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SUNDAY 02 OCTOBER, Under 8's v SEVEN SITERS. TONNA WENT TO SEVEN SISTERS JUBILANT AFTER APEARING AT THE LIBERTY STADIUM, THEY PLAYED THEIR SKINS OFF AGAINST A YOUNGER SEVEN TEAM BUT HAVING SAID THAT IT WAS THE NEW AND YOUNGER PLAYERS WHO STEPPED UP TO THE MARK, WITH TRIES FROM LUKE REDMORE, AND LEWIS RALPH FOLLOWED BY A BRACE OF TRIES FROM SAM MIAH AND THREE TRIES EACH FROM JAY HALE AND JAMES THOMAS TO SIX TRIES FROM SEVEN SISTERS. ALL THIS TO ROUND OFF A GOOD WEEK, WITH ATTENDANCE UP TO TWENTY PLAYERS AND A VISIT TO THE LIBERY STADIUM AND A WIN AT SEVEN SISTERS WHAT MORE CAN A COACH WANT? I BET WARREN GATLAND IS SORRY HE DID’NT TAKE MY OFFER UP NOW! UNDER 8’S COACH. Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Pontardulias 10's after a rare midweek slip up defeat at Cwmavon the Tigers have hit back in style beating Measteg Celtic 98-0 and Felinfoel 63-0 and they continued that run a against a gutsy Pontardulais side today. The 1st half was a close affair with both sides eager to run the ball on this sunny sunday morning, our forwards Mitchio, Josh, Matthew, Dafydd, Cameron, Maxx and Brad were all outstanding putting themselves about and creating a platform for the backs to feed off, while our backs Nathan, Morgan, Dylan Ralph, Kai, Jordan, Dyfan and Dylan Rees were excellent throughout tackling everything and finishing superbly. Tonna upped the tempo in the 2nd half and put in a brilliant performance to run away with the game, the Tigers scored 8 tries through Morgan Kemeys(3), Josh Hughes(2), Dyfan Ceredig, Jordan Major and the impressive Maxx Williams, with Morgan converting 6 of the tries. overall a stop start 1st half showing but an outstanding 2nd half performance from the Tigers to take us into the Bryncoch rugby festival next week full of confidence and raring to go. "WELL DONE YOUNG TIGERS". FT. Pontardulais 21-52 Tonna Tigers Tonna RFC Under 15's 27h March 2011 Tonna U15s v Gorseinon U15s After a shocking defeat to Brynamman the following week Tonna shocked Gorseinon early on with great pressure and passing play they were able to keep Gorseinon in their half. Constant pressure from the forwards nearly resulted in Jordan Watkins just going short. Tonna winning the lineout spread the ball wide allowing Conner Perkins going over in the corner. Both sides showed commitment and enthusiasm but constant defending neither sided were able to capatailse before half time.
Minutes after the kick off Outide half Josh James again showin his pace scored and converted. Tonna stepped off the gas midway through the 2nd halfand some slack passing and tackling resulted in Gorseinon to capatalise and score 2 tries minutes of each other. With the game nearing the final whistle Tonna applied constant pressure enabling Josh James to hack the ball down field and then chip ahead and win the race to the line again converting.
Once again credit goes out to everyone showing their commitment and self belief in your team mates. Yet again proving it difficult for the coaches to single out man of the match
Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Bryncoch 10s On a glorious sunny spring morning Tonna Tigers visited our closest rivals and a team on top form Bryncoch Blues. The Tigers were told all week about the downfalls with starting off slow, which as been our achilles heal all season. But today that was laid to rest has the Tigers were outstanding from start to finish, up front the forwards, Josh, Maxx Matthew, Miticho, Dafydd and Kai were all outstanding, they secured ball at the breakdown, tackled anything in a blue shirt and won countless rucks not only from our ball but winning turnover ball from the hosts has well, also they made huge ground every time they went forward. behind the forwards our backs, Rhys, Morgan, Nathan, Brad, Dyfan and Dylan Rees were all outstanding, their Blitz defence give the dangerous Bryncoch backs no room to play and tackled them on every occasion. with ball in hand they caused no end of problems for the Blues defence. back to the game Tonna raced into a (2) try lead, our 1st score came from excellent rucking with the ball fed to our rampaging rhino Dafydd Thomas who burst is way Through the Bryncoch defence to touch down, the 2nd try again great work from the forwards which released our backs with slick passing along the backline to Morgan Kemeys who tied the Blues defenders in knots to sprint over the line to score. The home team pulled a try back with the last play before half time after a clear knock on was missed by the home ref. In the second half the Tigers were again excellent throughout taking it on from the first half, the Blues did draw level with the 1st score of the half, but it was the Tigers who upped tempo and were denied a clear try after Dyfan Ceredig was alleged to be held up over the try line!!!, Tonna were not to be denied that winning score and after constant pressure on the Blues line Matthew Rees peeled away and smashed over the line which regained the lead for the Tigers, the Tigers kept the Blues under pressure on their own line for the remainder of the game to gain a totally deserved victory against a very good Bryncoch blues side. "WELL DONE BOYS, EVERYONE OF YOU PLAYED OUTSTANDING". FT. Bryncoch Blues 10-15 Tonna Tigers. Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Cwmgors 10s One week on from the afan nedd district tournament Tonna Tigers got back on track and to winning ways against a very good Cwmgors side. Has normal the Tigers were slow out of the blocks allowing the visitors to dominated the first half, weak tackling let Cwmgors take an early score and lead 7-0, Tonna were just not competing at the rucks and the break down area which put us on the back foot for the whole 1st half. surprisingly the Tigers did score (2) tries in the 1st half, both of them brilliant opportunist score's by Morgan Kemeys who jinked and side stepped is way over from is own half for both tries. Cameron Morgan converted both tries to put the Tigers ahead at the interval. HT. Tonna Tigers 14-7 Cwmgors. After a HT rollicking from the coaches the Tigers took the field all hyped up and raring to go, but has in the first half sloppy passing let our visitors draw level, That was the last time the Tigers line was under threat for the rest of the match cos Tonna finally got their game going and secured ball at the ruck + break down, The Tigers scored (2) quick tries to push ahead, from a switch move Dafydd Thomas burst through tackles to smash over, and a silky run from Dylan Rees saw him dart over in the corner both tries were again converted by Cameron Morgan. The Tigers were now dominating with Josh Hughes, Matthew Rees and Dafydd Thomas doin alot of hard work up front giving the team plenty of ball to play with, the Tigers had time for (1) more score, from a attacking scrum and switch move Dyfan Ceredig smashed is way across the line to claim the try, Rhys Finnemore added the conversion with the final play of the match. an huge improvement on the 1st half but we have got to learn to play for whole match boys not 1 half only." WELL DONE BOYS". FT. Tonna Tigers 35-14 Cwmgors
Tonna RFC Under 15's 13th March 2011 Tonna v Pontardawe With tonna having some tough games recently they were not awaiting the arival of Ponty. Tonna only able to field 14 players experienced some straight talking from their coaches.Tonna decided to apply the pressure straight from the kick off this enabled them to put Ponty on the back foot resulting in Outside half Josh James to show his pace scoreing and converting for the opening score. With both teams increasing the pressure Ponty hit back through some slack tackling enabled them to scored but unable to convert. Tonna put some great rugby together with both forwards and backs interlinking resulting in a penalty for the home side. Some quick thinking Tonna kicked down field and the pace of Josh James again proved vital enabling him to convert once again. The second half proved a different story to the first Ponty kept Tonna penned on their defensive line but constant defending and decissions resulted in tonna having 2 boys sent to the bin, this enabled Ponty to score and convert. Ponty on the front foot again scored and converted leaving Tonna 19 -14 down with 5 mins to go. Tonna started to rattle Ponty again and with self belief form all 14 boys appled more pressure and commitment throwing the ball about resulted in centre Conner Perkins going over in the corner. A touch line conversion from Josh James with the final kick of the game gave Tonna their first win over their rivals.
With some great deliberation all boys were awarded man of the match as they all played exceptional Now lets go onwards and upwards
FT Tonna 21 -19 Pontardawe Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Crynant 10s Today we hosted our valley rivals Crynant with the Tigers again racking up 60 plus points to stay unbeaten since "halloween" morning. with our rucking again improving the Tigers played some good running rugby, with ball being secured at the breakdown the Tigers spread the ball on every chance they could and scored some brilliant tries along the way, the winning margin would have been greater but for alot of last ditch tackling from our visitors. Tonna scored (9) tries today through Dafydd Thomas(3), Morgan Kemeys(2) and 1 each for Matthew Rees, Dyfan Ceredig, Nathan Davies and Cameron Morgan, all the tries were converted by Cameron Morgan(7) and Rhys Finnemore(2). confidence throughout the Squad is booming with yet another convincing win for the squad. FT. Tonna Tigers 63-12 Crynant Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Felinfoel 10s Tonna 10s hosted Felinfoel this morning which turned out to be our 1st home match since the 21st november, with the pitch very muddy from fridays downpours the Tigers give a fantastic team performance to hammer our visitors from down west. In recent weeks the Tigers havent been showing up wen it comes to rucking which have left us coaches pulling our hair out watching from the sidelines, but after drilling it into the boys in training on tuesday and before todays game their response was outstanding from start to finish. Tonna scored (5) first-half tries, through Matthew Rees (2), Dylan Rees, Dafydd Thomas, and Morgan Kemeys with Rhys Finnemore converting (3) and Cameron Morgan (2). HT. Tonna Tigers 35-7 Felinfoel. The second half the Tigers didnt ease up and were aggressive and ruthless in their play, rucking and tackling was again outstanding and the Tigers claimed many turnovers from Felinfoel ball, with our players also settling into their positions they have been given everything is starting to fall into place. Tonna again scored (5) second-half tries, Matthew Rees crossed for(2) to take him today to (4), Dyfan Ceredig smashed is way over and Morgan Kemeys added (2) more, Cameron converted (4) of the tries, a brilliant TEAM performance today "WELL DONE EVERYONE LETS KEEP IT GOING". FT. Tonna TIgers 68-7 Felinfoel. Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Glynneath 10s For only the fourth time since november 21st Tonna Tigers have been able to take the field due to the extreme weather that has come our way. The only other games we have played since we hammered Mumbles on that crisp november morning have been 2 drawn matches against Mumbles (19-19), Penclawdd (10-10) and a thumping win over Vardre (60-0), with all the games being away from home, Todays game was a totalbruiser with both sides defences excellent, but the Tigers are a very physical side and they had the upper hand throughout the contest. only 1 try scored today and that was scored by the rampaging Dafydd Thomas who burst through 3 defenders score in the corner, the conversion was kicked by Cameron Morgan, Also i would like to add that 3 new players have joined us since january making our squad that much stronger, the players are Brad Dowding and brothers Mitchio and Akio Anthony. "WELCOME TO THE TEAM BOYS". FT. Glynneath 10s 0-7 Tonna Tigers 10s
Tonna RFC Under 10's Tonna Tigers 10s vs Mumbles 10s on a bleak autumns morning Tonna Tigers put Mumbles Pirates to the sword with an excellent team display. it was Mumbles who started the scoring in the game taking an early lead, that only sprung the Tigers into life which saw them score 5 first half tries through Dafydd Thomas, Morgan Kemeys, Cameron Morgan, Rhys Finnemore and scoring is 1st try for the club Maxx Williams. Cameron and Rhys both kicked 2 conversions each. HT. Tonna Tigers 33-12 Mumbles Pirates. The second half saw the Tigers step up the gears and were ruthless in their finishing, with 3 players dropping out through illness today Tonna were down to a bare 11 players but all 11 were outstanding on the field today and a special mention to Josh Hughes who played through illness for the cause today. also the boys took on board what we went over in training on wednesday nite, useing the overlap, passing and not looking for contact. the Tigers scored 5 second half tries, Morgan Kemeys and Dafydd Thomas both completing hat-tricks and Jordan Major also darted over the line. Rhys Finnemore added 3 conversions and Cameron Morgan also kicking 1. there were big displays from Dylan Ralph, Matthew Rees and Dafydd Thomas, but overall the Team Performance was again outstanding. FT. Tonna Tigers 66-17 Mumbles Pirates. Tonna RFC Under 15's 14th November 2010 Tonna started slowly against Gorseinon, and Gorseinon took full advantage with two early tries opening up a 14 point lead. To Tonnas absolute credit the boys didn’t let it affect them and the forwards fronted up to the much bigger Gorseinon pack. They put Gorseinon under pressure and with quick recycling and passing Josh James ran in the fisrt of his five tries. Tonnas pack continued to match Gorseinon in an evenly contested game. Gorseinon scored a third try but Tonna again responded with two tries of their own, the first came with some excellent linking between forward and backs for Josh James to get his second score.A third try came shortly after, with an inch perfect crossfield kick by Jordan Adderley allowing Josh to score close to the posts. HT 19 – 17 The second half followed much the same pattern as the first, though Tonna were hit by injuries and had to adapt quickly to the changes, which to their credit they did. Gorseinon did score another 20 points through the half but Tonna fought hard and ran in another two tries through some driving forward play and good back play coupled with the excellent running of Josh James. It was a great game to watch, and a good advert for junior rugby, the boys showed great ability and passion. It is wonderful to see the development of the side and each player can feel proud of their contribution, on another day it could easily have been a Tonna victory. Well done Lads. This performance by Josh James was junior section record scoring all 31pts. The club senior record record stands at 35pts. WELL DONE. FT 39 - 31 Tonna Tigers 10s vs Skewen 10s Tonna 10s came through a very physical contest with flying colours against a hyped up Skewen team. the 1st half was dominated by the Tigers, with Skewen hardly able to step foot in the Tigers half. the only disapointment was Tonna could not take their chances which would have put them out of sight. the boys have got to learn to use the overlap when its there, and not look for contact when theres a player outside him. Morgan Kemeys scored a fine try to put the Tigers ahead Cameron Morgan kicked the conversion. HT. Tonna Tigers 7-0 Skewen. The second half was one hell of a physical battle with the Tigers giving much better than they took, which made us coaches very proud of the whole team for not taken a backward step in the ongoing battle of the second half. Too lapses of consentration let skewen take the lead, but Tonna came storming back to win the match with tries from Cameron Morgan and Dylan Rees with Cameron kicking both conversions. There was fine perfomances from Matthew Rees, Josh Hughes, Kai Wadham and Dafydd Thomas. But has mentioned above the whole squad stood up for themselves today and didnt take a step backwards. "WELL DONE BOYS". FT. Tonna Tigers 21-14 Skewen Tonna RFC Under 15's 7th November 2010 Tonna v Kenfig Hill This weeks match report is posted by Mr Damian Lloyd (Ex Sun, Mirror, Gardening Times and Skewen ECHO Reporter) Kenfig Hill shocked Tonna early on with a well worked try after 1 min after good passing through their back line, this then sprung Tonna into life,
with the Tonna forwards on the front foot, Rob Price went over in the corner. Tonna forwards were now in the driving seat especially at scrum time, Skipper Jack Lloyd was winning scrum after scrum against the head, this allowing super-fast fly-half Josh James to breakaway with a handful of superb individual scores for himself and for the unstoppable full-back Jordan Adderley, there was also a good try from new centre Lloyd Thompson following a charge down, Further scores followed with some barnstorming forward running from the backrow of Ben Griffin, Chris Sutton and Ben Doyle, who all went over for Tries. Tonna unfortunateley took their foot of the gas in the final 5 minutes of the game to concede 2 well worked Kenfig Hill tries but the game was well over by then. FINAL SCORE - TONNA U15's 52 - Kenfig Hill U15's 17
Tonna Tigers 10s vs Glynneath 10s on a sunny sunday morning Tonna Tigers edged out visitors Glynneath in a exciting free flowing match. has with most of our games this season the Tigers at to do it the hard way and come from behind again, although the 1st half perfomance from the Tigers was very good Glynneath scored a superb breakaway try which went unconverted and allowed them to go into half time in front. HT. Tonna Tigers 0-5 Glynneath the visitors got the second period underway and with only 2 minutes of the half gone they caught Tonna sleeping from a set scrum and crossed in the corner, the try was converted giving Glynneath a 12-0 lead that spured the Tigers into life and their 1st try came from a superb side-stepping run from Morgan Kemeys, Cameron Morgan kicked the conversion, there was no stopping the Tigers now, wave and wave of constant attack finally paid off when Dyfan Ceredig smashed is way over the line to level the match, Rhys Finnemore stepped up for the vital kick, cool has ice he slotted the conversion to put the Tigers ahead, fair play to both sides there was some excellent running rugby today, Dylan Ralph and Morgan Kemeys tackled superb for the Tigers. but on todays performance the whole Tonna Tigers team was outstanding. "KEEP IT GOING LADS". FT. Tonna Tigers 14-12 Glynneath Tonna RFC Under 10's 31st October 2010 Tonna Tigers v Ystradgynlias 10's On a damp 'Halloween' morning Tonna Tigers were ghost busted by a tough Ystrad side who took full advantage of poor tackling throughout the match from the Tigers. the boys must realise even at this age they ALL must tackle because on this performance it was non-existent and by not tackling we will be on the end of more results like this one today, the Tonna Tigers didnt turn up and they knew it at the final whistle this is an area we shall work on in training on wednesday. the Tigers did score 3 tries Cameron Morgan, Dafydd Thomas and Morgan Kemeys all crossing with Cameron converting all 3. FT Ystradgynlais 40-21 Tonna Tigers Tonna RFC Under 15's 24th October 2010 Tonna v Llantwit Vadre Tonna showing some great enthusiasm from the start they penned Vadre into their 22 but some great defending from the home side enabled them to quickly turn the pressure on Tonna. Tonna again showing their interplay betwenn forwards and backs enabled them to put the first scores on the board thanks to outside half Josh James also converting. Again Tonna dug deep with some great interplay from back rowers Jordan Watkins, Ben Griffin and Chris Sutton continued the forward momentum resulting in a further try from Josh James who also converted. Tonna stepped of the gas allowing Vadre to open their scoring. Vadre continued to apply the pressure but through some tough Tonna defence were unable to capitilise. Tonna forwards decided to take some pressure of the backs with some good mauling resulting in Rob Price to drop over the line. Further Tonna pressure resulted to Josh James having to much pace for the Vadre defence creating a further 3 tries from within his own 22 and 1 convertion easing the pressure and putting them well infront. Tonna approched the game with great cofidence and commitment from All players. Lets approach every game with the same attitude and main thing Enjoy yourselves. Tonna RFC Under 10's 24th October 2010 Tonna Tigers v Crynant 10's Tonna Tigers gained a comfortable victory against a spirited crynant team today, on a beautiful sunny morning perfect for running rugby Crynant claimed the 1st score to lead 7-0 but that sprung the the Tigers into life to start playing some excellent rugby, Rhys Finnemore finished off a good move to cross for is 1st try of the season which he converted, Cameron Morgan broke then away down the blind side to score in the corner and also converting, next to score was Morgan Kemeys who picked up a loose ball to dart over in the corner, the Tigers were rampant now and added 2 more quick tries through Dylan Rees and a 2nd for Cameron Morgan which he also converted, Tonna had time for one more try before HT from a tap penalty Josh Hughes smashed is way over for is 1st of the season also converting. HT Crynant 7-48 Tonna Tigers The Tigers kicked off the 2nd period looking dangerous everytime they had the ball, Tonna soon crossed the Crynant try line again when Dyfan Ceredig burst is way over also converting is try, further Tonna tries came from Nathan Davies with Rhys Finnemore converting and Morgan Kemeys crossed for is 2nd of the match which he also converted, fair play to Crynant they never give up and scored 2 late tries but the the Tigers had the last word with the ball passed along the line to Jordan Major to sprint over for is first of the season Cameron Morgan kicked the extra points. the Tigers played some excellent rugby today with big performances from Josh Hughes, Maxx Williams Ewan Barrass, Cameron Morgan and Jordan Major. "EXCELLENT TIGERS" FT Crynant 19-66 Tonna Tigers Tonna RFC Under 15's 17th October 2010 Tonna v Maesteg Welsh Tonna played host to Maesteg Welsh in what turned out to be a tough game. Tonna took the lead through some great interplay between back and forwards. This encouraged them to spead the ball around this leading to some great tries. With ALL players taking ownership of their positions and thanks to the boys who helped Maesteg out some passages proved to strong for Maesteg. Tonna try scores Ben Griffin 3 Tony Thomas Jordan Adderley 2 with 2 convertions and Josh James 2 tries 5 convertions Keep up the grat work well done things are starting to pay off Tonna RFC Under 10's 17th October 2010 Tonna Tigers v Bryncoch Eagles the tigers couldnt get their game going in the first half due to their slow start out of the blocks and some indifferent refereeing which saw Bryncoch take a two try lead over the home side at the close of the half HT. Tonna Tigers 0-10 Bryncoch blues. after a few home truths were said at the half time team talk the Tigers came out a totally different side and it wasnt long before they got on the scoreboard, constant pressure from the forwards saw Morgan Kemeys wriggle is way over the line, now the Tigers were really up for it and from a set scrum Dyfan Ceredig burst through tackles to crash over and level the match, the Tigers hassled, pressured and tackled everytime Bryncoch had the ball they just couldnt get out their own half. more Tonna pressure resulted in the winning score, the ball was secured at the breakdown it was then passed along to Morgan Kemeys who darted over for the winning score, an outstanding 2nd half from the Tigers but they must learn to play for to halfs not one, for the Tigers today Nathan Davies, Rhys Finnemore, Kai Wadham, Morgan Kemeys, Dyfan Ceredig and Dylan Rees had excellent games. " WELL DONE TIGERS" FT. Tonna Tigers 15-10 Bryncoch Eagles Tonna 15's Verses Aberavon Quins 15's Tonna managed to keep the quins quiet for the first 20 mins playing with good enthusiasm and team work. It wasn't long for their heads to drop. Though the game started with good defensive play quins managed to open gaps where boys were playing out of position. With injuries to key players this was going to become more physical. Come on guys you are much better than the display you produced today 26th september 2010. Penclawdd Under 10's vs Tonna Tigers u10s Tonna Tigers unbeaten start to the season ended today against a very good penclawdd side In a blistering start to the match both teams went hat it hammer and tongs with no prisoners being taken, the Tigers drew first blood with DAFYDD THOMAS bursting through the penclawdd defence to score is 1st try for the club. then in a 5 minute spell before half time poor tackling allowed penclawdd to score 3 quick tries to turn the match for the away team. HT. Tonna Tigers 5-15 penclawdd. In the second half penclawdd started the better team and scored 2 more tries to put the match out of reach, credit to the tigers they never give up and were rewarded for their effort by scoring 2 tries towards the end through MORGAN KEMEYS and DYFAN CAREDIG. for the Tigers today Nathan Davies, Rhys Finnemore, Dylan Rees and Morgan Kemeys had excellent games. FT Tonna Tigers 15-25 Penclawdd. Tonna 15's verses Penclawdd 15's With the game confirmed middle of the week unfortunatley Penclawdd failed to turn up 19th september 2010. Cwmgors u10s vs Tonna Tigers u10s Tonna Tigers claimed their 2nd win of the season against a very good Cwmgors side, Tonna were on the back foot for most of the first half finding it very difficult to get their game going, allowing the home side to lead at half time 10-5 MORGAN KEMEYS crossing for the Tigers. HT Cwmgors 10-5 Tonna Tigers. The second half the Tigers were a different side totally dominating the match scoring 3 tries without reply through CAMERON MORGAN, DYLAN REES and a 2nd for MORGAN KEMEYS. the Tigers support play was a disappointment today but their determination and will to win was outstanding with Matthew Rees and Dafydd Thomas putting in excellent performances. FT Cwmgors 10-20 Tonna Tigers. Tonna 15's Verses Brynamman 15' Tonna were very slow in getting their game underway finding themselves 12 - 0 down from 2 quick tries. When the boys finally decided to start playing the pulled 1 try back from the quick burrowing of Chris Sutton unfortunatley the conversion going just wide. The second half just underway the match was abandoned for the neck injury to no 8 Ben Griffin. 5th september 2010. Tonna U15'S v Rhigos U15's With the new season getting under way and the arrival of Rhigos, Tonna game out firing on all cylinders. With some great interplay between forwards and backs it wasn't long before Will Bowen crossed for the opening try converted by Josh James. This gave the boys some futher encouragement and they continued to cause problems for their oponents. Jesse Mulligan crossed for his first ever try in Tonna colours with Jordan Adderly and Conner Perkins crossing before half time the latter two tries converted by Josh James The second half again caused further problems for Rhigos with the forwards producing some great attacking positions for the fast running back, this giving Jordan Adderley his second try of the game again converted by Josh James. Tonna decided to to take their foot off the gas giving Rhigos the opportunity to pressure the tonna line with some superb defending by all boys Rhigos failed to turn pressure into points. Further attacking pressure from Tonna gave the forwards more chance to turn pressure into points through tries from Jack Lloyd and Ben Doyle both converted by Josh James and Jordan Adderley. With an outstanding performance from all players, the spectators and coaches are looking forward to a very enjoyable season. Congratulations to Ben Griffin, Chris Sutton, Josh James, Jordan Adderley for representing Neath Schools throughout the summer winning games against Islwyn, Rhynmey Valley, Oxford Festival Under 16's and Aberavon only losing out to a good Bridgend Outfit. Also to Jack Lloyd and Tim Phillips representing Aberavon Schools narrowly defeated by their fellow team mates representing Neath. Enjoy the remainder of the season from all at Tonna Rfc 5th september 2010. Tonmawr u10s vs Tonna Tigers u10s. Tonna Tigers kicked off the new season away to Tonmawr, with the new rules a major headache for players and coaches all credit to both teams for putting on a good show of rugby. the Tigers started the match slow which allowed Tonmawr to score first, but the Tigers came storming back which saw DYLAN REES in is first game for the club storm over the line to level the match, there was no stopping the Tigers now who were smashing big holes in the Tonmawr defence which resulting in DYFAN CARDIEG smashing over the line to score . HT Tonmawr 5-10 Tonna Tigers. The 2nd half begun with the Tigers again putting Tonmawr under huge pressure, the Tigers went further ahead wen from a set scrum the ball was moved out to DYFAN CARDIEG to score in the corner to make it 15-5, Tonmawr pushed forward but knocked the ball on,from the resulting scrum the ball was passed to KAI WADHAM in is first game for the club to sprint the length of the pitch for a superb try and make the match safe, Tonmawr did pull a try back towards the end but it was the Tigers who had the last word with CAMERON MORGAN dashing away to score in the corner. this was a great start to the season with the whole TEAM OUTSTANDING. FT Tonmawr 10-25 Tonna Tigers. ************************************************************************************************************************************ Tonna RFC Under 9's 25th April 2010. Ystradgynlais vs Tonna Tigers
Tonna Tigers finished the season in fine style with a 20-20 draw against a rough measteg team and a convincing 20-5 win over cwmavon in a round robin at measteg.
the young Tigers have been fantastic all season which has seen them be very successful in terms of results having only 4 defeats out of 27 matches scoring 132 tries along the way. their commitment and desire to play rugby has been a pleasure to see, myself(rob), roy and peter are so proud of you all, WELL DONE TONNA TIGERS Tonna RFC Under 9's 11th April 2010. Ystradgynlais vs Tonna Tigers
Tonna Tigers put in an excellent team performance to convincingly beat a tough Ystrad team, from the kick off the Tigers
put Ystrad under all sorts of pressure tackling hard and getting the upper hand in the mauls, the Tigers opened the
scoring when slick passing putting Aled Evans darting away to score in the corner, excellent rucking by the Tigers saw
Matthew Rees pick up and burst over to put Tonna 10-0 up Ystrad pulled a try back right on half time to make it 10-5.
The second half saw the tigers stepped up pace their rucking got better and they tackled even harder, the Tigers scored
3 more tries Dyfan Cardig burst from a maul to crash over, more excellent passing saw Jake Stebbings sprint over and
Morgan Kemeys jinxed is way to the try line to cap an fantastic team performance with the whole team playing outstanding
FT. Ystradglynlais 5-25 Tonna Tigers. 'FANTASTIC BOYS KEEP IT GOING' Tonna RFC Under 9's 21st march 2010. Morriston vs Tonna Tigers
Tonna Tigers put in a fantastic team performance and give a strong Morriston side one hell of a fright before being
held to a exciting 20-20 draw game. with so many players in the Morriston squad the match was held over 3 ten
minute halfs, The Tigers rucking today was outstanding their passing and mauling was also very good, the 1st and 2nd
halfs Tonna where fantastic racing into a 20-5 lead but the big pitch was starting to tire the Tigers which allowed
Morriston with their big squad to snatch a draw with almost the last play of the match. try scorers for the Tigers were Cameron Morgan, Morgan Kemeys, Jake Stebbings and Josh Hughes. FT Morriston 20-20 Tonna Tigers Tonna RFC Under 9's 14th March 2010 Crynant v Tonna
Tonna Tigers fine season continued with a superb team performance against a spirited Crynant team, The Tigers rucking and passing was excellent today with a lot of our tries coming from slick passing which was a joy to watch, the Tigers scored (5) first half tries through Josh Hughes, Jordan Major, Jake Stebbings, Matthew Rees
and Morgan Kemeys. HT Crynant 0-25 Tonna Tigers.
The second half Crynant played some good rugby and made it much harder for the Tigers which resulted in Tonna having to tackle a lot more but the Tigers got their
passing game going again and scored (5) more tries. Jake Stebbings scored is 2nd, an excellent length of the field run by Aled Evans put Thomas Hames sprinting over
and Morgan Kemeys crossed over for (3) more tries, again this was a superb team performance. FT Crynant 10-50 Tonna Tigers. 'WELL DONE TIGERS' Tonna RFC Under 16's 28th Feb 2010 Tonna v Llantwit Vardre Congratulations to both teams for a very entertaining game,on a sodden and heavy pitch. The lead changed hands three times.The try scores for Tonna were Jordan Adderley(2), Jack Lloyd,Josh James,Conner Perkins,Lewis Jones. This was a first class team effort.The final score line of 36-45 flattered Llantwit Vardre. Thank you guys lets all look forward to the next game. GOOD LUCK. Final Score Tonna 36pts - Llantwit Vardre 45pts Tonna RFC Under 9's 28th Feb 2010 Tonna v Aberavon Quins & Seven Sisters 28th feb 2010. Tonna Tigers vs Aberavon Quins and Seven Sisters
The Tigers made a very slow start against a well drilled Quins team on a muddy home playing field, the 1st half was dominated by the Quins who deserved their lead
at the interval. HT Tonna Tigers 0-5 Aberavon Quins.
after a half time rollicking from the coaches the Tigers improved their game throughout the 2nd half and were soon on level terms with Jake Stebbings darting over.
constant pressure from the Tigers paid off after a set play move saw Dyfan Cardig smash is way over to put the Tigers in front. The Quins were soon level when a
excellent rolling maul saw them level the match, the Tigers pressured the Quins line at the end but the match ended in a deserved drawn match.
FT Tonna Tigers 10-10 Aberavon Quins.
The second game of the day the Tonna Tigers were to strong for a young Seven Sisters team, with the playing field now looking like a bog the Tigers played a lot of
good rugby and scored 7 1st half tries through Oliver Harry,Rhys Finnemore(2),Morgan Kemeys,Aled Evans,Matthew Rees and Dyfan Cardig. HT Tonna 35-0 Seven Sisters.
In the second half Seven Tackled really well to keep the Tigers at bay, 2 further tries were scored in the second half for the Tigers from Nathan Davies and
Jake Stebbings to cap a very convincing win. FT Tonna Tigers 45-0 Seven Sisters. 'WELL DONE TIGERS Tonna RFC Under 16's 17th Feb 2010 Tonna v Treherbert
Tonna 16s visited Treherbert park on a cold evening on wednesday 17 feb. After the second half performance against Mumbles coaches DAP and Adrian were worried what team would show up.Tonna went on to the field and produced the type of rugby that that they are capable of.The firsthalf was evenly contested with the only try being scored by the home side given away by some silly back chatting to the referee....HALF TIME Treherbert5 Tonna 0.The second half started with the home side being denied by some excellant defence from the Tonna side.Evetually constant pressure resulted in the home side crossing for their second and third try converting one.The score remained 17-0 with ten minutes to go then Tonna ran the ball from their own half with forwards and backs all supporting each other with Tonna crossing to make the final score TREHERBERT 17-TONNA 5. Coaches comments If we can produce the same effort week in week out we will have no problem in having a succesful rest of the season.No names were mentioned in the above report because everyone did their bit well done and thank-you for the effort you all put in. Next game Friday 26 feb a touring side from CHINA SHANGAI 16S KICK-OFF 6pm THANKS DAP Tonna RFC Under 9's 14th Feb 2010 Llandaff North v Tonna Tigers
A superb team performance from Tonna Tigers saw them cruise past a fine Llandaff North side, from the kick off the Tigers were all over Llandaff putting them under all sorts off pressure which soon turned into points, Morgan
Kemeys jinxed is way over for the 1st try then a excellent solo try from Nathan Davies put the Tigers further ahead, Dyffan cardig added a 3rd soon after and just on half-time superb Tonna rucking and passing saw Rhys
Finnemore sprint over for is 1st try of the season and for the club. HT Llandaff North 0-20 Tonna Tigers.
The second half was like the 1st with the Tigers putting them under all sorts of pressure Morgan Kemeys scored is 2nd of the game to make it 25-0 Llandaff then pulled a couple of tries back but the Tigers werent finished when
again brilliant passing sent Morgan Kemeys over for is 3rd of the game, a fantastic team effort from the tigers
today with Oliver Harry,Thomas Hames,Aled Evans,Nathan Davies,Josh Hughes,Morgan Kemeys,Rhys Finnemore and Dyffan Cardig all outstanding. FT Llandaff North 10-30 Tonna Tigers. Tonna RFC Under 14's 31st Jan 2010 Tonna v Penclawdd With this being the first time the teams have met Both played with great protential and awareness. Penclawdd opened the scoring bit within minutes tonna hit back through a Corey Hand Try. Both teams continued with so much enthusiam it created a real tussle. Tonna suddenly found a gap allowing Jordan Adderley to sneek their 2nd try converted by Josh James. The second half produced an even better performance by both teams with Penclawdd creating their 2nd try. Tonna ended up scoring their 3rd through a touch line run by Josh James Penclawdd hit back with their 3rd Both teams went hammer and tongs with Tonna yet again finding the try line through Jordan Adderley. Luckly the final whistle approched with Tonna winning a well fort game. Man of the Match Josh James Tonna RFC Under 9's 24th Jan 2010 Tonna v Aberavon Quins/Resolven Tonna Tigers played away to Aberavon Quins and also played Resolven in a round robin. The Tigers took on the quins first and put in a brilliant team performance in a exciting end to end match winning 25-10, the Tigers scored five tries through Josh Hughes,Nathan Davies,Jake Stebbings,Dyffan Cardig and
Thomas Hames. FT Aberavon Quins 10-25 Tonna Tigers.
The Tigers second game against Resolven was a different performance from the first game which they struggled to get their game going, Resolven were in front for most
of the contest but the Tigers kept plugging away and got their reward with a last minute try from Josh Hughes to win the game 25-20, the Tigers other try scorers
were Morgan Kemeys(2),Dyffan Cardig and Jake Stebbings. Over the two games for the Tigers today Jake Stebbings,Nathan Davies,Rhys Finnemore,Morgan Kemeys and
Dyffan Cardig had outstanding games. FT Resolven 20-25 Tonna Tigers. Tonna RFC Under 14's 17th Jan 2010 Tonna 14's Verses New Dock Stars
After postponements and the festive break they finally had a game after 4 weeks. The boys played with some encouragement in the first half. After finding themselves 3 tries down they woke up just on half time with a Josh James try on his return after a lengthy layoff.
Whatever was said at half time they kept the stars pinned down in their half for the majority of the game with great running from Ben Doyle just being denied a try. This was followed with a superb William Bowen try converted by Jordan Adderley. Great pressure followed with Jordan Adderley touching down
This was a very encouraging display Man of the Match William Bowen. Keep up the hard work in training and enjoy Tonna RFC Under 9's 17th Jan 2010 Tonna v Cwmgors Tonna Tigers put in an expolsive first half performance against Cwmgors on a muddy playing field such was
their domination of the match Cwmgors hardly broke into the Tigers half during the first half, the tigers
scored two quick tries through Nathan Davies and Morgan Kemeys and also added another right on half time
when Oliver Harry took a pass and darted over for is first try of the season which put the Tigers well in
command. HT Tonna Tigers 15-0 Cwmgors.
The second half was a different story, the Tigers stopped tackling, they werent competing in the rucks and
their support play was non-existent they allowed Cwmgors to come back into the match and score 3 unaswered
tries 2 of them break away scores from Tonna mistakes. with the match now level the Tigers stepped up a gear
and put the Cwmgors try line under a lot of pressure and with 1 minute left Morgan Kemeys dashed over for
winning try and is second of the match, for the Tigers today Oliver Harry,Jake Stebbings and Jordan Major
were outstanding . FT Tonna Tigers 20-15 Cwmgors Tonna 16's v Amman United 16's 17th Jan 2010 TONNA WELCOMED AMMAN UTD AT THE MEMORIAL GROUND AFTER A LONG SPELL WITHOUT A GAME HOPING TO CARRY ON WITH ANOTHER PERFORMANCE LIKE THT LAST GAME. THE FORWARDS DOMINATED FROM THE START RESULTING IN OUTSTANDING HOOKER DANIEL DICKINSON AND NUMBER 8 MICHAEL LAZDA CRASHING OVER AFTER SOME FINE WORK BY THE PACK TOM BLIZZArd converting both .the third try was scored by fullback jacob king running 50 metres to score a fine try also converted.The pack started to control the game which gave the backs the space to open up the amman defence with outside half tom blizzard ghosting over to score and convert his effort HT TONNA 26 AMMAN UTD 0 Tonna immediately took control in the second period and reshuffled their back line resulting in right wing jordan harris scorching over for a brace of tries tom blizzard kicking both to earn himself the man of the match award with a fifteen point haul. To round of another fine game No 8 michael lazda blasted his way over Coaches comments now with good numbers turning up for the games and training we can move forward and all look towards the rest of an exciting season with the squad all going forwad together keep it up lads DAP
Full Time Tonna 45 Amman Utd 0 Tonna under 16's v Treherbet 16's 16th Dec 2009
Tonna welcomed their visitors wedesday evening for their first midweek game against an undefeated strong Treherbet side. For the first tiem this season Tonna turned up with a full strong squad and what a difference it was as Tonna started off scoring two quick tries from outstanding hooekr Dan Dickinson and full back Nicky fisher converting one of them making it half time Tonna 17 - 0 Treherbet
The whole team in the 2nd half played with speed resulting in another two tries , one by Micheal Lazda who was voted with Dan Dickinson as men of the match and Jordan Harris on the left wing on his debut.
Coaches Comments
If we can continue turning up witha full strength squad every week . Im sure as a squad we can only get better and stronger. It is up to you as individuals if you want to improve, don't let yourselfs down boys.
Dap and the rest of the coaching staff Steve Davies , Lee Hughes , Gareth Wassel and Craig Mitchell would like to wish all the boys familes a merry xmas and a happy new year !
P.s Next game Wednesday 30th Decembre meet up club 4:30 away to Treherbet ! Tonna RFC Under 9's 15th December 2009 Tonna v Bryncoch Tonna Tigers hosted Bryncoch in a midweek match under lights in their last game before the xmas break.
what a match this was! Both teams went at hammer and tongs straight from the start and it went that why until the final whistle, The Tigers drew first blood after a lot of pressure Morgan Kemeys waltz is way over for excellent score, Bryncoch scored to level the match just before the Break. HT Tonna Tigers 5-5 Bryncoch.
both teams defences were solid through out the match with some big tackles being put in. The Tigers regained the lead when the impressive Dyffan Cardig burst through tackles to score in the corner but Bryncoch came back and caught the Tigers Napping to level the match, the game flowed from end to end really exciting stuff for the Tigers Dyffan Cardig,Josh Hughes,Cameron morgan,Morgan Kemeys and Rhys Finnemore were outstanding. The Tigers were
pressing for the winning score with the match almost over but Bryncoch broke away and looked certain to score in the corner but Morgan Kemeys tackled the Bryncoch player has he was about to ground the ball and the ball was
spilled over the line no try, the match ended in a excellent drawn game. FT Tonna Tigers 10-10 Bryncoch
Tonna RFC Under 9's 13th December 2009 Tonna v Lougher The Tigers played their first game of rugby for 6 weeks and put on a brilliant display and earn a convincing
win over Lougher bulls. The first half was dominated by the Tigers they tackling everything that moved in a blue jersey and were in total command of the rucks and mauls, The Tigers scored 3 first half tries Matthew Rees and
Cameron Morgan both crashed over from excellent rolling mauls and Morgan Kemeys jinxed is way over for a fine try
HT Tonna Tigers 15-0 Lougher Bulls.
The second half Lougher came back into the game and scored first but the tigers then stepped up a gear and both
Dyffan Cardig and Jake Stebbings both scored to but the Tigers further in front, lougher pulled a try back but
the whole Tigers team were in fine form and also had time for one further try with Jake Stebbings diving on a loose ball to score is second try and round off a excellent team performance.
FT Tonna Tigers 30-10 Lougher Bulls Tonna RFC Under 9's 18th October 2009 Tonna v Bryncethin Tonna Tigers took on a strong Bryncethin side and in a exciting end to end match both sides played out a well
deserved drawn game. Heavy rain on saturday made contitions wet and muddy and the ball like a bar of soap,
Bryncethin took an early lead but the Tigers came roaring back, a powerful charge from Josh Hughes down the middle
saw the ball come to Jake Stebbings who darted over to level the game, more Tonna pressure saw James Gladwin make an excellent break before passing to Thomas Hames who dived over in the corner to put the Tigers in front. then
just before half time missed tackles by Tonna let Bryncethin score to level the tie. HT Tonna Tigers 2-2 Bryncethin
the second half the contitions were starting to tire the players but it was still exciting stuff, Bryncethin
were using the rucking game really well and after a lot of pressure went back in front. the Tigers then started
to play better around the breakdown area holding on to a lot more ball, a fantastic rolling maul from the Tigers
saw Matthew Rees break away and score under the posts to level the match, there was alot of mauls in this game and
when a maul started Nathan Davies would be the one coming away with the ball fantastic mauling! the match ended in a deserved draw for both sides. FT Tonna Tigers 3-3 Bryncethin. 'excellent effort Tigers'
Tonna RFC Under 14's 18th October 2009 Tonna v Penygriag
First visit to pen-y-Graig was a tough encounter with players out injured and also had football trials. We had a bare 16 players were boys had to play out of their usual positions. We had some good brakes from Jack Adderley and Matthew Sutton also some big hits from Lewis Jones which gained him Man of the Match. The boys rattled their opponents. Well done to all boys who turned up on sunday. Keep on trying, heads up. Tonna RFC Under 14's 11th October 2009 Tonna v Gorseinon
First game against Gorseinon it was a very stressful and eventful game Tonna proved they can play in some tough condition the boys gave their all though out the game was hard to pick man of the match this week. Carry on playing with commitment and enthusiasm boy’s final score 34-7 Tonna RFC Under 9's 18th October 2009 Tonna v Crynant Tonna tigers put in a brilliant ruthless display of rugby to run in
16 tries against a spirited crynant side, right from kick off the tigers never give crynant any space and within 2 minutes Nathan Davies broke from a maul and sprinted 30 metres to score. after that the tigers steamrollered
Crynant and scored 7 more tries in the first half through Morgan Kemeys(2),Matthew Rees(2),Aled Evans,Thomas Hames
and Nathan Davies. HT Tonna Tigers 8-0 Crynant.
The second half and the tigers didnt take their foot of the gas not givin Crynant any space and tackling them every time they had the ball, further tries from the tigers came from Nathan Jones and Jordan Major both with their 1st tries of the season, Morgan Kemeys and Matthew Rees both completed their hat-tricks, Cameron Morgan and
Dyffan Cardig also crossing the try line. fair credit to Crynant who never give up but the tigers were in a ruthless mood and had time for one more try which saw Aled Evans dance is way over for is 2nd try of the match.
FT.Tonna Tigers 16-0 Crynant. Tonna RFC Under 9's 4th October 2009 Tonna v Bryncethin - Tonna v Llanharn Bryncethin vs Tonna Tigers. Tonna tigers lost their unbeaten record against bryncethin but the match was ruined by a over the top whistle mad welsh rugby union referee. The match started with both teams very commited but has said the referee's whistle kept stopping the match, Bryncethin took the lead then just on half time Jake Stebbings scored a fine try but unbelievably the ref disallowed the try for a foot in touch!! HT Bryncethin 1-0 Tonna Tigers. The second half kicked off but just like the first half the Tigers could not play their game and the referee's whistle spoilt what should have been a very good contest. FT Bryncethin 2-0 Tonna Tigers.
The second match of the day tonna Tigers played the other visiting team Llanharen and what a difference a "GOOD" referee makes. The match gets under way and both teams are allowed to play rugby and its end to end stuff, Llanharen score the first try but the Tigers are soon level when
Nathan Davies Tonna Tigers outstanding player today scorched is way over the line,the match continued at frantic pace and just before half time Jake Stebbings crossed to put the Tonna in front.HT Tonna Tigers 2-1 Llanharen.
In the the second half all the Tonna team were tackling superb stopping Llanharen in their tracks also putting them under a lot of pressure which
saw Dyffan Cardig smash is way over to put the Tigers 3-1 in front.Llanharen were pressing hard but the tigers defence was excellent and a turnover resulted in slick passing which put Morgan Kemeys away he side stepped a couple of defenders before sprinting over for a fine try.
Llanharen pulled a try back but Tonna had the last word when pressure tackling from the tigers resulted in Dyffan Cardig touch down Tonna RFC Under 14's 27th September 2009 Tonna v Tylerstown With the first meeting between these two sides, it was great to welcome Tylerstown to Tonna. Tonna fielding a new look side, due to District call ups, Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Flu. A special mention has to go to Rhys, George, Wish, Matthew for all playing ther first game together at Under 14's Tonna started very well coming up against a big pack and fast running backs. Tom Evans took some good snipping runs from the base of rucks and mauls, also supporting well from Jack Lloyd. Tylerstown forwards started to take the upper hand at scrum time and worked some good tries from the set peice. The half time team talk from Steve Crawley and Rubber worked well, with Tonna running in three quick tries from Jordan, Corry and Chris Sutton, one try being converted by Jordan. Well done to all of the boys for sticking at it and not letting your heads drop. MOM Chris Squeak Sutton
Tonna Tigers remain unbeaten after drawing with Penclawdd and beating Dunvant in a double header at penclawdd.
Tonna played Dunvant first and in a lightening start the Tigers raced into a 3-0 lead with some brilliant running rugby, Thomas Hames,
Jake Stebbings and Morgan Kemeys scoring the tries. Dunvant started to come into the game and pulled a try back before Dyffan Cardig crossed
to put the Tigers further ahead,Dunvant had the last word of the first half with another try. HT Dunvant 2-4 Tonna Tigers.
the second half started with Tonna missing alot of tackles allowing Dunvant to score two quick tries to tie the match 4-4 the Tigers then took
control of the match with Nathan Davies,Morgan Kemeys and Jake Stebbings(2) all crossing and putting the tigers 8-4 in front. Dunvant pulled
another try back then tonna scored a great try Nathan Davies ripped the ball brilliantly from a maul on is own try line threw a long pass to
Morgan Kemeys who beat three Dunvant players and ran the lengh of the field to score is third try, the last play of the match saw dyffan cardig
crash over from a set play move and the Tigers finished comfortable winners. FT Dunvant 5-10 Tonna Tigers.
The second match the Tigers took on the host team Penclawdd this was a brilliant game of rugby from both sides.
the match started with Penclawdd who were small in size but were very skillful running the Tigers ragged, Penclawdd stormed into a
3-0. The Tigers then started playing to their strength useing the big players in the team to smash holes in the Penclawdd defence after constant
pressure the Tigers scored their first try of the match with Morgan Kemeys darting over, more Tonna pressure on the Penclawdd try line resulted in Josh Hughes breaking from a maul and smashing is way over the line for a important score.
HT Penclawdd 3-2 Tonna Tigers.
the second half was just has good has the first with both teams going at it hammer and tongs the big pitch was starting to tirer players with both defences really sound, the Tigers then levelled the match with the outstanding Dyffan Cardig scoring, Penclawdd then regained the lead at
4-3 with the game nearly over Tonna were hammering the Penclawdd try line and were given a penalty from the dummy set play move Dyffan Cardig
burst over the line to level the match the referee then blew for full time with both teams not deserving to lose this outstanding match. FT Penclawdd 4-4 Tonna Tigers Tonna RFC Under 14's 20th September 2009 Tonna v Pontardawe
With an very stressfull and eventfull game Tonna proved they can play in some tough encounters. Although the score didn't reflect on the game they played with enthusiasm . A HUGE thankyou goes out to the under 13's boys for their commitment to the 14's. It was impossible for the coaches to pick man of the match as all the squad played with 100% commitment and ethusiasm. Keep up the great work both on the field of play and your commitment in training.
Tonna RFC Under 9'S 20th September 2009 Tonna v Ystradgynlais
Tonna Tigers continued their winning run against a very good ystrad team by 5 tries to 2.
This was a very physical match from start to finish,Ystrad were well on top from the start and deserved their early lead
the tigers started to come into the game has the half went on tackling strong and clearing out well at the rucks. After
a lot of pressure Thomas Hames crossed to level the match, Ystrad then regained the lead only to see Tonna responed with
a great team try with Matthew Rees crashing over. HT Tonna 2 - 2 Ystradgynlais
The second half started just has the first half very physical with the Tigers tackling everything that moved and holding
on to possesion alot more, the Tigers took the lead when Dffyan Cardig burst through the middle with defenders bouncing off him he just managed to cross in the corner, now the Tigers were well on top and more pressure saw Cameron Morgan peel from a maul 5 metres from the ystrad line and crash over, ystrad came back strong but the Tigers defence was superb which kept them out. With the last play of the match more Tonna pressure saw Jake Stebbings dart over. Man of the match was the whole team this was a superb team effort 'Keep it going boys'. FT Tonna Tigers 5 - 2 Ystradgynlais Tonna RFC Under 9'S 13th September 2009
Tonna v Skewen Tonna tigers first game of the season resulted in an excellent team display running out winners 6 tries to 2.
the game started at a ferocious pace with both teams tackling hard, tonna took an early lead when james gladwin
broke from a maul and sprinted over unopposed, skewen came back well and scored to level the match but tonna
started to take control towards half-time and saw morgan kemeys cross to put the tigers back in front. Half Time - Tonna 2 v Skewen 1
the second half tonna stepped up the pace, dffyan cardig crashed over after a fine set play move and morgan kemeys
waltz is way over for 2 more tries to complete his hat-trick, skewen pulled a try back but now tonna were in total
control with josh hughes and matthew rees smashing big holes in the skewen defence and after a rolling maul cameron
in his first game for the club crashed over. this was fantastic team effort and a great start to the season Final Score - Tonna 6 Tries v Skewen 2 Tries Tonna RFC Under 14's 13th September 2009
Tonna v Brynamman
As forecast last week Tonna’s first win of the season arrived with a well deserved victory over Brynamman. The first half was a bit slow, with the boys not performing at their best, but they still managed to get to half time with the scores level with two converted tries a piece. Half Time Score - Tonna 14 - Brynamman 14
After the break the boys pulled out all the stops and set a precedent for the rest of the season. The second half was played almost entirely within the opposition’s half, with the team – for they really performed as a team – outplaying and outscoring Brynamman two tries to nil. Unfortunately, Josh James was unable to replicate his first half 100% record, but made a good effort from two very difficult conversion attempts form out wide. Try scorers were Connor Perkins with two and Jack Lloyd and Jordan Adderley with one each. Credit goes to all the team for the tremendous effort put into an enjoyable if somewhat bruising game, which left the coaches with the extremely difficult choice of who to pick for “man of the match”. After a great deal of discussion Rhodri Pearce was selected for a stand out performance which included some great tackling and a superb catch and return attacking run which set up the last try of the game.
Lets here it for the boys!!
Final Score Tonna 24 Brynamman 14
Tonna RFC Under 14's 6th Sept 2009 Tonna v New Dock Stars
With the new season underway and the arrival of New Dock Stars the game got of to an exciting start. Tonna went 2 tries up through Connor Perkins followed by Josh James. New Dock Stars came back with some lucky bounces. Half time Score - Tonna 10 - Stars 10
Second half both sided produced some good rugby and with Tonna giving it their all a try and conversion came for Jordan Adderley. Once again New Dock Stars came fighting back producing a try. With minutes to spare Tonna were unlucky not to gain the winning try narrowly denied by the touchline.
With a outstanding performance the spectators and coaches won't have to wait long for their first win. Congratulations to MAN OF THE MATCH CHRIS SUTTON. Final Score - Tonna 17 - Stars 20
Tonna RFC Under 16s
6th Sept 2009 New Dock Stars v Tonna
Tonna started the new season with a difficult away tie against a very powerfull stars 15. Their huge pack took full advantage scoring 4 quick tries in the first 20 mins leaving Tonna wondering how to cope with their pack. Johnny Foley captained the side and brought his pack together and started to develop a rucking not mauling game which brought them some ball before half time.
Half time score - Stars 26 - 0 tonna
After a half time a few of the Tonna players such as Johnny Foley , Dan Dickinson , Mike Turner Kyle and others of the team set up a quick rucking game which changed the game and Tonna started to apply pressure. This resulted in no.12 and centre Tom Blizzard racing over for a second try who he converted. Kris Stephens run and tackeld everything. Then the stars scoring another 3 tries which made it a avery interesting second half leaving the finals scores at .
Final Score - Stars 43 - 7 Tonna
Coaches Dap, Steve Davies and BIlly Harding were extremely pleased and proud of the boys performances with a team whcih can only get better. Good efforts boys !
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