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Warriors and charity the winners at Betws

Warriors and charity the winners at Betws

Gwilym Lewis30 Aug 2021 - 17:21
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Warriors edged away from Betws classics at the end of this Ryan4Leukaemia charity match

Beautiful weather and two sides looking to play running rugby, made for an exciting high scoring match at Betws.

It was another game were structure in defence was disregarded and the ball was spun with abandon. The tries came throughout the match, headed by Nathan Murphy, whose hatrick helped him land the man of the match.

Betws played a full part in this encounter, which was in the balance until the last 10 minutes. Mathew Jones and Mark Thomas rolled back the years with vintage performances, Rich Griffiths showed off his twinkle toes on the wing and Dylan Rees orchestrated things from scrum half.
Dion Mitchell-Lewis scored the pick of the home teams scores with notable efforts from Mathew Rees, Dale Barfoot and Nic Dcruz.

No surprise that most of the scores went to the backs. As well as centre Murphy, the back 3 of Dan John, James Anthony and Cane Rodwell all crossed. Morgan got a brace from the back row and Lloyd Crawley's late try finally sealed the result.

There were fine performances from Tom Davies, Dai Haines, Mat Miller and Jon Kearney that laid the foundations for the win in what was generally an impressive game.

Off field money was raised for Ryan4Leukaemia with raffle, program sales and BBQ all helping the cause. It made for a good atmosphere and a very enjoyable day all round.

Warriors: Dan John (Tom Edwards), Simon Day (Nic Dcruz), Jon Kearney, Nathan Murphy, Cane Rodwell (James Anthony), Jamie Evans (Chris Irvin), Dylan Williams (Lloyd Herbert, Kieron Morgan), Dai Haines (Mark Lewis, Luke Pearse), Dan Grinter, Colin Tacon (Andrew Davies, Shaun Allen), Rhydian Williams (Lloyd Crawley), Darren Pollitt (Matthew Miller, Ashley Lewis), Chris Davies (Kallum Morgan), Tomos Hall (Cpt), Gwilym Lewis (Gareth Ladd)
Betws Classics included: Dylan Rees, Mathew Rees, Dale Barfoot, Dion Mitchell-Lewis, Richie Griffiths, Cellan Davies, Gareth Lewis, Gareth Ladd, Simon Day, Nic Dcruz, Jamie Evans, Luke Pearse, Mathew Jones, Gwilym Lewis, Chris Bowen, Mark Thomas and er...some 1sts.
Debut: Shaun Allen
Man of the Match: Nathan Murphy (Warriors), Dylan Rees (Betws)
DotD: Nic Dcruz (Warriors), Cellan Davies (Betws)
Rhydian's 75th appearance.

Another very fun day.
Nic Dcruz had another "notable" performance - squealing for a pass whilst running 10 meters in front of the ball.
Llodipop owes Chris Whitey at least a pint for putting him over the line.
Thanks to Gemma for the raffle prizes., which went down very well.

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Sun 29 Aug 2021

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15:00
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