Seconds' Fine Season - 22/05/2013

The Seconds had a successful campaign, winning the Mid Glamorgan Premier league and championship.
In competition games, only one game was lost, 3-0 at Tondu at the end of the season, although technically a defeat was suffered in the cup semi final where they went out on try count.
The overall record reads played 24, won 14, drawn 1, lost nine, a poor record in friendlies resulting in seven of those defeats.
Scoring over a century of tries reflects the quality of rugby played by Lloyd Thomas’s men.
Points for 733, against 291.
Tries scored 110, conceded 39.
Conversions 70, against 21.
Penalties 14, against 18.
Drop goal 1.
Top tries:
Gethin Cashmore 8, Lloyd Thomas 8, Josh Jones 8, Nikki Allen 6, Ryan Griffiths 6, Keegan Rees 6, Tom James 6.
60 players turned out, 30 of them scoring tries.
Points scorers: Keegan Rees 139, Lloyd Thomas 63, Dai Lakin 49.
Leading appearances:
Ben Jones 23, Gethin Cashmore 23, Sam Llewellyn 22, John Rees 21, Lloyd Thomas 21, Ioan Thomson 21, Carl Leather 20, Gavin Allen 19, Keegan Rees 19, Dan Thorne 19, Richard Hart 18 Josh Jones 18.

Final Fifth Division Swalec Play Off at the Dairy - 20/05/2013

Abertysswg will play in division four of the Swalec leagues next season after winning 28-12 against a battling Pontyrhydfen side at the Dairy last night.
Tonight we host Cwmtwrch v Bettws for the final fourth division place.
Kick off at 7.15.

Full record - and it's a trip to North Wales next year. - 19/05/2013

Our full championship record shows that we scored 548 points (over 20 a game) with 657 against. In that total were 75 tries – just under three a game. The opposition crossed our line 82 times. We had ten try bonus points, bettered only by Ebbw Vale and Bargoed, while no one had more losing bonus points - 7 - perhaps a suggestion that with a bit of fortune we could have been up there with the front runners. Even so, seventh place was a highly respectable outcome.
Next season we will meet WRU North Wales phenomenon RGC 1404 as well as Tondu, respective champions of One East and One West.
Glamorgan Wanderers and Whitland drop out of the championship.
Ebbw Vale, of course, were Swalec National Championship winners, but WRU ring fencing means that they stay where they are, scant reward for an outstanding campaign.

David meets Dai - 13/05/2013

It was a tremendous night at the clubhouse Friday with rugby legend David Campese talking about the game and answering questions, Justin Karcher a humorous foil as he linked the Australian former wing with the audience. The hall was packed and the success of the event was very much down to the huge effort put in by vice chairman Dai Jenkins. Well done Dai.

Commendable Seventh - 13/05/2013

Blackwood could not catch us after losing after losing 43-15 at home to Tata – a commendable 7th place.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE 2012-13
Team P W D L BP PTS
Ebbw Vale 26 25 0 1 23 118
Bargoed 26 20 1 5 17 100
Cardiff Met 26 18 1 8 15 90
Tata Steel (PT) 26 16 1 8 12 78
Newbridge 26 16 1 10 9 71
Narberth 26 14 0 12 13 69
LLANHARAN 26 12 0 14 17 65
Blackwood 26 12 0 14 13 61
Bridgend Ath 26 12 0 14 12 60
Beddau 26 10 1 15 15 57
Bonymaen 26 9 0 17 11 47
Pontypool 26 7 0 19 8 36
Glam Wands 26 4 2 20 9 29
Whitland 26 4 1 21 9 28

Other results:
Bargoed 25-10 Beddau
Whitland 30 19 Glamorgan Wanderers

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