Team Of the Week - 30/12/02 - 5/01/03
By Dai
January 12 2003
Check out who we've gone for in this weeks Team of The Week. Do you disagree with any of our selections? Tell us on the messageboard.
Team of the week - 30th December to 5th January
The Backs
15. Barry Davies
(Llanelli)
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14. Gareth Wyatt (Pontypridd) |
11Garan Evans. |
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13. Matthew Watkins |
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12.Jon Pritchard |
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10. Lee Jarvis |
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9. Guy Easterby |
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Barry Davies and Garan Evans of Llanelli form two of the back three after an excellent performance against Swansea with Evans getting on the scoresheet in the 45 - 23 win. On the other wing is Gareth Wyatt who, despite not seeing much of the ball against Ebbw Vale, managed to race over for two tries against Neath at the Gnoll at the end of December. The centre pairing of Matthew Watkins and Jon Pritchard are picked as both had good games in the last week. Watkins impressed against Swansea and Pritchard played an important role in Newport's 31 - 3 win over an inexperienced Cardiff side on New Years Day. Lee Jarvis gets the outside half position after scoring seventeen points, including a try against former club Cardiff in Saturday's Celtic League semi final. Although Jarvis hasn't been performing well recently he did almost everything right in this match. Llanelli's Guy Easterby is selected at scum half after his man of the match performance against Swansea. He made numerous breaks through the Swansea defence and his efforts were rewarded with a try before being replaced by Dwayne Peel. The Forwards
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8. Nathan Bonner-Evans |
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7. Steve Tandy |
6. Simon Easterby |
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5.Neil Edwards |
4.Chris Wyatt |
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3. Chris Horseman |
2.Matthew Rees |
1.John Davies |
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Not much to shout about in the forwards this week although there has to be a mention to the Ebbw Vale pack who managed to nullify the threat of the Ponty forwards at the weekend. In the front row is the experienced John Davies who's playing some of the best rugby of his career at the moment along with Matthew Rees of Pontypridd who played fairly well in a poor Ponty team against Ebbw Vale. Rees is a player with plenty of potential which can be seen through his invitation to join the Welsh squad training sessions. Also in the front row is Bridgends Chris Horseman who scored the only try of the match in Bridgends 16 - 9 win over Swansea at St. Helens. In the second row is Neil Edwards who played a major role in Ebbw Vales triumph at Ponty and Chris Wyatt who helped the Llanelli forwards dominate against Swansea along with try scoring Simon Easterby in that victory. Also in the back row is Neath pair Steve Tandy and Nathan Bonner Evans. Tandy's high work rate along with Bonner Evans' try helped Neath to victory over Cardiff Do you think we've got it right? Tell us on the message board.....
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