Blaenavon Match Report

BLAENAVON FORGESIDE RFC 7 POINTS BEAUFORT RFC 37 POINTS

It was a solid performance from Beaufort in this division 6 encounter to make up for last weeks disappointing draw at home. Their discipline was better and they scored six well constructed tries to earn themselves the bonus point to keep them in touch with the league leaders.

A penalty from standoff Dylan Smith got them off to an early start. Then before the half hour mark they had scored two tries. In his match debut wing Matthew Dobbs made the decisive touchline run that led to the first. Centre Mike Vaughan finished clinically to score the try. The second , the best of the encounter ,came after a fine take in the line out by Mark Heasley. A mid field switch straight out of the text book created the gap for centre Michael White to fly up the middle of the park to gallop in near the posts

Before the interval Beaufort had struck again Quick thinking by scrum half John Davies set up Mike Vaughan for him to skip across the line for his second try . With two conversions from Smith by half time Beaufort had scored 22 unanswered points.

Smith was again on target with a penalty to open the visitors tally after the break. But once again Beaufort seemed to lose their first half momentum not helped by a number of stoppages .Forgeside then had their best period and it took an herculean effort by Matthew Burrows to bring off a cover tackle to stop a certain try . But the home side persevered and with dogged determination played the phases that led to their only try . It was though their last gasp effort . Beaufort silenced their opponents almost immediately with pace and deft passing . Matthew Dobbs deservedly got the fourth try for the bonus point and White finished off a good afternoon for him with a fifth which Smith converted

It was good match for Smith who controlled the match superbly at standoff and a satisfying one for prop Marcus Rose to get onto the field back after a long term injury. On his club debut Matthew Dobbs was Beaufort's star player

Next week Beaufort play hosts to Abertysswg