This was a well contested local Derby played in good spirit by both teams at Maesteg park.

A great team effort from the Celtic side saw them dominate Nantyffyllon despite the poor handling conditions. Celtic opened their account from a quick penalty taken by Christopher Rees and  passed swiftly along the line for Laim Mullally to score, converted by Arron Jenkins. A  strong drive from the Celtic pack and a fine break by  Oliver Petty resulted in a try by Rhys Fisher.
Nanty backs making an attempted break out from their line when prop forward Michael Coombs intercepted and had an easy run from a claimed 50 yards to the line.
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A clasic break from Lloyd Jenkins backed up by Mathew Francis and Oliver Petty resulting in a fine try by Liam Parry at the corner post. Celtic went from strength to strength in the second half,  Captain Oliver Petty finished off a fine display of running rugby with breaks from lose play taking advantage of the possession from a driving maul and charging over the line from 20 metres, converted by Mathew Francis.
Use of the bench during the second half gave everyone a chance to contribute to the fine performance and participate in this fine win .
Final score Celtic Youth 27 Nanyfyllon 0.

Any new players are more than welcome to turn up to the all weather playing surface at Garth Park at 6.pm on Monday for training

This was a well contested local Derby played in good spirit by both teams.

A great team effort from the Celtic side saw them dominate Nantyffyllon despite the poor handling conditions.

Nantyffyllon opened the scoring with three penalties. From the kick off after the third penalty

Anthony Beecham got to the ball first, hacked through and won the foot race to score in the corner leaving Celtic trailing 9-5 at half time.

Celtic went from strength to strength in the second half, playing with the wind and rain on their backs. Captain Oliver Petty took advantage of Celtic forward power by picking up from the base of the dominant scrum and charging over the line from 20 metres. Not to be outdone Lloyd Jenkins got on the score sheet with a lovely floating trademark run beating the defenders to touch down. Oliver Petty consolidated his performance with a barnstorming run from the base of the scrum to get his second try. Robert Knight finished of a slick move from the backs to touch down in the corner. Use of the bench during the second half gave everyone a chance to contribute to the fine performance and participate in this fine win.

Matthew Francis added to the score with 3 difficult conversions bringing the final score to 33-9.

Any new players are more than welcome to turn up to the all weather playing surface at Garth Park at 6.pm on Monday for training