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SWANSEA 3

THINGS were "All White" on the night from an RGC perspective!

Playing host to Swansea in their latest WRU Premiership encounter, it was the Gogs who comfortably came out on top by a 21-3 margin.

RGC had all of the possession and territory in the opening quarter, with both Rhys Tudor and Tom Hughes proving to be good attacking options.

Around the breakdown, scrum half Efan Jones was looking to recycle the ball quickly and get the backline moving.

Dion Jones had an opportunity to open the scoring as he spotted a gap.

However, with numbers wide, the ball went loose before play was called back for an RGC penalty.

Pressure was mounting on the Swansea line thanks to a number of good scrums from RGC.

Tom Hughes and Tim Grey were both held up on the line, before the pressure eventually told and the referee awarded an penalty try.

RGC will be disappointed that they didn’t deal with the restart well, though, and Swansea were back in he game with a simple penalty.

The visitors then began to move the ball through hands and they enjoyed a good spell in attack.

Meanwhile, RGC were making some errors which compounded their problems.

Swansea looked to put some pressure on the RGC whitewash, but credit must go to the RGC defensive work, with the home side tackling strongly and they were disciplined at the breakdown.

In addition, the forwards were winning the battle at scrum time and they were able to keep Swansea at bay.

RGC ended the half on a high after a quick tap penalty and McBryde showed fast feet to run in under the posts.

The fly-half added the conversion to make it 14-3.

The second half struggled to get going, with both sides playing in the middle of the field and the game was interrupted with handling errors.

It was a bit of a scrum fest for much of the half, but RGC were the ones coming out on top.

Defensively, RGC were working well and the fact they kept the visitors scoreless in the second half shouldn’t go unnoticed.

The Gogs did manage to cross the whitewash themselves late in the game after the ball was switched wide and winger Rhys Tudor finished in the corner.

McBryde added the extras to make the final score 21-3 in RGC's favour.