Burry Port 21 (3 tries : 3 conversions)
South Gower 0
Brynamman 0
South Gower 22 (4 tries : 1 conversion)
The day started with a one minute silence in memory of rugby legend Ray Gravell - a great ambassador and character of the game who will be sadly missed.
The Team - Looking Good !
The Team - Looking not so Good !
The first game was against Burry Port and with only 11 players, both sides played 11 a-side. South Gower started well and kept up the pressure however failed to convert it into any points. Burry Port showed some good handling and driving and camped on the South Gower line. We tried to clear with a kick which did not go very far - Burry Port picked up then scored.
I am all in favour of letting the game flow from a ref's perspective, however when teams are so close to the try line, it is only fair that knock-ons are penalised. This did not seem to happen and I had to stop myself asking for the video ref. It was good heads did not drop and the game was still there to be won at half time 7:0.
Some good rucking and presentation maintained possession
The second half started well but handling failed to move the ball past the fly half due to the pressure exerted by Burry Port. Handling errors, due to this pressure, caused us to lose the ball and in some cases we ended up throwing the ball anywhere. Burry Port countered and just managed to score a second try and convert.
Harry, playing at scrum half, linked up well with Cameron down the blindside on more than one occasion, however Burry Port covered and gave us very little space to run in. Tom was first to alot of the breakdowns and always kept the ball alive.
Harry just clears his lines and relieves some of the pressure exerted by Burry Port
In the last seconds we kicked the ball from close to our try line in field to chase only for Burry Port to pick up and with some good hands and a lovely side step from their winger scored. Final score 3 tries to nil.
Based on the statistics we had 63% of the possession but couldn't convert it to points. In summary a good game by two evenly matched sides. Rucking and ball retention was greatly improved from last week. The forwards led by Zac tackled well and the game was ours to win - unfortunately we could not use this possession due to the poor handling. This week we will practice passing,passing and more passing - especially under pressure.
Jo does his thumb warm ups before the second game
The second game was against Brynamman and was only their second game as a team. Due to their low numbers we played 8 a-side. South Gower started well and kept up the pressure shown in the first game. Tom and Jack both ran good straight lines and Josh Burt finished well in the corner after a fine pass out of the tackle by Tom.
Brynamman had one very strong lad who seemed to be the only one they used to run. We tried to tackle high in some cases and on more than one occassion it took four of our lads to bring him down. Still, Brynamman did not look like scoring at all.
Other try scorers were Jesse, Tom and Harry. The only conversion was a drop kick.
Jesse and Owen congratulate each other on a good try
A well deserved win which was needed to boost confidence - well done.
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