All Whites too strong for Bridgend
April 27, 2002

Swansea furthered their chances of Heineken Cup qualification with a bruising 21-6 victory over Bridged at Brewery Field.

A bruising opening half saw few clear-cut chances with Bridgend edging ahead through a penalty by Craig Warlow.

Defences remained in charge as Arwel Thomas rewarded Swansea forward pressure by converting a penalty hat-trick.

But a wayward dropped goal attempt from Thomas summed up a dismal first 40 minutes between two sides desperately struggling for form and short on confidence.

Swansea lost Scott Gibbs for 10 minutes when the skipper was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle and it signalled a brief attacking spell by Bridgend.

They managed a second Warlow penalty during the absence of Gibbs but from the restart Sililo Martens struck a huge blow by crossing for an important Swansea touchdown.

Th final nail was driven into the Bridgend coffin after a thunderous tackle by Steve Winn on Gareth Williams saw the ball go loose for Matthew Robinson to sprint clear to the posts.

The gloss was taken off Swansea's impressive triumph when replacement Pat Dunkley was red-carded for an off-the-ball offence.

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