McBryde and Stuckey top Premiership charts

Billy McBryde ended the Indigo Group Premiership season 40 points clear of his nearest rival in the race for the title of leading scorer in the truncated campaign.

The former Wales U20 outside half notched 163 points for RGC as he completed 50 unbroken games for the Gogs. That put him well ahead of the top scorer in 2018/19, Llandovery’s Jack Maynard with 148, and he still had five games to play.

The north Walians were the leading points and try scorers in the Premiership with 409 and 53 respectively. That kept them just ahead of table-toppers Cardiff, six places above them, although they played one more game than their Arms Park rivals, who ended with 392 points and 50 tries.

McBryde’s total included six tries – two short of Pontypridd wing Dale Stuckey, who topped the table with eight. This is the second season in a row a winger from Ponty has claimed the honours, with Alex Webber running away with the gong last year.

One try behind Stuckey was the Carmarthen Quins hooker Torin Myhill, who plundered his tries on the back of his side’s lethal driving maul, while the RGC wings Afon Bagshaw and Rhys Tudor also ended with a magnificent seven.

Cardiff ended the season seven points clear of the Quins having played one game less. Aberavon were one point further back in third, on the same number of matches as the Blue & Blacks.

Indigo Group Premierhip – Top points scorers

PLAYER – CLUB – POINTS

BILLY MCBRYDE       RGC    163

GARETH THOMPSON CARDIFF        123

DIGGY BIRD   PONTYPRIDD 123

DAN HAYMOND        EBBW VALE   119

ALED THOMAS         ABERAVON    118

JACK MAYNARD       LLANDOVERY 118

MATT O’BRIEN         NEWPORT     105

OWEN HOWE          BRIDGEND     99

MATT JARVIS MERTHYR      88

STEFFAN MARSHAL   CARMARTHEN QUINS          77

Indigo Group Premierhip – Top try scorers

PLAYER – CLUB – TRIES

DALE STUCKEY        PONTYPRIDD 8

TORIN MYHILL         CARMARTHEN QUINS          7

RHYS TUDOR RGC    7

AFON BAGSHAW      RGC    7

BILLY MCBRYDE       RGC    6

PHILL JONES SWANSEA      6

JONATHAN EVANS    CARMARTHEN QUINS          6

EWAN ROSSER        EBBW VALE   6

NATHAN HART         LLANELLI      5

CHAY SMITH  ABERAVON    5

ALEX EVERETT        CARDIFF        5

THOMAS HABBERFIELD       CARDIFF        5

ASHTON EVANS       ABERAVON    5

AARON WARREN      LLANDOVERY 5

ELLIOT FREWEN      NEWPORT     5

SAM JONES   MERTHYR      5

TERI GEE      CARDIFF        5

TOM HUGHES RGC    5

HARRI EVANS RGC    5

JON MORRIS  NEWPORT     5

ALEX WEBBER         PONTYPRIDD 5

DEWI CROSS BRIDGEND     5