Bonymaen V Neath
2nd March 2004

MATCH REPORT

BONYMAEN nil NEATH 33 (by Phil Space)
An entertaining affair with plenty of positive attacking running saw Neath stage their 27th win of the season in cold but dry conditions at Division One Bonymaen on Tuesday evening.

Respective coaches Rowland Phillips and Matthew McCarthy took the opportunity to run the eye over some promising newcomers and will have derived a great deal of benefit from the game.

With back rowers Jason Massey and Dai Hills getting through a lot of work, Bonymaen fought hard throughout and in the first half limited Neath to just one try by centre Aled Bevan.

But In the second-half Neath's extra pace behind the scrum began to count and the Blacks ran in four further scores without reply. Flanker Simon Peters was up in support for one and Richard Carter flew in for two but the try of the night was scored by young replacement full back Peter Burrows on debut. The trusty boot of Chris Anderson saw him add four conversions.

Bonymaen probably deserved a score but Neath's commitment to the tackle was good and they managed to keep a blank scoresheet.

Neath v Bonymaen :- C.Anderson; Mike Jones, A.Bevan, J.Leyshon, R.Carter; J.Hook, O.Gustafson; A.W.Davies, D.Poland(captain), A.Edwards; R.Gierat, G.Evans; J.McKenna, T.Davies, S.Peters Replacements : P.Burrows, P.Bamsey, G.Hooper, Mark Jones (prop), S.Phillips, C.Moses