Swansea University finished on a high last week after a hard-fought win while Hereford jumped to 6th in the Regional 2 Midlands West after their victory against Stratford Upon Avon.
We start this week’s rugby round-up in the Welsh Premiership as Pontypridd returned to action at Sardis Road as they welcomed Merthyr. Merthyr proved themselves to be a tough opponent as the game went to the final whistle. Ponty, however, clinched the victory as the game ended 25-22 in their favour.
To the North of Sardis Road, Rotherham Titans were in action as they travelled to face a mid-table Hull side. Hull proved to be more than a handful for Rotherham as they punished them, putting their points tally for the day to 29. Despite the Hull performance, Rotherham found a way and they went on to win the game 29-47. Rotherham, now just 5 points off the top will be busy preparing for the weekend’s game against Leeds Tykes as it may prove to be pivotal in who wins the National 2 North.
Elsewhere last week, Hereford made solid ground in their final push for the 2023/24 season with a win over rivals Stratford Upon Avon. Thanks to a 26-31 away win for Hereford they surpassed their opponents to rise to 6th place on the table, just 6 points off 4th with a couple of games remaining.
It was however one to forget for Worcester as they were defeated 29-3 by Newent after a solid first-half performance. Worcester, now in 11th place will look to claim back some points in the remainder of the season to finish on a high.
Over in the Counties 2 Midlands West (East) last week Barkers Butts took on Southam away from home. In a 33-41 victory the Barkers gained valuable points in their defence of the league’s top spot from Veseyans who won elsewhere with only 2 points separating the sides.
Similarly to Worcester, it was a day to forget for Woodrush as Veseyans win came at Woodrush’s cost after a thrashing from the second-place side. Woodrush will now look to push on and return to winning ways as they finish off the season.
In the Counties 2 Surrey, Chipstead continued in their pursuit of 3rd place as they comfortably beat Old Blues 56-5 at home. The win means that Chipstead have moved within one point of 3rd place Old Caterhamians as they were beaten 32-0 elsewhere in a knock to their hopes of a strong finish to the season.
Finally this week we finish on a high as Swansea University rose to the occasion to beat Durham 33-26 at home. Swansea, showed real character as they came from behind to take all of the points in round 18 of the Bucs Super Rugby league.
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Now that might be the end of this week’s round-up, but we do have some exciting games coming this weekend with teams in action across the English and Welsh leagues.
Upcoming Fixtures:
21st of March
- Ebbw Vale vs Newport
23rd of March
- Pontypridd vs Aberavon
- Rotherham Titans vs Leeds Tykes
- Old Caterhamians vs Chipstead
- Barkers Butts vs Veseyans
- Coventrians vs Woodrush
- Hereford vs Shipston on Stour
- Worcester vs Stratford Upon Avon
28th of March
- Newport vs Llandovery
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