Berry Hill 3 Abergavenny 17

With the wind blowing a gale and driving rain Berry Hill had to battle the elements in their home game against Abergavenny. With a squad of only 15 due to injury and sickness Hill started with the wind behind them and down the slope of the pitch. They needed to get points on the board but the game took time to settle down and this put them under pressure, there were chances but at the half time whistle Hill were only 3 points ahead due to a penalty from Ryan Dawson. Shortly after the break Hill were reduced to 14 after prop Will Jones came off with an injured ankle. Sportingly Abergavenny reduced their squad but with no substitutes the scrums went uncontested. The try deadlock was finally broken when the visitors moved the ball wide and touched down in the corner. Hill then spent a long period defending in their 22 and they did have a couple more chances but the momentum was now against them resulting in a second try from a long kick which bounced over the try line with Abergavenny winning the race for the touchdown. The final try came with both team now fielding 13 players due to another Hill injury just before the end of the game with the forwards keeping the ball secure and taking it through several phases to push over. A good physical game but Hill will need to put some things right before the return match in 3 weeks time.


Team

Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Callum Wyman, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Will Jones, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris, Billy Roberts , Tom Burford, Ashley Macey, Ricky Davies,.