Aberbargoed Match Report

Date:- 19th September 2009

Venue:- Beaufort

Fixture :- WRU Division 6 East

BEAUFORT RFC 26 POINTS ABERBARGOED 26 POINTS

Beaufort thought they had this match sown up by half time scoring 4 tries but a desperately disappointing performance in the second half allowed Aberbargoed to claw their way back to draw this Division Six encounter

Despite having the lion share of the possession silly acts of indiscipline were the host's downfall and in the end they had to be content with two league points and not five.

The visitors took every opportunity to kick their penalties converting four in all, two in the first ten minutes of the start of the match, to take the lead . Beaufort then unleashed a volley of attacks and tries came thick and fast. Flanker Daniel Purchase got the first and excellent finishing brought a further three tries scored by second row Ben Harding and flankers Andrew Morgan and Paul Francis . Dylan Smith converted three for a comfortable lead of 26 points to 9

But after the interval nothing resembling this momentum surfaced again. Although they were in complete control of the set pieces they failed to nail a hat full of opportunities that came their way due to some very sloppy and indifferent play . Aberbargoed, with only scraps of possession to play with, made the most of the few chances that came their way

and shored up their defence

In an horrendous last ten minutes spell the home side completely lost concentration, mistakenly thinking the match was won. To their credit Aberbargoed kept their composure throughout and caught Beaufort out with two lethal counterattacks from deep positions to make two late touchdowns . The simple conversions brought them within three points of the lead. When cool heads were needed to see the game out Beaufort tried to end the match with a flourish but again fell foul of the referee who awarded Aberbargoed a penalty. The visitors gratefully accepted it and kicked superbly to draw the scores level to end the contest,

Beaufort cannot be pleased with this result nor the penalty count which weighed heavily against them . In a team of mostly young players it was stalwart Paul Francis who caught the eye and was the team's star player on the day.

Next week Beaufort head to Blaenavon Forgeside