Match abandoned as ref falls ill

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Builth Wells 0
Narberth 13

Narberth were left cursing their luck at Builth Wells when the game was abandoned after 35 minutes when the referee was too ill to continue.

Ironically, the weather conditions weren’t as harsh in Builth and the Otters took the lead with a well-struck penalty by No 10 Craig Jones after Builth had made a bright start but met stern resistance from Matthew Davies, Richard Davies and John Leyshon at the back, with the back row of Simon Griffiths, Andrew Dennis (in action for the first time this season) and No 8 Colin Davies putting in some good work.

As the Otters gained the ascendancy they added unconverted tries by Nick Jones from a set-piece scrummage move where No 8 Davies put Adrian Killa away and the scrum half supplied the scoring pass for winger Jones.

Second row Chris James added a second try as reward for his endeavours alongside Alex Jenkins, Justin Hughes, Dan Smith and Sion Lloyd – but then the referee became unwell afterwards and with no other official available the match had to be abandoned and will be replayed later in the season.

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