WHILE Mold enjoyed a winning start to the Division Two North season, an improved display will be the order of the day tomorrow.
It was an opening day 32-21 success for Mold, who head to Nant Conwy Seconds for their next match.
“It was a good start to the season for both teams last weekend but we are going to have to be a lot better this weekend away at Nant,” said Mold coach Oli Heald.
“Generally, we were pleased with the win against Colwyn Bay especially as we got the bonus point, but we need to be more disciplined.”
Danny Williams, Jake Shill and Gaz Williams will come in for Jack Lawrence, Sam Dodwell and Jamie Elder.
Wrexham will also look to make it two wins out of two as they go to Shotton Steel.
Olly Dodd, Nick Dodd and Jack Harrison are all out for Wrexham.
Other fixtures: Bangor v Abergele; Colwyn Bay v Newtown; Rhyl & District v Welshpool.
Bro Gwernant manager Huw Evans is looking for better discipline as his side goes to Flint in Division Three North East.
“We performed well in many of the areas of the game, but some ill-discipline gave possession away and Ruthin took the points available from the boot,” said Evans after a narrow 13-10 loss to Ruthin Seconds.
“Going down to 14 men for the final 35 minutes, we showed great character to battle on and in the end the game could have gone either way.”
Rhosllanerchrugog have home advantage versus Llanidloes, while Mold Seconds go to Ruthin Seconds and Wrexham Seconds entertain COBRA Seconds.
Division Three North West: Bethesda 2nds v Llangefni 2nds; Bro Ffestiniog v Rhyl & District 2nds; Caernarfon 2nds v Menai Bridge; Pwllheli 2nds v Holyhead.
In Division One North, Bala will host old foes Nant Conwy and Llangefni go to Denbigh.
There are home games for Caernarfon, COBRA and Pwllheli, versus Bethesda, Dolgellau and Llandudno respectively.
Turning to the Premiership and RGC will target a first win of the season as they host Newport.
The United Rugby Championship views staging non-competitive games in Qatar as the first step towards establishing itself in the region.
Chief executive Martin Anayi has ruled out taking URC or European matches to the Arab nation in the immediate future but is willing to explore other possibilities in the wake of signing a three-year sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.
While partnering with the state-owned airline will help with the logistics of travel, following the entry of South African teams into the URC, there are hopes it will also enable tentative expansion into the setting for this year’s football World Cup.
The URC, which features te fouyr Welsh regional sides, doesn’t kick off for another week but the Welsh Premiership is up and running and RGC will look to bounce back from an opening defeat by beating Newport at home tomorrow.
The English Premiership begins tonight with Sale’s home game against Northampton and the West country derby between Bristol and Bath.
Tomorrow: Exeter v Leicester; London v Worcester; Newcastle v Harlequins. Sunday: Gloucester v Wasps.
n The Welsh Rugby Union has become the latest domestic governing body to ban transgender women from competing in the female category in the sport.
The WRU said the decision will be implemented with immediate effect, emulating moves by the Rugby Football Union and the Irish Rugby Union among others.
It said it had come to the same conclusion “based on the best current medical and scientific evidence and in line with World Rugby guidance”.
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