Phillips salutes his defence
Ravens suffer heavy defeat against Quins
CARMARTHEN QUINS coach Emyr Phillips praised his side’s resolute defence as they scored six tries to thrash Bridgend.
Tries from Nick Reynolds, Dale Ford, Gethin Robinson, Matthew John, Thomas Ball and Dylan Morgan plus 14 points from the boots of Aled Thomas and Steffan Marshall gave them an easy victory.
But despite scoring some scintillating tries, Phillips was happier with how his side defended.
“We are always a team that’s going to score tries so we’ve put a lot of emphasis on our defence in training,” said the former Wales hooker.
“We’ve performed really well over the last two weeks and it’s been based on our defence, which has been excellent. Before the last couple of weeks we hadn’t quite clicked as a side but we’ve now turned a corner.
“I thought our set-piece was outstanding and we were able to get on top of Bridgend physically.”
Reynolds opened the scoring as he beat three defenders and Ford got in on the act when he crossed courtesy of a 20-metre driving line-out.
Robinson also benefited form a powerful maul for his score, while the final three tries were as a result of their impressive back division.
Bridgend head coach Matt Silva said: “We weren’t at the races and Carmarthen were better than us in every aspect. Last weekend’s performance against Newport took a lot out of us and if you are 20% off your best you are going to get punished in this league.”
QUINS – Tries: N Reynolds, D Ford, G Robinson, M John, T Ball, D Morgan. Cons: A Thomas (2), S Marshall (2). Pens: A Thomas (2). BRIDGEND – Pens: W Holley (2).