Rumney : 15.P.Carlton 14.J.Offside 13.P.Niblett (Capt) 12.M.Miller 11.T.Daley 10.A.Carlson  9.C.Miller 1.P.Douglas  2.M.Feneck  3.C.Gale  4.J.Braine 5.M.Kelly 6.R.Fenton 7.R.Sutton 8.S.Coles Replacements : J.Leadbeater C.O'Donoghue T.Gee G.Niblett

Croesyceiliog : 15.D.Davies 14.M.Hiatt 13.S.Fitzgerald 12.M.Entwistle 11.R.Davies 10.C.Landry  9.N.Powell 1.M.Watkins  2.A.Axford  3.J.Smith   4.L.Williams 5.R.Gibbins 6.C.Williams  7.B.Pike 8.J.Nash Replacements : R.Williams D.Thomas J.Edwards J.Misljen

Referee : Mark Davies, Loughor

Scorers for Rumney : A.Carlson try, R.Sutton try

Scorers for Croesyceiliog : C.Williams try, M.Entwistle conversion and 2 penalties

A lively attacking start by Rumney was soon curbed by the Croesyceiliog forwards and most of the opening quarter took place in the home half of the field with visiting outside half and captain Matthew Entwistle kicking a penalty after ten minutes. Rumney outside half Andrew Carlson, prop Paul Douglas and hooker Michael Feneck all created good attacking breaks but the Croesyceiliog pack continued to dominate play, forcing penalties, and in the twentieth minute Entwistle added a second successful kick to put his side 0 - 6 ahead. The home backs threatened to break through on a number of occasions with Phil Carlton, Matthew Miller, Joey Offside,Tom Daley and Paul Niblett all finding gaps and in a better passage of play for Rumney, Ryan Sutton, Ryan Fenton and Stuart Coles were proving difficult to stop, but infringments, errors and loose kicks allowed The Cockerels to take play back upfield and powerful thrusts from their No8 Jake Nash and full back David Davies were only stopped close to the line. The Rumney scrum held up well in defence with Coles clearing effectively from the back row and the half ended with Rumney again on the attack.

The second period began with more positive play by Rumney and as Sutton's dominance of the lineout increased, Croesyceiliog found themselves giving away penalties, allowing the home side to gain territory. In the forty fifth minute more clean possession by Sutton made it possible for the Rumney forwards to set up a solid, rolling maul with Coles, Feneck and lock Jamie Braine working the open side until Carlson set off on a fine looping movement which saw the outside half devestate opposition tacklers to score an excellent corner try. Five minutes later Sutton again rose to secure quality lineout ball for scrum half Chris Miller who saw a tiny gap and set off on a brilliant side stepping run before supplying Sutton with the return ball for the flanker to cross and put his team 10 - 6 into the lead. Tireless work from home props Charlie Gale and Douglas, and locks Michael Kelly and Braine, kept Rumney ahead but in the final quarter Croesyceiliog regained the upper hand and play was almost entirely confined to the Rumney half of the field. With ten minutes to go, more penalties resulted in Croesyceiliog keeping possession deep in the Rumney half and close interpassing led to flanker Chris Williams brushing off tackles and driving over for The Cockerels' only try of the game. Entwistle's successful conversion took the score to 10 - 13 and that was how things remained as the visitors again restricted possession and prevented Rumney from breaking out in the closing minutes.

Steve Ford, Coach Rumney 1st XV : "In the first half we didn't have much territorial possession, we couldn't get out of our half or find any momentum, and we gave away so many penalties. I talked to the boys at half time and was fairly confident when we turned around. We started off very well and scored two fine tries but after that Croesyceiliog came back at us and the countless penalties cost us the game. It is very frustrating that we can not go through the phases, we have just got to work hard, not feel sorry for ourselves and put it right next week. The Man of the Match was Rumney captain Paul Niblett, basically for his defence, with Ryan Sutton having a big game today and running Paul very close for the award."

Michael Feneck, hooker Rumney 1st XV : "We started very slowly and a couple of sin binnings did't help us, but the forwards fought back, getting good ball for the backs to score quality tries, though the Croesyceiliog pack did play very well. Michael Kelly, Andrew Carlson and Tom Daley had outstanding games today."

Above : Michael Feneck