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05 February 2007
Blaenavon 12 Ynysddu 19
To the chants of ALLEZ LA FRANCE !!! Ynysddu romped
home to their third win in a row away at Blaenavon.
The home side were totally bemused by the site of 17
Basque rugby players supporting Ynysddu on a weekend
when Wales were playing Ireland in Cardiff. Their
very loud vocal encouragement ensured the Dee's kept
their spirits up even when the home side went into an
early 12 point lead.
Dee's centre Martin Gleadall got the visitors off the
mark when he carved a sway through the Blaenavon
defence beating 6 would be tacklers to score under the
posts giving John Richards an easy conversion.
Richards added a penalty just before half time to pull
Ynysddu back in contention at 12 - 10.
Gleadalls partner in the centre Carl Uren picked up
the backs M of T Match for the 2nd week running. His
powerful angled runs split the home defence time and
again and had his supporting players hands been more
secure Ynysddu could have made the game safe with time
to spare.
Ignoring to play a kicking game and use the infamous
slope of the recreation ground the Dee's chose to put
the ball through the hands and play an expansive free
flowing game. This to the rugby purist
seemed the hard way to win the match as opportunities
were being put down allowing Blaenavon to drive
Ynysddu back into their own half.
It came as a big relief for the travelling Dee's
supporters when Byron Williams broke from the base of
the scrum and jinked his way over for a superb solo
effort which also turned out to be the winning score,
Richards converted to make the final score 12 - 17.
The win would not have been achieved without the likes
of Lloyd Jones in particular who moved to the 2nd row
from the backrow at short notice. He put in an
outstanding performance, grafting in the scrum, cover
tackling in defence and linking in midfield to drive
the ball at the opposition.
With the home Internationals now causing a break in
the season Ynysddu coaches Glen Evans and John Helmore
will be keen to keep this momentum going and end the
season on a high note.
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