Fixture

The Under 13’s hosted Llantwit Fardre and came up against the same opponents for the third time this season winning one and drawing one of the matches to date, so the coaches and players knew it would be a tough match.

After surviving an early pitch inspection, the Ath soon tried to wear their opponents down.  The Ath as had been the case for most of the season were up against bigger players man for man.  Half way through the first half Llantwit tried to put the Ath backs under pressure from a line out in their own 22 but the backs managed to draw their defenders and put Rhys Hockings into space for him to run in from 70m scoring under the posts with Charlie Rees converting to give his side a 7-0 half time lead.

The wind was having a bearing on the handling and Llantwit started using their big forwards to carry more often. To their credit the Ath defended well and from a turnover exploited space out wide for another Rhys Hocking try again converted by Charlie Rees to double the lead at 14-0.  For the remainder of the second half the Ath were under pressure giving away a series of penalties close to the line which resulted in the Llantwit prop crashing over from close range to make the final score 14-5 in favour of the Athletic. We look forward to resuming our tough but friendly battles next season.

This coming Sunday we welcome Pontypridd to Newbridge Fields for another tough encounter.