Rumney v Bedlinog 26.09.09

SWALEC League Division 1 East

RUMNEY v BEDLINOG

Riverside Park, Rumney
Saturday 26th September 2009, k.o. 2.30 pm

(Match abandoned after 50 mins because of injury to referee Gareth Saunders. Score at that time was Rumney 18 Bedlinog 12. Game to be rearranged, probably Friday evening kick off in November).

Rumney : 15. Dafydd Evans 14. Lincoln Plummer 13. Gareth Spain 12. Paul Niblett 11. Lewis Fox 10. Joe Deacon 9.Lewis Andrews 8. Michael Kelly 7. Matthew Way 6. Ryan Sutton 5. Paul Bull 4. Joe Mills 3. Darren Fenton 2. Michael Feneck (Capt) 1. John Leadbeatter
Replacements: 16. David Evans 17. Sean Spavin 18. Danny Clark 19. Chris Milton 20. Ryan Fenton

Bedlinog : 15. Richard Heath 14. Ryan Jayne 13. Scott Giles 12. Ben Grizeca 11. Ryan Jenkins 10. Rhydian Jones 9.Martin Luckwell 8. Geraint Edmunds 7. Martin Jones 6. Carl Giles (Capt) 5. Peter Norris 4. Ian Grizelac 3. Leigh Bennett 2. Huw Jones 1. Richard Rees
Replacements: 16. Gavin Jones 17. Leon Rees 18. Liam Jenkins 19. Robert James 20. Alex Dummett

Referee : Gareth Saunders, Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd

Scorers for Rumney : penalty try, Joe Mills try, Joe Deacon conversion and 2 penalties

Scorers for Bedlinog : Ryan Jenkins try, Ryan Jayne try, Ben Grizeca conversion

Another strong start from Rumney found them mostly in the Bedlinog half, gaining plenty of possession from scrums and lineouts. An early Joe Deacon penalty gave the home side the first score and despite being under severe forward pressure the Foxes showed their attacking abilty by making dangerous counterattacks with skillful handling when in possession. In the seventeenth minute a Rumney forward drive was deemed to have been stopped illegally and Mr Saunders awarded a penalty try which was followed shortly by a second Deacon penalty to give the home side a 13 - 0 lead. Bedlinog struck back immediately and within a ten minute period scored two spectacular tries, one each for wingers Ryan Jenkins and Ryan Jayne, centre Ben Grizeca's conversion drawing the score back to 13 - 12. In the thirty fourth minute another powerful, carefully controlled drive by the home forwards resulted in a try for second row Joe Mills and the half ended with Rumney having the better of the forward exchanges and Bedlinog counterattacking with strong running and neat handling.

The opening period of the second half saw more exciting and intense play but an injury to Mr Saunders made it impossible for him to continue and a very good game came to an early end after fifty minutes. The match will be replayed at an agreed date in the future.

Matt Silva, Coach Rumney 1st XV : "I was disappointed to see the game end early and it is a tough call on Bedlinog as they have to come to Cardiff again in midweek or on a Friday night. We had a great start in the first twenty minutes, the set piece was very effective and we probably spent thirty five minutes of the first half in the Bedlinog half of the field, which is something we can build on. Bedlinog were very resilient, they took the two chances we presented them with well and will cause problems for a lot of other teams in this division. The number of missed tackles and the penalty count has to come down for the Llanharan game next week, but having said that we are looking forward to playing Llanharan, they are at the top end of the league and we will need to produce a good, top drawer performance to get the win. The pack was outstanding again today with Michael Kelly proving very effective in open play. I've never experienced a game being abandoned through injury to the referee and I am more disappointed because we were winning at the time, I think I would have been less disappointed if we had been losing !"

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Try scorers : Rumney penalty try (17 mins), Ryan Jenkins (23 mins), Ryan Jayne (31 mins), Joe Mills (34 mins)