Colwyn Bay 0  – 19 COBRA

Colwyn Bay kicked off but soon found themselves defending deep in their 22 following a strong break straight through the midfield. This led to concerted pressure from  COBRA who were awarded a penalty just 5 meters out. The  Bay reacted slowly to the ensuing tap penalty and the visitors drove over for a try mid way out, which they also converted. Bay’s poor start was further compounded when  an injury to Liam Hasnip forced a complete re-shuffle of the starting line up meaning that the back division now included two forwards playing out of position.

For the rest of the half COBRA continued to attack but sound defence ensured that they failed to cross our try line again throughout the half. Although our set piece was failing to win good clean ball the Bay still tried without much success to run what ball they got to try and force their way back into the game.  The half ended with COBRA leading 7-0.

The Bay started the second half much stronger and with far more passion, and got themselves a good attacking position deep in the opposition’s 22. Despite numerous scrums and line outs the Bay failed to convert these chances into points.

Following some 10 minutes of non stop pressure from the Bay, COBRA broke out of their own half and set up an attacking opportunity. The Bay failed to clear their lines and eventually despite resolute defending COBRA scored their second converted try. 

Then with 20 minutes to go, an injury to Steve Thatcher and a lack of available substitutes meant the Bay had to play the rest of the match one player short. This set back took away any semblance of attacking hopes from the home side and the rest of the match was spent defending our try line. Then with minutes left the Bay failed to take a line out cleanly and COBRA pounced to score an unconverted try out wide. This led to a further injury and the Bay ending the match with only 13 players on the pitch.