Torfaen Tigers took their time to get going, but in the end, they dominated against North Wales Crusaders to win 60-28 in Deeside, to do the double over them, and go four points clear at the top of the WRL Wheelchair Invitational League.
The home side, whilst the Tigers were shaking off their three hour journey, went into a 12-0 lead in as many minutes thanks to tries from Jess Booth and Wyatt Jones, both of which were converted by Martin Turner.
But the Tigers were 32-18 up at the break thanks to three tries and four goals from Jamie Reynolds, one try from his dad Jason Reynolds, one from Leighton Morris and one from Scott Trigg-Turner. Crusaders’ other first half try came from Booth, ten minutes before the break, with Martin Turner converting.
Crusaders struck first again in the second half with a Matthew Turner try, his dad Martin converting to put the score back to 32-24.
But that was as close as the home side would get. Ireland international Darran Dowey crossed for Torfaen on his first appearance of the season, then a try and goal from Jamie Reynolds put the score onto 42-24.
The Turner combination struck again 12 minutes before the end with Matthew grounding and Martin converting, but the Tigers dominated the last ten minutes, scoring four more tries. Jamie Reynolds got his fifth of the day, Jason Reynolds and Trigg-Turner quickly went over for their second tries, the latter converted by Jamie Reynolds, with an unconverted Leighton Morris try completing the scoring.
Cardiff Blue Dragons move level on points with Crusaders in the league after beating Swindon St George 46-26 in the second game of the day in Deeside.
They were 16-8 up at half-time but not before Wesley Newman had scored the opening try to give Swindon the lead on 12 minutes. Lee Sargent, who ended up with six tries to his name in this encounter, three in each half, scored his first on 18 minutes to level things.
Anthony Pennell scored two of Cardiff’s second half tries, with Lee’s dad, Paul Sargent adding the other.
It was 46-12 with 10 minutes to go, but Swindon had a late mini-comeback. Newman, who had gone over for his second early on in the half, completed his hat-trick. Loan player Harry Jones scored two tries and Oliver Matthews one, with Newman adding Swindon’s only goal of the game as the final scoring moment.
