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Fighting Irish 27 Tigers 22
Aberavon win see saw battle
A 74th minute try from Andy Llewellyn put Aberavon into next week’s Total RL.com Welsh Rugby League Conference Grand Final in a tough see-saw game at Little Warren that saw the teams share eight tries.

Aberavon were down to a squad of 15 men in only the first ten minutes as Darren Ryan broke his nose in a tackle and Neil Davies dislocated his finger but despite this, they took the lead after 10 minutes through a Liam Gadd penalty.

Craig Jones gave Torfaen the lead in the 15th after a missed pass by Jason Hill, but Aberavon regained the advantage five minutes later after Dai Hawkins pounced on a Gadd grubber kick. Gadd converted.

Jason Hill regained the lead for Torfaen in the 19th, grounding after throwing a dummy to the Aberavon defence. Danny Phillips converted but Gadd kicked a penalty six minutes later to level the scores.
 

Hill once again threw a successful dummy in the 34th but this time laid the ball off to Gareth Jenkins who scored easily under the posts. Phillips again converted to put Torfaen 16-10 up, but it was Aberavon who went into the break with an 18-16 advantage following a Gadd penalty and a powerful try from Dai Hawkins, Gadd converting.

Excellent defensive play from both sides dominated the second half. Gadd and Phillips exchanged penalties and a Daniel Hawkins field-goal in the 71st gave Aberavon a three point advantage before Llewellyn’s match winner.

Following a lengthy delay to Hill breaking his ankle, Torfaen had the last say in the 78th with an unconverted Matt Entwhistle try but it was the home side’s superior kicking game that takes them into next week’s final against Bridgend Blue Bulls.

Article by Ian Golden
1 Aug 2004

 



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