Sport – Barry Youth start league season with good away win
Cardiff Rugby Premiership Blue - Pontypridd 14 Barry RFC Youth 27
AFTER four wins in four pre-season matches, Barry started their league campaign with a bonus point victory at Sardis Road, but head coach John Dimond felt the margin of victory should have been much greater.
While he felt the performance was inconsistent, “and we could easily have been 40 points up at half-time,” he said, “to go up to Pontypridd and come away with five points sets us up nicely in the league.”
Dimond has a squad in transition, smaller than last season, with new players coming in. On Saturday, with some players missing, some playing out of position, and a couple of his key players “not firing properly”, the emphasis on training this week has been rectifying the problems.
“We need to kick on against Aberdare,” he said, the visitors to the Reservoir Field on Saturday. “We have the ability, the game structure and the plan to compete in what will be a tough league.” Aberdare beat Treorchy 17-14 at the weekend. St Albans beat St Peters 18-12 in the other fixture.
Despite errors which gifted the hosts their tries, Dimond felt that coming away with a win, despite not playing to their potential, augurs well for the season. “I gave the boys a pep talk after the game. They know they messed up, but we’ll work on it and keep going forward.”
Barry: tries – Tyler Reinhold (two), Rauley Hunter, Austin Caffery, Joe Jenkins; conv – Caelan Hurley.
Ken Watkins
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