BRO Ffestiniog were in fine form on a bitterly cold afternoon at Cae Dolawel as they gained a confident bonus point by half time in a 42-3 win against a spirited Wrexham.

The hosts scored six unanswered tries, with another hat-trick for flanker Marc Morris and a 100 per cent conversion rate by the boot of fly half Daniel McCormick.

Bro roared out of the blocks and from a five metre lineout after only three minutes the forwards drove Morris over the line, and McCormick added the conversion.

Almost straigtht from the re-start, Bro almost scored again when a deft chip over the oncoming defence by McCormick found wing Iwan Cynfal, but an awkward bounce took the ball out of his grasp.

Bro dominated in the scrums and soon won against the head, the ball was spread out to right wing Rhodri Williams a strong run through would-be tacklers took him deep into the visitors’ 22, before offloading to Cynfal, who side-stepped a defender and crashed over to claim his first try for the senior side. McCormick converted.

Cynfal then burst onto a poor clearance kick by Wrexham and good support play by forwards Dylan Daniels and Gethin Jones culminated with Morris claiming his second try, as he strolled over unopposed. McCormick added the extras.

On 34 minutes Bro secured the bonus point through Osian Jones, the young lock started the move from the visitors’ 10 metre line and three phases later finished in style by crashing over with two defenders in tow, McCormick again split the posts.

Wrexham’s only points of the match came just before half time through a penalty from scrum half Gavin Jones, but Bro hada comfortable 25 point interval lead.

The second half was not so entertaining as too many stoppages affected the flow.

Wrexham’s big right wing Jack Ratcliffe was only stopped by a try-saving tackle by Rhodri Williams who bundled him into touch two meters from the try line.

After a couple of injuries and tactical substitutions Bro flanker Morris, now playing at outside centre, completed his hat-trick after a strong run from Cynfal to inside centre Steve Price, who created the overlap. McCormick again converted.

The last try came from a lineout on Wrexham’s 22, and No 8 Dewi James exploited a scattered defence to score. McCormick converted with help from a post.