Five-try Newbridge in charge as they demolish Brecon
Something had to give at the Welfare Ground as the two unbeaten teams, Newbridge and Brecon, met for the biggest game of the season to date in Admiral Division 1 East.
The home side brought their perfect eight-match unbeaten run into the game, while former champions Brecon arrived with a six out of six record. Newbridge led by 13 points thanks to their eight successive bonus points ahead of the clash.
Neither side had played since Dec 3, so there was bound to be some rustiness. The wet conditions didn’t help but that couldn’t stop Newbridge from bagging another bonus-point win to move even further ahead at top of the table. They ran in five tries as they crushed Brecon’s hopes of bridging the gap. Robbie Turley scored one of the tries and added four conversions and a penalty to finish with 16 points, while the other tries came from Cian Jones (2), Luke Morgan and Jonny Paynter.
In East Central, St Peter’s were able to take advantage of the fact second placed Rumney, who started the day level on 29 points with them at the top, had their game at Ynysybwl called off. They went to Barry and moved four points clear at the top thanks to a 19-10 win.
In a tough battel in the mud, in which The Rocks put up a strong defensive display, tries from Isaac Marsh, Joel Coughlin and Jack Cooke swung the game in the visitors’ favour.
March added two conversions to set-up a great home clash with Rumney on Saturday.
In the North, Nant Conwy were the only other team bringing an unbeaten record into the New Year and they had little trouble overcoming Dolgellau away from home. They ran out 24-0 victors to make it eight out of eight.
