2018 Celtic Cup
Wal Wheelchair
28 April 2018 • KO 15:00
84 v 30
Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry
Attendance:
Ire Wheelchair
15 | Tries | 6 | ||
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12 | Conversions | 3 | ||
0 | Penalties | 0 | ||
0 | Drop Goals | 0 |
Match Report
Ire Wheelchair
By Ian Golden at Deeside Leisure Centre
Watch the first half here, second half here and presentations here.
Wales have won the Prabhu Ventures Ltd Celtic Cup for the third year in a row after beating Scotland and Ireland on an exciting day of Wheelchair Rugby League in Deeside.
Ireland, after beating Scotland in the second match of the day, needed a 20-point win over Wales in the final encounter, and whilst they were in the game for a large part of the first half, even taking the lead at one stage, Wales were dominant after the interval.
Jason Owen gave Wales the perfect start, scoring on three minutes, with Stuart Williams converting.
But Ireland soon hit back through a James Hazel try that went unconverted.
Wales were soon leading again. Harry Jones scored on seven minutes with the conversion hitting both posts before coming out.
Thomas Martin got another try back for Ireland with King unable to land the conversion before Hazel went over in the corner to put Wales behind for the first time in the day. Josh McEvoy converted.
Jones’ second try, scored on 17 minutes, levelled things up again with Williams’ conversion making it 16-14.
Owen then went over for his second with Williams again landing the extras. Own try 25, Higgins conversion.
Higgins added another try on the half hour, converting himself, to give Wales a 20-point lead.
Two King tries for Ireland, both converted by Knight closed the gap to just eight points.
But Wales ended the half on a high as Gary Preece scored a well-worked try with Higgins converting to give them a 40-26 half-time lead.
A Wales try scored by Stuart Williams
Owen scored his fourth following a good set of passes to open the second half scoring for Wales.
Stuart Williams added the next try. Higgins converted before adding the next two tries himself, converting the first of them.
That was before Williams scored one of the tries of the day, when on 55 minutes, he sped down the centre as he chased a punched ball, diving to score under the sticks. Higgins converted.
That made it 66-26 and the lead was extended again on 66 minutes when Williams got his hat-trick try before Preece scored his second. Higgins converted both.
It was almost a perfect second half for Wales but they conceded a try with two minutes to go. Seb Groves scoring but missing the conversion.
However Wales had the last say on a fantastic day when Owen regained the ball from kick-off and scored with Gary Taylor converting.
Ireland: Peter Johnston, James Hazel, Lewis King, Fred Nye (both Argonauts), Thomas Martin, Scott Pyrah (both Halifax), Sebastian Groves (Medway Dragons), Stephen Argent, Michael Knight, Joshua McEvoy (all St Helens)
Tries: Hazel (5, 14), Martin (11), King (34, 36), Groves (78)
Goals: Knight 2/3, King 0/1, McEvoy 1/1, Groves 0/1
Team Lists and Scoring Information
Wal Wheelchair | Tries | Goals | DGs | Pts | Cards | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Jason Owen | 5 | 20 | ||||
0 | Gary Preece | 2 | 8 | ||||
0 | Geraint Price | ||||||
0 | Harry Jones | 2 | 8 | ||||
0 | Stuart Williams (c) | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||
Substitute | |||||||
0 | Alan Caron | ||||||
0 | Lucie Roberts | ||||||
0 | Gary Taylor | 1 | 2 | ||||
0 | Stephen Halsey | ||||||
0 | Andrew Higgins | 3 | 8 | 28 | |||
0 | John Doyle |
Ire Wheelchair | Tries | Goals | DGs | Pts | Cards | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Peter Johnston | ||||||
0 | James Hazel | 2 | 8 | ||||
0 | Lewis King | 2 | 4 | ||||
0 | Fred Nye | ||||||
0 | Tom Martin | 1 | 4 | ||||
0 | Scott Pyrah | ||||||
0 | Seb Groves | 1 | 4 | ||||
0 | Ste Argent | ||||||
0 | Mike Knight | 2 | 8 | ||||
0 | Josh McEvoy | 1 | 2 |
Time | Score | Player | Team | Action |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 4 - 0 | Jason Owen | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
4 | 6 - 0 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
5 | 6 - 4 | James Hazel | Ire Wheelchair | Try |
6 | 6 - 4 | Lewis King | Ire Wheelchair | Missed Conversion |
7 | 10 - 4 | Harry Jones | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
8 | 10 - 4 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Missed Conversion |
11 | 10 - 8 | Tom Martin | Ire Wheelchair | Try |
12 | 10 - 10 | Lewis King | Ire Wheelchair | Conversion |
14 | 10 - 14 | James Hazel | Ire Wheelchair | Try |
15 | 10 - 14 | Mike Knight | Ire Wheelchair | Missed Conversion |
17 | 14 - 14 | Harry Jones | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
18 | 16 - 14 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
19 | 20 - 14 | Jason Owen | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
20 | 22 - 14 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
25 | 26 - 14 | Jason Owen | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
26 | 28 - 14 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
30 | 32 - 14 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
31 | 34 - 14 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
34 | 34 - 18 | Mike Knight | Ire Wheelchair | Try |
35 | 34 - 20 | Lewis King | Ire Wheelchair | Conversion |
36 | 34 - 24 | Mike Knight | Ire Wheelchair | Try |
37 | 34 - 26 | Josh McEvoy | Ire Wheelchair | Conversion |
39 | 38 - 26 | Gary Preece | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
40 | 40 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
44 | 44 - 26 | Jason Owen | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
45 | 44 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Missed Conversion |
46 | 48 - 26 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
47 | 50 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
49 | 54 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
50 | 56 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
52 | 60 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
53 | 60 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Missed Conversion |
55 | 64 - 26 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
56 | 66 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
66 | 70 - 26 | Stuart Williams | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
67 | 72 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
70 | 76 - 26 | Gary Preece | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
71 | 78 - 26 | Andrew Higgins | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |
78 | 78 - 30 | Seb Groves | Ire Wheelchair | Try |
79 | 82 - 30 | Jason Owen | Wal Wheelchair | Try |
79 | 82 - 30 | Seb Groves | Ire Wheelchair | Missed Conversion |
80 | 84 - 30 | Gary Taylor | Wal Wheelchair | Conversion |