Glamorgan University stayed at the top of the BUSA Premier League Wales and West after a hard-fought 10-4 win over Gloucestershire.

The match at Gloucester was played in dreadful conditions. The pitch was in a terrible state after a week of torrential rain and with more rain hammering down throughout the entire 80 minutes, the match was littered with mistakes.

Gloucestershire went into the break with a 4-0 lead but Glamorgan started the second half the stronger. An excellent passing move just six minutes in, leveled the scores with man-of-the-match Graham Hughes grounding in the corner.

It was up to the men in charge to give Glamorgan the win in the 62nd minute. Player-coach, Darren Jones forced his way over the line to get

the try and captain Chris Coombs kicked the tricky the conversion to complete the scoring.

This gives the Trefforest-based university two away wins out of two and a great morale booster for their first home match of the season – a local derby against UWIC at Tyn-y-Wern, Trefforest Estate. The game will have extra spice as there are expected to be at least two Cardiff Demons players on each side making this a mini-State of Origin.

“We’re looking forward to the UWIC match,” said Darren Jones. “The lads will be doing extra training this week and we aim to bit fit and ready to beat the men from Cardiff.”

Article by Ian Golden
7 Nov 2005