Fixture

Abergavenny travelled to Blackwood on Saturday in the latest league fixture. With promotion to league 1 east assured for next season, the remaining three fixtures will determine where Abergavenny finish in the top three this season.

Abergavenny selected Connor Davies, Ryan Morgan, Matt Charles, Jordan Curran, Callum Poole, Aaron Scrimgeour, Ben Main, Alex Howes in the forwards. Rhob Connick, Rob Lewis, Ollie Stansfield, James Lewis, Nathan Byrne, Anthony Squire and Nathan Williams in the backs.

From the kickoff both sides looked more efficient in attack than in defense. Rhob Connick who is playing his best rugby in an Abergavenny shirt this season was the first to score following a concerted period of pressure. Blackwood responded almost immediately levelling the score at 5 – 5. James Lewis ran in Abergavenny’s second try from first phase ball converted by Nathan Williams before Blackwood levelled the game up with a converted try of their own. Abergavenny began to settle down from this point and concentrated on playing the game in the right areas. Alex Howes picked up and ran strongly through the Blackwood defense for Abergavenny’s third try, the conversion from Nathan Williams gave them a 19 – 12 lead. From this point the visitors played to their strengths and used their ball carriers to run at some inexperienced Blackwood players. They were soon rewarded by tries for Rhob Connick and Ollie Stansfield, both converted by Nathan Williams, giving Abergavenny a 33 – 12 lead at half time.

The visitors continued to impose themselves on the game in the second half, they played the game in the right areas and were soon rewarded with tries for James Lewis and Nathan Byrne. Strong forward runs by Ben Main and Jordan Curran created another opportunity which resulted in a try for Rob Lewis, this extended the score to 50 – 12. Rod Webster and Rhys Jones came on into the back line while Matt Hancock, Oscar Greenland and Jordan Charles bolstered up the forwards. Scoring opportunities continued to be created and the ninth try was a well-constructed team try finished off by Nathan Williams. Blackwood scored one of their own before Nathan Byrne caught the ball which had been kicked at him and ran 60 yards to score his second, converted by Rhys Jones which concluded the scoring, resulted in an away win by 62 – 17.