photo by Mark Harris

At Porthcawl the Bridgend Blue Bulls and Valley Cougars served up a 12 try thriller in a game at ended all square at 32-32. The Cougars ran into an early lead and scored tries through Tom Rees, James Allen and Rhodri Thomas with Carl Thomas converting two.  But Bridgend came fighting back with scores from Tevita Manaseitava, Ken Morris, Lewis Tutt and Michael Daley and Lloyd

O’Connor added two goals to put the home team four points clear at half time. Teenage prop Rhys Hawkins came just inches away from giving the Blue Bulls the lead at the start of the second half and the Cougars made Bridgend pay as they ran in three quick tries from Rob James (2) and Carl Thomas, with Thomas converting two to give the visitors a 32-20 lead.

But Bridgend came fighting back again with tries from Lloyd O’Connor and Andrew Fryer with O’Connor converting both, and they almost snatched game at the death with some great passing play from Fryer, Tom Williams and Phil Price, but the ball was knocked on and the teams had to settle for a draw, which was a fair result as neither team deserved to lose.

article by Simon Green
8 June 2008