Worthington’s Silver Ball Final – Tonmawr 50 Aberavon Green Stars 12
Former Neath skipper Gareth Morris was in a class above every other player on the field. He scored three tries and set up two more to take the Man of the Match Award. Skipper Rob Hill was also outstanding for the winners, while Ryan Jones and Damian Adams stood out for the Green Stars.
Morris scored solo efforts after five and ten minutes with Dave Tieuti goaling the latter, yet the Green Stars came back with an Adams try only for Morris to send Hill over and then score his third try with Tieuti converting both.
Before the interval, Ryan Jones ran brilliantly to send fullback Richard Lewis over and Jones converted but Tonmawr were not to be halted and second-half tries came from Hill, replacement hooker Rhys Lawrence, centre Will Price and wing Richard Randell, two being converted by Tieuti.
Scorers
Tonmawr:
Tries: G Morris (3), R Hill (2), R Lawrence, W Price, R Randell
Cons: D Tieuti (5)
Aberavon Green Stars:
Tries: D Adams, R Lewis
Con: R Jones
Tonmawr: Gareth Morris; Mickey Evans, Will Price, Dave Tieuti, Richard Randell; Austen Howells, James Donovan; Owain Ford, Adrian Phillips, Steve Kenny, Ben Davies, Huw Alford, Hywel Davies, Rob Hill (Capt), Andrew Gwynne
Replacements: Rhys Lawrence, Aled Hopkins, Mervyn Meredith, Gareth Beer, Lloyd Thomas, Rob Evans, Lee Gunnell
Aberavon Green Stars: Richard Lewis; Adam Dawe, Andrew Harris, Dean Evans, David Dyer; Ben Trott, Ryan Jones; Neil Edwards, James Davies, Darren Williams (Capt), Damian Adams, Scott Purnell, Jason Massey, Robbie Morgan, Richard Evans
Replacements: Paul O’Dwyer, Tony Smith, Michael Short, Andrew Davies, David Joseph, Dean Morgan, Rhys Williams
Referee: Jonathan Mason (Dunvant)
