Fall Bay vs Llandybie
Matchday 2 of the admiral Division 4 west B saw Llandybie make the journey to Fally bay RFC.
Llandybie RFC started the game in defence after a handful of errors which invited pressure onto the visitors. However, Llandybie were dominant at set-piece with Jordan Tommasson, Dafydd Wyn Jones and Steff Thomas putting the Fall Bay RFC front row under pressure, Josh collier was ever present at lineout both in attach and defend. Fall bay opened the scoring through a penalty from 25 metres out.
Llandybie were quick to respond after going behind with an attacking kick from outside half Rhys Evans which fall into the hands of Dafydd Gregory to open llandybie account on the scoreboard. Llandybie now lead 5-3.
Following on, Llandybie kept on the pressure with another dominant scrum and scrum half Ewan Chater found centre Cian Thomas which broke the line to score, Dafydd Wyn Jones successfully converted the conversion from the touchline.
Half time score, Fall Bay 3 – Llandybie 12.
Second half began with Llandybie pegged back in their own 22 defending for their lives. Then came a lineout for falls bay which saw a loose pass which was intercepted by captain Ioan Rees who ran it in from 50 metres out to extend Llandybie lead to 17-3 with a extra 2 points added by Dafydd Wyn Jones. Llandybie now lead 19-3 with around 30 minutes to go.
Following the score, Llandybie were back to defending their try line with massive tackles going in from a number of players. However, Llandybie lost 2 players to the sin bin, Ashley Hooper and Nate Richards both saw yellow cards for a high tackle. Fall Bay then captalised by scoring in the corner, where the conversion was unsuccessful. Score now was 19-8 to the visitors.
Going into the last 10 minutes Llandybie went back to their strengths which was their set-piece to gain possession and control of the game. Llandybie saw off their toughest opponents yet to pick up a well deserved win against one of the favourites to win the league.
Man of the match, Owain James.
Final score, Fall Bay 8 – Llandybie 19