The game started well for the Welsh with full back Alice Cook fielding a chip kick to counter up the left wing releasing returning winger Emily to score the first of her hat trick.
Longton immediately returned the pressure with a strong blindside run, but gave a penalty away near the welsh 22.
The Welsh then gave away a penalty near the 22 which Longton opted to tap and go but were ushered into touch. The Welsh line out misfired returning posession to Longton from which they subsequently scored their first try. 10 mins in all even.
From the restart Longton started strongly but gave a penalty away. The Welsh lineout misfired again handing the second scrum of the game to Longton.
The Welsh turned the ball over and a penalty advantage for not driving straight at the scrum gave returning number 8 Anna the chance to stretch her legs for her first of a brace.
The next phases of play were evenly contested with much of the play taking place between the two 22 metre lines.
The deadlock finally broken when the Welsh gave away a penalty on their own 22 which Longton took quickly and capitalised on with their second row scoring beneath the posts, conversion missed.
The Welsh returned the favour from a scrum in their own 22, ball back inside to Emily off 10 resulted in a 85 metre dash to score under the posts! Try converted by Alice. Welsh lead by 7 with 2 to go in the half.
Longton started the second half with a try to bring them within 2 points (no conversion)
The Welsh responded to the Longton subsequent attack with a bone rattling tackle from winger Danni J felt by everyone watching!
However a series of penalties by the Welsh gave the opposition a good attacking platform, and one last penalty resulted in the Welsh captain in the bin for 10 minutes for repeated team infringement.
Despite this Longton were unable to capitalize on the extra man and the subsequent two tries came for Cov.
One off the back of an excellent territorial kick. Posession back in the Welsh hands a huge run from Anna at 8 put herself under the posts for her 2nd try. This one also converted by Alice.
Another piece of individual skill from Emily S saw her run another 60m try up the wing to score her 3rd, this one again under the posts again converted by Alice.
A penalty on the Welsh 5m line resulted in Longton scoring under the posts, this one converted.
The two teams remained in deadlock again for much of the remainder of the half with Longton managing to score another try in the final play after a long stint piling pressure on the Welsh try line. This one also converted leaving the final score at 31-29
The ladies are extremely proud to have produced a win to start their second season at the club and would like to thank all supporters on the day.
Massive thanks to Emily Love, and Charli Goodhew who helped keep the opposition numbers to 15 to ensure the best possible game for both teams!
The ladies take on Aston Old Edwardians (again at home) on Sunday and supporters are as always welcome!