LLandiloes 50 Wrexham 0

Skipper Pete Blakemore took a much changed side, with some new faces in it, to Llanidloes and felt that there was a hint of “green shoots of recovery” in their performance, despite slipping to a 0-50 defeat.

The star performer on the day was Leighton Cox who switched from full-back to scrum-half and played a ‘blinder’ in his new role. With prop David Gard out through injury and hooker Nick Perrin unavailable, Wrexham fielded a new look pack with Brendan O’Malley and Matt Lewis propping and Danny Wolfenden at hooker.While the visitors took time to settle, Llanidloes started well and scored 35 points by half-time.

Wrexham improved after the break and, despite two sin binnings that left them with only 13 players at one stage, they finished strongly but without being able to create a score. Next up will be a visit to Dolgellau where they will be aiming to confirm their recent improvement.