Bridgend Ravens secured a playoff spot in the Welsh Indigo Group Premiership Cup on Saturday with victory over Swansea on Saturday.
Bridgend won the game 20-13 thanks to a gloriously unconventional try by Edd Howley.
In the 80th minute, with the game level at 13-13, the ball fell to the boot of the Bridgend fullback on the left wing and he half-volleyed the ball forward.
As it bounced back to him, rather than gather the ball with his hands, Howley surprised the Swansea out-half by heading the ball forwards. He crossed the tryline and touched down unopposed for a brilliant game-winning try.
Edd Howley try Bridgend Ravens vs Swansea
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง..
A moment of genius from @eddhowlz booked our place in the @IndigoGroupPrem Cup Quarter Final next year! ๐คฉ
๐ตโช pic.twitter.com/QpDFmAvgEwโ Bridgend Ravens (@bridgendravens) November 28, 2021
The game was a winner takes all clash for the fourth and final playoff place from the western conference of the competition.
Bridgend will face Newport in the quarter-finals.
.. and after he chipped the ball on, he flicked it over the fullback with a header and scored the winning try. pic.twitter.com/br2hK0uRtS
โ Bridgend Ravens (@bridgendravens) November 27, 2021
