By JAY BAYFORD
Newport …18 Merthyr …26
MERTHYR remain on course for the doubledouble but were made to work hard for the points at Newport.
Home fly-half Geraint O’Driscoll opened the scoring on seven minutes with a sublime penalty from just inside the opposition half.
The Ironmen hit back almost immediately with winger Tom James finishing off a spell of sustained pressure with a try that was improved by reliable full-back Matthew Jarvis.
But O’Driscoll, who was filling it at fly-half in the absence of Matt O’Brien, hauled the Black and Ambers back into the ga...