Beaufort Vs Blaenavon Forgeside

Date:- 30th January 2009 Venue Beaufort Fixture:- WRU League Division 6 ( East ) BEAUFORT RFC 44 POINTS BLAENAVON FORGESIDE RFC 7 POINTS Beaufort overwhelmed Forgeside in this league encounter in an eight try bonanza with talisman Paul Francis bagging four. It was though a slow start by the home side but after ten minutes of indifferent play they started to get some urgency into the exchanges. They then crushed the opposition up front establishing a sold platform to launch some blistering attacks. Second row Ben Harding got the first try in a repeat performance of his first try last week. Prop Lee Morgan drove over for a second and scrum half John Davies got a third, all courtesy of a dominant pack showing commitment and real intensity. By half time Beaufort had sailed into a 17 points lead and looked good for a lot more. Sadly Forgeside could give little in return. Their fullback did threaten occasionally and might have caused real problems to the home side by his speed and deceptive running had he been involved more . However, in general they did not distinguish themselves but did steal a try mid way into the second half when they intercepted a pass to scamper in at the posts. By this time Beaufort had the match won from a further 2 tries to secure a bonus point . Paul Francis got the first of these but the second was a gem . Matthew Burrows superb forty yard break from the base of the scrum allowed his flanker , the omnipresent Dan Purchase , to take a final pass to dash in under the posts. Thereafter, it became the Paul Francis show as he rounded things off with three further tries taking the score, with Dylan Smith's conversions over the forty point mark. This was a good performance by the home team that needed much match practice to keep them top of the league to maintain the points differential from their closest rivals. For his dual contribution first at fullback and then later as a replacement scrumhalf Matthew Burrows edged the Beaufort star player award Beaufort are hoping for a game this coming weekend with an early cut off because of the start of Six Nation Internationals