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QUINS
VICTORIOUS IN WWRU PLATE FINAL
Cardiff
Quins rounded off the season winning the National Plate final yesterday-
May 21st, defeating Waunarlwydd 27-0.
Under
a midst of driving rain, it was a tale of two cities in the Plate Final
as Cardiff Quins took on Waunarlwydd.
From the outset Quins dominated, making full use of all their
possession through some superb back-play.
Quins
first points of the day came from Hannah Szigetvari, who had an
outstanding game in both attack and defence.
In only the second minute, lock Anwen Hopkins showed real pace to
release Szigetvari for the first of her two tries of the day.
Her second, an individual effort, came just two minutes later as
she took the ball on the Quins line, drew in the Waunarlwydd defence and
sprinted the full length of the pitch to cross under the posts.
Full back Jilly Holroyd converted to bring the score to 12-0.
Another
two tries came in the first half, with Jilly Holroyd running in from
distance and Nadine Griffiths ripped the ball from Waunarlwydd hands on
the line and pounced over.
Waunarlwydd
continued to battle in every part of the park and were very unlucky to
have a close range effort denied by a held-up verdict shortly before
half time. Buoyed by the
denial before the break, Waunarlwydd took control from the restart and
applied pressure to the Quins defence. Yet again, they were starved of reward through a solid
defensive line.
The
result was put beyond doubt as Quins brought in the final five points
through another Jilly Holroyd try.
Nicola
John, Quins Captain commented after the match “We are all absolutely
delighted and I am so proud of the girls for a great performance in such
bad conditions”.
Quins:
Jilly
Holroyd; Becky Davies, Gwawr Jones, Hannah Szigetvari, Hayley Abson; Kaity
Mendes, Zoe
Prytherch; Catrina
Nicholas, Marina Newth, Jen Hustler; Kim Parry, Anwen
Hopkins; Nadine
Griffiths, Nicola John (c), Hannah Roberts
Pictures
from Cup Semi-Final - click on image for larger picture
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