TAFFS WELL PLAYED BARRY AT HOME IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE SWALEC BOWL HOPING TO BUILD ON RECENT GOOD PERFORMANCES,BUT IT WAS THE VISITORS WHO HAD THE BEST OF THE EARLY EXCHANGES, GOING AHEAD WITH A PENALTY GOAL , AND THEN THEY SCORED TWO TRIES, ONE CONVERTED . IN BETWEEN NEW RECRUIT KIERON DYMOND KEPT TAFFS WELL IN THE GAME WITH THREE PENALTY GOALS , FOR A HALF TIME SCORE OF 15-9 TO BARRY. A FURTHER BARRY TRY JUST AFTER THE BREAK LOOKED TO PUT THE VISITORS IN A MATCH WINNING POSITION ,BUT THE HOME SIDE RALLIED ,WITH OLIVER SMITH GOING OVER FOR A TRY , SUPERBLY CONVERTED BY DYMOND FROM THE TOUCHLINE, AND THEN TAFFS WELL PUSHED HARD FOR ANOTHER SCORE , BUT BARRY HELD OUT TO BOOK THEIR PLACE IN ROUND THREE OF THE BOWL. ALONGSIDE OUTSIDE HALF KIERON DYMOND , WAS HIS BROTHER PHIL ,ALSO MAKING HIS CLUB DEBUT, WITH BOTH PLAYERS DOING ENOUGH TO SUGGEST THEY WILL BE GOOD ADDITIONS TO THE SQUAD. PROP CRAIG GANE MADE A WELCOME RETURN TO THE SIDE, WHILE CHRIS TOTTLE AT FULLBACK ENJOYED A GOOD GAME, AS DID CRISTAIN NICHOLAS ON THE WING.
REPORTER: MIKE GIBBONS
