WELSH UNDER 13 GRAND FINAL ABER VALLEY WOLVES 52 TORFAEN TIGERS 20

By Ian Golden at Caerphilly RFC

The first 20 minutes of the 2016 Welsh Grand Final was an enthralling contest but after that Aber Valley Wolves let rip to beat Torfaen Tigers 52-20.

Seb Hackett set up Oliver Andrews for the Wolves’ first try and from kick-off William Oates ran over 50 metres for the second. Both went uncoverted and Wolves were 8-0 up.

Torfaen struck back after a well-worked move saw Dylan Tolley make a clean break to ground under the sticks with TJ Wheeler converting.

An outstanding sprint from Jay Chatham put Tigers into the lead with Wheeler again adding the extras. Fifteen minutes and Tigers were now leading 12-8.

Wolves struck back again. Owen Isaac went over from close range and Ceiran Cantello converted putting them back into a 14-12 lead before Andrews notched his second to increase it to 18-12.

The Senghenydd side were on fire. Kyle Hewish dived over for their fifth before William Oates broke through the centre for the sixth try with Cantello converting both to make it 30-12.

They hadn’t finished their first half scoring yet. Ollie Andrews went in under the sticks with Andrews converting both to give them a 36-12 lead at the break.

Wolves were quick off the mark in the second half, Ewan Challenger forcing his way over, before Andrews sprinted under the posts for his fourth, converting himself.

Isaac broke 50 metres to score his second of the game to bring up the 50, Cantello converting.

Tigers didn’t give up, Chatham sprinted over half the length of the pitch to bring the score back to 52-16 before diving over for his hat-trick for another consolation.