Otters open with victory

NARBERTH got their Championship season under way with a 16-3 victory over Ystrad Rhondda.

The Otters opened the scoring through a penalty by full-back Nick Gale.

The visitors levelled on the halfhour mark with a penalty of their own, but Narberth were soon ahead again as Gale added two more penalties to give his side a 9-3 advantage at the break.

The crucial try came midway through the second half when Lewis Gibby cut through and crossed under the posts for a converted try.

Narberth backs coach Deiniol Evans said: “It was always going to be a tight game, and it was difficult to control the ball in the conditions of strong wind and rain.”

Meanwhile, Narberth Youth kicked off the new season with a 26-17 victory over visitors Aberystwyth.

Narberth scored first with the hard-running Joel Davies crashing over under the posts. This was followed by two further tries from good line-out work for Yori Morgan and Tom Monk.

Aberystwyth replied with two wellworked tries to make the score 19-12 at half-time.

But another try from the tireless Morgan then sealed matters for the Otters.

Shay Norcross kicked one conversion and Jack Perrins two.