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Ebbw Vale v Aberavon MatchPack : Report
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Aberavon were out of the starting blocks like a
shot and led 17-3 at the end of the first quarter.
Though Vale opened the scoring via a Bryan Shelbourne penalty, a
long pass from Aberavon No. 8 Robbie Morgan freed wing Steve Davies
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Fly-half Ricky Thomas added the extras and soon after he landed
a penalty, making it 10-3.
The Porthcawl player then displayed his running skills by
setting up a try for impressive flanker Chris Davies.
Thomas also converted, but the Steelmen launched a fightback in
the 21st minute when wing Andrew Bevan engineered a try for
ex-Wizard Kristian Owen.
A superb try then followed from centre Owen, who got on the end
of his kick ahead to touch down with Shelbourne converting.
And Vale took the lead in the 32nd minute when the driving play
of the forwards set up a try for flanker Neil Aiono that
Shelbourne improved on.
That left the Steelmen ahead 22-17, and in a remarkable
turnaround home wing Andrew Bevan touched down at the posts on
35 minutes.
Shelbourne converted, only for a Thomas penalty to trim the
deficit to 29-20 in the approach to half-time.
But in the final move of the half, Vale claimed their fifth try
with Neath scrum-half Gareth Williams dabbing down close to the
flag.
The sides changed ends with the Steelmen leading 34-20 while
they forged further ahead with tries from wing James Lewis and
prop Anthony Lott.
Shelbourne converted both, and incredibly the scoring then dried
up and although Aberavon did a lot of pressing, they were unable
to get back into contention.
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