Fixture

The Magpies lost their unbeaten home record going down 13-27 at Parc y Mynydd Mawr to league leaders Hendy RFC in front of a large crowd. Hendy built themselves a 10 point lead midway through the first half through a penalty and a converted try. Tumble however came back to within 5 points after number 8 Owain Davies scored an unconverted try and the score remained 5-10 at half time. The Magpies started the second half with a bang as Hooker Dafydd Humphreys scored wide out to make it 10-10. Indiscipline in the Magpies ranks allowed Hendy to build a six point lead through two penalties before replacement centre Leighton McKenna pulled the score back to 13-16 through a penalty goal. More indiscipline saw Tumble concede another penalty making the score 13-22 with full time approaching. The scoring for Hendy was not however over as they crossed for for a try deep into injury time to make it 13-27 at the final whistle.

The Magpies welcome Blackwood RFC from Division 2 West to Parc y Mynydd Mawr next Saturday in Round 2 of the WRU National Plate.

A copy of today's match programme can be found at the following link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-69OGlm5tyIcUl6MzA3NXN6RVE/view?usp=sharing

Team:

15 James Carter

14 Sam Jones

13 Seffan Price

12 Iwan Price

11 Josh Davies

10 Steven Hewitt

9 Iwan Morgan

1 Conner Allan

2 Dafydd Humphreys

3 Kieron Richards

4 Nathan Willard

5 Gareth Beyon (captain)

6 Darren Williams

7 Steffan Owen

8 Owain Davies

16 Steven Rees

17 Rhys Lewis

18 Jordan Phillips

19 Rhodri Jones

20 Leighton McKenna