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Page 1 of 2 Under 10’s Pontypridd 5 - 10 Pencoed
The game started at a frantic pace with Ponty on top, but Pencoed’s defence stood strong. The game ebbed and flowed from one end of the pitch to the other. Eventually Ponty secured good ruck ball from their forwards and a good move through the backs saw one of Ponty’s big summer singing Shawn Bowditch break through the Pencoed defence only to be hauled down just short of the line, but the forwards arrived on mass to clear the ball for Mason Pritchard to pick up and dive over for a well deserved try. Pencoed came back into the game and applied pressure to the Ponty line, but the defensive drills that the coaches had practiced through the summer served Ponty well and they kept the visitors out. With only a couple of minutes of the first half to go Pencoed pressure finally paid off and they scored a nicely worked try in the corner. Half-time 5-5. Ponty rang the changes at half time to enable all of the boys had a run out on the first weekend of the season. The second half started with Pencoed on the attack and a well worked move saw them release their winger who showed blistering pace to skate around the defence and score. Both sides tried to play running rugby but try as they might neither team could break through well organised defences. With time nearly up Ponty threw everything at Pencoed and moved the ball out quickly to Adam Ashford on the wing but not even his twinkle toed feet could get passed the strong tackling Pencoed defence. Although only the first game of the season the boys played well as a team and stuck at it to the very last minute. After the game the boys done their usual song and gave new boys Shawn Bowdich and Morgan Burgess a soaking with the water bottles. The coaches gave the Man of the Match award to Adam (Ox) Morris for his all round efforts both in the tight and the loose. TRY Scorer for Pontypridd: Mason Pritchard. Man of the Match: Adam (Ox) Morris. Pontypridd team: Greggor McKain, Callum Pearce, Mason Pritchard, Rhys Grainger,Lucas Hickman, Adam Ashford, Shawn Bowdich, Morgan Burgess, Jasper Powell, Harley Jones, Lewis Allen, Liam Morton, Lloyd Harris, Ben Konderla, Gethin Llewelyn and Adam (Ox) Morris.
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