Abertysswg Match Report

Date :- 7th March 2009

Venue ;- Abertysswg

Fixture :- WRU League Division 6( East)

ABERTYSSWG FALCONS RFC 13 POINTS BEAUFORT RFC 21 POINTS

Beaufort''s performance was not from the top drawer but they did enough in this often scrappy encounter to win and maintain their third position in WRU Division 6.

It was though a poor start from the visitors who allowed Abertysswg to scurry away to an 8 point lead in the opening shots of the match . The hosts kicked a penalty and then stunned Beaufort with a lightening break from a quick line out to score the first touchdown out wide.

Beaufort looked to be unsettled for much of the first half not helped by a litany of unforced and garish errors which robbed them of any real momentum and style But they did have a dominance in the scrum and they made this superiority tell which eventually handed them victory

After ten minutes the home side were in all sorts of trouble in a scrummage on their 22 meter line. From the reset Beaufort worked wing Kyle Purnell into space and he shrugged of the remnants of a defence to scuttle over in the corner. Before the break a well struck penalty from skipper Dylan Smith levelled the score 8 points each

Beaufort had a much better second half taking advantage of a slight wind to keep play in the Abertysswg heartland. Both sides had players sent to the sin bin but Beaufort adapted better than their hosts . A series of infringements cost the home side dearly and Smith managed to slot over one penalty to give Beaufort the lead for the first time.

This was extended further when lock Ben Harding took a highball from a drop out .His rampaging run was stopped just short of the line but he had done the damage . Abertyswwg infringed again at the breakdown and Beaufort choice for a scrummage brought them a reward of a second try. The pick up and drive from the tail by Paul Francis to score, improved by a fine conversion kick from Smith, took Beaufort to a comfortable lead of 18 points to 8. In the last quarter a further act of indiscipline by Abertysswg allowed Smith to kick his third penalty and put the result beyond doubt.

However, the home side did demonstrate before the end what an potent attacking unit they could be . In the final exchanges of the game slick handling from their threequarters created the overlap on the flank for a corner try but too late to make a difference.

Beaufort's star man on the day was flanker Daniel Purchase.

BARRIE CASWELL

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