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Another Welsh rugby cup flared when Bryncoch refused to play their game with
Newport at the Gnoll, Neath on Wednesday night as ordered by the Welsh Rugby
Union. And they accused the WRU of "Bending cup laws to suit themselves."
Said angry secretary Peter Edwards: "The rules state the first club out of the
hat is the home team, but we will not be playing on our own ground. Newport were
offered ay date within 10days of last Saturday's postponement to play the match
at Bryncoch with an afternoon kick-off. They could not meet us,. While we
appreciate Newport's difficulties, we think the Welsh Rugby Union have stepped
in and bent the laws to suit their own convenience."
A member of the Bryncoch committee, who met last night and decided unanimously
not to play on Wednesday delivered the club's protest to the Welsh Rugby Union's
office in Cardiff today. According to an official Bryncoch statement, issued by
Mr Edwards, they say:-
"Certain fundamental principles of the completition we feel, regrettably, we
have to take a stand now."
The Welsh Rugby Union ordered the tie to be played under flood lights at Neath
on Wednesday after the two clubs had failed to agree on a new date for the
match. Now that Bryncoch have refused to play at Neath, the Welsh Rugby Union
must decide to award the tie to Newport by default or tell Newport to go to
Bryncoch on one of the dated offered next week. Mr Edwards say his club have no
intentions of withdrawing from the cup.
"The matter is in the hands of the WRU and it is up to them to decide."
The outcome was that the Welsh Rugby Union awarded the tie to Newport RFC
