Anthony Wright | The boys showed character and personality

Coach Anthony Wright was pleased with the character shown by Swansea City Under-21s in their hard-fought 2-2 draw against AFC Bournemouth at the Joma High Performance Centre.

The visitors opened the scoring through their skipper Max Kinsey, but the Swans were immediately level after Sammy Henia-Kamau tapped home moments later.

Bournemouth regained the lead back with 15 minutes to go, Ben Winterburn smashing the ball into the net after a fine strike from distance.

But Swansea would again respond quickly as substitute Glory Nzingo brought the home side level with a well-taken strike.

"That was a very good game of under-21s' football, against a very tough opponent. They caused us many problems throughout the game," said Wright.

"It was a game where we had to show character off the ball and I thought the boys did that. More importantly, we had some real good spells in the game where we showed a lot of dominance.

"Overall, I'm pleased with the outcome. We felt we had a lot of control in the first half, however, we weren't too good in the transition moments.

"That allowed them to counter-attack us a few times. Albeit, we dealt with their shots and i thought we defended really well.

"It was more a case of adjusting slightly on the build up, and being a bit more aggressive in those transition moments, which we did in the second half.

"The personality of the players has shown, they showed how brave they are to get on the ball against a good team, and we had to find solutions, and you can't do that without players having personality."