Herblain 0Brychan Dafydd, Aron JonesCONVERSION: Jac Elis

Fantastic performance by Nant Conwy U16 as they reach final of Quimperois tournament

Nant Conwy 17 - Vlanderen 0Jac MetcalfeAdam CharlesGwydion Elis-JonesCONVERSION: Jac Elis

CUP - QUARTER-FINALS:Nant Conwy 3 - Cornouaille 0PENALTY: Jac Elis

CUP - SEMI-FINALS:Nant Conwy 7 - Plouzane 0Aron JonesCONVERSION: Jac Elis

CUP - FINAL:Nant Conwy 5 - Belgium 10Penri Metcalfe

Bethesda Girls with the Welsh team

Nant Conwy U15 Girls 48 v Caernarfon U15 Girls 22 Following report kindly supplied by Eifion Harding.

The sizeable crowd who witnessed this pulsating encounter were kept thoroughly entertained throughout with the commitment and heart shown by all who took to the field being rightly praised. Nant took the honours on account of being better organised out wide although it took them a little time to realise where their most potent threat laid.

The opening exchanges saw individuals attacking with venom but the defences were coping well with numerous copybook tackles thwarting promising moves. Nant were first to open their account with livewire captain Heledd Roberts’s quick thinking capitalising on a transgression close to the Cofi line. Her quick tap and go saw her reach the try line and also convert. Before the Cofis could summon a riposte Heledd Roberts had repeated the feat to put the home team comfortably in the driving seat.

Gradually Caernarfon found a foothold in the Nant half and Number 8, Mali Quaeck went on an unstoppable charge from the back of a scrum to record the Cofis opening points.

Praise could be heaped on numerous individuals, Ffion Jones at scrum half for the Cofis was a revelation as regards tackling whilst Nant flanker Non Pyrs was highly effective in all facets of play. On the stroke of halftime good support play by back rower Mali Williams, another who was a thorn in Cofi ranks throughout meant that she was at hand to ground following a another Roberts break. The second half opened with the best team try of the evening. After regaining possession from the kick off the ball was swept swiftly along the backs for Ella White to ground out wide. The Co-fis to their credit kept plugging away, with a determined break by standoff Sophie Ellis from her own half out foxing everyone and although caught within inches of the try line she was able to reach and place the ball on the whitewash.

Nant standoff Sara Roberts was equally fleet of foot as she made the most of quick recycled ball to drift through the defence and score also allowing Heledd Roberts the conversion. With the ball being spread wider the Caernarfon backs were challenged but stern resistance was shown by the likes of Nel Hughes in the tackle area.

The ebb and flow persisted with constant harassing close to the Nant line leading to Caernarfon captain Amy Roberts being the first to react when the ball squirmed loose and thus grounded close to the posts meaning that Beth Whittle was also able to add the conversion. However another Nant short penalty charge drove at the heart of the Cofi defence and when they opted to go wide Lea Thomas found space out wide to squeeze in at the corner.

The Cofis themselves crossed the twenty point marker with their fourth try coming from rampaging Number 8 Mali Quaeck but couldn’t grasp the necessary cohesion to make further inroads and as all were beginning to tire a series of Nant drives saw Mali Williams notch her second try of the evening before the final play saw Mali Sion’s turn of speed bisect the defence to give Heledd Roberts another conversion.

With the advent of the RGC West Cluster Club imminent many on display should be certainties to feature prominently in the forth-coming months and will provide stern opposition to all who cross their path.

Kumari Tilakawardane caught up with North Walian Sian Williams who recently became Wales’s first professional rugby player when the RAF granted her ‘elite athlete’ status.

The announcement was of course huge for Sian personally, but also marked a defining moment in women’s rugby, and Welsh sport in general. Sian, who has been in the RAF for over seven years has been granted a two year release in order for her to concentrate fully on her rugby career. This means she’ll be training full time as a professional athlete at the Centre of Excellence in the Vale of Glamorgan, where she’ll work on core skills, prehab, strength and conditioning.

Sian’s shining international career has been long in the making: she started playing rugby aged 7 at Mold RFC and played alongside the boys until she was 12. “When I first started playing there weren’t any girl’s teams in North Wales, and very few Women’s teams,”

Sian says. Sian represented North Wales at U16 and U18 level while also playing at Chester, and then Wales U20 while she was at Bath Ladies. In 2011 she won her first cap for Wales, and has played club rugby for Worcester and represent-ed Wales in the sevens since 2012.As well as all that, for the last seven years Sian has also been in the RAF, and has represented their Women’s team and the Combined Services Women’s team. “Day to

day work consists of loading and unloading air craft from cargo planes to passenger jets, planning and executing the movement of RAF personnel and cargo by air, checking-in passengers and cargo flying out on operations, operating forklifts and other vehicles to load freight for transport, and planning air craft loads using logistical IT systems.”

That seems like quite enough to be dealing with, let alone also hav-ing an international rugby career. “It was hard work to juggle both working full time and playing rugby but luckily for me the RAF has been very supportive,” says Sian. “I love playing rugby so much that I wouldn’t let anything get in the way of getting to train-ing and playing every weekend. It just became normal to travel hours upon hours to training and games.”

Sian doesn’t think it’s more dif-ficult for North Walian girls and women to get the chance to play for Wales, despite frequently hav-ing to spend hours travelling up and down to Cardiff. “There are currently five Gogs in the squad, so the opportunities are available,” Sian notes. “I would say it takes a lot of hard work and dedica-tion – the girls who travel down from North Wales are our most dedicated players.”

Sian also points to the develop-ment going on in the North Wales region, particularly for girl’s and women’s rugby. “The opportuni-ties have grown massively,” she says. “Rachel Taylor [RGC West regional rugby coordinator] is do-ing a great job to grow the sport in North Wales.”

Sian has represented Wales since 2011 and Wales sevens since 2012, but says her proudest mo-ment to date came this past season when she captained the sevens team at the European Champion-ship and the World Series Quali-fiers.

There can be no doubt that the women’s game in Wales is improving constantly - Sian’s ap-pointment as our first professional female player perhaps best exem-plifies that, but results in recent years also demonstrate how much the game is growing here. Wales were ranked in the Top 10 nations in the world in the first ever Wom-en’s World Rankings, released by World Rugby last month.

“Our biggest ambition as a squad is to qualify for the World Cup in 2017 and get some good team performances and wins this Six Nations,” says Sian. So far this tournament Wales have won two of three, pulling off a huge win over France last weekend. Going into the match France were ranked second in the world, and the loss

to Wales knocked them down to third, showing how competitive the women’s game has become. Two wins is a great return so far, but with tough games against England and Italy to come, the Welsh squad fancy their chances going forward. “It’s about growing as a squad and getting as much game time as possible before go-ing into the World Cup so we have a wealth of experience going into that tournament.“

When I sat down with Wales captain Rachel Taylor, she talked about RGC’s facilities and we discussed how great it would be if Wales Women could play at Parc Eirias in the future (Wales’ home base this year is Neath). “Yes, the facilities up at RGC are amazing,” Sian agrees. “It would be great to have a home for Wales Women up in North Wales; it would help the growth of the game, and get more girls playing rugby.”

Until this (hopefully) happens, rugby fans in North Wales can watch live streams of Wales’ matches online.. “Media coverage plays a huge part in highlighting the game,” says Sian. “It’s also about gaining more support from people who may have not watched or been interested in women’s rugby before.”

Women’s rugby is one of the fast-est growing sports in the world, and the inclusion of sevens in the Olympics will generate an even bigger profile. North Wales now has a growing scene for girl’s and women’s rugby, and with Rachel Taylor involved in development it’s only a matter of time before even more talented Gogs will represent Wales.

Sian herself would like to help develop the next generations of Wales stars: “Fingers crossed it is a long way off but I would have to stay involved in rugby after finish-ing playing. I would like to go into coaching to help keep women’s rugby growing and help it receive the recognition it deserves.”

Lastly, I asked Sian if she had any pearls of wisdom for Gogs out there who might be thinking of taking up rugby for the first time and inevitably she gave a proper professional answer. “I’d just say give it ago and you will enjoy it. Playing rugby will grow your confidence, enhance your personal skills and you will make friends for life.”

Everyone in North Wales can be massively proud of Sian making history, and I for one can’t wait to see what she’ll achieve next.

SIAN WILLIAMSFlying high

Sian: ‘It is a dream come true to be Wales’ first female rugby player with elite athlete status and the Royal Air Force’s first full-time female athlete’.

Kumari Tilakawardane caught up with North Walian Sian Williams who recently became Wales’s first professional rugby player when the RAF granted her ‘elite athlete’ status.

Sian on women’s rugby: “I’d just say give it ago and you will enjoy it. Play-ing rugby will grow your confidence, enhance your personal skills and you will make friends for life.”

Following report and picture kindly supplied by Rod Davies Pho-tography, Dolgellau

New kit and washing machine already under their belts, they now go forward in the competition with the chance to win a rugby legend training session.

A chance entry into a Facebook competition organised by AEG Grassroots Rugby has won Dolgellau RFC’s newly formed girls rugby team with a momentous amount of kit and a new top of the range AEG washing machine to clean it with.

The Marian girls were one of twenty teams country wide to win the kit and also gain entry into the next stage of the competition. Amongst the bundle of full Canterbury rugby strip which consisted of shirts , shorts and socks, were twenty boot bags, water bottles, two ball bags and twenty balls.

Along with the kit the club also won a top of the range AEG wash-ing machine which has been put to good use considering the winter weather conditions of North Wales pitches.

But it hasn’t all finished there as the girls are now entering the next phase of the competition which could see them as one of the top three clubs to win a training session at the Marian Ground with a rugby legend. Last years legends included Will Greenwood, Scott Quinnell, and Austin Healey.

They have now provided a required team shot and a hundred supporting words to enter them into the next part of the competi-tion. In true Mawddach Valley tradition the girls have put together

the hundred words to a stunning vocal parody of the Welsh rugby song ‘Bread of Heaven’. It was videoed at Ysgol Y Gader last Wednesday.

Say no more...........To watch the video go to https://youtu.be/WlLsvL2siUo

The words for the parody are below.

We were sad as we looked stupid playing rugby in a dress!But we won a special competition That got us from this awful mess!

Chorus:Kit from heaven, kit from heaven,Washed and clean as can be, as can beWashed and cleaned by AEG!

Now we’re proud and looking so much betterMade us feel a proper team;Our coaches are so dedicatedBut coached by a LEGEND would be our dream!

Kit is ‘perfect in form and function’In it we’ll kick our opponents to touch!We will be the envy of our rivals, soAEG, we thank you so much!

In it we’ll kick our opponents to touch!We will be the envy of our rivals, soAEG, we thank you so much!

Dolgellau RFC win kit for girls team in AEG Grassroots Rugby Competition

LLANGOLLEN LADIES v MOLD LADIES

HANNAH’sDEBUT

Thanks to proud dad, Chris Wright for sending in these pictures of Hannah playing in her first ever game. One to watch.

The newly-established club begins to thrive and then suddenly foldsSeptember 1928 to May 1934

The AGM of the 1933-34 season was held on 18 May 1933 at the Anchor Inn, now the headquarters of the club. It wa chaired by J. Rice-Jones in the absence of the Presi-dent W. T. A. Jones. His wise pre-season words of advice to the players were: ‘May I suggest players start vigorous training quite early so that they are in fine fettle when they contest their first game. Rugby is not like playing ping-pong, Yo-Yo or any-thing of that kind, but a hard and exhaus-tive struggle and it behoves everybody who take part in it to respond to the call of the captain. That can only be effected by per-sistent training and practice’. Modern senti-ments indeed!

The secretary reported a successful sea-son both from the financial and teh playing point of view. The finances were good be-cause of the success of the Annual Dance. Players had been asked to subscribe one shilling per head for home and away games for the first time. This had resulted in a total of £9.15.0. Receipts amounted to £50/6/2 with £28/5/0 paid for transport. £5 was paid for ground rental.

The first game was a local derby which was won by the School. The game was reported to have had its full quote of keenness which sometimes developed into overzealous-ness. Six players were engaged in a North

Wales trial at Wrexham when a depleted side lost to Oswestry in November. Games were lost to Old Caldeians and Colwyn Bay but a convincing win over Wrexham by 26 points to 0 gave much confidence to the team.

Following the North Wales trial, Ken Rob-erts was selected for further honours for N Wales at Bridgend. The Boxing Day fixture against Old Birkonians resulted in a 12 points to 0 victory.

In the new year, Wrexham exacted revenge by beating 14-man Ruthin side by 6 points to nil. January and February resulted in de-pleted sides being defeated by Welshpool and Wrexham. In the Wrexham game three Ruthin School masters turned out for the Town side. A match was postponed in late February to allow players to travel to Edin-burgh to watch the Scotland v Wales inter-national match. Nothing changes!

A Charity match was organised by the Headmaster of Ruthin School, this time with a Watkin Thomas XV taking on a Mor-gan Phillips XV. The match was played in front of the Lord Lt. of Denbighshire whose charity would provide clothing for the un-employed families of Denbighshire. Tom Leathes, the auctioneer’s son, who had tri-als for English Schools, was a schoolboy at Ruthin School at the time and is the only player we were able to find who represent-ed the Distric team in the 1930s. He now lives in Pentre Coch and was able to pro-vide us with much more useful information about the club in the early days.

Ruthin played their last five matches of the season in March 1934 winning three and losing two. The team selected to play in this match on 3 March 1934 was:

Ken Roberts, Roy Roberts, J. W. Roberts, T. G. Jones, R. A. Williams, A. J. Caley, Pe-ter Hughes, F. Whelan, R. P. Williams, T. M. Jones, A. Findlay, D. Williams, Hollister Owen.

Sadly, it was the last match to be played by Ruthin Rugby Club until it re-formed in 1960. Unfortunately, and somewhat un-expectedly, due to the financial climate in the mid-1930s, the committee felt it had no option but to wind the club up for the time being.

In the last recorded committee meeting held on 8 June, 1934, the following simple statement was recorded by J. Rice-Jones, the club chairman: ‘The continuance of the club was viewed from all angles and found to be undesirable.’

The Denbighshire Free Press carried the following report about the club’s demise in October 1934:

‘Lovers of the game locally will regret the decision at a general meeting of members to wind up the Ruthin and District Rugby Club. Financially there has been little cause for anxiety all along, the chief barrier to progress being the limited playing strength of the club. In recent seasons it has been increasingly difficult to raise a side having regard to the fact that young men in the dis-trict do not appear to be sufficiently inter-ested to take up the game, the committee had no alternative but to disband the club. Rugby football has undoubtedly made good strides in North Wales and Ruthin Rugby Club has done much to foster the game in the county of Denbigh. This season a new club has been formed in Mold and on Saturday last Mold were assisted by broth-ers Ken and Roy Roberts. We understand that a few other club members have been asked to play for the new club’.

Under the economic recession which was gripping the country in the mid-1930s it is hardly surprising that players, many of whom were self-employed or had been forced to move from the area to find work, felt unable to commit themselves to the club.

To be continued

Next issue:The Club Re-forms1960-1990

A History of Ruthin Rugby Club/Hanes Clwb Rygbi Rhuthinby Gareth Evans and Stan Morton.

This bilingual book is available at £10 plus P+P from Ruthin Rugby Club Please send your order to info@rygbirhuthun.com

A big thank you to the authors and Ruthin RFC for permission to serialise the book.

Rupert Moon resignation - WRU Chief makes shockannouncement at North Wales meetingRGC’s Rupert Moon has resigned from his position to move to pastures new and will complete his contract within the next two weeks.

WRU Chief Executive, Martyn Phillips, shocked the North Wales rugby fraternity tonight at the NWRU Council meet-ing when he announced that Rupert Moon had tendered his resignation and would be leaving the Region in the next couple of weeks. Martyn publicly thanked Rupert for all his tremendous hard work during his time in North Wales and stated that it was hoped that a replacement for Rupert could be found by the end of the season. Phil Davies would continue in his current role.

Alwyn Jones, North Wales’ elected member on the WRU Board stated: ‘It is no coincidence that the profile of the game in North Wales has increased dramatically in the time that Rupert has been with us. He will be a hard act to follow and, on behalf of all those involved in rugby in North and Mid Wales, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Rupert and wish him well for the future’.

WRU’s Martyn Phillips and Ryan Jones at the NWRU meeting

Bethesda U15 Girls 5 v Caernarfon U15 Girls 55

Following match report kindly supplied by Eifion Harding.

For once the conditions were favourable enough to allow these most dedicated of players to show what they are capable of and for the loyal band of supporters it soon became apparent that there is plenty of po-tential at hand to feed the prospective Pirates Cluster Club in a months time. Some of the players on view were clearly far more experienced than others but all were eager to learn and it was only the habit of support-ing the ball carrier continuously that ensured that Caernarfon were able to draw clear on the scoreboard.

A brisk opening period saw the Cofis on the attack with a clean Lucy Owen break bringing play deep into Bethesda territory and with good support and link play by Amy Roberts she freed centre Elan Jones to score the opening try. Fellow prop Cara Usher then recycled well for ever dominant stand off Sophie Ellis to draw in the cover before releas-ing fullback Beth Whittle who outsprinted the rest to score close to the posts and convert.

Bethesda drew some comfort from the willingness of evasive centre Stephanie Parry to attack at speed but the tackling of Cofi scrumhalf Ffion Jones was a revelation therefore nullifying many attacks at base. Sophie Ellis then broke through from the base of the scrum to score granting Beth Whittle another conversion. Ellis was again in on the act as she gathered a loose ball and popped the ball to inside centre Mar-tha Morgan for another five pointer.

Pesda scrumhalf Efa Glain was industrious throughout and linked well with standoff Erin Wyn who often got the better of the first would be tackler and was instrumental in putting her team on the front foot so allowing fullback Ceri Williams to finally break Cofi resistance and score a much deserved try following a determined charge.

Prominent Number 8 Mali Quaeck then scored following a pick up from the base of a scrum before a debut charge from Shannon Clark allowed Sophie Ellis to feed Amy Roberts who grounded deftly despite the close attention of numerous tacklers.

During the second half the Cofis maintained the pressure and were able to add to the score line with another Mali Quaeck charge. Wing Elin Jones then drifted into midfield and when finally stopped found Elan Jones at hand to gain her second five pointer.

With players beginning to tire, more gaps appeared and the final points of a thoroughly entertaining encounter saw Amy Roberts yet again sup-port Mali Quaeck to find herself free and score out wide. Good work by Bethesda’s Penny Carr led to another break by Stephanie Parry only for Mali Quaeck to track back all of fifty meters to halt her inches short.

The final Caernarfon total comprised of the five from nine conversions that Beth Whittle succeeded to convert.

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07/11/2015Abergele 8 v Bethesda 13Mold 24 v COBRA 12Ruthin 17 v Llandudno 15Bala 13 v Dolgellau 12Nant Conwy10 v Caernarfon 11Llangefni 17 v Pwllheli 16

14/11/2015Pwllheli 34 v Abergele 13Caernarfon 22 v Mold 20Llandudno v Bala - PostCOBRA 3 v Ruthin 7Dolgellau v Llangefni - PostBethesda v Nant Conwy - Post

21/11/2015Abergele 13 v Nant Conwy 21Mold 18 v Bethesda 10Llandudno 31 v Llangefni 17Ruthin 12 v Caernarfon 13Pwllheli 56 v Dolgellau 8Bala 17 v COBRA 10

28/11/2015Dolgellau 15 v Abergele 25

DIVISION ONE NORTH

Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Bon Total1 Nant Conwy 19 17 1 1 522 192 330 12 822 Pwllheli 15 12 1 2 420 193 227 9 593 Bala 17 11 1 5 266 243 23 4 504 Caernarfon 19 9 0 10 332 287 45 11 475 Bethesda 17 9 0 8 303 272 31 8 446 Mold 19 9 1 9 285 302 -17 5 437 Abergele 20 8 1 11 344 395 -51 7 418 Ruthin 19 7 2 10 313 403 -90 8 409 Llandudno 16 7 0 9 299 353 -54 9 37

10 COBRA 19 7 0 12 237 341 -104 7 3511 Dolgellau 15 3 1 11 194 324 -130 6 2012 Llangefni 17 3 0 14 207 417 -210 6 18

DIVISION ONE NORTH 2015-16 - up to games played 2nd April

Llandudno v Pwllheli - PostBethesda 21 v Ruthin 12COBRA 7 v Llangefni 5Caernarfon 7 v Bala 15Nant Conwy 29 v Mold 11

05/12/2015Mold 6 v Abergele 10Llandudno v Dolgellau - PostNant Conwy v Ruthin - PostCOBRA 9 v Pwllheli 23Bethesda v Bala - PostCaernarfon v Llangefni - Post

19/12/2015Abergele 10 v Llandudno 8Ruthin 10 v Mold 3Dolgellau 10 v COBRA 13Bala 5 v Nant Conwy 9Pwllheli 31 v Caernarfon 7Llangefni 10 v Bethesda 20

02/01/2016Abergele 20 v Ruthin 16Mold 10 v Bala 18COBRA 40 v Llandudno 5Caernarfon 22 v Dolgellau 0Nant Conwy 57 v Llangefni 0Bethesda v Pwllheli - Post

09/01/2016COBRA v Abergele - PostLlangefni v Mold - PostLlandudno v Caernarfon - PostBala v Ruthin - PostDolgellau v Bethesda - PostPwllheli v Nant Conwy - Post

23/01/2016Abergele 6 v Bala 23Mold v Pwllheli - postponedBethesda 45 v Llandudno 10Ruthin 31 v Llangefni 15Caernarfon 17 v COBRA 18Nant Conwy 33 v Dolgellau 8

30/01/2016Caernarfon 10 v Abergele 13Dolgellau 8 v Mold 5Llandudno 5 v Nant Conwy 22Pwllheli 29 v Ruthin 5COBRA 9 v Bethesda 7Llangefni 10 v Bala 17

20/02/2016Abergele 3 9 Llangefni

Bethesda 10 5 Caernarfon Mold 27 3 Llandudno Nant Conwy 37 3 COBRA Ruthin 9 8 Dolgellau

05/03/2016Bethesda 40 17 Abergele Caernarfon 13 27 Nant Conwy COBRA 10 14 Mold Dolgellau 9 6 Bala Pwllheli 32 17 Llangefni

10 March 2016 Nant Conwy 20 13 Ruthin

12 March 2016 Pwllheli 27 3 Bala

26/03/2016Abergele 6 23 Pwllheli Bala 22 12 Llandudno Mold 12 6 Caernarfon Nant Conwy 19 3 Bethesda Ruthin 24 18 COBRA

02/04/2016Bethesda 10 13 Mold

Caernarfon 37 13 Ruthin COBRA 26 3 Bala Llangefni 0 8 Llandudno Nant Conwy 42 23 Abergele

09/04/2016Abergele v DolgellauPwllheli v LlandudnoRuthin v BethesdaLlangefni v COBRABala v CaernarfonMold v Nant Conwy

16th April, 2016Dolgellau v BerthesdaLlandudno v BalaPwllheli v Nant Conwy

23rd April, 2016Bala v RuthinBethesda v PwllheliLlandudno v Dolgellau

30th April, 2016Llandudno v Pwllheli

Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Bon Total1 Merthyr 22 20 0 2 939 236 703 18 982 Swansea 23 20 1 2 761 330 431 16 983 Pontypool 22 17 1 4 683 356 327 13 834 Bargoed 21 15 1 5 598 303 295 15 775 RGC 1404 21 15 0 6 715 370 345 16 766 Beddau 21 10 1 10 439 405 34 6 487 Narberth 21 7 1 13 428 570 -142 10 408 Tata Steel 22 9 0 13 507 617 -110 3 399 Bridgend Athletic 23 8 1 14 313 545 -232 5 39

10 Newcastle Emlyn 22 8 0 14 395 549 -154 5 3711 Cardiff Met 21 6 0 15 509 688 -179 12 3612 Newbridge 20 6 0 14 359 475 -116 8 3213 Glynneath 18 5 0 13 275 569 -294 6 2614 Llanharan 21 0 0 21 205 1113 -908 2 2

WRU CHAMPIONSHIP 2015-16 - up to games played 2 April

Saturday, 5th SeptemberBargoed 14 v Beddau 21Glynneath 21 v Tata Steel 22Llanharan 27 v Newcastle Em 60Merthyr 45 v Bridgend Athletic 5Narberth 18 v Pontypool 26Newbridge 23 v RGC 17Swansea 45 v Cardiff Met 20

Saturday 12th September Beddau 5 v Merthyr 51Bridgend Ath 29 v Llanharan 10Cardiff Met 13 v Newbridge 19Newcaste Em 20 v Glynneath 22Pontypool 16 v Swansea 32RGC 27 v Bargoed 25Tata Steel 29 v Narberth 28

Saturday, 19th SeptemberCardiff Met 20 v Bargoed 38Glynneath 12 v Narberth 20Llanharan 8 v Beddau 48Merthyr 54 v RGC 14Newbridge 17 v Pontypool 45Newcastle E 18 v Bridgend A 23Swansea 41 v Tata Steel 17

Saturday, 26th SeptemberBeddau 45 v Newcastle Emlyn 15Bridgend Ath 16 v Glynneath 21Cardiff Met 10 v Merthyr 56Narberth 32 v Swansea 39Pontypool 19 v Bargoed 19RGC v Llanharan - postponedTata Steel 24 v Newbridge 30

Saturday, 3rd OctoberBargoed 29 v Tata Steel 17Bridgend Athletic 12 v Beddau 19Glynneath 12 v Swansea 25Llanharan 19 v Cardiff Met 58Merthyr 13 v Pontypool 20Newbridge 18 v Narberth 19Newcastle Emlyn 16 v RGC 28

Saturday, 10th OctoberBeddau 10 v Glynneath 3Cardiff Met 34 v Newcastle Em 17Narberth 17 v Bargoed 41Pontypool 60 v Llanharan 18RGC 41 v Bridgend Athletic 6Swansea 66 v Newbridge 10Tata Steel 28 v Merthyr 40

Saturday, 17th OctoberBargoed v Swansea - postponedBeddau 20 v RGC 26Bridgend Ath 24 v Cardiff Met 32Glynneath 32 v Newbridge 12Llanharan 16 v Tata Steel 30Merthyr 53 v Narberth 20Newcastle Em 19 v Pontypool 40

Saturday, 24th OctoberCardiff Met 35 v Beddau 24Narberth 33 v Llanharan 15Newbridge 13 v Bargoed 19Pontypool 31 v Bridgend Ath 7RGC 64 v Glynneath 15Swansea 20 v Merthyr 33Tata Steel 33 v Newcastle Em 34

Saturday, 7th NovemberBeddau 9 v Pontypool 10Bridgend Ath 16 v Tata Steel 5Glynneath v Bargoed - postponedLlanharan v Swansea - postponedMerthyr 49 v Newbridge 0Newcastle Em 24 v Narberth 21RGC 50 v Cardiff Met 22

Saturday, 14th NovemberBargoed 14 v Merthyr 33Cardiff Met v Glynneath - PostNarberth v Bridgend Athletic - PostNewbridge 50 v Llanharan 3Pontypool v RGC - PostSwansea 27 v Newcastle Emlyn 13Tata Steel 26 v Beddau 15

Saturday, 21st NovemberBeddau 16 v Narberth 20Bridgend Athletic 12 v Swansea 39Cardiff Met 10 v Pontypool 45Glynneath 15 v Merthyr 51Llanharan 0 v Bargoed 74Newcastle Emlyn 8 v Newbridge 24RGC 57 v Tata Steel 0

Saturday, 28th NovemberBargoed 36 v Newcastle Emlyn 5Glynneath 15 v Pontypool 19Merthyr 99 v Llanharan 0Narberth 16 v RGC 21Newbridge 10 v Bridgend Ath 16Swansea 30 v Bedau 9Tata Steel 38 v Cardiff Met 15

Saturday, 5th DecemberBeddau 20 v Newbridge 13Bridgend Athletic 11 v Bargoed Cardiff Met 26 v Narberth 32Llanharan 14 v Glynneath 16Newcastle Emlyn 7 v Merthyr 19Pontypool 50 v Tata Steel 14RGC 12 v Swansea 16

Saturday, 12th DecemberBeddau 9 v Bargoed 19Bridgend Athletic 11 v Merthyr 36Cardiff Met 12 v Swansea 33Newcastle Emlyn v Llanharan - PostPontypool 22 v Narberth 10RGC 31 v Newbridge 0Tata Steel 41 v Glynneath 29

Saturday, 19th DecemberBargoed v RGC - postGlynneath v Newecastle Emlyn - postLlanharan v Bridgend Athletic - postMerthyr v Beddau - postNarberth v Tata Steel - postNewbridge v Cardiff Met - postSwansea 21 v Pontypool 16

Saturday, 26th DecemberBargoed v Cardiff Met - postBeddau 53 v Llanharan 8Bridgend Ath v Newcastle Em - postNarberth 43 v Glynneath 3Pontypool 38 v Newbridge 8Tata Steel v Swansea - post

Monday, 28th December, 2015RGC 1404 17 v Merthyr 62

Saturday, 2nd January 2016Bargoed v Pontypool - post

Glynneath v Bridgend Athletic - postLlanharan v RGC - postMerthyr 55 v Cardiff Met 13Newbridge v Tata Steel - postNewcastle Emlyn v Beddau - postSwansea 27 v Narberth 20

Saturday, 16th JanuaryBeddau 21 v Bridgend Athletic 16Cardiff Met 60 v Llanharan 7Narberth v Newbridge - postponedPontypool v Merthyr - postponedRGC 38 v Newcastle Emlyn 6Swansea 68 v Glynneath 7Tata Steel v Bargoedv - post

Saturday, 23rd JanuaryBargoed 50 v Narberth 20Bridgend Athletic 7 v RGC 39Glynneath 6 v Beddau 16Llanharan 14 v Pontypool 64Merthyr 38 v Tata Steel 5Newbridge 21 v Swansea 34Newcastle Emlyn 22 v Cardiff Met 8

Saturday, 30th JanuaryCardiff Met 39 v Bridgend Athletic 20Narberth 0 v Merthyr 51Newbridge v Glynneath - postPontypool 27 v Newcastle Emlyn 13RGC 39 v Beddau 19Swansea 30 v Bargoed 24Tata Steel 67 v Llanharan 8

12th February, 2016Llanharan 6 v Bridgend Athletic 17

Saturday, 20th FebruaryBargoed 21 7 Newbridge Merthyr 3 0 Swansea Newcastle Emlyn 19 7 Tata Steel

Saturday, 27th FebruaryGlynneath 10 33 Bargoed Pontypool 29 20 Beddau Swansea 70 7 Llanharan Tata Steel 20 24 Bridgend Athletic

Saturday, 5th MarchBargoed 12 5 Merthyr Beddau 22 6 Tata Steel Bridgend Athletic 10 10 Narberth Glynneath 33 19 Cardiff Met Llanharan 7 54 Newbridge Newcastle Emlyn 5 19 Swansea RGC 1404 25 11 Pontypool

Wednesday, 9th March, 2016Tata Steel 10 v Swansea 27

Saturday, 12th March, 2016Bargoed 23 20 RGC 1404 Narberth 20 11 Bridgend Athletic

Friday, 18th MarchBargoed 24 0 Cardiff Met

Narberth 15 20 Newcastle Emlyn Pontypool 13 33 Merthyr

Saturday, 19th March, 2016Llanharan 0 v RGC 1404 80

Saturday, 26th MarchBargoed 43 13 Llanharan Newbridge 17 18 Newcastle Emlyn Pontypool 38 17 Cardiff Met Swansea 33 0 Bridgend Athletic Tata Steel 17 12 RGC 1404

Saturday, 2nd AprilBeddau 19 19 Swansea Bridgend Athletic 15 13 Newbridge Cardiff Met 46 49 Tata Steel Llanharan 5 60 Merthyr Newcastle Emlyn 6 33 Bargoed Pontypool 76 3 Glynneath RGC 1404 56 14 Narberth

Saturday, 9th AprilBargoed v Bridgend Athletic Glynneath v Llanharan Merthyr v Newcastle Emlyn Narberth v Cardiff Met Newbridge v Beddau Swansea v RGC 1404 Tata Steel v Pontypool

16 April 2016 Bargoed v Swansea Bridgend Athletic v Pontypool Glynneath v Newcastle Emlyn Merthyr v Beddau Narberth v Tata Steel Newbridge v Cardiff Met RGC 1404 v Llanharan

23 April 2016 Cardiff Met v Glynneath Narberth v Newbridge Newcastle Emlyn v Llanharan Pontypool v RGC 1404 Tata Steel v Bargoed

30 April 2016 Bargoed v Pontypool Glynneath v Bridgend Athletic Newbridge v Tata Steel Newcastle Emlyn v Beddau

7 May 2016 Bargoed v Glynneath Cardiff Met v RGC 1404 Llanharan v Swansea

14 May 2016 Glynneath v RGC 1404

21 May 2016 Merthyr v Glynneath

RGC

STATISTICS

2 April 2016 Builth Wells 14 38 Ammanford Tondu 14 24 Maesteg

26 March 2016 Kenfig Hill 61 0 Maesteg Quins Maesteg 43 0 Bonymaen Pencoed 9 6 Ystalyfera Tondu 7 5 Builth Wells Trebanos 13 10 Seven Sisters

5 March 2016 Bonymaen 34 21 Pencoed Builth Wells 19 15 Maesteg Maesteg Quins 13 20 Trebanos Seven Sisters 28 28 Ammanford Skewen 40 3 Tondu Ystalyfera 17 17 Kenfig Hill

27 February 2016 Builth Wells 20 15 Tondu Seven Sisters 34 10 Maesteg Quins

20 February 2016 Builth Wells 12 19 Skewen

30 January 2016 Bonymaen 27 20 Trebanos Pencoed 18 13 Kenfig Hill Seven Sisters 16 17 Builth Wells Skewen 23 15 Maesteg Ystalyfera 3 18 Ammanford

23 January 2016 Ammanford 35 0 Bonymaen Builth Wells 14 7 Maesteg Quins Maesteg 16 8 Kenfig Hill Skewen 49 5 Seven Sisters Tondu 15 15 Ystalyfera Trebanos 30 24 Pencoed

9 January 2016 Bonymaen 13 18 Tondu Kenfig Hill 3 23 Trebanos Seven Sisters 8 3 Maesteg Ystalyfera 8 7 Builth Wells

2 January 2016 Ammanford 32 10 Kenfig Hill Builth Wells 9 6 Bonymaen Maesteg 25 11 Trebanos Skewen 25 10 Ystalyfera

26 December 2015 Bonymaen 3 30 Skewen Kenfig Hill 22 8 Tondu Maesteg 24 11 Maesteg Quins Ystalyfera 10 11 Seven Sisters

5 December 2015 Ammanford 24 15 Maesteg Builth Wells 20 10 Kenfig Hill Maesteg Quins 38 17 Ystalyfera Seven Sisters 7 8 Bonymaen Skewen 31 3 Pencoed

28 November 2015 Builth Wells 5 0 Trebanos Maesteg Quins 17 17 Bonymaen Seven Sisters 10 16 Pencoed Skewen 43 0 Kenfig Hill

21 November 2015 Ammanford 38 5 Builth Wells Bonymaen 12 8 Ystalyfera Kenfig Hill 16 22 Seven Sisters Maesteg 37 3 Tondu Pencoed 13 28 Maesteg Quins Skewen 15 27 Trebanos

14 November 2015 Bonymaen 15 12 Maesteg Skewen 11 6 Ammanford

7 November 2015 Ammanford 26 0 Seven Sisters Maesteg 25 15 Builth Wells Pencoed 13 17 Bonymaen Tondu 0 49 Skewen

24 October 2015 Bonymaen 20 20 Kenfig Hill

Maesteg Quins 21 28 Ammanford Pencoed 24 8 Maesteg Seven Sisters 25 13 Tondu Skewen 50 3 Builth Wells Ystalyfera 18 7 Trebanos

10 October 2015 Ammanford 36 11 Ystalyfera Builth Wells 7 14 Seven Sisters Kenfig Hill 30 22 Pencoed Maesteg 8 33 Skewen Tondu 10 20 Maesteg Quins Trebanos 30 8 Bonymaen

3 October 2015 Bonymaen 31 24 Ammanford Kenfig Hill 28 32 Maesteg Maesteg Quins 20 5 Builth Wells Pencoed 29 44 Trebanos Seven Sisters 14 34 Skewen Ystalyfera 30 12 Tondu

26 September 2015 Ammanford 41 22 Pencoed Builth Wells 17 22 Ystalyfera Maesteg 27 31 Seven Sisters Skewen 91 7 Maesteg Quins Tondu 17 42 Bonymaen Trebanos 43 17 Kenfig Hill

19 September 2015 Bonymaen 19 5 Builth Wells Kenfig Hill 15 58 Ammanford Maesteg Quins 28 29 Seven Sisters Pencoed 12 12 Tondu Trebanos 41 13 Maesteg Ystalyfera 3 43 Skewen

12 September 2015 Ammanford 25 20 Trebanos Builth Wells 5 16 Pencoed Maesteg Quins 29 26 Maesteg Seven Sisters 34 22 Ystalyfera Skewen 60 16 Bonymaen Tondu 8 17 Kenfig Hill

5 September 2015 Bonymaen 58 22 Seven Sisters Kenfig Hill 41 15 Builth Wells Maesteg 13 22 Ammanford Pencoed 5 58 Skewen Trebanos 35 17 Tondu Ystalyfera 20 17 Maesteg Quins

REMAINING FIXTURES

9 April 2016 Ammanford v Tondu Bonymaen v Maesteg Quins Maesteg v Ystalyfera Pencoed v Seven Sisters Trebanos v Builth Wells

16 April 2016 Kenfig Hill v Ystalyfera Pencoed v Builth Wells Tondu v Ammanford Trebanos v Maesteg Quins

19 April 2016 Seven Sisters v Trebanos

23 April 2016 Maesteg Quins v Kenfig Hill Tondu v Seven Sisters Trebanos v Ammanford Ystalyfera v Pencoed

30 April 2016 Kenfig Hill v Bonymaen Maesteg Quins v Skewen Tondu v Trebanos Ystalyfera v Maesteg

7 May 2016 Ammanford v Skewen Tondu v Pencoed

14 May 2016 Maesteg Quins v Tondu

BUILTH WELLS2 April 2016 Aberystwyth 25 18 Penclawdd

26 March 2016 Tregaron 15 31 Tycroes

17 March 2016 Llanybydder 7 17 Fishguard

11 March 2016 Carmarthen Ath 37 3 Pontarddulais

5 March 2016 Aberystwyth 46 22 Llanybydder Amman United 15 3 Carmarthen Ath Hendy 20 13 Pontyberem Mumbles 49 15 Tregaron Pontarddulais 20 15 Fishguard Tycroes 19 21 Penclawdd

27 February 2016 Hendy 29 22 Mumbles Pontyberem 18 8 Llanybydder

20 February 2016 Fishguard 7 19 Aberystwyth Tregaron 3 24 Penclawdd

12 February 2016 Carmarthen Athletic 18 3 Penclawdd

30 January 2016 Aberystwyth 22 0 Carmarthen Athletic Amman United 39 0 Tregaron Hendy 10 21 Fishguard Penclawdd 16 3 Pontyberem Tycroes 30 0 Llanybydder

23 January 2016 Amman United 27 7 Pontarddulais Carmarthen Athletic 16 13 Hendy Fishguard 14 30 Tycroes Llanybydder 10 14 Penclawdd Tregaron 24 58 Pontyberem

16 January 2016 Amman United 6 17 Hendy Fishguard 20 22 Pontarddulais Tycroes 30 5 Tregaron

9 January 2016 Penclawdd 3 3 Fishguard Pontarddulais 24 13 Tregaron

2 January 2016 Pontarddulais 24 27 Aberystwyth Tregaron 16 30 Llanybydder

26 December 2015 Penclawdd 36 10 Mumbles Pontyberem 23 18 Carmarthen Ath Tregaron 13 36 Aberystwyth

5 December 2015 Aberystwyth 7 0 Hendy Amman United 3 23 Penclawdd Carmarthen Athletic 8 0 Llanybydder Fishguard 19 6 Tregaron Mumbles 22 36 Pontyberem Pontarddulais 10 22 Tycroes

28 November 2015 Aberystwyth 26 7 Tycroes Carmarthen Athletic 22 0 Fishguard Hendy 37 0 Tregaron Mumbles 13 10 Llanybydder Pontarddulais 6 31 Penclawdd

21 November 2015 Fishguard 13 20 Mumbles Llanybydder 40 7 Amman United Penclawdd 24 7 Aberystwyth Pontyberem 33 17 Pontarddulais Tregaron 24 24 Carmarthen Athletic Tycroes 15 0 Hendy

14 November 2015 Aberystwyth 31 9 Pontyberem Penclawdd 32 0 Hendy

7 November 2015 Carmarthen Athl 17 10 Amman United

Llanybydder 31 20 Aberystwyth Penclawdd 14 3 Tycroes Tregaron 16 50 Mumbles

24 October 2015 Aberystwyth 33 19 Fishguard Amman United 17 26 Mumbles Hendy 12 6 Llanybydder Penclawdd 36 6 Tregaron Pontarddulais 31 14 Carmarthen Ath Tycroes 35 34 Pontyberem

10 October 2015 Carmarthen Athletic 0 34 Aberystwyth Fishguard 16 14 Hendy Llanybydder 23 14 Tycroes Mumbles 30 32 Pontarddulais Pontyberem 12 24 Penclawdd Tregaron 18 23 Amman United

3 October 2015 Aberystwyth 30 29 Mumbles Hendy 20 18 Carmarthen Athletic Penclawdd 20 10 Llanybydder Pontarddulais 69 17 Amman United Pontyberem 59 21 Tregaron Tycroes 15 14 Fishguard

26 September 2015 Amman United 31 38 Aberystwyth Carmarthen Athletic 6 12 Tycroes Fishguard 17 23 Penclawdd Mumbles 38 29 Hendy

19 September 2015 Aberystwyth 31 27 Pontarddulais Hendy 29 28 Amman United Llanybydder 78 0 Tregaron Penclawdd 28 10 Carmarthen Athletic Pontyberem 35 14 Fishguard Tycroes 10 18 Mumbles

12 September 2015 Aberystwyth 81 0 Tregaron Amman United 6 9 Tycroes Carmarthen Ath 23 28 Pontyberem Fishguard 31 27 Llanybydder Mumbles 12 27 Penclawdd Pontarddulais 13 12 Hendy

5 September 2015 Hendy 11 30 Aberystwyth Llanybydder 34 31 Carmarthen Ath Pontyberem 23 17 Mumbles Tregaron 13 52 Fishguard Tycroes 24 13 Pontarddulais

REMAINING FIXTURES

9 April 2016 Fishguard v Carmarthen Athletic Llanybydder v Mumbles Penclawdd v Pontarddulais Pontyberem v Amman United Tregaron v Hendy Tycroes v Aberystwyth

13 April 2016 Amman United v Llanybydder

16 April 2016 Aberystwyth v Amman United Fishguard v Pontyberem Hendy v Pontarddulais Tycroes v Carmarthen Athletic

20 April 2016 Pontarddulais v Llanybydder Tycroes v Amman United

23 April 2016 Amman United v Fishguard Hendy v Penclawdd Llanybydder v Pontyberem Mumbles v Tycroes Tregaron v Pontarddulais

26 April 2016 Hendy v Llanybydder

TO BE CONTINUED

ABERYSTWYTH 2 April 2016 Holyhead 0 42 Bangor Newtown 16 10 Llangollen

26 March 2016 Holyhead 5 24 Welshpool

5 March 2016 Rhosllanerchrugog 13 8 Bangor

27 February 2016 Benllech 12 23 Porthmadog Holyhead 29 39 Rhyl Welshpool 26 26 Bangor

20 February 2016 Bangor 45 3 Benllech Porthmadog 7 41 Llangollen Rhyl 5 43 Newtown Welshpool 12 12 Rhos

6th February 2016 Benllech 34 20 Holyhead

30 January 2016 Holyhead 17 34 Porthmadog Llangollen 31 12 Bangor Rhyl 12 0 Rhosllanerchrugog

9 January 2016 Llangollen 32 12 Benllech

2 January 2016 Bangor 22 10 Rhyl Rhosllanerchrugog 8 12 Llangollen Welshpool 8 22 Newtown

5 December 2015 Llangollen 9 15 Newtown

28 November 2015 Holyhead 0 65 Llangollen Rhyl 0 14 Welshpool

21 November 2015 Bangor 24 10 Rhosllanerchrugog Holyhead 3 80 Newtown Llangollen 49 5 Rhyl

14 November 2015 Bangor 45 3 Welshpool Porthmadog 13 24 Benllech Rhosllanerchrugog 0 40 Newtown Rhyl 51 0 Holyhead

7 November 2015 Benllech 0 60 Bangor Newtown 56 5 Rhyl Rhosllanerchrugog 5 5 Welshpool

24 October 2015 Bangor 12 9 Llangollen

DIVISION THREE NORTHPorthmadog 51 3 Holyhead Rhosllanerchrugog 34 27 Rhyl Welshpool 19 12 Benllech

17 October 2015 Holyhead 16 19 Benllech

10 October 2015 Llangollen 41 15 Welshpool Newtown 104 0 Porthmadog

8 October 2015 Bangor 64 3 Holyhead

3 October 2015 Bangor 15 41 Newtown Benllech 0 52 Llangollen Welshpool 86 0 Holyhead

19 September 2015

Llangollen 34 17 RhosNewtown 26 7 Welshpool Rhyl 39 7 Bangor

12 September 2015 Benllech 5 61 Newtown Llangollen 52 13 Holyhead Welshpool 30 10 Rhyl

10 September 2015 Bangor 43 15 Porthmadog

5 September 2015 Rhyl 95 5 Benllech

REMAINING FIXTURES

9 April 2016 Holyhead v Rhosllanerchrugog Welshpool v Llangollen

16 April 2016 Newtown v Rhosllanerchrugog Porthmadog v Rhyl

23 April 2016 Llangollen v Porthmadog Newtown v Bangor Rhosllanerchrugog v Holyhead

30 April 2016 Benllech v Rhosllanerchrugog Porthmadog v Bangor

7 May 2016 Newtown v Benllech

2 April 2016 Harlech 31 31 Llanidloes Wrexham 0 35 Colwyn Bay

30 March 2016 Flint 25 38 Shotton Steel

12 March 2016 Bro Ffestiniog 51 0 Denbigh

5 March 2016 Colwyn Bay 72 12 Flint Denbigh 47 15 Llanidloes Shotton Steel 67 12 Menai Bridge Wrexham 6 13 Bro Ffestiniog

27 February 2016 Harlech 19 25 Shotton Steel Llanidloes 13 21 Flint Menai Bridge 3 15 Wrexham

20 February 2016 Denbigh 32 0 Menai Bridge Flint 0 19 Bro Ffestiniog Wrexham 20 0 Harlech

6 February 2016 Denbigh 16 8 Wrexham

30 January 2016 Bro Ffestiniog 63 0 Llanidloes Harlech 24 20 Denbigh Menai Bridge 10 24 Flint Shotton Steel 15 19 Colwyn Bay

23 January 2016 Harlech 6 13 Colwyn Bay

16 January 2016 Flint 12 17 Harlech Llanidloes 40 3 Menai Bridge

9 January 2016 Menai Bridge 0 48 Bro Ffestiniog Shotton Steel 10 3 Denbigh

2 January 2016 Bro Ffestiniog 29 0 Harlech Colwyn Bay 44 3 Menai Bridge

5 December 2015 Colwyn Bay 53 7 Harlech Flint 14 5 Denbigh Llanidloes 16 13 Wrexham

28 November 2015 Denbigh 5 13 Colwyn Bay Harlech 18 8 Menai Bridge Shotton Steel 15 11 Llanidloes Wrexham 12 10 Flint

DIVISION TWO NORTH21 November 2015 Bro Ffestiniog 42 3 Wrexham Flint 14 38 Colwyn Bay Llanidloes 12 13 Denbigh Menai Bridge 5 36 Shotton Steel

14 November 2015 Denbigh 8 37 Bro Ffestiniog Shotton Steel 22 0 Harlech Wrexham 26 16 Menai Bridge

7 November 2015 Harlech 7 8 Wrexham Llanidloes 7 15 Colwyn Bay Menai Bridge 0 18 Denbigh

24 October 2015 Colwyn Bay 25 15 Shotton Steel Denbigh 55 22 Harlech Flint 40 18 Menai Bridge Llanidloes 6 12 Bro Ffestiniog 10 October 2015 Bro Ffestiniog 15 29 Colwyn Bay Menai Bridge 7 27 Llanidloes Shotton Steel 27 22 Wrexham

3 October 2015 Colwyn Bay 56 0 Wrexham Denbigh 16 19 Shotton Steel Llanidloes 66 8 Harlech

19 September 2015 Harlech 7 36 Bro Ffestiniog Menai Bridge 8 28 Colwyn Bay Shotton Steel 60 15 Flint Wrexham 37 17 Denbigh

12 September 2015 Colwyn Bay 52 0 Denbigh Flint 21 38 Wrexham Llanidloes 21 31 Shotton Steel Menai Bridge 22 12 Harlech

5 September 2015 Denbigh 27 14 Flint Shotton Steel 24 29 Bro Ffestiniog Wrexham 8 16 Llanidloes

REMAINING FIXTURES

9 April 2016 Bro Ffestiniog v Shotton Steel Flint v Llanidloes

16 April 2016 Colwyn Bay v Bro Ffestiniog

23 April 2016 Colwyn Bay v Llanidloes

Team P W D L PtsColwyn Bay 14 14 0 0 64Shotton Steel 14 11 0 3 54Bro Ffestiniog 12 11 0 1 52Wrexham 15 7 0 8 35Denbigh 16 7 0 9 34Llanidloes 14 5 1 8 29Flint 13 4 0 9 20Harlech 15 3 1 11 19Menai Bridge 15 1 0 14 0

Table with games played up to 2nd April 2016Please note Machynlleth’s fixtures and results have been taken from this listing

Team P W D L PtsNewtown 11 11 0 0 52Llangollen 13 10 0 3 51Bangor 14 9 1 4 46Welshpool 12 5 3 4 29Rhyl 12 5 0 7 22Benllech 11 3 0 8 15Rhosllanerchrugog 9 2 2 5 14Porthmadog 7 3 0 4 7Holyhead 13 0 0 13 2

Table with games played up to 2nd April 2016

2 April 2016 Cefn Coed 13 14 Caerau Ely Glyncoch 12 7 Llandrindod Wells St Albans 32 38 Cowbridge Taffs Well 36 17 Penygraig Tonyrefail 19 29 Canton Tylorstown 5 36 Abercwmboi

26 March 2016 Abercwmboi 28 3 Tonyrefail Llandrindod Wells 25 22 Cowbridge Penygraig 43 5 St Albans

22 March 2016 Abercwmboi 60 0 Penygraig Canton 5 33 Taffs Well

18 March 2016 Canton 26 17 Cowbridge Penygraig 33 13 Caerau Ely

12 March 2016 Caerau Ely 17 11 Canton

9 March 2016 Glyncoch 15 52 Penygraig

5 March 2016 Caerau Ely 48 10 Llandrindod Wells Canton 17 20 St Albans Cowbridge 10 17 Penygraig Taffs Well 18 17 Abercwmboi Tonyrefail 10 55 Cefn Coed

27 February 2016 Abercwmboi 53 0 St Albans Caerau Ely 8 10 Tylorstown Cefn Coed 27 22 Canton Llandrindod Wells 7 41 Penygraig

16 February 2016 Taffs Well 52 5 Glyncoch

23 January 2016 Canton 12 10 Abercwmboi Cowbridge 19 0 Glyncoch Penygraig 21 8 Cefn Coed Taffs Well 34 0 Tylorstown Tonyrefail 30 3 Llandrindod Wells

16 January 2016 Cowbridge 31 20 Caerau Ely St Albans 13 18 Tonyrefail

9 January 2016 Llandrindod Wells 0 141 Abercwmboi Tylorstown 13 7 St Albans

2 January 2016 Llandrindod Wells 0 55 Taffs Well

26 December 2015 Taffs Well 66 0 St Albans Tylorstown 15 3 Penygraig

19 December 2015 Caerau Ely 20 12 Abercwmboi

5 December 2015 St Albans 27 12 Llandrindod Wells Taffs Well 33 14 Cowbridge Tonyrefail 12 15 Penygraig Tylorstown 31 25 Canton

28 November 2015 Abercwmboi 22 7 Tylorstown Caerau Ely 5 5 Cefn Coed

21 November 2015 Cowbridge 67 5 Llandrindod Wells St Albans 26 13 Penygraig Taffs Well 34 12 Canton Tonyrefail 24 66 Abercwmboi Tylorstown 17 13 Cefn Coed

14 November 2015 Llandrindod Wells 8 12 Caerau Ely

7 November 2015 Cowbridge 21 23 Canton Taffs Well 20 10 Cefn Coed

24 October 2015 Abercwmboi 55 0 Cowbridge

Caerau Ely 30 15 Tonyrefail Canton 13 7 Penygraig Cefn Coed 24 6 St Albans Glyncoch 7 41 Taffs Well Llandrindod Wells 12 48 Tylorstown

10 October 2015 Canton 71 10 Llandrindod Wells Cowbridge 29 23 Cefn Coed Penygraig 0 32 Abercwmboi St Albans 35 35 Glyncoch Taffs Well 32 5 Caerau Ely Tonyrefail 3 31 Tylorstown

3 October 2015 Abercwmboi 51 12 Canton Caerau Ely 27 17 St Albans Cefn Coed 45 13 Penygraig Glyncoch 14 47 Cowbridge Llandrindod Wells 25 24 Tonyrefail Tylorstown 12 25 Taffs Well

19 September 2015 Canton 20 14 Cefn Coed Penygraig 27 18 Glyncoch St Albans 11 23 Tylorstown Taffs Well 48 14 Tonyrefail

12 September 2015 Caerau Ely 14 14 Penygraig Canton 30 21 Glyncoch Cefn Coed 20 19 Abercwmboi Tonyrefail 31 32 St Albans Tylorstown 43 20 Cowbridge

5 September 2015 Abercwmboi 50 3 Glyncoch Canton 13 13 Caerau Ely Cowbridge 62 17 Tonyrefail Llandrindod Wells 3 66 Cefn Coed Penygraig 0 26 Tylorstown

REMAINING FIXTURES

9 April 2016 Abercwmboi v Caerau Ely Canton v Tylorstown Cefn Coed v Glyncoch Llandrindod Wells v St Albans Penygraig v Tonyrefail

13 April 2016 Penygraig v Cowbridge Tylorstown v Glyncoch

16 April 2016 Caerau Ely v Taffs Well Cefn Coed v Tonyrefail Cowbridge v Tylorstown Penygraig v Llandrindod Wells St Albans v Canton

20 April 2016 Glyncoch v Cefn Coed

23 April 2016 Abercwmboi v Taffs Well Llandrindod Wells v Glyncoch Penygraig v Canton Tylorstown v Caerau Ely

30 April 2016 Caerau Ely v Glyncoch Llandrindod Wells v Canton Penygraig v Taffs Well St Albans v Abercwmboi

7 May 2016 Canton v Tonyrefail Cefn Coed v Cowbridge Glyncoch v Tylorstown St Albans v Caerau Ely

11 May 2016 Tonyrefail v Glyncoch

14 May 2016 Caerau Ely v Cowbridge Glyncoch v Canton Tylorstown v Tonyrefail

21 May 2016 Glyncoch v Caerau Ely

LLANDRINDOD WELLS2 April 2016 Cwmcarn United 26 20 West Mon Markham 37 16 Malpas Old Tyleryan 7 35 Girling Tref y Clawdd 52 10 Abersychan

26 March 2016 Abersychan 0 45 West Mon Markham 46 8 Cwmcarn United

12 March 2016 Forgeside 0 6 Malpas

5 March 2016 Aberbeeg 57 34 Rhayader Cwmcarn United 12 10 Girling Forgeside 22 0 Old Tyleryan West Mon 11 21 Markham

27 February 2016 Girling 18 26 West Mon Rhayader 5 35 Cwmcarn United Tref y Clawdd 53 6 Old Tyleryan

20 February 2016 Cwmcarn United 10 0 Forgeside Old Tyleryan 0 32 Malpas West Mon 34 7 Rhayader

30 January 2016 Abersychan 14 29 Girling Forgeside 13 6 West Mon Rhayader 3 79 Markham Tref y Clawdd 10 21 Cwmcarn United

23 January 2016 Cwmcarn United 7 34 Malpas Markham 75 0 Forgeside Old Tyleryan 35 10 Abersychan West Mon 37 7 Tref y Clawdd

16 January 2016 Abersychan 20 17 Cwmcarn United Cefn Fforest 15 24 Malpas Old Tyleryan 8 35 Forgeside

26 December 2015 Tref y Clawdd 28 17 Rhayader

12 December 2015 Old Tyleryan 0 22 West Mon

5 December 2015 Aberbeeg 24 24 West Mon Old Tyleryan 3 82 Markham Tref y Clawdd 12 17 Forgeside

28 November 2015 Abersychan 15 34 Tref y Clawdd Girling 31 9 Old Tyleryan West Mon 26 10 Cwmcarn United

21 November 2015 Aberbeeg 10 71 Girling Cefn Fforest 50 12 Forgeside Cwmcarn United 5 107 Markham Old Tyleryan 17 5 Rhayader West Mon 62 0 Abersychan

14 November 2015 Abersychan 0 42 Malpas Girling 21 7 Cwmcarn United Markham 25 0 West Mon

7 November 2015 Cwmcarn United 17 0 Rhayader Old Tyleryan 17 26 Tref y Clawdd

24 October 2015 Abersychan 0 133 Cefn Fforest Forgeside 64 10 Cwmcarn United Malpas 53 3 Old Tyleryan Rhayader 5 22 West Mon Tref y Clawdd 27 10 Aberbeeg

10 October 2015 Aberbeeg 10 52 Malpas Cwmcarn United 28 20 Tref y Clawdd Girling 64 8 Abersychan Markham 103 3 Rhayader Old Tyleryan 3 63 Cefn Fforest West Mon 17 20 Forgeside

3 October 2015 Abersychan 7 19 Old Tyleryan Forgeside 10 40 Markham Malpas 73 11 Cwmcarn United Rhayader 22 18 Girling Tref y Clawdd 27 17 West Mon

19 September 2015 Aberbeeg 51 15 Old Tyleryan Cwmcarn United 19 35 Cefn Fforest Girling 13 17 Forgeside Markham 94 5 Tref y Clawdd West Mon 5 38 Malpas

12 September 2015 Cefn Fforest 29 14 West Mon Forgeside 59 3 Rhayader Malpas 17 36 Markham Old Tyleryan 6 12 Cwmcarn United Tref y Clawdd 32 29 Girling

5 September 2015 Abersychan 7 85 Forgeside Cwmcarn United 13 15 Aberbeeg Girling 10 19 Malpas Markham 58 22 Cefn Fforest Rhayader 20 48 Tref y Clawdd West Mon 43 3 Old Tyleryan

REMAINING FIXTURES

9 April 2016 Cwmcarn United v Abersychan Forgeside v Tref y Clawdd Girling v Cefn Fforest Malpas v Rhayader to be played at Rhayader Markham v Old Tyleryan West Mon v Aberbeeg

16 April 2016 Cefn Fforest v Cwmcarn United Rhayader v Old Tyleryan Tref y Clawdd v Malpas

20 April 2016 Malpas v Girling to be played @Girling

23 April 2016 Cwmcarn United v Old Tyleryan Rhayader v Malpas Tref y Clawdd v Cefn Fforest

30 April 2016 Cefn Fforest v Markham Malpas v Aberbeeg

TREFYCLAWDD AND RHAYADER Team P W D L PtsSkewen 18 17 0 1 81Ammanford 16 13 1 2 66Bonymaen 19 10 2 7 51Trebanos 15 10 0 5 50Seven Sisters 18 9 1 8 48Maesteg 19 8 0 11 43Builth Wells 20 7 0 13 33Kenfig Hill 17 5 2 10 32Maesteg Quins 15 5 1 9 30Ystalyfera 16 5 2 9 29Pencoed 15 5 1 9 26Tondu 16 2 2 12 13

WRU Division One East CentralTeam P W D L Pts

Aberystwyth 18 16 0 2 77Penclawdd 19 16 1 2 76Tycroes 16 11 0 5 51Pontyberem 14 9 0 5 44Mumbles 14 7 0 7 40Hendy 16 7 0 9 35Pontarddulais 15 7 0 8 35Fishguard 17 6 1 10 33Carmarthen Athletic 17 6 1 10 33Llanybydder 16 6 0 10 31Amman United 13 4 0 9 22Tregargon 19 0 1 18 4

WRU Division Two West

Team P W D L PtsTaffs Well 14 14 0 0 69Abercwmboi 15 11 0 4 58Tylorstown 14 10 0 4 44Canton 16 8 1 7 42Penygraig 17 8 1 8 39Caerau Ely 14 7 3 4 38Cowbridge 14 7 0 7 37Cefn Coed 13 6 1 6 36St Albans 14 4 1 9 24Tonyrefail 13 2 0 11 14Llandrindod Wells 14 2 0 12 8Glyncoch 10 1 1 8 3

WRU Division Three East Central BTeam P W D L Pts

Markham 13 13 0 0 63West Mon 18 9 1 8 51Malpas 12 10 0 02 47Trefyclawdd 14 9 0 5 45Forgeside 14 9 0 5 42Cwmcarn United 18 8 0 10 37Girling 12 6 0 6 34Cefn Fforest 7 5 0 2 25Aberbeeg 8 4 1 3 18Old Tyleryan 17 3 0 14 14Rhayader 12 1 0 11 6Abersychan 13 1 0 12 -4

WRU Division Three East D

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