Cardiff & Vale District U14s 53 Heart of Wales (A) 12
After torrential rain on the journey up, Cardiff & Vale District U14s were greeted with glorious sunshine at Gwernyfed and a good quality playing surface.
Cardiff & Vale started the game well, playing with width and pace with the highlight being excellent team cohesion resulting in winger Joe McLean scoring a hat trick of tries within the first 20 minutes.
Further tries were scored by Dominic Callaghan, Ollie Williams and Lloyd James, who also added three conversions to make the half time score 36-0.
In the second half, Cardiff & Vale continued to play enterprising rugby whilst taking the opportunity to use all 26 travelling players thus showing the depth of quality within the current squad.
Tries were scored by debutant winger Rhys Williams, Rhys Owens and Dale Morris-Smith with Lloyd James adding a conversion to make the final score 53-12.
Cardiff & Vale District U14s:
Osian Davies (George Govier, 40 mins)
Lloyd Chalke (Rhys Williams, HT)
Dominic Callaghan (Dale Morris-Smith, 50 mins)
Jack Phillips – V Capt
Joseph McLean
Lloyd James (Gareth Thompson, 40 mins)
Ollie Williams (Luke O’Brien, 40 mins)
Patrick Mullins – Captain
Rhys Woodman (Luke Connolly, HT)
Richard Pilcher
Sean Kent (Dillon Morgan, 40 mins)
Joseph Popple (Joel D’Auria 40 mins)
Benjamin Rookes (Tom Crosse, 40 mins)
Sean Byrne (Jake Conway, 50mins)
Rhys Owens (Callum Harrhy, HT)
Substitutes:
16. Luke O’Brien
17. Gareth Thompson
18. Rhys Williams
19. Tomos Crosse
20. Callum Harrhy
21. Luke Connolly
22. Joel D’Auria
Travelling Substitutes:
23. Dale Morris Smith
24. George Govier
25. Jake Conway
26. Dillon Morgan
