Fixture

Dolgellau  43.V. 5  Bangor

                            WRU Bowl Round 2 Saturday 6th October 2018

Dolgellau eased into the draw for the 3^rd round of the Bowl thanks in the main to their dominance and haul of five tries in the first twenty five minutes of the match to kill the tie.

The blues took the lead after eight minutes, created and scored by wing Rhys Lewis with the assistance of stand-off Eben Jones.  Wing Jake Hinge added the conversion to make it 7-0. Six minutes later, Dolgellau marched on from a five meter lineout, and prop Dewi Puw emerged from the resulting drive and the try, that made the score 12-0.

Dolgellau hit a purple patch going into the second quarter, scoring three tries in five minutes. Wing Dafydd Ellis’ run along left touch saw hooker Celt Lewis feed centre Gareth Hughes to burst through for the try.  Jake Hinge was accurate with the extras, and within two minutes the winger added his third conversion, of Gareth Hughes’ second try of the match, after he latched on to a sweet inside pass from outstanding flanker, Cellan Evans, to make it 26-0. A minute later Dolgellau wing, Dafydd Ellis’ pace up the left side found the visiting defence wanting ,and duly gathered his own chip ahead to score wide out in the left corner. 31-0 and the match was over as a contest after twenty five minutes.

Bangor then enjoyed a period of pressure and scored a well worked try themselves with centre Calvin Williams surging through to the right of the posts. Stand-off Henri Williams’ conversion was narrowly wide leaving the score 31-5 with five minutes of the half remaining. However their joy was short lived as Dolgellau scored their 6^th try of the match with a minute  remaining, as  Dafydd Ellis’ meandering break found stand-off Eben Jones to finish off in style, and make it 36-5 at the interval.

Early in the second period Dolgellau ran a quick tap penalty, replacement Jack Kelly’s long pass finding speedy winger, Jake Hinge to score the try he duly converted to make it 43-5. To their credit, Bangor then dominated the rest of the match, but the closest they came to scoring was a disallowed effort by second row Shaun Kelly, as referee, Dylan Davies had spotted an infringement just as the Bangor pack were driving over the try line.

Referee : Dylan Davies