Dragons RFC wing Ewan Rosser took part in the Commonwealth Games in Coventry for Wales as the team were eventually defeated 14-10 by England in the 9th place final.
Tries from Will Homer and Api Bavadra put England 14-0 ahead at the break before Wales staged a stunning fightback in the second spell.
Richie Pugh’s side were to six men when former Dragon Tyler Morgan was yellow carded for a deliberate knock-on, but the Welsh defence held on heroically while they were a man down.
Wales hit back with a try from Morgan before his second, exploiting a narrow England defence to score in the corner, cut the lead to four points.
But it was too little too late though as England held on to seal a 14-10 win and guaranteeing their place in the 9th place final.
Wales opened the tournament with a 31-0 loss to Canada before impressing in in a 38-5 win against Zambia.
Tries from Callum Williams, Cole Swannack and Morgan Sieniawski in the first half ensured Wales cruised to a 21-5 interval lead.
Wales never looked in danger in the second half as tries by Luke Treharne, Callum Carson and Chris Smith secured the win.
Olympic champions Fiji, however, we waiting in the final pool game and a 38-24 defeat ended last eight hopes for Wales.
Wales now have the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series finale in Los Angeles on 27-28 August to focus on before heading to South Africa for the Rugby World Cup Sevens kicks on 9-11 September in Cape Town.
