The Squad South Gower U11's attended the Ospreys Junior Rugby Festival in Bridgend on April 5th.
The weather was great and at only 12 minutes per game with no half time, it promoted fast rugby. As the district selectors were present, it was also a good opportunity for the boys to show their skills.
Unfortunately, we were drawn in one of the toughest groups - some dodgy refereeing also did not help. The scores (in tries) were as follows :
Penclawdd 7 : South Gower 0
Maesteg Welsh 3 : South Gower 0
Averavon GS 0 : South Gower 0
Kenfig Hill 2 : South Gower 0
With the exception of Penclawdd, it was noticable that the standard was fairly consistent across the pools which should lead to a good tournament next year. The level of effort was excellent, however holes in the central defence and the inability to convert possession into tries is something that needs to be worked on in practice. All in all a good day out.
(Unfortunately one of the coaches was also smashed into by someone from the Penclawdd team on the M4 : at least it wasn't his wife driving !!)
