TAFFS WELL 25-CHEPSTOW 25

AFTER THEIR FIRST WIN LAST WEEK, HOPES WERE HIGH THAT TAFFS WELL COULD CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THEIR GOOD PERFORMANCE, AGAINST CHEPSTOW AT HOME, BUT ALTHOUGH DYFRIG REES AND HIS SIDE WORKED HARD THEY WERE HELD TO A 25-25 DRAW. CHEPSTOW WERE THE FIRST TO SCORE A TRY, AND IN AN OPEN GAME THE LEAD CHANGED HANDS SEVERAL TIMES AS BOTH TEAMS SCORED FOUR TRIES, AND ALTHOUGH A DRAW WAS A FAIR RESULT EITHER SIDE COULD HAVE PINCHED IT TAFFS WELL TRIES CAME FROM ANDREW INGRAM SAM HARRIS BRADLEY JAMES, AND MAN OF THE MATCH PROP JOHN LEAK, WITH REPLACEMENT FULLBACK JAMIE FIELD ADDING ONE PENALTY GOAL, AND A CONVERSION. STEVE DANDO, CHRIS TOTTLE, AND SEAN BELLION ALL PLAYED WELL. WITH SO MANY YOUNG PLAYERS PLAYING THEIR FIRST SEASON IN SENIOR RUGBY IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE COACHES KEITH JAMES AND RHYS BLUMBERG TIME TO GEL THE TEAM, BUT THEY CAN NOW SEE THE PERFORMANCES STARTING TO GET BETTER AS THE PLAYERS GET ADJUSTED TO SENIOR RUGBY.

NEW TREDEGAR 24 TAFFS WELL 17

AFTER A COUPLE OF GOOD RESULTS THERE WERE HIGH HOPES AS TAFFS WELL TRAVELLED TO NEW TREDEGAR, BUT THE HOME SIDE PROVED JUST A LITTLE TO STRONG, RUNNING OUT WINNERS 24-17.

 DARYL MOTA, WHO HAD A GOOD ALL ROUND GAME SCORED HIS SIDES ONLY FIRST HALF POINTS WITH A PENALTY GOAL, WHILE THE HOME SIDE CROSSED FOR A COUPLE OF TRIES. THE SECOND PERIOD SAW TAFFS WELL GET MORE INTO THE GAME AS YOUNG FULLBACK CHRIS TOTTLE, AND WING KRISTIAN NICHOLAS SCORED TRIES, BOTH CONVERTED BY DARYL MOTA, BUT THE HOME SIDE HIT BACK WITH TWO FURTHER TRIES TO RAP UP THE POINTS, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LOSING BONUS POINT FOR THE VISITORS. CAPTAIN DYFRIG REES WORKED HARD TO INSPIRE HIS YOUNG CHARGES,  AND THERE WAS ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE FROM LUKE JOHN, BUT WITH SO MANY YOUNGSTERS WITH LITTLE EXPERIENCE OF SENIOR  RUGBY, COACHES KEITH JAMES, AND RHYS BLUMBERG WILL NEED TO KEEP WORKING HARD IN TRAINING BEFORE THEY START TO SEE IMPROVMENTS IN THEIR PERFORMANCE.

THE STORY OF THE SECOND XV WIN AT PONTYCLUN WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF FATHER AND SON, KELVIN AND ELLIOTT SHORTE. KELVIN, WHO IS ALSO A W.R.U. REFEREE SPRINTED FORTY METRES TO SCORE A TRY, AND PUT OVER TWO CONVERSIONS AND A PENALTY GOAL,WHILE SON ELLIOTT ,WHO IS STILL PLAYING YOUTH RUGBY PUT IN A BIG PERFORMANCE. ADAM CHOWN WAS THE OTHER TRY SCORES AS TAFFS WELL RAN OUT WINNERS 17-14.

taffs well 15 barry 22

taffs well played barry at home in the second round of the swalec bowl hoping to build on recent good performances,but it was the visitors who had the best of the early exchanges, going ahead with a penalty goal , and then they scored two tries, one converted . in between new recruit kieron dymond kept taffs well in the game with three penalty goals , for a half time score of 15-9 to barry. a further barry try just after the break looked to put the visitors in a match winning position ,but the home side rallied ,with oliver smith going over for a try , superbly converted by dymond from the touchline, and then taffs well pushed hard for another score , but barry held out to book their place in round three of the bowl. alongside outside half kieron dymond , was his brother phil ,also making his club debut, with both players doing enough to suggest they will be good additions to the squad.  prop craig gane made a welcome return to the side, while chris tottle at fullback enjoyed a good game, as did cristain nicholas on the wing. 

taffs well 11 talywain 15

there are signs of improvement at taffs well, with the young side becoming more competitive,  and although they have lost eight of their ten league games , they have finished within seven points on six occasions. the team is starting to believe in themselves and this was evident again against top of the division talywain.  taffs well took the lead with a try from oliver smith ,followed by a penalty goal from cieron dymond , but the visitors hit back just before half time with a try of their own, leaving taffs well ahead 8-5 at the break .

taffs well increased their lead after fifteen minutes of the second period with a well taken drop goal ,from fullback chris tottle ,and at this point it looked like the home side would hold out for a surprise win  against one of the best sides in the division. as time went on and with taffs well  still leading 11-5 it took a fortuitous try from talywain to get themselves back in the game . at a lineout close to the taffs well line the ball deflected of a taffs well player towards the goal line and a talywain player was quickest to react, pouncing   on the loose ball to score in the corner, and an excellent conversion put them one point in front , this was followed by a penalty goal from talywain in the last minute to denied taffs well and sent the leaders home reflecting on their  lucky escape. coaches keith james ,and rhys bloomburg have done a great job working with what is basically a young side , players likes of myles evans, who was only playing in the first team for the second time showed great maturity, and there is a feeling of better times around the corner