Fixture

Bala RFC | 1st Team 18 - 14 Clwb Rygbi Rhuthun | 1st Team
Harri Morgan
1 Try
Pedr Jones
1 Try
Callum Bennett
2 Conversion

Match Report
06 December 2014 / Team News

Bala 18 Ruthin 14

Ruthin started well in this Division One North game away at last season’s league Champions Bala.  Within the first 5 minutes centre Harri Morgan had crossed for a well-worked try which was converted by fly half Callum Bennett.  The home side reduced the arrears after about 10 minutes with a penalty goal.  After a period of Blues pressure Bennett tried a drop goal which just went wide and the home side began to drive into Ruthin’s 22.  For a period Bala had much of the possession but Ruthin defended well on their 22 until the home side, having drawn Ruthin’s players into defending in the corne,r passed the ball into the centre for an undefended try which was converted.   For the rest of the half play oscillated between the two halves and although the Blues came near to scoring they struggled to make headway from their own line outs and occasional handling errors led to promising moves breaking down.  The score remained at 10-7 to Bala when the whistle blew for half time.  At the start of the second half Bala continued to pressure the Blues who repeatedly conceded penalties in their own 22.  Bala put on another 3 points from one of these and then Ruthin upped their game with hooker Pedr Jones going over the whitewash with Bennett converting.  At the restart the Blues were immediately back under pressure and Bala drove over for an unconverted try.  At 18-14 down with about 8 minutes to go the Blues spent the last period in Bala’s 22 however the home side defended well and with Ruthin still conceding penalties in key positions and finally going down to 14 men with a yellow card there was no further score and Ruthin had to be content with a losers bonus point.  Ruthin 2nds also playing at Bala fared better winning 9-3.

 

Dechreuodd Rhuthun yn gryf yn erbyn pencampwyr y llynedd. O fewn pum munud croesodd Harri Morgan am gais destlus a chiciodd Callum Bennett i ennill y ddau bwynt ychwanegol. O fewn deng munud, lleihawyd y bwlch rhwng y ddau dim gan gic cosb i’r Bala. Yn dilyn pwyso gan y Gleision, ceisiodd Bennett yn aflwyddiannus am gôl adlam ac ymatebodd y tîm cartref gan ymosod i 22 Rhuthun. Er i’r Bala ennill meddiant am gyfnod roedd amddiffyn Rhuthun yn gryf tan i’r tîm cartref ledu’r bel i’r gornel ac yna’n ôl i’r canol am drosgais yng nghanol y cae. Trwy weddill yr hanner bu’r chwarae’n cyfnewid ochrau yn rheolaidd. Daeth y  Gleision yn agos at sgorio ond doedd y linell ddim yn llwyddo i ennill tir ac roedd ambell camdrafod yn dileu unrhyw obaith o sgorio.  Y sgôr ar yr egwyl oedd 10-7 i’r Bala. Ar ddechrau’r ail hanner pwysodd Y Bala ar Rhuthun ac ildiwyd nifer o giciau cosb yn 22 Rhuthun yn sgîl pwysau’r ymosod. Cynyddodd sgôr Y Bala o 3 pwynt o’r herwydd cyn i Bedr Jones ymateb drwy groesi’r linell gais i Rhuthun. Llwyddodd Bennett i ennill y pwyntiau ychwanegol eto. Bu’r ymwelwyr o dan bwysau yn syth wedi’r ailddechrau a gyrrodd Y Bala tros y linell am gais na chafodd ei drosi. Gyda’r sgôr yn 18-14 a gyda 8 munud yn weddill, fe bwysodd Rhuthun yn 22 y Bala. Bu amddiffyn y Bala yn gryf gan orfodi mwy o giciau cosb yn erbyn Rhuthun mewn safleoedd allweddol. Doedd dim mwy o sgorio, ac yna gyrrwyd un o dîm Rhuthun i’r gell cosb. Rhaid oedd gorffen gyda phwynt bonws yn unig. Yn y cyfamser, enillodd yr ail dîm o 9 bwynt i 3 diolch i 3 cic cosb gan James Davies ac ymdrech lew gan y tîm.

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