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Blues U18 34 Scarlets U18 17

Blues U18 34 Scarlets U18 17

Cardiff Blues U18s registered a second victory of the WRU Reebok Regional Championship season as they entertained the Scarlets at Jenner Park in Barry, defeating the West Walian U18s by 34-17 in a five try performance.

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The Blues U18 defeated the Scarlets 34-17 to improve their chances of reaching the final.

James Loxton, Dean Gunter, Garrick Legge, Gareth Capelin and Gus Davies crossed for tries as the Blues bagged a bonus point before half time.

Outside half Ian Smerdon kicked a penalty and three conversions whilst for the Scarlets scrum half Gareth Davies and centre Scott Williams scored tries with Daniel Etteridge adding two conversions and a penalty.

Blues High Performance Manager Gafyn Cooper said, “We were 10-0 down quite early on, but fought back well and picked up a bonus point by half time.

“The win puts us in with a good chance of reaching the final, but we will need to win our remaining games.”


Blues: J Loxton, N Hoosten, L Fear, D Gunter, S Matthews; I Smerdon, R Downes; B Lee, I Davies, G Capelin, T Payne, J George, G Davies, M Rees, G Legge


Replacements: R Williams, K Perry, H Greville, K Evans, T Rowland, J Davies, J Deacon, W Rose (Travelling Sub)



Scarlets: S Shingler, G Griffiths, A Warren, S Williams, A Pickersgill; D Etteridge, G Davies; R Jenkins, L Lewis, T Davies, H Boot (Capt), R Williams, E Siggery, E Lloyd, S Phillips


Replacements: G Havard, A Howells, T Wilson, R Kinear, N Kavanagh, J Sidell, L Williams

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