2022 WRL Men's Origin Series
West Wales
25 September 2022 • KO 14:00
24 v 18
Tennant Park, Skewen
Attendance:
Referee : Ian Curzon
East Wales
5 | Tries | 3 | ||
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2 | Conversions | 3 | ||
0 | Penalties | 0 | ||
0 | Drop Goals | 0 |
Match Report
East Wales
In the first rugby league match to have ever been held in the village of Skewen near Neath, West Wales edged a 24-18 win over East in a competitive encounter.
The result means that East Wales need a 26-point win over North Wales next Saturday at Glyncoch otherwise the title will go North for the first time.
West took the lead on six minutes when Liam Jones used his strength to force his way through. Isaac Morgan converted.
East levelled on 14 minutes as Macauley Harris dived over and Chris Harris converted.
West soon regained their lead when a good passing move ended with Scott Whitlock diving over. Isaac Morgan couldn’t land the extras.
Then just before half-time, Dylan Agar crashed over for West Wales’ third try of the day with Morgan converting to give them a 16-6 half-time lead.
East were first over in the second half after they pounded the West line for two successive sets. In the end, Shaun Watton caught a high kick and scored under the sticks. Harris added the extras.
The visitors were pressing for a score to level the game, but it was West who were over next. Jack Dacey was on the end of a good string of passes. The conversion attempt was missed.
East fought back again. Macauley Harris dived from dummy half for his second of the game and Chris Harris converted to bring the deficit to just two points.
Referee Ian Curzon gave red cards to Ben Pinnock of East Wales and Ben Rees of West Wales, plus a yellow for Ieaun Ace, for their part in a brawl with less than two minutes remaining.
But despite being a man down, West sealed the game in the final move as Whitlock ran in for his second. The conversion was missed.
Team Lists and Scoring Information
West Wales | Tries | Goals | DGs | Pts | Cards | ||
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1 | Stuart Robson | ||||||
2 | Ieuan Ace | Y | |||||
3 | Jack Dacey | 1 | 4 | ||||
4 | Dylan Agar | 1 | 4 | ||||
5 | Lloyd Pritchard | ||||||
6 | Isaac Morgan (c) | 2 | 4 | ||||
7 | Scott Whitlock | 2 | 8 | ||||
8 | Kyle Garner | ||||||
12 | Lewys Walsh | ||||||
Substitute | |||||||
14 | Dai Felton | ||||||
15 | Oscar Wong | ||||||
16 | Corey Harris | ||||||
17 | Sion Wright | ||||||
18 | Dafydd Jones | ||||||
19 | Ben Rees | R | |||||
20 | Dale Wood | ||||||
21 | Ben Phillips | ||||||
22 | Jake Price | ||||||
23 | Liam Jones | 1 | 4 |
East Wales | Tries | Goals | DGs | Pts | Cards | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Langworthy | ||||||
2 | Luke Abbott | ||||||
3 | Brandon Lamb | ||||||
4 | Rob Davies | ||||||
5 | Rhys Hawkins | ||||||
6 | Ben Pinnock | R | |||||
7 | Chris Harris | 3 | 6 | ||||
9 | Dean Higgs | ||||||
10 | Lee Griffiths | ||||||
11 | Ieuan Griffiths | ||||||
12 | Rhodri Garland | ||||||
13 | Macauley Harris | 2 | 8 | ||||
Substitute | |||||||
14 | Jake Brookes | ||||||
15 | Craig Lewis | ||||||
18 | Robert Hemming | ||||||
19 | Shaun Watton | 1 | 4 | ||||
20 | Evan Watson |
Time | Score | Player | Team | Action |
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6 | 4 - 0 | Liam Jones | West Wales | Try |
6 | 6 - 0 | Isaac Morgan | West Wales | Conversion |
13 | 6 - 4 | Macauley Harris | East Wales | Try |
14 | 6 - 6 | Chris Harris | East Wales | Conversion |
26 | 10 - 6 | Scott Whitlock | West Wales | Try |
27 | 10 - 6 | Isaac Morgan | West Wales | Missed Conversion |
37 | 14 - 6 | Dylan Agar | West Wales | Try |
38 | 16 - 6 | Isaac Morgan | West Wales | Conversion |
48 | 16 - 10 | Shaun Watton | East Wales | Try |
49 | 16 - 12 | Chris Harris | East Wales | Conversion |
57 | 20 - 12 | Jack Dacey | West Wales | Try |
58 | 20 - 12 | Isaac Morgan | West Wales | Missed Conversion |
63 | 20 - 16 | Macauley Harris | East Wales | Try |
64 | 20 - 18 | Chris Harris | East Wales | Conversion |
79 | 20 - 18 | Ieuan Ace | West Wales | Yellow Card |
79 | 20 - 18 | Ben Pinnock | East Wales | Red Card |
79 | 20 - 18 | Ben Rees | West Wales | Red Card |
80 | 24 - 18 | Scott Whitlock | West Wales | Try |
80 | 24 - 18 | Isaac Morgan | West Wales | Missed Conversion |