BEAUFORT RFC 28 P0INTS vs NEW PANTEG RFC 17 POINTS

Date:- 1st October 2011
Venue:- Beaufort
Fixture:_ WRU League Division ^ East


BEAUFORT RFC 28 P0INTS NEW PANTEG RFC 17 POINTS

This was the least impressive performance from Beaufort in five league outings. The natural pace and rhythm which the home side had previously shown was not on parade and they were below their creative best. Still they managed to cobble together four tries to gain a fifth consecutive bonus point win to put them on top of the table.

New Panteg were a much better outfit than their recent results implied which may have contributed to how Beaufort approached the encounter .They had an impressive back division and throughout maintained a stubborn defence. Beaufort found themselves in arrears within minutes of the kickoff when from a scrummage New Panteg broke clear and a hapless Beaufort defence failed to make the tackles to stop a try under the posts.which was improved by a simple conversion, Ten minutes of real anxiety followed as Beaufort tried to regain their composure .They survived without further damage although the visitors did have their chances to improve the score with a kickable penalty.
Beaufort's Lewis Hodson and Justin Bennett both came close to scoring but it was not until the second quarter that the line was finally breached when Bennett rumbled over from a tapped penalty . Before half time they had triumphed again with a clean break from centre Geraint Phillips and a well timed pass from prop Matthew Harding put centre MikeVaughan clear for a second touchdown, From two conversions Hodson took Beaufort's into a 14 point to 7 lead

With just five minutes of the second half played New Panteg get on level terms again with what was arguably the best try of the encounter. A loose kick was run from a deep position by a lively three quarter line which Beaufort failed to to defend in numbers . It resulted in a well worked try under the posts for an easy conversion. A stunned Beaufort then struggled to raise the tempo of their game. They did not help matters by some indifferent play in the loose while the gremlines appeared to have returned to haunt them again at he lineout where they failed to hold on to their own ball.. But in the third quarter they got good field position and conjured up at third try with Kyle Purnell latching on to the final pass . Hodson secured the conversion to put some daylight between the scores But when an act of indiscipline gifted New Panteg a penalty it was game on again as the margin narrowed to 4 points. Luck favoured the home side as the game drifted into the final quarter . A loose ball from a scrum on halfway should have given the visitors the chance to break clear up field. They failed to take advantage allowing Paul Francis to retrive the situation . He set off on a superb 45 metre touchline run to weave his way through the last remnants of a flat footed defence for a try under the post which Hodson converted. It was enough to settle the contest

The weekly prize numbers were 3:: 12; 22; 23 . There were no winners

NEWPORT HSOB RFC ( UNDER 14S) 41POINTS BEAUFORT RFC (UNDER 14S) 27

Despite losing this match it was a decent performance from Beaufort who were up against a much bigger pack. But they coped well despite having traveling without any replacements and more than held their own particularly at scrummaging But the home side fielded a superb attacking threequarter unit which in the end was Beaufort's undoing.. It was a close call at half time with them trailing just 15 points to 12 . They did make 5 touch downs with Rhys Bayliss notching up his first hatrick of the season and was Beaufort's star performer on the day. Jack Jewell and Owen Preece got one apiece and Ryan Hale slotted over one conversion. Beaufort are still looking to strenghten their squad particularly in the three quarters. Anyone interested should present themselves on Wednesdays 5. 30 pm at the training ground Beaufort or contact either coaches Stewart Nash ( Mobile 0785442221) Robert Hale ( 07974996453)

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