South Wales Jets have qualified for the WRL Wheelchair Grand Final in Llandrindod Wells on Sunday 8th March following an outstanding display on Sunday against Cardiff Blue Dragons where they won 78-18.
It only took two minutes for Dane Oram to score Jets opening try, that was converted by Jamie Reynolds, the first of his nine goals.
A quick break down the court by Jamie led to the next try, the first of four for him for the game, and he converted again.
Oram again charged down the court to score for the third try, converted by Jamie to put the score onto 18-0 on eight minutes.
Cardiff got on the board thanks to a Lee Sargent penalty, but the score was 46-2 at the break, thanks to two tries from Jason Reynolds, another one each for Oram and Jamie Reynolds, and one apiece for Leighton Morris and Brogan Evans.
Oram opened the scoring for the second half with his fourth try of the match, that Jamie Reynolds converted, before adding the next try and converting again.
But Cardiff made more of a fight of it in the second half. Following a penalty, Lee Sargeant scored in the corner, following a try-saving tackle on his sister Libbie Sargent by Parker Golden.
Cardiff were influenced a lot in this half by Anthony Pennell, who arrived to play for Aber Valley Wolves in the next game, but was brought on as sub for his former club as they were down to four players due to injury. He scored their second try of the match with Libbie Sargent converting.
Further Jets second half tries were scored by Jason Reynolds, who also ended up on four for the game, Jamie Reynolds and Brogan Evans, but it was Cardiff who had the final say with a Tomos Parker try that Libbie Sargent improved.
It’s now a race between Cardiff Blue Dragons, North Wales Crusaders and Aber Valley Wolves to join South Wales Jets in the final, and the latter two also met on Sunday, with Crusaders edging out Wolves in a thriller.
It was 56-30 to the Crusaders, who were never behind in the match, but the Wolves made them fight all the way.
Star player Fionn McCabe led the way with 34 of their points, coming from seven tries and three conversions, although he did miss his first three attempts at goal, following his first three tries of the game that put them 12-6 up on 12 minutes. He scored two more tries before the break, with the only other Crusaders scores of the first period coming from a Jonathan Gill try and goal.
Wolves’ first half scores came from a Pennell try, conversion and penalty, plus a try from Lloyd Stonehouse, which made the score 30-12 to Crusaders at the break.
Anthony’s son Harry was a try scorer in the second half, with his father adding a further goal. Riley Jones also crossed twice for the Wolves.
But Crusaders cemented the victory with 26 second half points, with Gill adding a second try and goal, Ethan Neilson also scoring a try and converting it, plus Stuart Williams crossed once.
A win for Crusaders next week at home to Cardiff will see them through to the Grand Final, but if they lose, it’s between Cardiff and Aber Valley for the final slot.
