WRU LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Church Bank, Llandovery,
Saturday 20th April, 2002, K.O. 2.30 pm

 

Previous results
 29.09.97 Rumney 27 Llandovery 20
 17.01.98 Llandovery 50 Rumney 22
 22.09.98 Llandovery 32 Rumney 20
 06.04.99 Rumney 19 Llandovery 26
 02.10.99 Rumney 50 Llandovery 17
 29.01.00 Llandovery 21 Rumney 07
 28.10.00 Llandovery 24 Rumney 16
17.04.01 Rumney 19 Llandovery 25
18.11.01 Rumney 32 Llandovery 08
22.11.01(Cup) Rumney 21 Llandovery 30


Rumney :
15.G.Cleaver 14.M.Cawley 13.D.Willey 12.S.McIntosh 11.C.Marshman 10.T.Price 9.G.Welsh 1.G.Cox 2.C.O'Donoghue 3.N.Hennessy  4.M.Peard (Capt.)  5.G.Harrington 6.P.Masoe 7.N.Coles 8.A.Grabham
Replacements : 16.P.Harris 17.L.Ngungutau 18.G.Lucas 19.P.Langley 20.W.O'Connor 21.N.Stork 22.C.Wills

  

Above left : Paul Harris

Llandovery 31   Rumney 13

Scorers for Rumney : P.Harris try, T.Price conversion and 2 penalties

Scorers for Llandovery : N.Clapham 2 tries, T.Lewis try, H.Bosman try, S.Harries try and 3 conversions

The game was largely evenly balanced but the speed of the Llandovery backs proved to be decisive as they crossed for five tries. Home outside half Neil Clapham was in outstanding form and claimed two tries, full back Stuart Harries also scored an excellent try. The Rumney pack were full of fire throughout the match and frequently threatened the Llandovery line with Mike Peard, Lotu Ngungutau and Pauli Masoe all being stopped just short after powerful runs. Scrum half Glyn Welsh also broke the home defence but could not quite reach the try line. The visitor's only try came deep into the second half when second row Grant Harrington took a clean catch in a lineout and swiftly fed scrum half Welsh, fly half Tommy Price then switched play back into the forwards with crash ball to Shane McIntosh who slipped a short pass to Paul Harris for the hooker to sprint thirty metres to touchdown under the posts. Price added the conversion to his two earlier penalties but with the Llandovery backs having already done all the damage, there was no way back for Rumney.


Shaun Lee, Coach Rumney RFC 1st XV : "The score does not really reflect the game, although Llandovery fully deserved the victory the difference between the sides was the pace of the opposition back line. We did have a good battle upfront but when their backs cut loose we could not contain them. We will pull out the positives from this game and learn from the negatives. We now move onto our home game against Treorchy."