FRESH BOOST AS WRU REEBOK REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS KICKS OFF AGAIN

With Rob Howley again acting as ambassador for the sponsors, Reebok has indicated its desire to further invest in the competition which enjoyed a spectacular first season.

Culminating in Scarlets winning all three finals – U16, U18 and U20 – the competition set high standards throughout the season and underpinned the Union‘s high performance strategies for age grade rugby.

Mostyn Richards, High Performance Manager for the WRU, said: “The Scarlets set the benchmark for the other regions with their intuitive play, total commitment, Premier Division support for the competition and management expertise.

“Once again, these competitions will provide the breeding ground for our National Age Grade players at U16, U18, U19 and U21. All national age grade teams have extremely tough programmes this season and this competition will certainly help us prepare our players for the challenges that lie ahead.

“We are extremely grateful to Reebok for its continued support and we are looking forward to a season as good as, if not better than last.

“The players, coaches managers and professional staff need to raise the bar so we can witness a continual improvement process at age grade level.”

The competition kicks off this weekend with two U16 games between Dragons and Scarlets at Newbridge, and Blues South and Ospreys at Llanrumney Playing Fields, both kicking off at 11am.

On Sunday, it’s the turn of the U18. The Ospreys and Scarlets meet in a re-run of last season’s final at Aberavon (12noon), and the Blues and Dragons face each other at Pontypridd (12noon).

Blues Teams

U16
15 James Loxton
14 Jamie Jones
13 Joe Geberis
12 Lloyd Collier
11 Soloman Matthews
10 Luke Fear
09 Lloyd Williams
01 Daniel Holliday
02 Carl Fish
03 Kyle Harry
04 Ryan Moore
05 Owen Sedgebeer
06 Liam Usman 
07 Cory Hearne Capt
08 Rhys Meredith 
  

Replacements
16 Freddie Wilson 
17 Joe Deacon 
18 Peter Hughes 
19 Chris Grant 
20 Michael Paglioni 
21 Leon Williams 
22 Luke O’Brien 

U18
15 Ceri Llewellyn
14 James Egan
13 Phil Williams
12 Luke Ford
11 Gareth Jones
10 James Thomas
09 Gareth Williams
08 Sam Warburton
07 Dan Franks
06 Jevon Groves
05 Mazin Alazawi
04 Matthew Gardner
03 Patrick Palmer
02 Huw Dowden
01 Tom Price
 
 
Replacements 
16 Rhys Dyer
17 Matthew Edwards
18 Christian Dacey
19 Louis Rappa
20 Scott Andrews
21 Rhodri Jenkins
22 Chris John