Llandrindod Wells Match Report

Date :- 31st October 2009

Venue:- Beaufort

Fixture :- Swalec Bowl - Second Round

BEAUFORT RFC 47 POINTS LLANDRINDOD WELLS 20 POINTS

This second tie of the Swalec Bowl Challenge proved to be a thrilling encounter . Beaufort had something to prove after being knocked out of the Welsh District cup last year by their mid Walian counterpart from Division Six Central..The exuberance and fast flowing nature of the play from both teams superbly handled by the match official made it the best game seen at the home venue for some time.

Beaufort got into the lead from a Dylan Smith penalty but then Llandrindod struck back with an early try and had the better of the first segment of play. Beaufort then found their rhythm and unleashed a barrage of attacks then resulted in two touchdowns. Centre Mike Vaughan got the first and scrum half Matthew Burrows cut the gap for a second . Both sides exchanged penalties and Beaufort ended the first half 20 points to 8 in front

The home side needed only three minutes to extend their lead from a penalty kicked by stand off Smith who was having a fine match. However the visitors were making strident efforts to get control of the game. They were a bigger side with a powerful back row that did cause Beaufort real anxiety in the loose. From a tapped penalty they burst through the Beaufort defence to score their second try but missed a simple conversion to shorten the lead to 23 points to 13.

But Llandrindod failed to dominate the home side in the scrum where Beaufort had a telling edge that was to serve them well throughout the encounter. A wonderful accomplished passage of play followed from Beaufort that silenced their opponents efforts to retrieve the match. Prop Lee Morgan crashed over for Beaufort's next try and some quality handling led eventually to a fourth try scored by centre Geraint Phillips Their opponent's replied with a try of their own crafted again by their tireless back row but it was to be their last gasp effort.

Smith killed off the challenge with another penalty to take the score to the forty point mark and wing Matthew Dobbs followed up a chip behind the defence to score in the corner with Smith adding the extra points from a touchline conversion.

Beaufort's star man on the day was second row Mark Heasely