27-0 down after 30 minutes, Ebbw were staring down the barrel of a hammering… then the comeback began. Lewis Young scored on the stroke of half term and Lewis Dennett converted to make it 27-7 to Aberavon at the break. Two second half tries by Stefan Thomas and a penalty try (accompanied by two yellow cards for the visitors) brought the Steelmen within touching distance of an unlikely victory, but it was just too far and the game finished at 30-26 with Aberavon’s only second half points being a Banfield penalty. Ebbw’s four tries and the 4-point difference meant that they took 2 points from the game.

15) Dan Haymond
14) Steff Thomas
13) James Lewis
12) Dai Langdon
11) Toby Fricker
10) Lewis Dennett
9) Dai Jones
1) Ross Jones
2) Joe Franchi
3) Rob Sevenoaks
4) Kristian Parker
5) Lance Randall
6) Cameron Regan
7) Ronny Kynes (capt.)
8) Lewis Young

16) Rhys Francis
17) Joel Harries
18) Curtis Hicks
19) Jonathan Davies
20) Ben Papp
21) Sam Ireland
22) Srdan Majkic
23) Callum Hall