Following two depressing results, Monmouth needed to bounce back in last Saturday's home game with Trinant if their season's prospects were not all but over. And didn't they show it?
Playing with a determination and pace not seen since much earlier in the season, despite Trinant having the first scoring chance with an attempted drop goal which fortunately missed, the visitors were three points down to a penalty kick by fly half Rhys Ricketts for an off-side offence.
Monmouth's eagerness was resulting in mistakes rather than scores and play swung back with the visitors using the favourable wind but missed a penalty at the other end.
And then things clicked with the local backs moving the ball left and when covered the sharpness of left wing Chris Reed told when he scored the first try of the day, which Ricketts comfortably converted.
Trinant were already panicking behind the posts and to no good effect because when they spilled the ball in an attacking move of their own, centre Dewi Lane straightened the line finding a gap as a result and ran a full 60 yards for an impressive converted try, and all this inside the first quarter.
For full report see Beacon 13/04/11.