Ian Golden reports from The Lextan Gnoll in Neath
U12 FINAL
Swansea Rams won the WRL U12s title 21-20 against South Wales Jets thanks to a Joey Cox drop-goal in the dying seconds of extra-time.
It took just 52 seconds for Jacob Kusz-Jones to give Jets the lead with Harri Watkins converting. Harri Sargent scored the second try on five minutes to put the score onto 10-0.
Rams’ skipper Jacob Lloyd-Williams got his side back into the game six minutes later with a strong run. Logan Evans soon followed him over to bring the score back to 10-8.
But Jets went into half-time in the ascendancy with a William White try to put them 14-8 up at the break.
A Dafydd Williams try with Cox converting put the scores level, but with five minutes to go, Hari Miles dived over to put Jets back into the lead. Watkins converted.
But Rams’ Olly Midwinter scored under the sticks and Cox converted to level again.
That put the match into five minutes of extra time and with just seconds remaining, player of the match Cox brilliantly kicked the winning drop-goal.
U13 FINAL
South Wales Jets beat Swansea Rams for the second time in a fortnight to take the U13 final 18-4 and finish the season with a 100 percent record.
For their skipper Daley Flower, son of head coach Ben, it was the fourth year in a row that he’d lifted a WRL Grand Final trophy, having captained Jets U12s last year and Aber Valley Wolves 10s and 11s in previous seasons.
As in the U12s final, South Wales Jets took an early lead after Giuseppe Smith scored in the corner.
In exactly the same place, Lewis Watkins soon doubled the lead, before a strong run from player of the match Gabriel Benson put the score onto 12-0 at half-time.
It took nine minutes for Jets to increase their lead, but when Mason Jude Lloyd went in under the sticks and Flower converted, it was game over.
Carter Jones went over for a consolation try in the final minute for Swansea.
U14 FINAL
Bridgend Blue Bulls completed their 100 percent record in the 2025 season by beat Jets 32-14 in the U14s final.
The victorsfielded a number of the same players who won the U12 final two years ago, and one of them, Will Mordecai, gave them the lead in the fifth minute. Will Sealey converted.
The lead was doubled on 17 minutes when another 2023 winner, Jacob Maund, sprinted home. Henry Davies converted.
Toby Williams got Bridgend’s third try, before Harley Vivian-Price scored one back for the Jets to put the half-time score on 16-4.
Bridgend started the second half well as Maund scored two tries to complete his hat-trick. Davies converted once to put the score onto 26-4.
Ethan Meredith scored two tries back for Jets with Iesyn Jones converting once to give them hope, but a Ioan Jones try improved by Davies cemented Bridgend’s win.
U15 FINAL
Torfaen Tigers took the U15 Championship with a good display of rugby league, beating Cardiff Blue Dragons 36-12.
Cardiff took an early 1-0 lead when Jac Thomas kicked a drop goal, but Torfaen got a try back straight away when Harvey Price scored under the posts and Finley Hook converted.
A try from Noah Allen-Ridge on 20 minutes increased their lead to 10-1.
Thomas kicked his second drop-goal of the day eight minutes later, but Tigers increased their lead to 16-2 at the break thanks to a Milan Suslow try that Hook converted.
Cardiff were first over in the second half with an unconverted Riley Williams try, with Danny Jones restoring the balance midway through the period.
Hook missed the conversion, but made up for it from kick off after retreiving a loose high ball to ground, converting, then scoring his second try to put the score onto 30-6.
Torfaen’s Frazer Redman missed the last period of the game after being sinbinned and Cardiff took advantage straight away with a Shamad Irewole try converted well by Jacob Stiles.
But it was the Tigers who finished on a high after Suslow ran over for his second try. Hook converted to put the final score onto 36-12.
