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Cardiff v Aberavon MatchPack : Preview
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Principality Building Society Premiership, Arms Park, Saturday September 8th 2007
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Aberavon will be hoping to bounce back from last weekends defeat when they take on Cardiff at the Arms Park this Saturday in the Principality Building Society Premiership, kick off 2:30pm. |
While the Wizards were losing 26 - 13 at home to Llanelli, Cardiff were 35 - 21 winners at Cross Keys where outside half Craig Evans kicked six penalties and a conversion. Former Bridgend skipper Adam Whitney got the first Cardiff try after only two minutes and Adam Powell and Wales U19 star Leigh Halfpenny got the others.
Head-to-head, Aberavon and Cardiff have faced each other 14 times in the Welsh National League with the Blue & Blacks leading the series by 8 wins to 6. At the Arms Park the Wizards have only won 2 from 7 with the last win coming in 2005-06.
In that last win Jamie Davies kicked 18 points as the Wizards ran out 23 - 15 winners. A fifth minute try by Wayne Murphy gave the homeside an early lead. Davies kicked his first penalty not long after before opposite number Chris Anderson restored the Blue & Blacks five point lead after half hour. The Wizards took the lead late in the half after Davies kicked two further penalties to give the visitors a narrow 9 - 8 lead at the interval.
A Liam Gadd try and another Davies penalty increased the Wizards lead to nine points after fifty minutes but the Blue & Blacks hit back thanks to a try by Jonathan Hill while the Wizards had a man in the bin. Anderson converted. Davies kicked two further penalties in the final quarter as the Wizards took the spoils.
The Wizards team that day was: Liam Gadd; Richard Carter, Paul Bamsey, Darren Ryan, Daran Griffiths; Jamie Davies (rep Gareth Knox), Richard Morgan (rep Daniel Hawkins); Lloyd Howell, Christian Richards (rep Chris Wells), James Jones (rep Mike Harris), Paul Morgan (rep Andrew Fisher), Chris Gittins (capt), Darryl Thomas (rep Ian Moore), Richard Morris, Simon Peters.
The referee for Saturday's game is David Jones, aided by touch judges Alan Jenkins and Steve Harwood.
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