Welsh Women’s Cup Rugby:
Seven Sisters 7 - Whitland 0
This first clash of the Cup section of the season saw Premiership take on Division One and what a cracker of a game it was as both teams threw everything at each other, the scrums were evenly matched, both teams took their own lineout ball and both defences tackled heroically.
The first period of the match was dominated by Whitland who attacked through forwards and backs, hitting up close and going wide, twice getting bundled into touch on the try line, but they could not break through the Seven Sisters’ defence.
Seven Sisters score
After a good clearance down field by the home team the Borderettes found themselves in their 22 for the first time in the half. A series of forward drives saw the Seven Sisters’ pack pull in the Whitland defence and Rachel Rees at 10 spotted a mis-match in midfield, threw the dummy and cantered in for a well taken try, which was converted to make it seven-nil to the home team. For the final ten minutes of the first half the Borderettes again attacked and attacked in the Seven Sisters’ 22 but resolute defence kept them out.
The second half was basically a mirror image of the first. Both teams threw everything into attack when they had the ball and when they didn’t they put in massive hits in defence. With neither defence being broken the second half remained scoreless but far from boring to watch as Seven Sisters held on to take the win.
Well done to both teams for serving up an enthralling entertaining game of rugby in poor conditions.