With the last game against Cardiff City ended in a draw for our reserves everyone understood it would be a difficult game in the Welsh conference. With the raiders reserves deciding to field 4 debutants and 4 under 17s it would be a great test for them all against our partnered club who were on a good run in the league.
It began with the raiders reserves on the attack and from the first set Archie Snook found himself with a gap to score to the left of the post,pivot Aaron Lewis added the two points,from the kick off Cardiff put pressure on the raiders reserves to make a mistake in their own half,from a Cardiff scrum they went through their set and on the last tackle hooker Kyle Kyle Rose managed to find a gap and dived over from close range,Bradley Williams added the conversion. In a frantic last 20 minutes both pivots scored two tries each and only another individual try from Archie Snook made the difference going in at half time. Half time score West Wales Raiders Reserves 22-16 Cardiff City RL
The second half started with the raiders reserves having more possession,within minutes the possession turned in to points as prop Jonny Rees went over from a tight ruck,the conversion was added again by Lewis. Very similar to the first half Cardiff had the ball in a key area from raiders reserves indiscipline in the tackle area,from a tight pace Idris Evans managed to push over for a try,Williams added the two again. During the middle part of the game the young raiders reserves increased the tempo and played some skilful rugby 4 unanswered tries, the first saw a great dummy out wide for pivot Aaron Lewis to go over again,within minutes Curtis Ford ran around a few defenders to score in the opposite corner,then debutant prop Cameron Collins scored with great footwork from close out and the final try saw full back Curtis Ford again running around a few defenders to score under the posts.
Cardiff finished off the game with a great burst of speed from centre Callum Callam Mccabe,Williams again added the two points.
The full time score saw the West Wales Raiders reserves 44-28 Cardiff City RL.
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