RUGBY: Welsh wizard Williams wins man-of-the-match award

Peterborough Welsh beat a Thorney Select XV 42-17 on Saturday (March 26) at the Ron Jacobs Playing Field at Thorney but the real winner was charity.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Mar 2016, 09:10 BST

Updated 31st Mar 2016, 09:11 BST

The game was in aid of Thorpe Hall and it’s hoped to have raised £600. A total of £430 was raised on the day, but the organisers are auctioning a ball signed by the Wales squad from this year’s Six Nations Championship on eBay and that should take the final amount to over £600.

The eBay link is http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=191837152221&alt=web

Peterborough Welsh made the most of their slick-handing backs to run in eight tries against Thorney’s three.

Action from Saturday's game at Thorney. Picture: Steve James

Man-of-the-match was a close call but was awarded to Welsh stand-off Tom Williams for the way he controlled his back line against a disciplined Thorney defence. There were also good showings by brothers Owain and Dewi Pearce for the Welsh and by Tom Lewis and Reece Kenton for Thorney.