Rugby Notes

I didn't make it to Dave Parade for the Gwent derby on Saturday. By all accounts I didn't miss much.

N**port beat Ebbw Vale 22 - 11 and with this loss went an realistic chance of winning the Premiership title. The report on the Ebbw Vale RFC website is that the game could have gone either way as late as the 75th minute. There were plenty of mistakes which and not much quality attacking rugby.

Ebbw's best move: hooker Mathew Williams made one of his trademark breaks and found Andrew Bevan outside him, who had Neil Edwards on his shoulder. Unfortunately Nelly was tackled just short of the line and the chance had gone.

In the second half, Ebbw pressure paid off as Daniel Phillips sliced through the middle and passed to Andrew Bevan who powered through several tacklers to score. But that was all she wrote, and Newport's late try gave a flattering look to the scoreline.

Scorers: Try for Andrew Bevan and two penalties for Sam Mills