Cymru RL


Fighting Irish 46 Titans 30
Aberavon move up to second Despite once again having over 20 players out due to Wales commitments, Aberavon Fighting Irish stormed into second place in the Total RL.com Rugby League Conference Premier Wales after beating Newport Titans 46-30. “It was the best I’ve felt in all the years I’ve been training rugby teams.” said Aberavon coach, Chris O’Callaghan. “As well as the Wales A match, the Students had a training session in preparation for the World Cup so we really had to dig deep in terms of numbers but the lads played their hearts out - I couldn't be happier."		Aberavon were always in the lead after Ben Davies ran 50 metres to score early in the game. Lee Jones followed that up with a 75-metre effort before Richard Davies got a long range try back for Newport. Jones and Richard Davies both ended up with hat-tricks for their respective sides while Ben Davies added another for himself. Newport threatened a revival after tries from Martin Crawley and Ross Palmer but further tries from Andy Llewellyn, Gareth Lewis and Sean O'Kelly made sure of the match for the Fighting Irish. Article by Ian Golden 12 Jun 2005