Fixture

Bargoed stunned the Otters with the much fancied West Wales outfit suffering a thumping seven try home defeat at the Lewis Lloyd Ground, Narberth.

The record books will be scoured for what must be the fastest try ever with James Pizey charging down the clearing kick from the kick off to score with barely 10 seconds on the clock. Matthew Hutcheon's conversion drifted wide. An early yellow card followed for Narberth full back Johnny
Morgan for deliberately knocking the ball into touch denying Bargoed hooker Leigh Meades a try-scoring opportunity. The Blues took full advantage with Hutcheon putting the ball into touch 5 metres out. Bargoed drove from the lineout but were held up. The home side were awarded the put in but Bargoed disrupted and Pizey was in action again, stripping the ball from the number eight and going over for his second try with less than 5 minutes gone. The conversion again went wide.

Worse was to come for Narberth with Bargoed extending their lead to 0 - 15 on 13 minutes. Centre Darren Humphries burst through the midfield with wing Duane Dyer in support, lock Nick Coughlin linked and the big man put flanker Adam Coupe over.

The bonus point came in the 24th minute when Humphries tackled his opposite number and dislodged the ball, regathering and putting Dyer away on the half way to score under the posts. Hutcheon converted and the Blues were 0 - 22 ahead.

The yellow-carded Johnny Morgan made amends with a well taken try with a minute of the half left converted by Ianto Griffiths only for Bargoed to restore their 22 point advantage through Coughlin taking a clean catch from the restart with Humphries and Ashley Norton combining to feed full back Jordan Purcell and the speedster ran in from 25 metres. Hutcheon converted to make it 7 - 29 at the break.

Pizey had taken a knock and was replaced at half time by Phil Price, the centre filling in at outside half with Hutcheon taking up his usual position at scrum half.

Bargoed's sixth try came 8 minutes in with centre Lewis Protheroe capping a fine return after injury to score an unconverted try before Bargoed were reduced to 14 with a Darren Humphries yellow card for a high tackle. Narberth capitalised creating an overlap for Scott James to go over in the corner to make it 12 - 34.

The Blues' pack controlled much of the final quarter supported by impressive midfield defence. The game was put beyond the Otters with Bargoed's seventh try made by Ross Coombes coming off the back of a scrum, feeding Humphries, who slipped a pass to Dyer and wing Ashley Norton was on hand to finish it off. Phil Price converted but the final say went to Narberth with Johnny Morgan getting his second try to end the game 17 - 41.