Gogs enjoy big win –
RGC will aim to make it back-toback Premiership wins for the first time since the start of the season when they host Llanelli at Parc Eirias this Saturday (1pm). The Gogs returned to victorious ways last weekend with a convincing 38-12 drubbing of Bedwas at Colwyn Bay. Scrum-half Efan Jones notched a hattrick in a bonus point victory which strengthened the North Wales side’s place among the top nine Premiership clubs. Head coach Mark Jones, pictured, described the display as “a good all-round performance”. “We produced some good approach work throughout and left three or four tries out there because a final pass didn’t go to hand or we took the wrong option,” he said. “I was very happy with the win against a Bedwas team which is notoriously difficult to play against. “It’s nice to get a ‘W’ under our belts and hope we can carry it on next week against Llanelli (at home) when we’ll be aiming to do something we haven’t done since the start of the season – record back-to-back wins.” Jones has criticised his team’s lack of clinicalness at times this season, but stressed that was not a problem last Saturday. “We created lots of chances and were quite ruthless in our execution,” he added.
“We took our tries well. It was a good, all-round team performance. Backs and forwards combined well and the bench made good contributions to the group when they came on.”
Visitors Bedwas started strongly and took the lead when wing Jordan Rees broke through for a converted try. The home side settled and levelled the scores when a fine break from captain Evan Yardley led to a smart off-load to Jones, who went over for his first touchdown, which was converted by Billy McBryde.
Before the break, the Gogs had established a seven-point lead. A solid scrum by RGC led to the ball being worked wide for Tom Hughes to go over, another two points being added by the boot of McBryde. A McBryde penalty extended the RGC lead after the break, but the travellers were far from finished. They thought they had scored a try, but it was disallowed for a forward pass.
The crucial score arrived when Efan Jones dotted down for a brilliant individual try, the extras again being added by McBryde. And the No.9 completed his treble with RGC’s bonus-point try.
Bedwas replied with a touchdown of their own, and looked to have added another, but it was ruled out for a knockon.
RGC fittingly had the last word when Dan Owen crossed under the posts for a final try, McBryde succeeding again from the tee.