Fixture

Abergele 6 - 23 Bala 

By Neil Jones Davies 

75 minutes into the game with the score at 6 – 9, this was a match that could have gone either way, the kickers matching each other with penalties well kicked on a heavy pitch, but the Bala 10 worked his magic to undo the home defence twice in the dying minutes. 

Both previous fixtures had been tough uncompromising affairs and this encounter proved to be the same. The forwards matched each other in all areas winning their own ball at the scrum and lineout and some aggressive work at the breakdown made any quick clean possession very difficult. Once again Chris Edwards’ boot kept the Bala defence back and the hard yards won by the back row of Jordan Grimshaw, Anthony Tilley and Gethin Jones gave Gele some ‘go forward’ but Bala’s defence fronted up well and kept any scoring chances to a minimum. 

The Bala back line looked very sharp and opened up the home defence on a couple of occasions but a forward pass and knock on bought these sorties to an end. Gele’s backs looked to open up but were met with a stubborn defence. 

With five minutes to play Gele were looking for a penalty to tie the match but instead the visitors crossed the line twice converting both showing their greater experience at this level and leaving the home supporters wondering how such a hard fought battle could look like such a wide margin. 

Gele will need to pick themselves up as next weekend promises to be another tough encounter away at Caernarfon.