Round 8 brought the unlikeliest upset of the season
Brython Thunder, till recently very much the minnows of the six-team league, achieved a staggering, but fully deserved win over the undefeated champions Wolfhounds at Parc Y Scarlets.
Your first reaction might be: Niall Alcorn was giving some of his top players the day off. A glance at the teams below shows this was very much not the case.
Many of Scott Bemand’s likely first choice side for the opening round of the 6 Nations were on parade here.
Brython put together two fine scores.
First, Jorja Alono made a telling break from the base of the scrum. Seren Lockwood steamed further ahead. As the ball spread left, even a bounce pass couldn’t stop Brython’s advance.
Amy Williams rounded the last defender, and she had time and space to run in under the posts (7-0).
Even better, the pack next thundered at the line. As the ball came out, Savannah Picton Powell ran a clever looping line from the blind-side to motor right through to the line (14-0).
Result: Brython Thunder 14-0 Wolfhounds
Player of the Match: Hanna Marshall
Just to put this game into context – at the previous meeting, Brython had gone down 0-69!
Teams:
Brython Thunder
15 A. WILLIAMS 14 M EVANS 13 BLUCK 12 PICTON-POWELL 11 SINGLETON 10 MARSHALL 9 LOCKWOOD 1 ORRIN 2 BOWDEN 3 E. JONES 4 CRABB 5 JOHN 6 B. METCALFE 7 K WILLIAMS 8 ALONA
16 S. WILLIAMS 17 L. WILLIAMS 18 M. LEWIS 19 WAKLEY 20 R. DAVIES 21 ISAAC 22 WILKINSON 23 TROMANS
Wolfhounds
15 FLOOD 14 O’CONNOR 13 DALTON 12 ELMES KINLAN 11 MARLEY 10 O’ BRYAN 9 REILLY 1MOLLOY 2 DALEY 3 DJOUGANG 4 N. SMUTH 5 TUITE 6 BOLES 7 OG O’ LEARY 8 KING
16 CLENAGHAN 17 McLEAN 18 FLYNN 19 JORDAN 20 GARVEY 21 CORCORAN 22 GAFFNEY 23 HIGGINS
In the second Match, Glasgow Warriors scored a splendid win away at Ystrad Mynach 12-15.
Gwalia Lightning 12 Glasgow Warriors 15
Player of the Match: Poppy Fletcher
In the one expected result Clovers beat Edinburgh Rugby 31-7
Player of the Match: Jemima Adams Verling
Table in brief after 8 rounds:
1. Wolfhounds 35 points
2. Clovers 33
3. Gwalia 24
4. Glasgow 16
5. Brython 14
6. Edinburgh 5
