Match Report

Neath 41 - Wanderers 0

The Gnoll, Tue 10th Feb 09 KO: 19:15

Neath v Glamorgan Wanderers
Tuesday 10th February 2009
7.15pm

Neath opened the scoring after 10 minutes of pressure with a try in the corner from prop Craig Mitchell.
Arwel Thomas failed with the conversion but the blacks scored again through centre Luke Ford, crossing for his first try in a black shirt against his former club.
Arwel converted putting Neath 12 points in front, he continued to add to the board with a penalty.
A confident Neath continued to dominate the half and Gareth King caught a high ball did the leg work, fed to Ford who almost crossed, who fed to scrum half Kevin Farrell who dived over for the try, Arwel made no mistake with the conversion making it 22 -0
The trys just kept coming and Luke Ford crossed again for his second and sealed the bonus spoint for Neath after 30minutes, again Arwel got the conversion.
Neath 29 Glamorgan Wanderers 0
The Wanderers failed to get in the Neath 22 until the closing stages of the first half but the Neat defence stayed solid and the half ended 29-0.

Glamorgan Wanderers started the half with far more intent, putting pressure on the Neath defence but failing to convert pressure into points, instead Neath scored their fifth of the night through winger Matthew Nuthall. Arwel Thomas didn't manage to get the conversion.
To add to the Wanderers woes replacement flanker Ben White was yellow carded for a late challenge on Luke Ford.
The All Blacks failed to take advantage of the extra man and after 7 minutes Kevin Farrell was given a yellow.
Fans had to it wait until the closing minutes of the match for Neath's 6, which again game from winger Matthew Nuthall, replacement 10 Matty James got the conversion.
The Wanderers failed to score and the game ended 41-0 to the Blacks.