(W) 11 - 9

(W) 9 - 8

(D) 9 - 9

A sunny , if slightly blustery day provided the perfect backdrop to Wrexham U7's first victory of the season at Ruthin today. The now customary pre match chanting of 'lets ave it' appeared to have a similar impact to that of the famous All Blacks Haka, with Ruthin slow out of the blocks and Wrexham quick to capitalise with a fine individual effort from rising star Dylan Jones. Ruthin quickly regrouped and pulled level. However, straight from the kick off Jack Jones put Wrexham back in the lead. Aiden Parr was cruelly denied extending Wrexham's lead when judged to have had a foot in touch and Ruthin responded with a try of their own. Jack Jones manages to score again to give Wrexham a 3 - 2 lead at the half way mark. Almost immediately after the break some great work from Josh Evans put in Dylan Jones to extend Wrexham's lead to 4 - 2. Ruthin manage to pull another one back following a questionable refereeing decision but some great team play from the Wrexham team sees another 5 tries, with Josh Evans and Ben Williams combining to put Dylan Jones over yet again and some good work from Seth Pierce and James Evans helping Jack Jones to another score. A late fight back from Ruthin made for a nervous last few minutes for the visitors, but they managed to hang on for a well deserved first victory of the campaign 8 - 9.

Match 2 and the home side were intent on revenge. Early injuries to Seth Pierce and Ben Williams rocked the visitors, but some sublime running down the wing from Joe Roberts put Wrexham in front and looked to calm the nerves. The ever present threat from Jack Jones and Dylan Jones resulted in a further to tries and the home side looked to be in trouble. Some confusion surrounding the use of the arrow or the spear formation led to some in fighting among the visitors, but this was soon quashed. Ruthin fought back hard and at the break it was 3 - 3. Wrexham's coaching team of Richard, Derek, Eifion and James's Dad (Paul) worked hard to marshall the troops for one final onslaught. With drinks and energy bars consumed, the team rallied for the final period. Aiden Parr's hard work paid off in the second half with a brace of fine tries. By now Ruthin had targeted Dylan Jones as one of Wrexham's danger men and at one point he was tagless! Still Dylan managed to add another try taking his tally for the day to seven, the icing on the cake of a man of the match performance. Not to be outdone Jack Jones also added a further score as did Joe Roberts. Ruthin again came back hard and Wrexham's rising stars had to show their defensive skills to hold on. A very entertaining 9 - 9 draw was the result.

Wrexham now approach next Sundays training session with an added spring in their step. The coaching staff led by the talismanic Director of Rugby  (U7’s) - Richard Williams will no doubt be working on the spear versus arrow formation ahead of November's game at home to Nant Conwy.