Fixture

The Youth XV travelled up the Tywi Valley to play reigning East Carmarthenshire Youth league champions at Church Bank. Having being dealt a blow in the week with the withdrawal of captain Alex Jones due to illness Tumble started the match well, showing good skills and recycling the ball well. Early pressure on the Drovers line nearly paid off when the Magpies were denied a try. Tumble were awarded a penalty kick but into a strong wind outside half Morgan Davies pushed it to the right of the upright. Llandovery, playing with well organised and skilful backline hit back with two quick tries to put the Magpies on the backfoot and up against it. Despite being under pressure Tumble’s lineout defence was on top form and disrupted the young Drovers’ ball all first half. Despite Llandovery continuing to pull away on the scoreboard the Magpies kept up their effort and showed great commitment despite not always getting the rub of the green when it came to 50/50 decisions. In the last five minutes of the match Tumble worked their way up field with phase after phase of recycling the ball and their efforts were rewarded when Morgan Davies got the try that the Magpies effort all afternoon had richly deserved. 

Great attitude was shown by all the squad throughout the game. Special mention goes to young Taylor Stone playing his first game on wing. Stone typified the attitude of the team during the game when, after gathering a great cross field mid-air catch he took a heavy tackle from the onrushing defence before getting up, dusting himself down and carrying on as if nothing had happened.

Next Saturday the Youth are back in action when they welcome Hendy RFC to Parc y Mynydd Mawr, kick-off 2.30pm.

Scorers:

Try and Con – Morgan Davies

Line-up:

15. Elis Lewis

14. Cian Davies

13. Alex Jones

12. Kieran Jones

11. Dan Davies

10. Morgan Davies

9. Rhydian Davies

1. Rhys Tobias

2. Ashley Evans

3. Jack Tucker

4. Ryan Williams

5. Osian Flint

6. Dafydd Griffiths

7. Gethin Davies

8. Tomos Raymond (captain)

Subs:

16. Taylor Stone

17. Kieran Lewis

Pictured – Tumble try scorer Morgan Davies.