Bedwas suffered a 35-17 defeat to Cardiff in the Principality Premiership on Friday, February 15.
Cardiff briefly climbed to the top of the table following their win, but Merthyr’s win over Neath saw them drop back to second.
Bedwas, fresh from their resounding win over Bargoed, scored three tries through Connor Edwards, James Richards and Rory Harries but came away from Cardiff Arms Park empty-handed.
Cardiff took a 21-0 lead within the first 20 minutes, with Tom Williams, Morgan Allen and Ben Thomas all breaching Bedwas’ try-line. Gareth Thompson was successful with the three conversions.
Bedwas got themselves onto the scoreboard in the 23rd minute when Edwards crossed in out wide for the visitors’ first try of the game.
Joseph Scrivens added the two extra points from a narrow angle to cut the deficit.
Following a series of drives by the Bedwas pack, Richards was driven over under a pile of bodies for a try five minutes later.
Scrivens’ conversion attempt drifted wide, but Bedwas were now just nine points behind.
Bedwas continued to put pressure on their opponents but the Cardiff defence were resilient.
In the second half, Cardiff secured a bonus point when Will Rees-Hole scored their fourth try of the match. Thompson converted again to put his side 16 points ahead.
With just ten minutes remaining, Cardiff put the game beyond all doubt when Thomas scored his second try of the game. Replacement Steffan Jones added the conversion to give his side a 35-12 lead.
Bedwas continued to battle on and mounted a series of attacks, resulting in substitute scrum-half Harries scoring a try in the 80th minute. However, Scrivens was unable to convert for two extra points.
With three added minutes to go, Bedwas set their sights on scoring their fourth try to secure a bonus-point, but Cardiff’s defence held out to deny Bedwas, who drop to 13th in the league table.
Bedwas host bottom-placed Neath at 12pm on Saturday, February 23 and will be hoping to pick up vital points in their battle against relegation.
Report and imagery courtesy of Ian Lovell.