New young Welsh fly-half has 'mental future' and is already coaching at just 20

Fresh from receiving rave reviews for his derby day display for the Dragons, Will Reed then turned his attention to his other rugby role - coaching Cwmbran U15s.

It was just a second regional start for the 20-year-old fly-half versus Cardiff at Rodney Parade on Friday night, but you would never have known it. He didn’t look out of place at all up against Rhys Priestland, just as he had impressed when lining up versus Gareth Anscombe in the meeting with the Ospreys last week.

Shaking off a bang to the jaw in an incident which saw Cardiff hooker Liam Belcher red carded (you can read about the angry reaction to that here ), he returned to the field to play his part in a try for centre Jack Dixon, while his overall play was classy and assured. It was almost the perfect night for him, only for his late penalty attempt to drift agonisingly wide of the posts, meaning the Dragons went down to a 19-18 defeat. You can read the full match report here.

But the young man could hold his head high after a performance which points to a really bright future. Then, after the game, his focus switched to Cwmbran U15s who take on Pontypool United in the Dragons cup final at Pontypool Park this weekend.

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Former Dragons coach Ceri Jones is at the helm of the team and explains how Reed - a Premiership Cup winner with Newport last month - became involved.

“Will came through the Cwmbran set-up before moving into the regional Academy,” said the ex-Wales prop.

“What happened was he did the cruciate ligament in his knee when he was 18, so he was out for 12 months. It’s a hard old rehab to come back from that, so I suggested to him at that time when I was with the Dragons he should