Aberbeeg Match Report

Date:- 17th October 2009

Venue :- Brynithel

Fixture :- WRU League Division 6 East

ABERBEEG RFC 0 POINTS BEAUFORT RFC 43 POINTS

Beaufort celebrated a fifth league win scoring six tries earning a bonus point to keep them top of Division 6 East

A Dylan Smith penalty got them off to an early start and in the first quarter they notched up two sparkling tries from centres Mike Vaughan and Geraint Phillips . Smith added the conversions for a 17 point lead and Beaufort looked to be winning this match at a canter

But the home side who have struggled so far this season were a better outfit than their lowly league position implied. They had a good line out, kicked well for field position and on occasions their driving maul did cause problems for the visitors. However when the ball was spread wide Beaufort had too much pace and skill . Wing Lee Roper latched on to the final pass of a fine passage of play for the first of his two tries, superbly converted again by Smith to give the visitors a 24 point lead without reply at the interval

The bonus try came five minutes into the restart scored by the irrepressible Jason Taylor who had a fine match leaving Smith a simple conversion.With the match now won Beaufort's momentum fell away . They also had a player sent off and sensing an opportunity to make superiority in numbers tell, Aberbeeg raised their game giving Beaufort ten minutes of real anxiety . Although they recycled the ball endlessly they just couldn't create enough space to cross the line finding Beaufort's tenacious defence rock solid.

Beaufort finally broke out of the stranglehold and finished the match in a flourish. After a lightening counterattack Lee Roper made a fifth touch down in the corner and second row Ben Harding thundered across the try line for Beaufort's sixth

Beaufort star man on the day was Geraint Phillips

Beaufort play away again next week at Cwm