Fixture

The Magpies made the short trip to neighbours Hendy RFC for this Division 2 West derby but suffered heartbreak with the very last kick of the game. Tumble found themselves 7-0 down after only 7 minutes when Hendy went over for a converted try. Three minutes later however young blindside flanker Owain Davies went over for an unconverted try to bring the score back to 7-5. The Magpies went further behind after 25 minutes when Hendy kicked a penalty goal before centre Leighton McKenna slotted over a penalty to make the score 10-8 at the break.

The second half saw Hendy further extend their lead with another penalty to make the score 13-8. Tumble took the lead for the first time after 51 minutes when wing Sam Jones beat the covering defence to touch down after a kick ahead by Steffan Price. Another Hendy penalty saw them retake the lead, 16-15 before second row Nathan Willard was driven over on 60 minutes for a try that was again converted by McKenna. Tumble were however to be heartbroken and after a concerted period of pressure Hendy crashed over near the posts with 5 minutes of injury time already played. The conversion was the last play of the game and saw Hendy scrape a one point win, 23-22.

Tumble now have two weeks to get over the disappointment before they welcome second placed Tycroes RFC to Parc y Mynydd Mawr on 25^th March.

Ymlaen Y Piod

Line-up:

15. James Carter

14. Adam Davies

13. Steffan Price

12. Leighton McKenna

11. Sam Jones

10. Steven Hewitt

9. Iwan Morgan

1. Connor Allen

2. Rhys Lewis

3. Kieron Richards

4. Nathan Willard

5. Hefin Dumbrill (captain)

6. Owain Davies

7. Gareth Armstrong

8. Steffan Owen

16. Steven Rees

17. Dafydd Humphreys

18. Tom Davies

19.

20. Rhodri Jones