Match Report

In the second Wheelchair match of the day at Cwmbran, Argonauts from Kent maintained their one hundred percent record after beating North Wales Crusaders 60-34.

Crusaders started well, scoring two quick tries with Jakub Wasieczko and Martin Turner both going over. Stephen Halsey converted both.

Argonauts hit back through a Fred Nye try that Rick Rodgers converted, before Halsey extended Crusaders’ lead with a try and goal that gave them an 18-6 lead on 20 minutes.

Then Argonauts took control of the game, scoring eight tries without reply in the next 40 minutes to have the encounter won by the hour mark.

Nye was the first over, and he’d added another two tries before this spell was over. Peter Johnston scored two tries on the bounce just before half-time and added four goals. Keiron Hammond got a brace and Richard Carver also added one. Rick Rodgers’ conversion on 60 minutes made the score 50-18.

Crusaders then managed to get a couple of scores back. First Jess Booth on 23 minutes, then Stephen Halsey six minutes later. Halsey’s two conversions brought the score back to 50-30.

A Peter Johnston try slightly lengthened Argonauts’ lead before Mason Baker brought the gap back to 20, with Matthew Turner converting.

But it was Argonauts and the impressive Nye who had the last say. He scored with five minutes remaining and Rob Cooper converted.