Abergavenny RFC - 33

Sengenydd RFC - 42

ABERGAVENNY have yet to record a victory this season in Division Three East after gifting Saturday's game to Sengenydd with three soft tries in the last ten minutes.

Played at Bailey Park, Abergavenny fielded a depleted squad which was further compounded by the loss of talisman Gareth Williams at hooker in the first few minutes.

Aber drew first blood, when against the run of play, Ryan Williams intercepted the ball in his own half to score an unconverted try in the corner.

The visitors applied the pressure and starved Aber of possession, however, 15 minutes in and New Zealand acquisition Caleb Gray got his hands on the ball and forced his way over for a try, converted by Knapp.

Within seconds of the restart, a replay of Aber's earlier interception was reenacted by Will Williams whose pace allowed him to comfortably run the length of the field and score under the posts, converted by Knapp.

At 19-0 with five minutes to the interval Abergavenny looked to be heading toward a bonus point win.

Yet as if a bad omen of things to come, poor tackling by the home side allowed the visitors to score two soft tries in the dying minutes of the half (19-14).

Into the second-half and Sengenydd scored another converted try, making it a total of 21 points in ten minutes.

Aber rallied, and quick ball from the set piece was moved to centre Gray who drew three defenders but managed, 'Sonny Bill' style to pass the ball out of contact to put Ian Davies behind the defensive line, who drew the last line of defence to pass and put number eight Paul Cornock under the posts, converted by Knapp (26-21).

From the restart, the ball was fed quickly to captain Stuart Davies, who by his standards was having a quiet game. Davies attacked the line within his own half, handing off two defenders and leaving the home side and supporters in disbelief as he glided through, leaving the defence for dead and scoring under the posts, converted by Knapp (33-21).

At this point Abergavenny seemed home and dry, However, pressure by the visiting back line and lack lustre defence and tackling resulted in Sengenydd scoring three converted tries in the last ten minutes, which left all at Bailey Park shaking their head in disbelief.