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.
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