{"id":34531,"date":"2019-03-08T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=34531"},"modified":"2019-03-08T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:51:10","slug":"make-or-break-tie-for-glamorgan-wanderers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/08\/make-or-break-tie-for-glamorgan-wanderers\/","title":{"rendered":"Make or break tie for Glamorgan Wanderers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_34533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34533\" style=\"width: 3332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34533 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Highgate-challenges1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3332\" height=\"2499\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34533 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Highgate-challenges1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3332\" height=\"2499\" \/><\/noscript> The Wanderers may have drawn last time out, but are unbeaten in their last ten. Defeat is not an option for Lyons&#8217; men tonight. (Alyn Humphreys Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLLANISHEN hosts the first of two season-defining ties tonight as Glamorgan Wanderers and Rhiwbina battle for top spot in League 1 East Central.<br \/>\nWith only nine points between the two sides it is everything to play for this March in the battle for the play-offs.<br \/>\nDefeat for Rhiwbina six days ago has left them in a position where they simply cannot afford to lose.<br \/>\nDespite managing to cut the gap on Wanderers to nine points with a bonus point in their 21-15 defeat at Gilfach Goch, who are rooted firmly in the relegation zone, Lintern\u2019s men will need to bounce back quickly.<br \/>\nThe Squirrels still hold three games in hand on Lyons\u2019 men but two defeats in their last three is worrying form for a side who, before defeat to St Joseph\u2019s last month, had won eight on the bounce.<br \/>\nGlamorgan, meanwhile, need the Squirrels to slip up even more.<br \/>\nLyons\u2019 men may be unbeaten in their last 10, but failure to win tonight puts Rhiwbina in the driving seat to break their hearts for a second season in a row.<br \/>\n<strong>Case of D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu for Lyons\u2019 men?<\/strong><br \/>\nGlamorgan found themselves in a similar position this time last year as two defeats to eventual champions Ystrad Rhondda RFC in April consigned them to second in the Championship.<br \/>\nWith Glamorgan having just missed out on the play-offs, last season\u2019s champions, Ystrad Rhondda RFC, now occupy second in the Championship.<br \/>\nThings are different for the Wanderers this season, however. They may not have had the success in the Silver Ball and Mallet Cup this time around but without those cup ties adding to their hectic schedule, they find themselves in prime position to stop the Squirrels from finding the nuts.<br \/>\nJohn Lyons told <em>The Cardifian: \u201c<\/em>We need to win, we really do. There\u2019s no two ways about that. We\u2019ve got a good side out and we\u2019re looking to play rugby. The pitch will suit our wide boys, especially the quick ones like Phil Pariyo and Max Cunnington.<br \/>\n\u201cI haven\u2019t seen the Rhiwbina side yet, but I should imagine it will draw a crowd and it will be all guns blazing from both sides I\u2019m sure, as they always are. It will be, I\u2019m convinced, a really good game to watch and a good spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R<strong>hiwbina RFC v Glamorgan Wanderers (Tonight, 7.15pm, Llanishen RFC 3G pitch)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LLANISHEN hosts the first of two season-defining ties tonight as Glamorgan Wanderers and Rhiwbina battle for top spot in League 1 East Central. With only nine points between the two sides it is everything to play for this March in the battle for the play-offs. Defeat for Rhiwbina six days ago has left them in a position where they simply cannot afford to lose. 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