The Wanderers had made a flying start to the season in the WRU Championship Cup with a good win over Cardiff Met, but the young side were taught a few lessons by Ystrad’s forward pack in particular who dominated the contest.
The visitors crossed for four tries in total with openside flanker Jarred Llewellyn scoring twice with additional touchdowns from blindside flanker Michael Smallman and left-wing Sion Summers. Glamorgan Wanderers were able to muster two tries of their own courtesy of Owen Hetherhill, and Josh Male while Tyler Morris kicked 10 points.
The standout try was scored by Ystrad’s Llewelyn with the impressive flanker bursting clear before running in unopposed from 45 metres out for a terrific try. Summers’ try was a neat finish at the corner, while Smallman powered over from short range off the back of a driving lineout.
Glamorgan Wanderers head coach Martyn Fowler commented, “We are really pleased with the spirit this young group showed. These youngsters will have learned valuable lessons from this match but the commitment and willingness to keep going to the final whistle was a credit to them.”
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This victory takes Ystrad Rhondda up to second in Group Two of the WRU Championship Cup, a mere point behind Cardiff Met and one point above Glamorgan Wanderers. This was the only Championship Cup fixture played this weekend, but there was plenty of action in the Plate.
Ynysddu put an end to Abergavenny’s unbeaten record as they with a 27-20 win in District A1 of the WRU Plate, while in District A4 Pontypool United also lost their 100 per cent winning ratio with Newbridge grinding out a 17-5 win.
Arguably the match of the weekend came in District B1 of the Plate with Llanishen recording a 32-27 home win over Rhiwbina in what was a cracking game of rugby. In District C1 Abercynon beat Cynon Valley rivals Aberdare 17-15, and Abercwmboi won 9-7 at Treharris.
Llantwit Fardre played their first competitive match in 17 months. They went down 17-5 at home to Llantrisant in District C2 but the 16 youth products in the Llantwit side will have gained a lot from the experience and showed a lot of promise for the future. Meanwhile, Ynysybwl started their campaign on a positive note as they triumphed 20-15 at home over Gilfach Goch.
Morriston took Ystradgynlais’ unbeaten record with a well-deserved 17-12 away win in District E1.
The standout result in the WRU Bowl was Abertysswg Falcons’ 72-12 win over New Tredegar.
