Match Report

A crowd of over 1,000 watched Bridgend Blue Bulls win their third successive Welsh Rugby League championship after beating Torfaen Tigers 56-16 at the Brewery Field on Sunday.

Jason Hill crashed over in the second minute to give Torfaen the lead.

But Bridgend hit back. Neil Dixon finished off an excellent move four minutes later to level things and Paul Morgan made a 50-metre run directly from kick-off to give the Blue Bulls a 12-6 lead.

Grant Epton's 50-metre dash down the left wing to score in the 19th minute increased Bridgend?s lead.

Bridgend's Hywel Davies was sinbinned on the half-hour but Torfaen failed to take advantage of the extra man straight away. In fact, it was Bridgend who added to their score. Jason Hill was tackled in his own area and from the resulting play, Lloyd O'Connor grounded under the posts.

Nolan Nicklin hit back for Torfaen with a try on 35 minutes but following a lengthy delay due to an injury, Lenny Woodard scored under the sticks for Bridgend to make the score 28-10 at the break.

Torfaen started the second half in great form and their constant attacking paid off when Dan Preece scored in the corner on 46 minutes.

But the Tigers' faint hopes of victory were finally ended ten minutes later after Mathew Entwhistle was sent off for a high tackle.

Paul Morgan increased the Bulls' lead to 16 with a try in the 57th minute. Hywel Davies scored in the corner six minutes later. Grant Epton could have increased the lead even further but his 60-metre run was ended by a try-saving Dai Davies tackle.

Matthew Wareham scored in the corner to put Bridgend 40-16 up. Morgan completed his hat-trick in the 76th minute and Gareth David and Grant Epton competed the rout with tries in the last two minutes to make the final score 56-16.