Pugh relishing final day battle

Builth Wells’ Ben Pugh is ready for a final day battle with champions Abercrave, having missed out on the WRU Division One West Central title.

A stunning run of form since the turn of the year had seen the Bulls move to within touching distance of leaders Abercrave.

Heading into the penultimate game of the campaign - the Groe side were bang in the hunt but they needed a slip up from the leaders, in order for the title battle to go down to the last day.

But a narrow and nervy 31-28 win for the leaders over Skewen was enough to hand them the title.

The Bulls kept their end of the bargain with a win over Nanyffyllon - but they are eager for their final day battle.

Pugh said: “Ours was a tough game, we opened up really well and had a 30 odd point lead at one time.

“Complacency came in a bit and I said at half time they are strong, but we stuck to our game plan and had that convincing first half lead.

“We rested on it a bit too much but they are a good side.

“That is something like our sixth bonus point win in a row which is a hell of an achievement.

“We’re looking forward to a real battle, fair play to them (Abercrave), they are double champions, so lets see who the winner is next week.”