Fixture

Aberaeron 24 Haverfordwest 29

It was sweet revenge for the Haverfordwest as they subjected Aberaeron

to a third defeat of the season. With ambitions of going top of the table at

start of play, those dreams were thwarted in the first half as a powerful

visiting eight paved the way for the eventual success despite a much

improved performance for the hosts in the second half. From the kick off

poor defending gave Haverfordwest a head start and a try for Jon Mason

and although a penalty from Rhodri Jenkins reduced the deficit more

defensive frailties resulted in a second try for Andrew Williams for the

visitors with Mikey Jones adding the conversion. Aberaeron did respond

briefly and a rare foray into opposition territory gave Hefin Williams the

opening to cross the line with Jenkins adding the conversion. Failure to

gather from the restart subjected the Parc Drefach outfit to further

pressure and they were undone with a penalty try to leave a nine point

deficit at the break. Things got worse after the restart as weak defence

allowed scrum half Dan Eaton to extend the lead with Jones adding the

conversion. This provided a wakeup call and Aberaeron finally subjected

the visitors to some desperate defence. They were rewarded with a 

sniping effort from scrum half Gareth James, Jenkins again successful

and an unlikely comeback was on the cards as a concerted effort with

centre Gethin Jenkins belying his tender years threatening to break

through the mid field finally brought reward as a rolling maul with backs

adding weight resulted in Rhodri Jenkins rising with the ball. A superb

penalty from Jenkins from halfway brought the game to light and another

from the same position which would have put his side ahead smacked the

upright. With Aberaeron now in the ascendancy, an unfortunate error, one

of many for the afternoon gave Mikey Jones the opening to stroke over a

penalty for the visitors, and despite a last gasp effort it was not to be and

a real dampener on any promotion ambitions. Despite the loss, Aberaeron

will need to recoup and will undoubtedly have a say in the final

reckonings. On the plus side, prop Alex Danton made a welcome return

to the side after a significant period on the side-lines, a boost for some

tough games ahead.