Carter miss proves costly

Nov 5 2007 by Our Correspondent, Western Mail

TREDEGAR centre Daryll Carter fluffed a penalty from in front of the posts with the last kick of the match to hand Newport HSOB a 30-29 victory in an agonising climax to their game in Division Two East.

The teams had been virtually inseparable until that point and it was Carter who had kept his team in the game as the Old Boys outscored their hosts by five tries to four, with full-back Mike Burke and wing Tom Diggle getting two apiece for the visitors.

Tredegar replied with scores from Jack Dawson, Chris James, Paul Southwell and Stuart Jarman.

Abercynon were late winners in their game against bottom club Llanishen, who had fought back from a 23-7 deficit to square the match at 23-all with little time remaining. The high flyers maintained their unbeaten record, though, when centre Gareth Davies crashed over with only two minutes left on the clock.

In Division Three, Pontypool United suffered a similar fate to Tredegar when their outside-half Morgan West missed the last kick of the game to see his side go down 10-9 at New Tredegar while Croesyceiliog recorded a 33-15 bonus-point win over Nelson to stay top.