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Division Three East

An injury time try by Craig Meredith sealed an excellent bonus point win for the Green & Whites who completed the season’s double over their hosts in a hugely-entertaining encounter. With their pacy backs, the home side will feel disappointed not to have got at least a bonus point from the game, but they contributed to their own downfall by electing to run kickable penalties late on which might have won the game. Tillery however were deserved winners, the superb pack providing a torrid afternoon for the home eight, particularly in the loose where the likes of Kyle Griffiths, Craig Meredith, Matthew Phelps, and especially new hooker Chris Davies were rampant.

The opening few minutes set the frenetic pace for the game but were somewhat farcical for the two tries awarded. Tillery failed to clear their lines from the off and Abergavenny ran back at them creating space out wide on the right for the winger to go over the line. He however clearly dropped the ball in trying to touch down, yet the try was given.

Tillery responded immediately in determined fashion, half backs Luke Pegler and Daniel Haile making good inroads in the home defence as the pack supplied good ball. The hosts seemed to have won the ball despite being under pressure at a defensive scrum but the referee adjudged that Craig Meredith had scored and Haile added the extras for a two-point lead.

With less than ten minutes gone, the lead changed again as the Abergavenny right wing had no difficulty this time in getting the ball down after a great break out by home full back Will Williams and centre Davies for another unconverted try.

Tillery’s forwards now took complete control of the game up front. Dafydd Cripps had to be replaced by Dan Merdith and the dominance continued. However, Tillery failed to score despite being camped in the home 22 for long periods. Twice they over elaborated with the line at their mercy and on another day they might have been awarded two penalty tries as Kyle Griffiths was downed very close to the line by illegal charges with no effort to use the arms.

H-T: 10-7

The second half again started with the visiting eight in control and within two minutes Tillery grabbed back the lead when Luke Pegler snaffled the ball under the posts with a home scrum in disarray.

Pegler added the two points himself and Tillery extended the lead as a great floated pass by the impressive Craig Edwards, following a counterattack by Darren Miles and Greg Thomas, put Craig Meredith away. He fed Justin Phelps whose neat pass allowed Kyle Griffiths to race free and over for an unconverted try.

At 19-10 in the lead Tillery seemed on course for a comfortable win with the pack in control. But the home backs were still dangerous and loose kicking allowed the home side back into the game when they ran ball back for the scrum half to grab a try under the posts.

Just two points in arrears and a little over ten minutes remaining, the home side now seemed to sense victory and again some wayward clearance work by Tillery allowed the hosts to attack. Haile was superb in pulling off a last ditch tackle to keep his side in front but the referee adjudged it slightly high. Mystifyingly, Abergavenny tapped instead of taking a reasonably straightforward kick and paid the price as Tillery snuffed out the attack and cleared.

With the game entering stoppage time and the game finely in the balance, Tillery’s pack again pressed and a kick through by Edwards fooled the home defence for Meredith to pounce for a try converted by Haile to deny the home side a losing bonus point.

Tillery M o M - Chris Davies

7 January 2012
NEW YEAR BONUS FOR TILLERY
Abergavenny (10) 17 Abertillery (7) 26

Division Three East

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