Brecon beat the weather to jump into top spot

Championship round-up

JUST two of the dozen fixtures scheduled across both Welsh Championship divisions managed to survive the cold snap.

Both of those came in Championship West where Brecon leapfrogged Narberth to go top after leaving Dunvant with a 16-10 victory and four more points.

Hooker Aneurin James scored Brecon’s try in the first half, which was converted by outside half Dion McIntosh, who also kicked a penalty for a 10-5 lead at the turnaround. He split the posts twice further after the re-start to secure the win, despite a second half score for Dunvant which secured them a losing bonus point.

The win for Brecon maintains their 100 per cent winning start to the campaign and edges them a point ahead of Narberth, who have also won nine games out of nine.

For Dunvant, who are fifth, this makes it backto-back defeats following their narrow loss at Crymych last week. It’s also a fourth defeat from their last five league matches and fifth in 10 matches played so far which has also yielded five wins.

Dunvant will now look to return to winning ways on Saturday at home against Ammanford, who ran out 31-27 victors over Tata Steel.

The tries were shared among the back three with wingers Liam Smith and Elis Lewis running in two tries apiece and full-back Frazer Gregory also on the scoresheet. Outside half Ryan Williams converted three of the five tries and it’s now three wins from four for Ammanford who, having started the season with five losses in six, are now up into mid table.

Dunvant won 21-18 at Ammanford when the sides met in the reverse fixture on the opening day of the season.

The four other scheduled fixtures in Championship West were all postponed, while also six in the East went. Ystrad Rhonda lead the way by five points from Bargoed, who have a game in hand.