The weather
was the big winner of the day in the Swalec Championship, with all but two
matches falling foul of the deluge of rain South Wales has been subjected to
over the past few days.
The eagerly anticipated encounter at the
Lloyd Lewis Ground between visiting leaders Ebbw Vale and second place Narberth
was the most high profile casualty of the day.
However,
some rugby was possible with two matches getting the go-ahead, the first of
which seeing Beddau end their run of six defeats with a hard-fought 17-17 draw
at Newbridge.
The
Green and Golds' recent form has seen them plummet down the table while Brett
Davey resigned as Coach at the beginning of the month, but new coaches Lee
Davies and Ben Daniels will be delighted with the spirit their side showed.
Newbridge
scored all of their points before the break with young fly-half Keiron Meek
once again starring. Meek set up both Haydn Palmer’s and Duane Dyer’s tries
with cute chips ahead, while he also fired home both conversions and a penalty
to lead 17-7 at the break.
But
Beddau fought back and added to wing Garan Pearce’s first half touchdown with
one for the rugby purists from tighthead Joe Popple, who burrowed over from
close range. Rhys Morgan added the extras to both and a penalty as his side
clinched a share of the spoils. The draw sees Beddau move above Blackwood and
out of the drop-zone.
Meanwhile, in a battle
royal in Margam hosts Tata Steel came out on top as they dispatched Bargoed
32-17.
Tata crossed for five tries in all through
Cameron Davies, Danny Hopkin, Jordan Keylock, Dan Cummins and a length of the
field interception try by Simon Evans.
Bargoed, who came within a whisker of dumping
Premiership outfit Bedwas out of the Welsh Cup last week, could only manage two
tries either side of the break from James Pizey and Josh Prosser, with the
latter also adding seven points from the tee.
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