Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy

Recap

Cafodd Bae Colwyn dymor gwych yn 2024/25 lle y gorffennon nhw’n ail yn Adran 2 y Gogledd, ac ennill Cwpan Adran 2 – Gogledd Cymru. Fodd bynnag, maent wedi canfod Adran 1 fel amgylchedd llawer mwy heriol nag yr oeddent efallai’n ei obeithio a chyn y gêm hon, nid oeddent wedi cyrraedd eu pwyntiau cyntaf yn yr Adran. Fodd bynnag, maent wedi wynebu rhai o dimau cryfaf yn yr adran.
Yn anffodus, ddydd Sadwrn cawsant eu herio gan dîm Nant nad oedd mewn hwyliau i gyfaddawdu, nail ai wrth ymosod nag wrth amddiffyn. Y canlyniad oedd i Nant sgorio tri chais ar ddeg, gyda naw ohonynt wedi’u trosi, ac nid oeddynt yn rhoi unrhyw gyfleoedd i’r Bae sgorio.
Roedd yr hanner cyntaf ychydig yn wrthgynhyrchiol ar adegau, gyda phasio anghyson a gollwng y bȇl yn aml. Yn wir, digwyddodd y cais cyntaf gan Nant, gan Sion Pringle, ar ôl chwe munud, yn rhannol oherwydd eu pasio anghywir a oedd yn twyllo amddiffynfa’r Bae. Yr ail gais ar ôl 10 munud oedd canlyniad pas wedi’I gollwng gan y ymwelwyr ag ymateb cyflym gan Nant, gan arwain at Deian Roberts yn croesi drosodd.
Yna daeth cyfnod o bymtheg munud yn dilyn ble roedd Bae gyda mantais tir heb fygythiad i linell Nant. Daeth hyn i ben pan wnaeth Gwion Jones redeg a dau wrthwthiad llaw gref gynhyrchu cais rhif tri. Yn fuan wedyn, aeth Gruff Roberts I mewn ar y chwith i sicrhau’r cais pwynt bonws.
Yna cafodd y Bae gyfnod da arall o feddiant a thir, ond ni allent gynhyrchu unrhyw gyfleoedd sgorio pwysig.
Roedd trosglwyddo a handlo Nant erbyn hyn wedi gwella’n fawr ac roedd y Bae’n dechrau cael anhawster i ymdopi gyda chyflymder y tîm cartref a chwarae cefnogaethol cyffredinol. Fe’i dangoswyd am y pumed cais wrth gyrraedd yr hanner. Roedd y Bae’n dal yn taclo’n frwd ond roedd gan y tîm cartref bob amser chwaraewr yn cefnogi ac roedd Ifan Williams ar gael i gyffwrdd i lawr. Gyda Caron Davies yn cael 3 trosiad, roedd y timau wedi cyrraedd hanner amser gyda Nant yn arwain 31 – 0.
Roedd yr ail hanner yn perthyn i Nant yn llwyr. Fe wnaethant redeg asgorio 8 cais arall, gyda hynny ar gyfnodau rheolaidd a nifer ohonynt yn deillio o’r cefnwyr yn dal ciciau clirio a rhedeg yn syth yn ôl tuag at y gwrthwynebwyr. Cafodd Deian Roberts ei ail gais heb oedi, gan ddilyn gydag ail gais gan Pringle. Yna cafodd Roberts ei drydydd.
Roedd Bae Colwyn bellach yn ceisio rhedeg popeth ac roedd rhyng-gipiad pas gan Brychan Dafydd yn gweld ef yn gwthio oddi wrth sawl chwaraewr i fynd tros y linell.
Yna cafodd Gruff Roberts ei ail gais wedi rhedeg ar lwybr sig-sag ar yr asgell.Daeth y sŵn mwyaf gan y dorf pan aeth Carwyn Roberts drosodd gyfer y nawfed cais.
Cyrhaeddodd ail gais Brychan Dafydd wedyn, a’i ddilyn yn fuan gan Ifan Williams gyda’i ail gais yn ogystal. Gyda chwe throsiad pellach gan Caron Davies, roedd y sgôr derfynol yn 83 – 0.

Colwyn Bay had a great 2024/25 season in which they finished second in League 2 North, and won the North Wales Division 2 Cup. However, they have found League 1 a much tougher environment than they probably hoped for and prior to this game had yet to get there first points. That said, they have encountered some of the stronger sides in the division.

Unfortunately, on Saturday they encountered a Nant team who were in no mood to compromise, either in attack or defence. The result was Nant ran in thirteen tries, 9 of which were converted, and did not allow Bay any scoring opportunities.

The first half was a little scrappy at times, with stray and dropped passes. Indeed, Nant’s first try, by Sion Pringle, after six minutes was partially due to their stray passes fooling the Bay defence. The second try after 10 minutes was the result of a dropped pass by the visitors and a quick counter by Nant, resulting in Deian Roberts going over.

There followed a fifteen minute spell in which Bay had territorial advantage without threatening Nant’s line. This ended when a run and two strong hand-offs by Gwion Jones produced try number three. Soon after Gruff Roberts went in on the left to secure the try bonus point.

Bay then had another good spell off possession and territory but were unable to produce any telling try scoring opportunities.

Nant’s passing and handling by now were much improved and Bay began finding it hard to cope with the home team’s speed and all-round support play. This was demonstrated for the fifth try on half-time. Bay were tackling furiously but the home side always had a support player and Ifan Williams was on hand to touch down. With Caron Davies getting 3 conversions the teams went in at half-time with Nant leading 31 – 0.

The second half belonged entirely to Nant. They ran in a further 8 tries at regular intervals, a number of which came as a result of  the backs fielding clearance kicks and running straight back at the opposition. Deian Roberts got his second soon followed by Pringle’s second. Roberts then got his third.

Colwyn Bay were now trying to run everything and and an interception by Brychan Dafydd saw him shrug off several tacklers to go over.

Gruff Roberts then got his second following a mazy run. The biggest cheer from the crowd then came when Carwyn Roberts went over for try number nine.

Brychan Dafydd then got his second followed soon afterwards by Ifan Williams with his second. With a further six conversions coming from Caron Davies the final score was 83 – 0.

Despite the score-line, Colwyn Bay should be congratulated on the fact that they never gave up and encouraged each other through-out the match.