Slideshow Under 8s Tour
Slideshow Under 8s at the Black Patch
Slideshow Merthyr Tournament
Slideshow Dowlais
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Sunday, March 7th
Cefn Coed Under 7's 25
Ystrad Rhondda Under 7's 25
Ellis Sullivan captained Cefn as well as scoring a superb solo effort in this hard fought draw.
Jack Powell scoring (4) tries to ensure the draw.
Cefn Coed Under 7's 30
Aberdare Under 7's 20
Alex Regis captained Cefn to a hard fought win. Jack Powell was the star of the show again, side-stepping his way to an amazing (5) tries. The other score coming from Dafydd Day.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 5
Aberdare Under 8's 35
Talyn Griffiths captained the Mini Green Army, though they lost they made Aberdare work for every score, with some excellent tagging by Cameron McIntyre and Cameron Davies. Cefn's try coming from Jack Powell, his 10th of the day.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 5
Ystrad Rhondda Under 8's 15
Dafydd Day captained the Mini Green Army. A landmark moment for Tom Bush who scored Cefn's try and his 50th of the season so far. Well done Tom !! Some superb defence by James Cummings and Evan Bennett in this game.
Cefn Coed Under 9's 20
Aberdare Under 9's 30
Gabrielle Morgan captained and scored a try in the young Cefn sides best performance of the season to date. Other tries were scored by the superb Josh Evans (2) and Thomas Sullivan. Ethan Park and Lee Morgan in particular put in some good tackles.
Cefn Coed Under 9's 0
Ystrad Rhondda Under 9's 30
Dafydd Jones captained Cefn in another good display. Max Williams and Joshua Evans had excellent games in defence.
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Sunday, February 28th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 45
Resolven Under 8's 20
Another Superb display from the Mini Green Army. Tries were scored by Captain Ellis Sullivan with a length of the field effort and his first try for the club. (Could show his old man a thing or two). Other scorers were Evan Bennett with a Hat-Trick, Jack Powell (2) Tom Bush (2) Dafydd Day (1). Talyn Griffiths and Cian Roome guested for Resolven and scored a try each, well done to them too!
Cefn Coed Under 9's 5
Resolven Under 9's 45
Max Williams captained and starred for Cefn along with Joshua Evans and Josh Evans with their only try coming from the speedy Ethan Parke.
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Sunday, February 14th
Rhymney Under 7's 5 Cefn Coed Under 7's 30
An excellent win for Cefn who were captained by James Cummings. Cefn shared the tries about showing excellent teamwork, Try scorers were Cameron McIntyre (2) Jack Powell, Cian Roome, Cameron Davies and Evan Bennett.
Rhymney Under 8's 25 Cefn Coed Under 8's 20
An superb game of Tag Rugby from both teams ended in a narrow defeat for the Mini Green Army. Dafydd Day captained Cefn as well as scoring 2 tries, other scorers were Jack Powell and Cameron McIntyre.
Merthyr Under 9,s 45 Cefn Coed Under 9's 0
Joshua Evans captained Cefn against their bigger more experienced opponents, though they all worked hard Josh Evans and Max Williams in particular shone for Cefn.
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Sunday, February 7th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 35
Treharris Under 8's 5
Logan Foxcroft captained the Mini Green Army to a well deserved team win. Tries for Cefn after some excellent handling and support play came from Dafydd Day (2) Cameron McIntyre (1) Cian Roome (1) Tom Bush (1) and Evan Bennett (2)
Cefn Coed Under 9's 10
Treharris Under 9's 40
David Thomas captained Cefn as well as making his debut, Lee Morgan and Dafydd Jones both had strong games, Tries scorers were Thomas Sullivan and Josh Evans.
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Sunday January 23rd
Tonyrefail Under 7's 40
Cefn Coed Under 7's 40
Cameron Davies captained Cefn in this high scoring game, scoring a try to add to scores from Jack Powell ( 4 ) Cian Roome ( 2 ) and Cameron McIntyre ( 1 ). Special praise goes to both James Cummings and Evan Roome for their excellent support play and tagging.
Tonyrefail Under 8's 0
Cefn Coed Under 8's 30
Tom Bush captained Cefn as well as scoring another Hat-Trick. Some excellent handling skills saw Talyn Griffiths pick up a rolling Ball, beating 2 players before putting Evan Bennett away for the 1st of his hat-trick of tries. Excellent in defence and attack for Cefn was Dafydd Day.
Tonyrefail Under 9's 30
Cefn Coed Under 9's 0
Josh Evans captained Cefn in a man of the match display with some outstanding tackling. Although Cefn didnt score they came close on several occasions. Special mention for their efforts to John Goao and Lee Morgan.
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Sunday December 27th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 5
Ynysybwl Under 8's 5
On Sunday 27th Dec, Cefn Under 8's played at half time during Cardiff Blues game against the Dragons at the Cardiff City Stadium. The Youngsters had a fabulous day out as they also waved flags as they welcomed the Blues players onto the field at the start.
Captain for the day was Alex Regis, both defences held firm for the most part, Cefn's only try coming from Tom Bush, with Ynysybwl's equaliser coming at the end of a thrilling contest.
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Sunday December 13th
Treharris Under 8's 15
Cefn Coed Under 8's 50
With the last 4 weekends washed out due to bad weather, it was a welcome return to action for Cefn's Junior sides. Some excellent running angles by Talyn Griffiths and Cameron Davies in particular, laid the platform for the ever supporting Tom Bush to score a double hat-trick. Dafydd Day on his birthday had a brace, Cameron McIntyre and Captain Evan Bennett both scored length of the field efforts.
Treharris Under 9's 30
Cefn Coed Under 9's 0
The scoreline doesn't really reflect the effort the Cefn team put into the game. Ethan Park with another strong running game captained the side, and excellent in both attack and defence were Gabrielle Morgan ,Joshua Evans and Max Williams.
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Sunday November 8th
Cefn Coed Under 7's 15
Dowlais Under 7's 15
In their 1st game in this age group the young Cefn team did well to force the draw against their local more experienced visitors. Captain for the day was James Cummings and Try scorers were Cameron McIntyre (2) and Jack Powell. Elijah Morgan and Rowan Jones made their debuts for Cefn
Cefn Coed Under 8's 25
Dowlais Under 8's 15
Tomos Jones captained Cefn in this excellent hard fought win against their local rivals. Try scorers were Tom Bush with a hat-trick, Cameron McIntyre and Talyn Griffiths with his 1st try for the club and against his father Gary Bunko's old side! Mixed emotions there I bet.
Cefn Coed Under 9's 5
Dowlais Under 9,s 45
Thomas Sullivan captained Cefn. Ethan Park scored Cefns try, and with an outstanding display on his debut from Joshua Evans both in defence and attack. The Cefn team tackled their hearts out and made Dowlais work for their every point. John Goao making his debut for the club.
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Sunday October 25th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 5
Rhymney Under 8's 10
In a very closely fought match where both teams defences were on top, Cian Roome captained the young Cefn team, where several players were making their debuts, including Bothers Joseph and Jack Davenport and Logan Foxcroft. Tom Bush was Cefn's only try scorer.
Cefn Coed Under 9's 5
Rhymney Under 8's 25
With Rhymney unable to field an Under 9's team, Cefn Under 9's played Rhymney's Under 8's in tag. Cefn at first found it hard to readapt themselves to this other form of the game, but grew in confidence as the game wore on. Carly Harris Burke captained Cefn, with Daniel McCarthy making his debut. Ethan Park was the try scorer.
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Sunday October 18th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 35
Hirwaun Under 8's 25
Dafydd Day captained Cefn to an excellent win, Jack Powell scoring a superb Hat-Trick, Cameron Davies scored his first try for the team beating several players on his way to the line. These were added to tries by Tom Bush (2) and rounding off the scoring was Evan Bennett. Top Taggers were Ellis Sullivan and Cameron McIntyre.
Cefn Coed Under 9's 25
Hirwaun Under 9’s 20
Gabrielle Morgan captained Cefn to a home win, Ethan Park was the star with 4 tries, and Max Williams scoring a try on his debut for the club. Dafydd Jones was excellent in defence and attack.
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Sunday October 4th
Resolven Under 8's 20 Cefn Coed Under 8's 35
Evan Roome captained Cefn to this hard fought win. Try Scorers with their 1st tries for the club were Tomos Jones and Cian Roome, Cameron McIntyre , Dafydd Day (2) with 1 in each half and Tom Bush (2)coming off the bench in the 2nd half to seal the win. Top Tagger was James Cummings.
Resolven Under 9's 30 Cefn Coed Under 9's 0
The score line didn’t reflect the effort the Cefn youngsters put into this display, their handling and off loading skills shining through, Ellis Roome captained Cefn, with Thomas Sullivan having an excellent game in both defence and attack .
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Sunday Sept 27th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 40
Cwmgrach Under 8's 15
In Cefn's first home game of the season, an excellent 30 mtr break by Captain Talyn Griffiths led to 1 of Tom Bush's 5 tries. Some excellent defence especially by debutants James Cummings + Cian Roome kept the visitors to 3 scores. A superb break and off-load by Ellis Sullivan led to Jack Powell’s 2nd try, and the scoring was rounded by after some excellent support work by Cameron McIntyre.
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Sunday Sept 20th
Match Reports from Merthyr Tournament
Cefn Coed Under 8's 15 Merthyr Under 8's 15
In Cefn's opening fixture they played local rivals Merthyr. Try scorers for Cefn were captain Tom Bush, Cameron McIntyre and Jack Powell, whose try at the end secured the draw.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 10 Nelson Under 8's 0
Cameron McIntyre captained Cefn to a fine hard fought win over Nelson, some excellent defence keeping Nelson scoreless. Try scorers were Tom Bush and Daniel Gould.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 25 Dowlais Under 8's 25
Another hard fought draw in this exciting local derby, the lead swapping hands throughout. But with 2 minutes to go Cefn were trailing 5 scores to 3. But to show Cefn's new found fighting spirit tries by Tom Bush and a last gasp try by captain Jack Powell secured the draw.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 40 Treharris Under 8's 5
Captained by Daniel Gould Cefn went into their last game knowing they had to
score lots of tries to give themselves a chance of winning the tournament. And
so it proved with scores from Tom Bush (3) Jack Powell (2) Dafydd Day (2) and
Evan Bennett. Cefn Coed won the tournament from 2nd place Dowlais on try
count.
Cefn Coed Under 9's
With Cefn Coed Under 9,s still finding their feet at this age group, the side struggled
in their tournament. 4 of the players Ethan Pitt, Lee Morgan, and Carly and Aaron
Harris-Burke having never played before. But they all put in a spirited performance.
Ethan Park captaining and scoring against Merthyr and Ethan and Bradley Gould scoring
against Treharris.
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Sunday Sept 13th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 35
Treharris Under 8's 0
Cameron Davies captained Cefn in this excellent all-round display. Try scorers were Evan Bennett, Jack Powell (3) Tom Bush (2) and Cameron McIntyre.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 30
Hirwaun Under 8's 10
Ellis Sullivan captained Cefn in an excellent display of handling + running skills, and some superb defence keeping Hirwaun to only 2 scores. Try scorers
were Tom Bush (3) Jack Powell (2) and Cameron McIntyre.
Cefn Coed Under 9,s 10
Treharris Under 9's 40
Luke Oakley captained Cefn, . Try scorers were Bradley Gould and Ethan Parks. Though Cefn lost they tried very hard throughout and when the rest
of their players return and with the addition of a few new faces should have a good season.
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Sunday Sept 6th
Cefn Coed Under 8's 30
Treharris Under 8's 0
Cefn Coed Under 8's got their season off to a flying start by keeping their hosts scoreless with some excellent tagging. Some superb handling and running saw Cefn score six tries for Captain Jack Powell (2), Evan Bennett, Tom Bush (2) and Daniel Gould.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 30
Gilfach Goch Under 8's 30
A last gasp try denied Cefn their 2nd straight win of the day, Evan Bennett captained the team, tries coming from Tom Bush (3) Daniel Gould (2) and Cameron McIntyre.
Cefn Coed Under 8's 45
Treharris Under 8's 30
In an Exhibition match for the Mayors appeal, organised by the Cardiff Blues, Cefn captained by Alex Regis, again scored some excellent tries by Tom Bush (4) Jack Powell (2) Evan Bennett (2) and Cameron McIntyre.
Cefn Coed Under 9,s 25
Dowlais Under 9,s 15
In Cefns Under 9's first taste of tackling in rugby, they outscored local rivals Dowlais 5 tries to 3. scorers for Cefn were Bradley Gould and Ethan Parks.
Thanks also to Treharris who leant Cefn a couple of players.
