Whitland 1st XV 23 pts. Llangennech 23
Llangennech's outside-half Jonathan Griffiths opened the scoring for the visitors with a penalty after four minutes of this National League division one west clash. Whitland hit back some four minutes later. With Llangennech attacking, centre and man-of-the- match Lee Glanville tackled his opposite number just outside his 22, ripped the ball and took off upfield, running some 50 metres before giving the try-scoring pass to left winger Cristiaan Roets. The try went unconverted, leaving the score at 5-3. Llangennech regained the lead after 23 minutes when winger Michael Davies touched down for an unconverted try. But once again the Borderers responded and within five minutes had got their own noses back in front. Again Glanville broke through the defence before being brought down just short, but good support from the forwards saw the ball quickly recycled for scrum-half Luke Marsh to feed fly-half Aled Davies and he in turn threw out a long pass to centre Matthew Hughes, who touched down for another unconverted try. With some seven minutes of the half remaining, Whitland second row Aled Evans was yellow-carded for stamping, and some three minutes later was followed to the sidelines by both number 13s, Lee Glanville and Steven Davies, who were sin-binned by the referee after a slight altercation. Llangennech regained the lead right on half-time when hooker Simon Delaney scored a try in the top corner and Griffiths added the two points with a successful conversion to leave the interval score 15-10 in the visitors' favour. Five minutes into the second half, the lead was extended when centre Mark Bowen scored an unconverted try. But Whitland soon cut the deficit with a try by their own centre Lee Glanville. This resulted from a quick tap penalty by skipper and number eight Randall Williams, which saw the Borderers drive deep into Llangennech's 22, where quick recycled ball enabled Glanville to burst through the defence to touch down for another unconverted try. In what was proving a see-saw encounter, the visitors again increased their lead to eight points when outside-half Griffiths was successful with his second penalty of the afternoon, having narrowly missed one some four minutes earlier. Whitland hit back with some 15 minutes to go when replacement fullback Matthew John broke from deep, and with Cristiaan Roets taking the ball deep into Llangennech's 22, Randall Williams was on hand to receive a try scoring pass. Again the touchdown went unconverted, but five minutes from time, Aled Davies was successful with a penalty to bring the scores level. Although Llangennech were reduced to 14 men after this, when prop Gareth Morgan was yellow- carded for stamping, Whitland failed to take advantage of the situation and in the end, despite outscoring the visitors by four tries to three, were happy with a point after an indifferent performance. Llangennech, meanwhile, were disappointed not to take all three points, especially with Griffiths shaving the posts with a late drop goal attempt. Team fielded: Will Davies (Matthew John), Dion Thomas, Matthew Hughes, Lee Glanville, Cristiaan Roets, Aled Davies, Luke Marsh, Gareth Williams, Huw Devonald, Andrew Morillo (Romeo Colella), Aled Evans, Carwyn Davies (Graham Hartt), John Bowen (Raff Williams), Phil Morgan, Randall Williams, capt. Replacement not used: Dafydd Lewis. Match referee: Mr. Chris Williams, of Port Talbot. Team mascot: Seventeen-month-old Jack Davies Web sponsor - 3designs; match sponsors - Peter Lazarus Solicitors; Curtis Blain/Ar Werth; Haywood Homes, Bewdley, Worcs.; Caryan Properties Ltd., Carmarthen; Iflex Limited, Swansea; Neil Atkins, NBA Developments, Upper Tumble; Scimator Ltd. (Pussy Ltd T/A Jaguar Construction); Cymru Homes Ltd. Team sponsors: Nationwide Building Society, Swansea; Riverlea Tractors, Whitland; Ronnie Howells and family; Classic Kitchens Ltd., Whitland; Elfed Lewis, Lewis Coaches, Whitland. Ball sponsors: Woodfield Nursing Home, Narberth; K. P. Thomas and Son Ltd., Templeton; G & J. M. Phillips, Electrical Contractors, Whitland; Mike Rees, Tuf Treads; Rob Morgan, A40 Garage, Slebech; Ian Harries, Blaencilgoed Quarry Ltd.; H & S Thomas, Funeral Directors, Whitland; West Midlands Fasteners; Elen Evans and friends; South Wales Paper Company Ltd., Barry; Graham Fry, Tenby; J. Thomas & Sons, Farm Feed Blenders; Lyn Davies and Sons, Bulk Transport, Whitland.
Whitland Wanderers 36 pts. Pembroke Seconds nil
Whitland moved into the semi-final of the Pembrokeshire Junior Union Knock Out Cup after defeating Pembroke last Thursday evening. Pembroke put up stubborn resistance in the first half, with Whitland only scoring two tries through winger Wayne Morris and number eight Matthew Owens, with winger Ross Michael converting one. The second half saw Whitland dominate as they scored four tries through centre Gary Evans, flanker Celt Thomas, second row Tom Dinan and outside- half Shane Morgan. Ross Michael converted two of them, to leave the full-time score 36-0 in favour of the young Borderers.
Whitland Ladies 93 pts. Lampeter College nil
Last Sunday saw Whitland Ladies entertain their counterparts from Lampeter College, who to be fair are just starting off and came up against a very strong home side, who ran in 17 tries in this one- sided affair. Star of the show was fullback Joley Davies, who scored eight touchdowns and four conversions, while centre Lucy Berry bagged three tries, winger Tammy Howells two, with others coming from fellow winger Emma Mousley on her debut, out- side-half Alice James,Rosie Hutton, playing her first game at scrum-half, and finally the replacement back row forward.