Welsh Conference Round 11

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Valley Cougars produced the shock of the season so far on Saturday when they beat joint leaders Aberavon Fighting Irish at Pontypridd's Sardis Road.

Bottom side Cougars, without a win this season, held a slim three point advantage at the interval and managed to protect that lead to secure a 32-29 win.

In the only other match, Newport Titans produced a stunning second half display to overwhelm Cardiff Demons.

The Demons led 24-22 at the break, but managed only six more points as the Titans ran riot to finish 30-66 winners at Taffs Well.

Results:

Saturday, 3 July (1430 BST):
Torfaen Tigers P-P Bridgend Blue Bulls
Valley Cougars 32-29 Aberavon Fighting Irish (Sardis Road, Pontypridd)
Cardiff Demons 30-66 Newport Titans (Taffs Well RFC)

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Scotland 26-34 Wales

Following their crushing victory over Ireland in May, Wales are now top of the Parkhouse Recruitment Rugby League Conference Four Nations Championship.

Wales took an early 12 point lead through tries from Aberavon hooker Dai Hawkins and Cardiff stand-off Pete Moore.

The Bravehearts opned their account with three Barry Edgar penalties, but Wales took a healthy 22-6 lead into interval after Hawkins bagged his second try and Newport's Owen Jones added another just before the hooter.

Scotland put down a statement of intent bringing the score back to 22-16 soon after the break with tries from Mark Webster and Dougie Flockhard, the latter a 30 metre run chipping past the full-back before grounding.

However, Wales kept their noses well in front when Hawkins went in for his hat-trick.

Scotland fought back with a fine individual effort from Andy Brown before a second Jones try sealed the win.

Winners of the Championship for the past two seasons, Wales are favourites to complete a hat-trick when they take on the unbeaten England Lionhearts in Coventry on Sunday September 12th.

England, however have the chance to join Wales at the top of the table when they face Ireland in Dublin next Saturday.

Wales: Owen Jones (Newport Titans), Chris Beck (Swansea Valley Miners), Dean Scully (Aberavon Fighting Irish), Neil McKim (Newport Titans), Craig Jones (Torfaen Tigers), Liam Gadd (Aberavon Fighting Irish), Pete Moore (Cardiff Demons), Leigh Taylor (Torfaen Tigers), Mark Burke (Aberavon Fighting Irish), Kevin Jones (Torfaen Tigers), Damien Hudd (Torfaen Tigers), Darren Ryan (Aberavon Fighting Irish), Neil Davies (Aberavon Fighting Irish), David Hawkins (Aberavon Fighting Irish), Dan Ap Dafydd (Aberavon Fighting Irish), Mark Dando (Cardiff Demons), Andrew Ford (Swansea Valley Miners), Jason Hill (Torfaen Tigers).

Scotland: Callum Anderson (Scotland Under 19s), David Anderson (Scotland Students), Andrew Borthwick (Newcastle Knights), Andy Brown (Fife Lions), Ash Carroll (Liverpool Buccaneers), Paul Clarke (Somerset Vikings), Barry Edgar (Glasgow Bulls), Jon Fitt (Liverpool Buccaneers), Andy Gray (Glasgow Bulls), Doug Flockhart (Scotland Under 19s), Ian Gilmour (Scotland Students), Dan Gordon (Portabello Playboys), John MacDonald (Edinburgh Eagles), Paddy Macdonald (Scotland Students), Scotty MacGillivray (Fife Lions), Andy McPhail (Glasgow Bulls), James Smith (Fife Lions), James Syme (Fife Lions), Al Stewart (London Skolars), Mike Wallace (Edinburgh Eagles), Mark Webster (Liverpool Buccaneers).