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Gwernyfed Ladies and the love of rugby...

There is a single-mindedness about Gwernyfed Ladies this season, borne from hard training, and a mental toughness that has took the coaching staff more than a season to initiate, allied a more physical toughness that has allowed their innate rugby talent to flourish, and this all came to fruition against Lampeter Ladies this Sunday.

From the moment the captain Megan Snape broke through feeble tackling after a ruck on six minutes for the first of her five tries, Gwernyfed dominated.

They were too strong up front for Lampeter, with the front row trio of Kirsten Bishop, Di Workman and Rosie Snape controlling the breakdown, allowing aggressive runs from second rows, Kate price and Simone Hodges, angles of runs from the backs and precision passing meant Lampeter were confronted by an assortment of moving objects, which invariably lead to wing Kayleigh Rees scoring not one but two tries, one of which had her walking a tight rope along, but not on the touch line to score both in the corner.

No one fancied tackling centre Del Thomas whose leg strength allowed her drive forward from deep, coupled with the ability of stand in fly-half El Franam who got her line moving forward, never gave Lampeter rest. Centre Carys Ricketts sparkled in the counter attack running in two tries.

The second half was more of the same, with a further injection of pace from Kirsty Prosser, speed from deep rewarded her with two tries, in quick succession.

Team play never allowed Gwernyfed to think of the win, there was a joy in the physical battle that could be seen from Rosie Jones, new comer Bec Willis and the marauding back row, which stifled any glimmer from Lampeter, with Number 8 Lily Snape and flanker Harry Jones blitzing their opponents. The Tongan tackler Rosie Snape left an opposing forward flattened, that raised howls from visiting fans, but that avenue of attack was not attempted again.

Not to be out done wing Nic Haines and Ros Price ran various lines that cut the opposing defence making space and time for scrum half Sian Dyke to forge new attacks. All in all the girls ran in fourteen tries racking up a score of 80 – 7. In effect this season is a mouth watering prospect, but time will tell.

WRU Senior Women's Team Manager Alan Roberts (Blues Region) said; watching the ladies play today, showed a lot of ball skills and an excellent coaching set up at Gwernyfed RFC, well done to Gordon and the team, it also proves that both the girls’ and women's rugby continues to grow within Wales.
 

Gwernyfed Ladies (80) v Lampeter Ladies (7)