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Wednesday January 25
KO 7:15 PM
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CCBC Centre for Sporting Excellence,
Ystrad Mynach
Dragons U18
MATCH REPORT

Under-18s narrowly defeated by leaders

Dragons Under-18s were edged out 17-15 by leaders Ospreys Under-18s in the Regional Age Grade Championship at Ystrad Mynach on Wednesday evening.

The home side scored tries through back row duo Evan Minto and Kobi Rees but were denied a late win as the visitors just held out.

The visitors started on the front foot and Ospreys hooker Finley Thomas opened the scoring when he burrowed over after three minutes after powerful driving maul.

Dragons hit back at the midpoint of the half when a series of forward surges was finished off by a powerful run by Number Eight Evan Minto. Jack Woods converted to draw the teams level.

Minto was yellow carded soon afterwards, but the home side continued to carry a threat with Harry Rees-Weldon and Oli Woodman both unfortunate as they raced down the wing.

Superb vision from Woods at the start of the second period nearly picked out Rees-Weldon but the cross-field kick skipped away from the wing.

A second home try arrived after sublime footwork from Ioan Duggan left Ospreys defenders in his wake and he sent flanker Kobi Rees over in the corner.

The visitors, though, hit back with another driving maul try as Seb Rodriguez-Davies went over for a slender 14-12 lead.

Ospreys were reduced to 14 men as Jack Hoskins was yellow carded and Woods nudged over a penalty for the lead.

Ospreys hit back with a penalty of their own while Woods saw an effort slip wide after great turnover work from Louis Pullen.

Late drama saw Dragons break with the final play but after collecting a chip and spreading ball wide the Ospreys cover defence just shunted Rees-Weldon into touch as he went for the corner.

Dragons Under-18s: Oli Woodman (Monmouth Haberdashers & Chepstow RFC), Harry Rees-Weldon (Coleg Gwent & Ebbw Vale RFC), Tye Davies (c) (Hartpury College & Cwmbran RFC), Oscar Watkins (Monmouth Haberdashers & Alton RFC), Ioan Duggan (CWM Rhymni & Bargoed RFC), Jack Woods (Monmouth Haberdashers & Risca RFC), Logan Franklin (Newbridge RFC); Taran Moa (Llandovery College & Cwmbran RFC), Tomoya Adachi (Clifton College & Whiteheads RFC), Alex Uwimana (Newport High Schoool & Pill Harriers RFC), Dan Wall (Newport High School & Machen RFC), Nick Thomas (Hartpury College & St Peters RFC), Guy Thomas (Monmouth Haberdashers), Kobi Rees (Coleg Gwent & Blackwood RFC), Evan Minto (Hartpury College & Pontypool United).

Replacements: Regan Jones (Monmouth Haberdashers & Cwmbran RFC), George Tuckley (Monmouth Haberdashers & Abergavenny RFC), Josh Gay (Coleg Gwent & Ebbw Vale RFC), Evan Barber (Coleg Gwent & Blackwood RFC), Louis Pullen (Newport High School & Newport HSOB), Toby Thomas (Newport High School & Machen RFC), Harri Ford (Coleg Gwent & Sengenydd RFC), Dray Jack-Griffin (Newport High & Cwmbran RFC).

Ospreys U18 T C D P
1Oliver Addis-Fuller
-- -- -- --
2Finn Thomas
1 -- -- --
3Kian Hire
-- -- -- --
4Evan Hill
-- -- -- --
5Finn Evans
-- -- -- --
6Seb Rodreiguez-Davies
1 -- -- --
7Oliver Jones
-- -- -- --
8Kyle Harris
-- -- -- --
9Brychan Wood
-- -- -- --
10Charlie Thomas
-- 2 1 --
11Llewellyn Hawkes
-- -- -- --
12Luke Davies
-- -- -- --
13Jack Hoskins
-- -- -- --
14Rhydian Greenhall
-- -- -- --
15Ben Evans
-- -- -- --
Dragons U18 T C D P
1Taran Moa
-- -- -- --
2Tomoya Adachi
-- -- -- --
3Alex Uwimana
-- -- -- --
4Daniel Wall
-- -- -- --
5Nick Thomas
-- -- -- --
6Guy Thomas
-- -- -- --
7Kobi Rees
1 -- -- --
8Evan Minto
1 -- -- --
9Logan Franklin
-- -- -- --
10Jack Woods
-- 1 1 --
11Ioan Duggan
-- -- -- --
12Oscar Watkins
-- -- -- --
13Tye Davies
-- -- -- --
14Harry Rees-Weldon
-- -- -- --
15Oli Woodman
-- -- -- --
REPLACMENTS
Ospreys U18 T C D P
16Chris Pound
-- -- -- --
17Alex George
-- -- -- --
18Lewis Sullivan
-- -- -- --
19Dan Gemine
-- -- -- --
20Morgan Francis
-- -- -- --
21Ellis Lewis
-- -- -- --
22Sam Matthews
-- -- -- --
23Lewis Edwards
-- -- -- --
Dragons U18 T C D P
16Rhys Jones
-- -- -- --
17George Tuckley
-- -- -- --
18Josh Gay
-- -- -- --
19Evan Barber
-- -- -- --
20Louis Pullen
-- -- -- --
21Toby Thomas
-- -- -- --
22Harri Ford
-- -- -- --
23Dray Jack-Griffin
-- -- -- --
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