It was the Gwent side that came out on top at the Arms Park in December, finally winning 25-22 after leading 19-0 at one stage, and they will be seeking their first win of the new campaign on home soil in Round 3.
Both teams have met the champions, Coleg Sir Gar, already with Newport HS going down to a 24-7 defeat at Llandovery RFC and Glantaf losing 31-17 at home. That result for the Cardiff-based school came after they had beaten Coleg Llandrillo 31-15 in the open round.
Jake Hillman, Jack Price and Cai Davies scored tries for Glantaf against the champions and they will once again be instrumental in helping their side attempt to avenge last season’s defeat by Newport HS.
Coleg Sir Gar director of rugby Euros Evans was full of praise for Glantaf and will be hoping his side can make it a hat-trick of wins when they host Coleg Gwent. Their unbeaten run in all matches this season was broken at Millfield last week when they were beaten 38-33.
“It was a really difficult game at Glantaf because they were really dogged. They gave us a really tough battle,” said Evans
“I likened it to an old style cup tie when you are going to a team you know you should be capable of beating, but rise to the occasion. There really wasn’t much in it until five minutes before the end. They don’t have the strength in depth of the colleges, but there is plenty of talent in their team.”
Coleg Gwent have also opened up with two wins having beaten Pembrokeshire Colleges 34-14 in the first round and then hung on to take the scalp of Coleg Llandrillo, 24-22, last week. Dylan Davies, Duan Thomas, Ewan Rosser and Matthew Jefferies got their tries against the north Walians, who came right back into the contest with three second half tries from Rhys Henderson, Peter Jones and Bailey Rae.
Bridgend College, who opened their account with a 20-12 home win over Llandovery, scoring three first half tries before conceding two after the break, have the tough task of travelling to face Coleg Y Cymoedd at Sardis Road. Pembrokeshire Colleges host Gower College at Neyland RFC in the other game.
In a tense game at The Gnoll on Tuesday night, Neath Port Talbot College beat Cardiff & Vale College 17-10.
Home skipper Luke Scully kicked his side into a 26th minute lead with a simple penalty and then he converted a try wide out on the left by full back Dewi Cross to make it 10-3 to NPTC at the break
Frankie Jones then rounded off a 50 metre move as he ran onto a neat chip ahead over the last defender by scrum half Iwan Temlett for a try that Scully once again improved. CAVC hit back with the try of the night, full back Tomny Lamerton touching down at the posts after a 70 metre move that featured six pairs of hands.
Welsh Schools & Colleges League – Round 3
Tuesday, 26 September
NPTC v Cardiff & Vale College (The Gnoll, 7.30pm)
Wednesday, 27 September
Newport HS v Glantaf (2.30pm)
Coleg Llandrillo v Whitchurch HS (Parc Eirias, 2.30pm)
Coleg Y Cymoedd v Bridgend College (Sardis Road, 2.30pm)
PSRA v Gower College (Neyland RFC, 2.30pm)
Coleg Sir Gar v Coleg Gwent (2.30pm)
TEAMS
Newport HS v Glantaf
Newport HS: Morgan Richards; Euan Morris, Kristian Nicholas, Will Reed, James Hanlon; Iwan Burgin, Dafydd Buckland; Brodie Coghlan, Joel Gilbert, Dylan Bartlett, Luc Slocombe, Ben Carter, Sam Taylor (captain), Oliver Howard, Jack Littlejohns
Reps: Luke Keevil-Morgan, Tomos Workman, Luke Yendle, Benji Hoppe, Liam Beer, Nathan Williams, James Barrett, Dan Gibbons
Glantaf: Ioan Davies; Tomi Owens, Drew Stephens, Criag Miller, Iwan Burrows; Jake Hillman, Aled Evans; Adam Conway, Jake O’Shea, Cai Davies, Gruffydd Roberts, Teddy Williams, Ffinli Barber, Rhys Morgans, Dylan Rigby
Reps: Matthew Lincoln, Rhys McKenzie, Cadan Manley, Dan Thomas, Joe Atkinson, George Bruce, Hari Metcalfe
Coleg Llandrillo v Whitchurch HS
Llandrillo: Sam Earl-Jones; Bailey Rae, Rhys Henderson, Mathew Buchanan, Kai Lewis; Ben Williams, Andrew Mcminimee; Will Sanderson, Dillon Edwards, Shaun Thomas, Jake Bamber, Oscar Crowe, Carwyn Owen, Shaun Owen, Liam Davies
Reps: Cai Griffiths, Tomos Walker, Jack Williams, Brenig Hughes, Ioin Evans, James Andrew, Conor Henderson, Pedr Jones
Whitchurch HS: Harri Hill; Sam Gasston, Owen Walrond, Will Young, Ruari O’Flynn; Nat Ahmed, Morgan James; Will Melhuish, Harry Boxall, John Woodward, Tom Vanstone, Lewis Jameson (captain), Nathan Williams, George Riley, Emyr Jones
Reps: Will Dungey, Luke Friston, Ethan Cowan, Ewan John, Dillon Noble, Rhys Clement, Jake MacPherson, Jamess Legg, Matt Bennett
Coleg Y Cymoedd v Bridgend College
Cymoedd: TBC
Bridgend Coll: TBC
Pembrokeshire Colleges v Gower College
Pembs Coll: Llew Jones; Robbie Jones, Josh Davies, Rhys Kemble, Alex Varney; Harri Williams, Rhys Simmonds; Zac Davies, Tom Clarke, Matholwch Iorweth-Scott, Tom Reynolds, Owen Jones, Kieran Allen, John Hill, Lewis Davies
Reps: Lewis Tingay, Ben James, Tom Carrington, Owen Evans, Owain Hughes, Lewis Hough, Iwan Bowden
Gower College: TBC
Coleg Sir Gar v Coleg Gwent
Sir Gar: Harri Doel; Dean James, Ilan Phillips, Osian Knott, Eray Wilson; Bradley Roderick, Dai Jones; Keelan Jewell, Cam Lewis, Adam Thomas, Ryan Evans, Jac Price, Ben Chiffi, Gethin Davies, Sam Williams
Reps: Josh Bowen, Rhodri King, Dafydd Millward, Kingsley Powell, Steff Richards, Dylan Morgan, Iestyn Scott, Tom Evans, Harrison Button
Coleg Gwent: Luke Shore; Ewan Rosser, Duane Thomas, Aneurin Owen, Deon Smith; Evan Lloyd, Dylan Davies; Nathan Evans (captain), Will Griffiths, Taylor Hansen, Llewi Maclean, Rob Brookson, Jack Gillard, Matthew Jefferies, Callum Barton
Reps: Kyan Best, Leo Williams, Morgan Thomas, Dylan Shorthouse, Adam Young, Cole Jones, Scott Bowden, Ethan Clayden
