By Dai
January 12 2003

The only Welsh club in action on Friday night were Llanelli who took on Sale Sharks at Stradey Park. For a summary of the game read on.

Friday Night Review

Llanelli 17 - 12 Sale Sharks

    Llanelli battled hard in this match against last seasons Parker Pen Shield winners and as a result they came away with a vital win which keeps their European hopes alive. In the first half Llanelli could only manage three penalties from the boot of Stephen Jones as opposed to Sale who crossed for tries from Apollo Perelini, after the Llanelli forwards stopped, thinking the ball had been knocked on and Greame Bond, who crossed in the corner to give Sale a 12 - 9 lead at half time.

    In the second half, Llanelli struggled to break the Sharks defence despite many opportunities. Eventually the breakthrough came in the 75th minute when a perfectly weighted kick by Matthew Watkins was gathered by replacement number eight, Dave Hodges who crossed in the corner. Jones failed to add the extras although he added a late penalty to make the margin a little more comfortable.

 

Llanelli: Garan Evans; Wayne Proctor, Matthew J Watkins, Leigh Davies (capt), Mark Jones; Stephen Jones, Dwayne Peel; Iestyn Thomas, Robin McBryde, Martyn Madden, Vernon Cooper, Chris Wyatt, Simon Easterby, Dafydd Jones, Scott Quinnell.
Reps: John Davies, Marcus Thomas, Luke Gross, David Hodges, Guy Easterby, Gareth Bowen, Barry Davies.

Sale: Jason Robinson (capt); Mark Cueto, Dan Harris, Graeme Bond, Steve Hanley; Vaughan Going, Nick Walshe; Jim Thorp, Johnny Roddam, Barry Stewart, Iain Fullarton, Chris Jones, Apollo Perelini, Richard Wilks, Alex Sanderson.
Reps: Stuart Turner, Kevin Yates, Stuart Pinkerton, Pete Anglesea, Stuart Brown, Mel Deane, Richard Wigglesworth.

Ref: Alain Rolland (Ireland).

Att: 7,182

Other Results

Glasgow 13 - 12 Bourgoin

Leinster 12 - 9 Montferrand