Mountain Ash finish season with perfect 10 out of 10
National 1 round-up
MOUNTAIN Ash maintained their unbeaten record as they made it a perfect 10 out of 10 in Division 1 East Central as they beat title rivals Treorchy 23-8.
A crowd of almost 500 turned up to see the battle of the two unbeaten teams in the league and they were rewarded with a full-blooded affair in which two interception tries from the home back-line turned the game.
In what was the final game of the league campaign for both sides, outside-half Callum Hall got Mountain Ash off the mark and then converted the first of two breakaway tries. Wing Declan Conway picked off the first interception score from inside his own half. Lima Lloyd kicked a first half penalty for Treorchy and Hall added a second to make it 13-3 at the break.
In the second half, home fullback Jarrod Cushion raced in from 70 metres after intercepting a wayward pass and Hall’s conversion and third penalty completed the scoring. Treorchy grabbed a consolation try from Ellis Fackrell, but it was another defeat for the Zebras to follow their loss to Penallta in the National Plate final.
In the North, reigning champions Llandudno came out on top against after a 37-12 home win over Bala. Having agreed with top of the table Nant Conwy that if they won they would be declared the league winners, they went out and scored seven tries. Scrum-half Byron Davies got two of them and kicked a conversion and Connor Harding also bagged a brace. The other tries came from Delwyn Jones, Lloyd Evans and Brian Pike as The Goats ended on a high with a perfect nine out of nine.
Llangennech finished on top in Division 1 West thanks to a 36-22 win at Aberystwyth to go two points above unbeaten Newcastle Emlyn having played one more game. They picked up a bonus-point with a penalty try as they outscored the home side by four tries to three.
Centre Ryan Nunes, lock Sam Melmoth and No.8 Craig Thomas got the other tries and Osian Evans kicked 14 points. Having lost their only league game 29-20 at Newcastle Emlyn, they will now look to gain some revenge in the West Wales Cup final on Saturday when they meet them again.