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![]() | Swansea crowned champions ![]() Swansea celebrate winning the league title Richard Rees ran in a superb try treble as Swansea celebrated becoming Welsh-Scottish League champions by seeing off Bridgend at St Helens. Rees touched down once in the first half and twice after the break to help preserve the Whites' 16-month ground record. Bridgend made a fight of it, rallying well to get within two points of the champions midway through the second period. But a late flurry saw youngster Matthew Brailey and Rees cross to remove any doubts about the outcome.
Gavin Henson, who had switched from centre to fly-half, set it up, putting in a precise cross kick which Rees gathered on the fall to touch down at the flag. Swansea had turned round 14-6 in front after a mediocre first-half blighted by fussy refereeing. The first try arrived in the seventh minute when Henson broke, debut-making Brayley gathered and made ground and Rees sped in at the corner. But the promising opening gave way to some less-than-inspiring play as the two sides battled for control in drizzly conditions. Swansea pulled further ahead on 25 minutes, Rhodri Jones and Geraint Lewis combining at the base of a scrum to send over Paul Moriarty. The visitors hit back before the interval with two penalties from full-back Gareth Cull and snatched second-half tries through Owain Lloyd and fly-half Paul Williams. But Swansea upped the tempo to mark their title success in style. Scorers - Swansea: Tries: R Rees 3, Brailey, Moriarty. Cons: C Rees 2. Pens: Henson, C Rees. Bridgend: Tries: P. Williams, Lloyd. Cons: Cull 2. Pens: Cull 2. Teams Swansea: Payne, R Rees, Henson, Brailey, M Robinson, C Rees, R Jones, Anthony, Mitchell, Evans, L Jones, Griffiths, Moriarty, Lewis, D Thomas. Bridgend: Cull, Hill, Devereux, Funnell, Peters, P Williams, Hewlett, Price, Phillips, Griffiths, Lloyd, Clapham, Molitika, van Rensburg, Bryan. Referee: D Davies (WRU) | See also: Other top Welsh-Scottish Rugby stories: Links to top Welsh-Scottish Rugby stories are at the foot of the page. | |||
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