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Recap

Nant Conwy 89 – 0 Llandudno

Mae’r cofnodion yn dangos mai’r tîm olaf i guro Nant Conwy mewn gêm gynghrair oedd Llandudno pan enillon nhw gêm dynn 14 – 10. Ers hynny, mae Nant wedi cael y llaw uchaf er bod rhai o’r gemau dilynol wedi bod yn agos iawn, gyda dim ond un pwynt ynddi. Yn erbyn y cefndir hwn ymwelodd Llandudno â Phant Carw ar gyfer yr hyn a dybiwyd y byddai’n gêm anodd. Felly, mae’r sgôr yn y pen draw heb amheuaeth yn synnu llawer.

Mae Llandudno yn dîm o chwaraewyr mawr a’u tactegau o’r dechrau oedd rhedeg gyda’r bêl a defnyddio eu nerth corfforol i yrru’r gwrthwynebwyr yn ôl. Roedd hyn yn gweithio i raddau nes i bwerdy Nant ei hun, Sam Hughes, gael ei rediad cyntaf a phrofi’n ddi-stop wrth sgorio’r cais cyntaf ar ôl tri munud.

Tra bod gan Landudno y presenoldeb corfforol, gan Nant oedd y cyflymder. Nid yn unig mae’r cefnwyr yn gyflym, ond nid yw’r blaenwyr yn araf deg chwaith. Fe wnaeth Nant, er nad oeddent yn gwrthwynebu gwneud y grafftio caled, yn defnyddio’r cefnwyr a daeth chwe chais nesaf yr hanner cyntaf trwy’r tri chwarteri. Cipiodd Deian Roberts dri o’r rhain, gyda Cain Jones yn cael dau a Carwyn Davies un.

Fe wnaeth Llandudno wneud rhai ymdrechion i gyrraedd hanner Nant gyda rhai toriadau ond yn aml nid oedd yna gefnogaeth. Daeth eu cyfnod gorau ar ddiwedd yr hanner pan gafodd Nant eu cadw’n agos at eu llinell eu hunain dim ond i’r bêl gael ei chipio i ffwrdd a’i chlirio.

Gyda Cain Jones hefyd yn trosi chwe throsiad, roedd Nant ar y blaen ar hanner amser o 47 – 0.

Nid oedd yn hir i mewn i’r ail hanner pan estynnodd Nant y fantais trwy Elis Fôn. Cafodd Roberts ei bedwerydd cais pan roddodd gic bwt ymlaen gan guro’r amddiffyn  i’r bêl er gwaethaf rhoi dechrauad o 10 metr iddynt.

Yna daeth y blaenwyr i mewn ar y weithred pan orffennodd Brychan Dafydd symudiad taclus o basio agos. Yna cafodd Hughes ei ail pan gasglodd gic oedd i fod i gyrraedd y ffîn gais a rhedeg trwy sawl tacl hanner ymdrech.

Yna cymerodd y cefnwyr at yr awenau unwaith eto. Cafodd Fôn ei ail a bu rhediad gan y cefnwr Pringle ei alluogi i osod Roberts i fyny ar gyfer ei bumed, a thrydydd ar ddeg Nant, fel yr oedd y chwiban ola far gyrraedd.

Nesaf bydd Nant yn wynebu Rhuthun yn rownd wyth olaf Cwpan Adran 1 Gogledd Cymru. Bydd y gȇm hon i’w chwarae yn Rhuthun nos Fercher, 16eg Ebrill, gyda’r gic gyntaf am 19:30.

The records show that the last team to beat Nant Conwy in a league match was Llandudno when they won a tight match 14 – 10. Since then Nant have had the upper hand though some of the ensuing matches have been very close, with only one point in it. It was against this background that Llandudno visited Pant Carw for what was assumed would be a tough match. So, the eventual score-line no doubt took many aback.

Llandudno are a team of big players and their tactics from the start appeared to be to run with the ball and use their physicality to drive the opposition back. This was working to a degree until Nant’s own power-house, Sam Hughes, had his first run and proved unstoppable in scoring the first try after three minutes.

Whereas Llandudno had the physical presence, it was Nant who had the speed. Not only are the backs fast, but the forwards are no slouches either. Nant, whilst not averse to doing the hard graft, made use of the backs and the next six tries of the first half came through the three-quarters. Deian Roberts grabbed three of these, with Cain Jones getting two and Carwyn Davies one.

Llandudno did make some forays into the Nant half with some breaks but often lacked support. Their best spell came at the end of the half when they had Nant pinned on their line only for the ball to be snatched away and cleared.

With Cain Jones also landing six conversions, Nant lead at half-time by 47 – 0.

It was not long into the second half when Nant extended the lead through Elis Fôn. Roberts got his fourth when he chipped ahead and beat the cover defence to the ball despite giving them a 10 metre start.

The forwards then got in on the act when Brychan Dafydd finished off a neat close-passing move. Hughes then got his second when he gathered an attempted kick to touch and ran through several half-hearted tackles.

The backs then took charge again. Fôn got his second and a run from full-back Pringle enabled him to set up Roberts for his fifth, and Nant’s thirteenth, try on the stroke of full time.

Nant next take on Rhuthun in the quarter-final of the North Wales Division 1 Cup. This is to be played at Rhuthun on Wednesday, 16 April, kick-off 19:30.