The New Saints 6-0 Llanrwst United: Saints hit Rwsters for six
The New Saints move into the third round of the JD Welsh Cup after a comfortable 6-0 victory against Llanrwst United at Park Hall.
The Oswestry side’s goals came from Louis Robles and Jake Canavan who both scored braces with Dean Ebbe and Jeanny Leblanc-Akpo getting the others.
It was a one-way affair throughout with the 13-time Cymru Premier champions dominating play.
In the opening minutes, Ryan Brobbel had a shot from 25-yards out that went over the Llanrwst crossbar.
The Saints broke the deadlock in the 16th minute when Ash Baker whipped a ball into the box that Louis Robles connected with his head and scored past Owen.
Five minutes later, Anthony Limbrick’s team got a second as Jake Canavan had a shot from just outside the 18-yard area that went into the back of the net past Gwydion Owen’s left.
Not long after there was a third when a ball got played over the top and into the penalty area that Robles got a head-on which found the net with the winger getting a brace.
Coming towards the end of the first half Dean Ebbe got a goal. A through ball got played into the Irishman and scored past Owen’s right from inside the box.
Just before the hour mark, a ball crossed from Ryan Brobbel went into the penalty area which found academy graduate Canavan who got ahead on it and scored to get a brace.
Jeanny Leblanc-Akpo scored his first competitive goal for TNS right at the death. A pass across the box from Leo Smith to Leblanc-Akpo lead him to score past Owen’s left and into the net.
TNS will now take on Penybont at Bridgend in the Cymru Premier next Saturday.
Llanrwst are set to take on Llandudno Albion away next week in the FAW Amateur Trophy.
The New Saints: Connor Roberts, Chris Marriott (Keston Davies 46’), Dean Ebbe (Jeanny Leblanc-Akpo 57’) , Ryan Brobbel, Blaine Hudson, Louis Robles, Ben Clark (Leo Smith 46’), Ash Baker, Jake Canavan, Morgan Daykin, Tom Holland.
Goals: Louis Robles 16’ 22’, Jake Canavan 21’ 58’, Dean Ebbe 34’, Jeanny Leblanc-Akpo 90’.
Llanrwst United: Gwydion Owen, Math Thomas, Gruffudd Gwyndaf, Chris Nicolson, Chris Beardmore, Sion Sullivan, Tom Jones (Gwyn Jones 74’), Cynan Edwards, Sam Jones, Leighton Grifiths (Gruffudd Evans 46’), Kyle Kelly (Benn Lundstram 61’).
Yellow cards: Kyle Kelly 59’, Gwyn Jones 78’.
