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Rugby Union: Bedwas lose cup tie in tough two weeks

Sport | | Published: 07:53, Thursday March 29th, 2018.

Adam Williams
Adam Williams finds some space in the Swansea half

In a hard fortnight, Bedwas played three games and lost their WRU National Cup quarter-final against Newport 14-43 on March 20.

The Bridgefield side leaked six tries despite taking an early lead in the re-scheduled cup tie.

Bedwas also lost to Carmarthen Quins 17-31 in the Principality Welsh Premiership, on March 24, but held on for a 15-20 away win against Swansea in the Premiership on March 16.

Bedwas suffered a heavy loss when they went down at the Bridgefield to the Quins.

Three first half tries laid the foundation for a deserved win for Carmarthen.

Carmarthen scored a try after 13 minutes with Lee Taylor crossing by the posts.

But a second half fight-back by Bedwas put some positivity into what was a poor performance.

Bedwas trailed 21 points to 3 at half-time and four minutes after the restart Adam Williams ran a try into the left-hand corner.

Captain Alun Rees was found with a long pass and after a 35-metre lung-bursting run crashed over in the left-hand corner.

The Bedwas faithful began to wonder if a comeback was on, but their dreams were short-lived as Quins scrum-half Aron Hemmings tapped the penalty and ran through for their fourth and bonus-point-earning try.

Bedwas man of the match sponsored by Casa Mia Restaurant of Caerphilly was awarded to Dale Rogers.

Bedwas survived a late Swansea onslaught to hold on to an important 15-20 away victory.

But they so nearly lost after a stop-start performance.

Adam Williams raced through from deep after four minutes and dived in the left-hand corner.

Swansea came back strongly and dominated possession but were unable to break through the Bedwas defence.

It was all Swansea at this stage and they looked odds-on to score but winger Dan Howells dropped the ball with the line in sight.

The home side’s sustained attack saw Bedwas infringe once too often and James Richards trudged off for a ten-minute break in the sin-bin.

The home side used their numerical advantage and drove the Bedwas pack backwards for Jon Fox to collect a loose ball and crash over to score.

The last five minutes saw Bedwas having to dig deep to keep the home side out.

Bedwas have a busy Easter coming up. On Good Friday the team is away to Aberavon – kick-off 2.30pm and home to Bargoed on Easter Monday – kick-off at 2.30pm.

• Match reports and photography by Ian Lovell of Bedwas RFC.

www.ianlovell.com

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