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28th June 2014, 16:42
Wales take bronze after tough win over Canada
Wales put in a dominating second half performance to beat the plucky Canadians to the Bronze Medal in the first ever Rugby League Commonwealth Championship.
BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
WALES 20 CANADA 8
Wales put in a dominating second half performance to beat the plucky Canadians to the Bronze Medal in the first ever Rugby League Commonwealth Championship.
Canada had already won plaudits by beating England 24-4 on day one, consigning the English to sixth place in the competition, and they almost overcame Wales as well.
Canada lost the ball from the first set after kick-off and Wales didn’t waste the opportunity. Curtis Davies laid off to James Taylor who scored in the corner. Paul Edwards missed the kick.
After repeat sets and a scrum, Canada struck back as the ball was played the ball over to the wing for Matt Gallagher to score.
Then a 50 metre clean break from Cole Keffer put Canada in the ascendancy giving them an 8-4 half-time lead.
However the second half, although still hard fought, belonged to the Welsh.
Marcus Webb struck first with a 40-metre run down the wing. Ben Jones converted to make the score 10-8.
Then came one of the tries of the tournament. James Taylor picked the ball up on his own 10 metre line and the former Ospreys academy player went on a 90 metre run going past the whole Canada side and avoiding a number of tackles from the chasing Canadians to score. Jones converted again.
Finally, Alex King chased a chip kick and outran the exhausted Canada side to seal the win.
WALES SQUAD
- Ben Jones
- James Taylor
- Marcus Webb
- Paul Edwards
- Dan Maiden
- Curtis Davies
- Alex King
- Harry Cartwright
- Zak Williams
- Jordan Thomas
- Morgan Jeffries
- Joe Festa
- Connor Davies
- Rhys Davies
- Harry Boots
CANADA
- Cole Keffer
- Gino Paolella
- Nick Allen
- Phil Berna
- Robert Welch
- Nick Collett
- Matt Galagher
- Nick Wright
- Tim Stephens
- Calixto Martinez
- Drew Coles
- Christian Haldane
- Jason Hignell
- Lukas Silver
- James Iodice