AFTER THEIR FIRST WIN LAST WEEK, HOPES WERE HIGH THAT TAFFS WELL COULD CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THEIR GOOD PERFORMANCE, AGAINST CHEPSTOW AT HOME, BUT ALTHOUGH DYFRIG REES AND HIS SIDE WORKED HARD THEY WERE HELD TO A 25-25 DRAW. CHEPSTOW WERE THE FIRST TO SCORE A TRY, AND IN AN OPEN GAME THE LEAD CHANGED HANDS SEVERAL TIMES AS BOTH TEAMS SCORED FOUR TRIES, AND ALTHOUGH A DRAW WAS A FAIR RESULT EITHER SIDE COULD HAVE PINCHED IT TAFFS WELL TRIES CAME FROM ANDREW INGRAM SAM HARRIS BRADLEY JAMES, AND MAN OF THE MATCH PROP JOHN LEAK, WITH REPLACEMENT FULLBACK JAMIE FIELD ADDING ONE PENALTY GOAL, AND A CONVERSION. STEVE DANDO, CHRIS TOTTLE, AND SEAN BELLION ALL PLAYED WELL. WITH SO MANY YOUNG PLAYERS PLAYING THEIR FIRST SEASON IN SENIOR RUGBY IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE COACHES KEITH JAMES AND RHYS BLUMBERG TIME TO GEL THE TEAM, BUT THEY CAN NOW SEE THE PERFORMANCES STARTING TO GET BETTER AS THE PLAYERS GET ADJUSTED TO SENIOR RUGBY.
MIKE GIBBONS
