David Rees’ Local Community Rugby games

There are 6 clubs in Pembs under investigation for paying players. 

35 cup games off 

Yes very concerning that all these games getting called off only just starting the season 

Wil Chips wrote: Watched Emlyn v Ammanford in the Championship (West) on Saturday. Roasting hot day and Emlyn ran out eventual winners 41-24 ( the result is a bid misleading as Emlyn ran in 2 tries-14 points- in the last 5 mins). Interesting for me to see a match with uncontested scrums from the outset (Ammanford couldn't put out a front row). Ammanford thus get penalised and go down to 14 from the start, can't replace any front rower in the game, have to have 8 in a scrum (so a back),and the No 8 can't pick up directly off the back of the scrum. All seems fair enough, but in reality teams have worked out how to best deal with those constraints. So in this Ammanford played no props ( put in back rowers as props), and put their fastest back at No 8. So effectively had 4 back rowers and a back in the scrums. Emlyn had their normal front row out ( 2 props and a hooker) and so found that the numerical advantage was neutered by Ammanford's more mobile pack. The ref wasn't particularly quickto spot that none of the Ammanford back row were properly bound at a scrum, all flying off the scrum in to the back line pretty much on put in. It took Emlyn a while to figure out how the back field was so crowded off a set piece. To that end Ammanford scored a couple of lovely tries off scrums in their own 22 whilst Emlyn's pack were still looking up from the scrum This is not a slight against Ammanford by the way, they just worked the problem, but it's a problem that still prevails in the game when uncontested scrums are called pre a game starting. Eventually the extra man, and limits on subs, did impact the result, but it was an odd affair.

Fscarlet wrote: Heard that Haverfordwest called off their match away to St David’s on Tuesday this week.

Aye, a few challenges there I think.

Some talk that some of the Pembrokeshire sides in division 3 west A want to return to a ring fenced Pembrokeshire league - travel costs being a bit of a factor. The Pembrokeshire sides who are higher up in the league system want to be able to enter 2nd teams if such a league happens.

Fscarlet wrote: Some talk that some of the Pembrokeshire sides in division 3 west A want to return to a ring fenced Pembrokeshire league - travel costs being a bit of a factor. The Pembrokeshire sides who are higher up in the league system want to be able to enter 2nd teams if such a league happens.

The league rules that came out staed that 2nd-6th in West A and West B will make division 3 next year with the rest making a division 4, so would this still be the case?

From what I have heard well over half the teams in district H have voted to go back to a Pembrokeshire league from the 2024/25 season. 

Edited by Fscarlet - 21 November 2023 at 10:48am