Drovers delight their coach as they end losing sequence

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EUROS Evans was happy with the improvement shown by his Llandovery side as they bounced back from a hat-trick of defeats with victory over Neath at Church Bank.

Berian Watkins, Gavin Thomas, Mathew Moore and Lee Rees scored tries for the Drovers who were too strong for their hardworking but predictable opposition.

Ed Howley kicked Neath’s only points with a penalty.

Head coach Evans said: “The pressure was on us after losing to Aberavon, RGC and Bridgend.

“But the players responded well and got a very valuable bonus-point win against a gritty Neath outfit.

“Our discipline was far better that it has been and the defence worked hard to deny Neath a try and just three points.

“We have not been playing to our full potential and there were encouraging signs that we are getting back to our early season form.

“It was hugely pleasing for our future as a club to see three of our youth XV, Dafydd Land, Harri Doel and Garan Williams, feature in the win.”

Meanwhile, Neath coach Simon King bemoaned his side’s second-half performance.

He said: “It’s the story of the season so far where we compete well in the first half but fall off the pace afterwards.

“We were hard done by to trail 15-0 at half-time having had, if anything, the better of exchange.

“But we failed to vary our play to threaten a good Llandovery side.

“The players gave everything once again in such a tough league but we’ll keep at it and one win will do us a huge amount of good.”

Llandovery make the trip to Swansea on Saturday, while Newport are the visitors to The Gnoll.