ORIGIN U14 – EAST WALES 10 WEST WALES 12
West Wales levelled the Under 14 Origin Series at 1-1, but only just. After losing 28-16 in November, they won this encounter 12-10.
Jaxon Jones gave East Wales the lead with a try on 17 minutes, but Callum Brown took advantage of a bounce to collect and level the scores four minutes later. Player of the match Logan Caviel’s conversion made the score 6-4 to West at the break.
East regained the lead two minutes into the second half through a Mason Lloyd try that Lewis Watkins improved.
But West hit back again. Jacob Lloyd-Williams reaching out to score and Caviel converting in what ended up being the match-winning kick.
East nearly grabbed a winner, but Lewis Shroll was stopped short of the line as the final whistle blew.
EAST WALES
1. William Viant (Aber Valley Wolves), 2. Roman Richards (Aber Valley Wolves), 3. Caiden Allen-Ridge (Torfaen Tigers), 4. Theo Williams (Aber Valley Wolves), 5. Hedd Simons (Torfaen Tigers), 6. Lewis Watkins (South Wales Jets), 7. Joe Underwood (Torfaen Tigers), 8. Zachary Weston (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 9. Mason Jude Lloyd (South Wales Jets, capt), 10. Charles Dix (South Wales Jets), 11. George Pronger (South Wales Jets), 12. Hywel Evans (Aber Valley Wolves), 13. Jaxon Jones (Aber Valley Wolves). Subs: 14. Giuseppe Smith (South Wales Jets), 15. Benjamin Zdzieblo (Aber Valley Wolves), 16. Archie Watkins (Torfaen Tigers), 17. Syd James (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 18. Joshua Lewis (South Wales Jets), 19. Travis Carpenter (Torfaen Tigers), 20. Louis Shroll (Torfaen Tigers)
WEST WALES
1. Logan Caviel (Cynon Valley Cavaliers), 2. Devan Edwards (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 3. Hefin Jones (West Wales Jets), 4. Jacob Lloyd-Williams (Swansea Rams), 5. Cai Canton (West Wales Jets), 6. Callum Brown (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 7. Dylan O’Kelly (Swansea Rams), 8. Parker Morris (Cynon Valley Cavaliers), 9. Ollie Bayliss (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 10. Reggie Lynch (Swansea Rams), 11. Osian Morgan (Swansea Rams), 12. Harry Davies (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 13. Carter Jenkins (Swansea Rams). Subs: 14. Taffy Chickohora (Swansea Rams), 15. Seth Beynon (Swansea Rams), 16. Finley Miller (Swansea Rams), 17. Eden Wong (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 18. Joey Cox (Swansea Rams), 19. Carter Jones (Swansea Rams), 20. William Pincott-Davies (Swansea Rams)
Referee: Misa Vakdranu
U14 DEVELOPMENT – EAST WALES 8 WEST WALES 56
West Wales completely dominated the U14 Development match.
Zac Wilcox scored the first try on three minutes. Harrison Law converted.
Osian Griffiths darted his way through for the second try with Alex Davies adding the goal. Then prop Jack Parker fought off all comers to score the third try. Law converted to put the score on to 18-0.
Wilcox ran through for his second try of the day on 15 minutes. TJ Millington converted this time.
Elliot John-Coomber went over for West’s fifth try, that was unconverted, before Law had a try of his own that Millington improved to put the half-time score on 34-0.
East finally got on the board three minutes into the second half with a try from Luca Evans, but a try from Player of the Match Macauley Phillips try for West soon regained the balance.
Parker then went over for this second try, and two quick tries from Logan Evans brought up the half-century, with Davies converting the second of them.
Solomon Bowditch got another consolation try for East, before an Isaac Davies try in the final minute cemented the win.
EAST WALES
1. Efan Betts (South Wales Jets), 2. Aiden Williams (Torfaen Tigers), 3. Parker-Jai Jones-Murphy (South Wales Jets), 4. Danny Bennett (Torfaen Tigers), 5. Elliott Haynes (Torfaen Tigers), 6. Syd James (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 7. Caiden Allen-Ridge (Torfaen Tigers), 15. Caden Ash (Torfaen Tigers) 9. Lochlan Blakemoor (South Wales Jets), 10. Jay Invins-Actie (South Wales Jets), 11. Tomas Duggan (Torfaen Tigers), 12. Ioan Watcyns (Torfaen Tigers), 13. Louis Shroll (Torfaen Tigers, capt). Subs: 19. Luca Evans (Torfaen Tigers), 22. Solomon Bowditch (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 15. Max Gay (Torfaen Tigers), 17. Riley Evans (South Wales Saints), 18. Iestyn Outing (Aber Valley Wolves, 23. Jake Harding (Aber Valley Wolves), 20. Jacob Edwards (Aber Valley Wolves)
WEST WALES
1. Caden Ray Phillips-Evans (Swansea Rams), 2. Dafydd Williams (Swansea Rams), 3. Macauley Phillips (Swansea Rams), 4. Aaron Fry (Rhondda Outlaws), 5. Brody Thomas (West Wales Jets), 6. TJ Millington (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 7. Alex Davies (Swansea Rams), 8. Osian Griffiths (West Wales Jets), 9. Harrison Law (Cynon Valley Cavaliers), 10. Jack Parker (Swansea Rams), 11. Zac Wilcox (Swansea Rams), 12. Nye Hamer (Rhondda Outlaws), 13. Alfie Carter (Bridgend Blue Bulls). Subs: 14. Alfie David (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 15. Ollie Midwinter (Swansea Rams), 16. George Royal (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 17. Elliot John-Coomber (Rhondda Outlaws), 18. Jayden Summerfield (Swansea Rams), 19. Isaac Davies (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 20. Logan Evans (Swansea Rams)
Referee: Craig Davies
UNDER 16 ORIGIN – EAST WALES 42 WEST WALES 14
East Wales U16 avenged their 26-20 defeat to West in November, by beating them 42-14 in the second match of the series.
They took less than a minute to take the lead. Dontae Malcolm scoring their first try with Rhys Wood converting.
West were soon level, with Henry Davies scoring the try and Jack Field converting, but after that, East dominated the half, scoring five tries in quick succession.
First to score was Frazer Redman, then Alfie Davies, one from Wood, another from Malcolm and then one from Rhys Phillips. Wood converted them all to make the score 36-6 at half-time.
West scored unconverted tries from Field and Davies in the second half to bring the score back to 36-14, but a try in the final minute from East’s Max Phillips cemented the win with player of the match Wood adding the final goal.
EAST WALES
1. Alfie Davies (Aber Valley Wolves), 2. Dontae Malcolm (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 3. Miles Plummer (Aber Valley Wolves), 4. Max Phillips (Torfaen Tigers), 5. Cameron George (Aber Valley Wolves), 6. Kelyn Jude-Hobbs (Torfaen Tigers), 7. Morgan Jones (Torfaen Tigers), 8. Dewi Savage (Torfaen Tigers), 9. Frazer Redman (Torfaen Tigers), 10. Ollie Mitchell (Torfaen Tigers), 11. Danny Jones (Torfaen Tigers, capt), 12. Evan Jenkins (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 13. Rhys Wood (Aber Valley Wolves). Subs: 14. Mason Plummer (Aber Valley Wolves), 15. Jac Thomas (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 16. Emrys Watkins (Torfaen Tigers), 17. Jack Tennant (Torfaen Tigers), 18. Luca Kilday (Torfaen Tigers), 19. Dylan Little (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 20. Connor Hawkey (Cardiff Blue Dragons)
WEST WALES
1. Jacob Maund (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 2. Nico Miguel (Swansea Rams), 3. Ellis McGregor (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 4. Owen Prince (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 5. Cole Evans (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 6. Jack Field (Cynon Valley Cavaliers), 7. Will Mordecai (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 8. Charlie Noakes (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 9. Henry Davies (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 10. Cadan Templar (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 11. Joseff Keating (Cynon Valley Cavaliers), 12. Kobe Crowley (Bridgend Blue Bulls, capt), 13. Louis Johnson (Aberavon Fighting Irish), 14. Kitson Smithers Jones (Aberavon Fighting Irish), 15. Nye Hopkins (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 16. Luis Towell (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 17. Ben Hogan (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 18. Llyr Richards (West Wales Jets)
Referee: Craig Davies
DEVELOPMENT U16 – EAST WALES 32 WEST WALES 14
West Wales may have taken the lead in this game, but East dominated most of the rest of the encounter.
A Brandon Lee try on six minutes, converted by Ruben Main gave West a 6-0 lead.
An unconverted try from Mason Partridge quickly after that brought East back into the game, then from kick-off, Riley Williams ran over for their second.
Player of the match Jac Thomas converted to put the score on to 10-6.
A second try from Partridge, then one from Jack Tennant, with Thomas converting, put the score on to 20-6 at half-time.
West got back into the game straight away when Danny Thomas pounced onto a loose ball to score.
But East extended their lead again through tries from Tristan White and Myles Plummer. Thomas converted both.
However, West had the final say as Lee ran over for his second try of the game.
EAST WALES
20. Clayton Hendrickson (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 2. Emrys Watkins (Torfaen Tigers), 3. Toby Miller (South Wales Jets), 4. Luca Kilday (Torfaen Tigers), 5. Riley Williams (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 6. Jac Thomas (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 17. Jacob Stiles (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 15. Alfie Bailey (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 9. Alex Harkin (Cardiff Blue Dragons, capt), 15. Jack Tennant (Torfaen Tigers), 11. Tristan White (Aber Valley Wolves), 12. Mason Partridge (South Wales Jets), 13. Dylan Little (Cardiff Blue Dragons). Subs: 18. Seb Byers (Cardiff Blue Dragons), 14. Myles Plummer (Aber Valley Wolves)
WEST WALES
1. Jaxon Robbins (Aberavon Fighting Irish), 2. Brandon Lee (Rhondda Outlaws), 3. Ashton Davies (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 4. Danny Thomas (Swansea Rams), 5. Iestyn Elcock (West Wales Jets), 6. Ruben Main (Rhondda Outlaws), 7. Samuel Evans (Rhondda Outlaws), 8. Riley Evans (West Wales Jets), 9. Matthew Anderson (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 10. Oliver Butcher (West Wales Jets), 11. Ashton Fitzgerald (Swansea Rams), 12. Carter Luke (Bridgend Blue Bulls), 13. Callum Woolfe (West Wales Jets, capt). Subs: 14. Osian Rees (West Wales Jets), 15. Samuel Llewellyn (Aberavon Fighting Irish), 16. Michael Hueane (Bridgend Blue Bulls).
Referee: Malcolm Holmes
