31 Oct 09 - Cwm (SWALEC Bowl)

WON 74 - 3

Abercarn swept into the next round of the SWALEC Bowl with a 12 try demolition of Cwm.

The coaches took the opportunity of resting several first team players and give players from the development team a chance to show their worth and challenge for first team places. This they did, with good performances from Ben Farley, Ben James and Rhys Morris. The visitors from Division 6 East struggled to cope in most aspects of the game and Abercarn were in dominant form, running the ball from around all parts of the park.

First on the scoreboard was centre Gavin Stokes, playing in only his second game of the season and minutes later good interpassing led to a try for scrum half Karl Kinsey. Centre Jack Davies was next to cross the Cwm line for the first of his three tries in the game. Ever present winger Chris Symonds benefitted from fine interpassing to add to his try tally and Jack Davies ended the first half with his second try.

As the second half progressed the visitors began to wilt under the constant pressure they were under. Abercarn were able to breach the visitor’s defences time and time again with tries from Scott Llewellyn, Ben Farley, Guy Glastonbury, Ben James and Shane Reece.

Cwm’s only points of the game came from a kick after Abercarn were penalised for infringing at a ruck. This was a good all round team performance with good displays from Chris Rogers, Ryan Hodges and Dean Johnson. Man of the match award was given to outside half Owen Glastonbury whose personal tally of 24 points included two tries and seven conversions.

Abercarn’s next game isn’t until the 14 November when they travel to Monmouth. The coaches will be wanting the players to attend all the training sessions to prepare for what is bound to be a hard fought encounter.