Results, reports and pictures of the games played involving North and Mid Wales clubs - scroll to the bottom for current league tables
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Cardiff 29 v WRU NW Senior Academy 26
NW1 Bro Ffestiniog 29 v Llangefni 3
NW1 Caernarfon 43 v Pwllheli 3
NW1 Colwyn Bay 17 v Bethesda 24
NW1 Llandudno 13 v Mold 20
NW1 Nant Conwy 18 v Ruthin 16
NW2 Denbigh v Welshpool - postponed (no referee)
NW2 Rhyl 11 v Llanidloes 25
NW2 Machynlleth 25 v COBRA 9
NW2 Dolgellau 34 v Abergele 7
NW2 Bangor 9 v Newtown 43
NW2 Bala 29 v Wrexham 3
D2W Builth Wells 12 v Loughor 18
D2W Ammanford 65 v Aberystwyth 21
Cambrian Training Mid Wales Cup Semi Final
Rhayader 6 v Newtown 2nds 26
Aberystwyth Athletic v COBRA 2nds W/O Aberystwyth
Cambrian Training Mid Wales Shield Semi Final
Welshpool 2nds 24 v Llanidloes 2nds 18
UWA 2nds 56 v Trefyclawdd 15
CEN6 Aberavon Naval Club 12 v Llandrindod Wells 20
NW3 Flint v Llangollen
NW3 Harlech v Shotton
NW3 Menai Bridge v Benllech
NW3 Rhosllanerchrugog v Llangoed
NW4G Bangor 2nds v Bala 2nds
NW4G Bethesda 2nds v Llangefni 2nds
NW4G Bro Ffestiniog 2nds v nant Conwy 2nds
NW4G Caernarfon 2nds v Porthmadog
NW4G Pwllehli 2nds v Dolgellau 2nds
NW4NEC Ruthin 2nds v Rhyl 2nds
NW4NEC Llandudno 2nds v Abergele 2nds
NW4NEC Flint 2nds v Mold 2nds
NW4NEC Wrexham 2nds v Denbigh 2nds
NW4NEC Caer Borderers v Corwen
NORTH WALES ROUND-UP:
League leaders Caernarfon stretched their lead to five points at the top of Division One North with a maximum-point 43-3 home win against Pwllheli. No 8 Rhys Evans opened the scoring with a try converted by outside-half Kelfyn Morris before the visitors reduced the arrears with a penalty from centre Gethin Roberts. The floodgates then opened with further tries from full back Lance Owen (2), wing Barry Jones (2) and one from replacement scrum half Gareth Padgett. Outside half Morris kicked a penalty and three further conversions and one from centre Gwilym Hendy.
Second-placed Mold returned to winning ways at Llandudno but left it until the final minute when centre Hugh Grundy crossed for the winning try in a 20-13 success. Wing Ollie Jones crossed for earlier tries, outside-half Steven Quintan adding a conversion and penalty.
Nant Conwy overcame visitors Ruthin 18-16 with tries from wing Arwyn Owen and scrum half Ifan Jones, one of which was converted by full back Grant Jones, who also kicked two penalties. Ruthin's points coming from tries by second row Rob Moore and centre Ben Syme and a brace of goals from full back Sion T Roberts.
Bro Ffestiniog ran in four tries as they defeated Llangefni 29-3, the touchdowns coming from wing Steven Lay, outside-half Lee Aspen, and the back row pair of Lee Humphreys and Mark Morris with centre Barry Roberts adding the goal kicks.
Colwyn Bay moved off the foot of the table as they secured a losing bonus point in their 24-17 defeat at home to Bethesda.
Dolgellau took the honours and regained top spot in Division Two as they displaced visitors Abergele from the top with a 34-7 home win. The tries came from wings Tristan Evans and Llion Williams and two from centre Dylan Evans. Outside half Gerwyn Thomas added a conversion and four penalties.
Bala were the day's top scorers in the North as they ran in 11 tries to defeat visitors Wrexham by 69-8.
MID WALES ROUND-UP:
Father and son Steve and Sam Johns combined to help Welshpool Seconds reach the final of the Cambrian Training Mid Wales Shield with a 24-18 victory over Llanidloes Seconds. In his last game before retirement, Steve marked the occasion with a try while son Sam also crossed the line twice to secure the win. Prop Gareth Isaac also powered over for a fourth try, while Simon Jones landed two conversions. Llanidloes responded with tries from Mike Cameron and Greg Ager.
In the final, Welshpool will meet Aberystwyth University who swept aside Trefyclawdd (Knighton) 56-15 in a fine all-round display. The students stayed on course for a league and shield double as winger Robin Dex grabbed a hat-trick of tries while Luke Brennan landed five conversions and two penalties in a 16 point haul. Centre Josh Charles also went over for a brace of scores, with fly-half Tom Bodenhall, wing Rich Farrow and flanker John Harris also crossing.
Title-chasing Aberystwyth Athletic booked their place in the final of the Mid Wales Cup without taking to the pitch as scheduled opponents COBRA Seconds pulled out of the fixture mid-morning as they were unable to raise a side.
The Seasiders will now meet Newtown Seconds who shrugged off their recent dip in form to win 26-6 at Rhayader in their semi final clash.
In-form Builth Wells saw their six-match winning run come to a halt as they crashed 23-18 at home to Loughour in the Welsh League Division Two West. Prop Tommy Price and fly-half Luke Davies both crossed. Rob Lloyd also kicked two penalties and a conversion but the Bulls fell short.
Llandrindod Wells took another step towards safety in Division Six Central, after reeling off their third straight win with a hard-fought 20-12 success at fellow strugglers Aberavon Naval Club. Centre Danny Davies led the way with a try, two penalties and a brace of conversions, while skipper and wing Jac Holden also went over.
Club match reports follow:
Cardiff RFC 29 North Wales Senior Academy 26
Only a purple patch of play from Cardiff just before half time thwarted a historic victory for the North Wales side at the Arms Park. A try count of 5 – 4 provided Cardiff with a narrow victory after a spirited come back from North Wales during the second half of the game.
Canadian International Connor Braid open the score for North Wales in the 14th minute and converted his own try with three other tries in the second half scored by centre Nick Blevins, wing Ben Stelmaszek and scrum half Sean White.
Cardiff full back Alex Cuthbert capped an impressive display by scoring a hatrick of tries with scores in either half with Flanker Thomas Young, centre Nathan Rees and second row Dan Partridge also crossing the white line. Cardiff’s two conversations came from outside half Scott Sneddon.
North Wales Senior Academy travel South again next weekend to take on Aberavon RFC at the Talbot Athletic Ground Kick off 12pm.
NANT CONWY 18 v RUTHIN 16
Nant Conwy 18 v Rhuthun 16
Sgorwyr Nant Scorers:
Ceisiau / Tries: Ifan Jones (1), Andre Hughes (1)
Trosi / Conversions: Grant Jones (1)
Cosb / Penalties: Grant Jones (2)
Gêm heddiw na wnaeth godi o’r canolig o gwbl. Yr unig nodweddion o bwys trwy’r hanner cyntaf oedd tair cic gosb yr un i’r ddwy ochr gyda Siôn T Roberts yn llwyddo ddwywaith i’r ymwelwyr a’r pedair arall yn cael eu methu. Sgôr o 0 - 6 ar yr hanner felly.
Gellid clywed yr hyfforddwr ar y ddwy ochr yn mynegi’u rhwystredigaeth tros yr egwyl a Nant ddaeth allan yn fwyaf brwd. Pum munud yn unig ac aeth Ifan trosodd am gais ond methwyd y trosiad eto. Ar ôl 13 munud, llwyddodd Grant i gicio cic gosb i roi’r tîm cartref ar y blaen am y tro cyntaf. Parhaodd Nant i bwyso a chyda deng munud yn weddill braf oedd gweld Grant yn gwneud lle i Andre sgorio yn ei gem gyntaf erioed i’r tîm cyntaf. Gallai Grant fod wedi cymryd y cyfle ei hun yn hawdd. Ciciodd Grant y trosiad i wneud sgôr o 18 - 6.. Bu in ant orffwys ar eu rhwyfau braidd am weddill y gêm a death Rhuthun yn ôl i sgorio cais gan Ben Syme gyda 3 munud ar ôl a chais arall gan yr ail reng Rob Moore ar ol 41 munud. Yn ffodus i Nant, methwyd y ddwy ymdrech am drosiad. Sgôr derfynnol o 18 - 16 felly.
Gêm nesaf Nant fydd i ffwrdd yn erbyn COBRA ar 16eg Mawrth 2011 (Cyn derfynol Cwpan Gogledd Cymru).
This was a match that the neutral observer might well say that did not rise from the mediocre at all. The only moments of note during the first half was that both teams were awarded three penalties each. Nant missed all three but Sion T Roberts was successful with two attempts for Ruthin to make a half time score of 0-6.
The voices of the coaches on both sides could be heard clearly at half time when they released their frustrations with the players. Nant came out all fired up and Ifan touched down for a try but the conversion attempt was missed. After 13 minutes play, Grant was successful with a penalty attempt to put the home team ahead for the first time. Nant continued to press and after 30 minutes Grant, who could easily have scored himself, made room for Andre to touch down in his debut match for the first team. Grant duly converted. After this, Nant appeared to relax a bit and Ruthin came back fighting. Centre, Ben Syme scored a try with 3 minutes left and then, lock, Rob Moore touched down after 41 minutes. Fortunately for Nant, both conversion attempts were missed to give a final score of 18 – 16.
Nant’s next match will be away against COBRA on Wednesday, 16th March 2011 in a North Wales Cup semi-final match.
WRU Division 1 North Table
Teams P W D L BP Pts
Caernarfon 9 9 0 0 6 42
Mold 11 8 0 3 6 38
Llandudno 12 7 0 5 6 34
Nant Conwy 10 6 0 4 7 31
Bethesda 12 7 0 5 2 30
Ruthin 11 6 0 5 6 30
Bro Ffestiniog 11 4 0 7 4 20
Llangefni 11 3 0 8 3 15
Pwllheli 10 2 0 8 4 12
Colwyn Bay 11 2 0 9 4 12
WRU Division 2 North Table
Dolgellau 12 9 0 3 8 44
Abergele 13 8 1 4 6 40
Bala 11 8 0 3 7 39
Llanidloes 10 8 0 2 5 37
COBRA 12 8 0 4 4 36
Rhyl 12 7 1 4 6 36
Denbigh 12 7 0 5 6 34
Newtown 10 6 0 4 5 29
Wrexham 12 3 0 9 4 16
* Machynlleth 10 3 0 7 3 11
Bangor 13 0 0 13 2 2
* Welshpool 11 1 0 10 0 0
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