Wrexham 0 Dolgellau 27

Promotion chasing Dolgellau moved up to second place in the North Wales Division Two Championship with a 27-0 victory at Wrexham under floodlights, but they were made to work hard for their success by a much improved and determined home side. The return of key players like prop David Gard and full-back Leighton Cox, together with the inclusion of good young players like Nathan Jones and Owain Turner in the centre, made a big difference to a hard pressed home side. Wrexham edged the scrums and competed well in all other areas with outside-half Ben Cheesbrough and flanker Gareth Owen tackling superbly. Dolgellau, fielding a fine well-balanced team, did most of the pressing and broke the deadlock in the 24th minute with an unconverted try by flanker Berwyn Hughes. Then they established a 15-0 lead by half-time with a try by number eight Dewi Thomas and a conversion by full-back Tom Roberts, but they found it difficult to make any further progress until Wrexham slowed when David Gard had to depart with a knee injury. Berwyn Hughes claimed his second-try of the game, converted by Tom Roberts, mid-way through the second-half, although Wrexham continued to battle away with Cheesbrough, Owen and Turner still leading the way in defence. It wasn’t until one minute before the end of normal time that scrum-half Gethin Thomas broke through at pace to score the bonus point try that secured second place in the table for a jubilant Dolgellau.