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Warriors Double Betws

Warriors Double Betws

Gwilym Lewis22 Jul 2020 - 18:35
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Warriors not stuck in the Betws mud

See photos for the match report as it appeared in the Carmarthen Journal.

A couple of important landmarks in Warriors' history here, with future player coach (then a school boy) Jamie Evans making a cameo appearance on the wing and Dai Spriggs scoring the club's 1st ever drop goal. Colin Tacon scored his 1sts points for the club when Deano worked him over. Darel Watkins demonstrated a bizarre ability - if a scrum is immediately reset then Darel will re-materialise 10ft away but take 5 minutes to walk back to the scrum.

The match was played on what was then Betws' 2nd field, Rice Road.

So despite Betws scoring three tries almost immediately, the Warriors managed a double. Perhaps a more accurate report came from Betws prop Jeff 'Pies' Thomas who recently recalled it thus: I remember that game, it was brilliant fun, we let the Warriors have the ball and just jumped on Gwilym.

Afterwards both clubs watched France v Wales, with the unfancied Welsh team edging a win in a magnificent game of rugby. The tries are here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=RD7qeSzDlkQ&feature=emb_title

Not surprisingly it was a top day in Betws club and set the tone for a strong relationship between them.

Betws: Arwyn Thomas, Mathew Jones, Alan Thomas, David Harris, Nic James, Dylan Rees, Cellan Davies, Andrew Williams, Paul Roberts, Dylan Higgon, Daniel Rees, Barry Hale, Jeff Thomas, Arwel Davies, Carl Woodford.

Warriors: Dai Spriggs, Rob Bevan, Dean Gilasbey, Lee Rowlands, Colin Tacon (Jamie Evans), Gary James, Andrew Russ, Darel Watkins (Adrian Payne), Colin Davies, Ed McVicar, Stephen Walley, Nigel Merrick, Ray Millet, Dai Newson (Cpt), Gwilym Lewis

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Sat 13 Mar 1999

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15:00
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