Fixture

 
Div 2 North Playoff [03.05.2017]

The race for promotion will go down to the final day of the season, this Saturday, when Dolgellau  visit Shotton and Denbigh visit Llanidloes. A win for Dolgellau will secure first division next season regardless of what Denbigh do.

Llangollen made life extremely difficult for the hosts, and twenty five minutes were on the clock
when  Dolgellau scrum half, Jac Roberts’ speculative chip was neatly gathered by skipper Gerwyn Thomas who found centre Gareth Hughes to score the opening try. His fellow centre, Henri Roberts converted to ease the tension to make the score 7-0.  Another long kick by Gerwyn Thomas caused chaos in the visiting defence that eventually led to wing Rhys Lewis crashing over for the try to put the hosts 12-0 ahead with four minutes remaining, and in the very last minute wing Rob Pugh rounded the cover defence to score Dolgellau’s third try. Henri Roberts added the conversion to make the half-time score 19-0.

Llangollen stand-off,James Claybrook, started and finished  the move that put the visitors on the score sheet after only five second half minutes. He duly added the conversion to make it 19-7, but their joy was short lived as Dolgellau ran in two rapid tries with wing Rob Pugh scoring from half way, as he avoided several tackles to score a great individual effort.  Centre Gareth Hughes added his second try of the evening, after quarter of an hour, finishing off surging runs from Marius Jones & Leon Brooks. Both were expertly converted by Henri Roberts to ease Dolgellau to a 33-7 lead.

Dolgellau  made several changes, with prop,Dewi Pugh and flanker, Guto Jones making  welcome returns to first team action, and youngster Jake Hinge coming on the wing for his senior debut.

Wing Anthony Davies  scored a try for Llangollen with three minutes remaining, before  centre Henri Roberts added Dolgellau’s sixth try in injury time  with his brother Jac Roberts  this time adding the conversion to make it 40-12 and end the scoring.

Referee : Haydn Owen [Prestatyn]