South Gower under 12's are still building even though the season is drawing to a close. A strong outing against Cwmavon without conceding any points. Another strong performance against Waunarllwydd RFC with 39 un answered points all bodes well with forthcoming tournaments on the horizon "The Penclawdd Invitational Gower Cup" won by Uplands RFC for the last two seasons and the District selction process tournament "Super 12's".
The Gower All Blacks have had one set back in their recent string of wins, defeat to Dunavnt. Being Easter Sunday, Gower were depleted of a full side with only 11 players available and two loan players from Dunvant. The signs were still evident of a deveoping yet talented Gower side with two first half tries by Jacob Clement and Chay Smith. The second half saw a shift in tactics by Dunvant recognising Gower were fielding a strong compliment of backs but missing the workhorses up front. Dunvant cleverly stuck the ball up their jumper and drove on through, clawing their way back in for a 19, 12 win to Dunvant.
Sunday 6th April - South Gower V Swansea Uplands. A fixture which has always been entertaining from the days of U8's. Uplands however have developed their performances of recent seasons while South Gower have only built of late. This was a game that Gower needed to bench mark their progress.
South Gower's first 10 minutes off loaded relentless pressure. Gower flankers Rob Mogridge and Eliot Clement were steeling everything. The 9, 10, 12 & 13 unit (Jamie Thomas, Jacob Clement, Sam Pritchard & Chay Smith) was also firing on all cylinders, switches, dummy runs, good support play, was well executed which eventually sent winger Jack Rosser in for the first try. Uplands, fought back well with the odd steel but Gower maintained pressure but failed to take more points due to the Uplands defence.
The second half, was played in a similar vein, plenty of Gower pressure, solid Uplands defence but no points for the score board. With 5 minutes left in the game, Gower turned up the heat. Deep in the oppositions half, the forwards were relentless with exceptional ball carrying by Seb Heinrich, Gavin Shearer and Alex Ashburner. A well earned 20m driving maul, releasing the ball for jinking runs for Gower boys opened up the gaps allowing Sam Pritchard to cross the white wash. 2 minutes left on the clock from a restart, South Gower wanted more, and off they went on a rampage, Jacob Clement saw the gaps and took his chances and weaved through to deliver another try, converted by Sam Jones to end on another clean sheet with a 17 point win.
South Gower RFC 17, Uplands RFC 0.
South Gower Man of the match: Seb Heinrich, played oustanding at number 8, putting the opposition on the back foot, creating the spaces the Gower backs needed to cross the line.
(South Gower Team: 1.Sam Jones,2.Eliot Owen,3.Alex Ashburner,4.Gavin Shearer,5.Dylan Morgan,6. Rob Mogridge,7.Eliot Clement,8.Seb Heinrich,9.Jamie Thomas,10.Hacob Clement,11.Kieran Shreves,12.Sam Pritchard,13.Chay Smith,14.Jack Rosser,15.Jack Hooper-Lewis. Repalcements: Max Adams, Jack Davies, Luke Cooper)
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