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Preview: Reebok Regional
5 December 2007, 9:28 am
By WRU
With the Ospreys U18s already through to the final of the WRU Reebok Regional Championship, the spotlight falls on Taffs Well RFC tonight where the Blues and Dragons will battle it out for the right to meet the holders.
Victory for either side will see them through to the final, to be held at Llandovery on December 23rd. The third place play-off will be held on the same afternoon at the same venue.

Tomorrow night ses the final pool games at U20 level with the finallists already sorted – the Ospreys and Blues.

The Ospreys, who have been in fine form this season, at all levels, make the short trip to play the Scarlets, who include the likes of Daniel Evans and Josh Turnbull in their side, whilst in their final pool match of the campaign, the Dragons host the Blues at Pontypool Park, hoping to finish on a winning note.

Mostyn Richards, WRU Elite Performance Manager for the WRU said, "We have arrived at the business end of the season when winning and losing will mean the difference between a place in the final and a place in the play off game.

"That being the case, I can imagine this week's games will be every bit as exciting as the previous games in the competition. It has been another successful season to date for the championship and I hope that the quality of competition continues to rise over the coming weeks."


Reebok Regional U18

Blues: J Loxton; S Matthews, R Healy, W Rees-Hole, J Davies; I Smerdon, R Downes (Capt); C Phillips, R Williams, M Lewis, K Evans, T Payne, G Davies, M Rees, D Lewis

Replacements: C Fish, B Lee, H Greville, J George, J Bote, T Rowlands, J Deacon


Ospreys: C Lewis; L Powell, K Phillips, A Beck, K Weightman; M Jarvis, C Banfield; G Jenkins, C Davies, J Rees, L Peers, M Evans, A Berrow, B Howe (Capt), S Hicks

Replacements: J Heatley, B John, M Evans, G Jones, J Vaughan, W Taylor, B Thomas


Scarlets: L Rees; G Griffiths, A Pickersgill, S WIlliams, W Bowen; D Etteridge, G Davies; T Davies, L Lewis, S Gardiner, H Boot (Capt), J Galley, E Siggery, E Lloyd, S Phillips

Replacements: T Wilson, R Jenkins, G Havard, J Davies, R Kinnear, S Shingler, C Phillips


Dragons: T James; T Driver, A Hughes, J Flower, I Coombes; Tom James. D Ellis, H Walsh; D Watchurst. C Atwell, S Maguire. M Allen.(Capt), K Smith; D Francis, R Jenkins, J Thomas

Replacements: M Webber, A Field, K Brown, G Ogden, J Spear, M Pewtner, G Dudson


Reebok Regional U20

Blues: H Allen; J Egan, F Edward, L Ford, J Hannam; J Thomas, L Williams; S, Hobbs, H Dowden, P Palmer, M Al-Azzawi, J Camnt, J Groves (Capt), Jake Thomas, L Mills

Replacements: M Howells, S Andrews, J Porter, K Dacey, L Evans, J Williams, B Warburton


Scarlets: D Newton; G Stevens, J Harries, R O Williams, D Watts; D Evans, T James; R Morgan, S Thomas, M Evans, J Kierney, H Pugh, L Kendall, J Turnbull, L Phillips (Capt)

Replacements: A Harries, G Robinson, O Evans, C Jenkins, L Owen, S Rees, R Cunniffe

Dragons and Ospreys TBC

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