They were rewarded with another shot at goal which was missed. Their cause was helped when Tumble also began to lose their discipline, and in their desperate defending, received two late yellow cards, scrum-half Iwan Morgan the second recipient, to level the sides as 13-apiece until the end.įurnace were forcing Trim into mistakes and taking advantage of their ill-discipline. Steve Hewitt converted.Īmman’s depleted number finished off the stronger, Ceri Jones’ run opening up the gaps, then Alun Lewis made one of his trademark surging bursts. Ironically, Amman’s remaining 13 players began to more than hold their own for the final 20 minutes.Ī Tom Caddell penalty reduced the arrears to 9-6, but the visitors then nicked a crucial score as wing Ellis Lewis got through some weak-ish tackling to dive over with some twelve minutes to go. This left Amman with no recognised front-row props as Tom Thorneycroft made the switch to the front-three.Īnother fracas then blew up, and again, the Reds saw red as scrum-half Alex Williams this time received his marching orders. It got a bit confrontational in the second half, and the referee after a few instances of “handbags at five paces” finally lost his patience, and Amman prop Rhys Philllips was red-carded for foul play. With Nicky Allinson solid under the high ball, Amman were finding it hard to open up the Magpies’ defence. Full-back Ciaran Watkins also showed some bright moments during the half for United. The Reds hit back on half time, Dan Jones breaking free, backrow-mate Alun Lewis chipping ahead, and scrum half Alex Williams narrowly denied for the corner score. Tumble ended the half on the front- foot, and centre Alex Jones’ break deserved to be finished off. Two more Amman offences saw Hewitt’s metronomic placekicking come to the fore again, in fact he did not miss a kick all game, slotting both to make it 9-3.Īmman were reduced by a yellow card in the second offence. Tumble soon lost centre Scott Jones to a head-injury, Alex Jones on in his place, and, they were narrowly denied as wing Ellis Lewis almost squeezed over in the corner.Īmman outside -half Tom Caddell tied the scores with a 20th minute penalty, but the visitors were winning good ball, lock Ryan Lewis with some handy lineout ball, while Nathan Willard made some good yardage for his side.
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