Featured match:

 
Division Three (West) A:

 

 

Blues beat Wasps in an entertaining derby

 

Llangwm 13 - Haverfordwest 27

 
Haverfordwest already had their hands on The Bishop Cup, after the first game, competed for annually by these old rivals, but made doubly sure in this tough-tackling encounter played out in front of a large and vociferous crowd.
 
It was played at 100 miles per hour pace with no quarter asked for or given as The Blues were the bosses in the set-pieces but The Wasps tackled like demons and never let them dominate in terms of points.
 
No 8 Lewis Tingay opened the Haverfordwest account from close range with a try converted by full back Ollie Roberts, who soon added the extra points to a corner try by Scott Candler after some good handling. Roberts also landed a penalty and although Llangwm were without points at half time they had gone close in the corner thanks to the efforts of outstanding skipper Ieuan Power, Phil Llewellyn, Ian Griffiths and the rest of their charged-up pack, on a few occasions, but lost their own lineout ball.
 
The Wasps finally opened their account with a penalty by talented full back Jack Perry, who later claimed the try of the day after coach Matthew Hughes came on and made a scything diagonal break and cleverly chipped ahead for Perry to win the race for the touch-down. Perry converted and slotted a second penalty to pouch all The Wasps’ points but at the other end tries from Jack Clancy and Sam Webber ensured a Haverfordwest win.
 
The game was well refereed by Kieran Burrows, now at Fishguard via Oldham, and it was a credit to play in the division, with some mighty sore bodies I’m sure on Sunday after such great commitment.



 
 

Championship Division:

 

Otters miss out at Cross Keys

 

Cross Keys 28 - Narberth 22

 
Narberth missed out on a good chance to win at Cross Keys after they played well in the first half to lead 22-21 and claim a bonus point but then lost their way in the second half and conceded the only try, converted by Sam Ireland, but at least had a second bonus point as some consolation for finishing within seven points of their opponents.
 
The lead changed hands six times in the first half as Cross Keys had tries by Will Rees, Tom Davies and Adam Tetley, who converted them all, with Roy Osborn and Lewys Gibby sharing four tries for The Otters, one converted by Nick Gale.
 
The home side regained the initiative early in the second half and then, try as they might, The Otters were unable to break them down and Cross Keys claimed the double, having won in Narberth by 32-20.
 
 

Division One (West):

 

Preseli Men promoted after narrow win

 

Llanelli Wanderers 11 - Crymych 12

 
Crymych found Llanelli Wanderers in no mood to give them another comfortable win on their march to promotion and the homesters actually led 11-5 at the interval as they never allowed the Preseli Men to settle into their regular patterns of play.
 
Pacy winger Tobi Wood gave the Wanderers the lead with a try that full back Lewis Jones was unable to convert but the experienced points gatherer made amends with two well-judged penalties, with a good unconverted try from winger Ned Bennett sandwiched neatly in for Crymych between them.
 
The second half was no less combative as both teams had half chances but in the final analysis the only score came to the visitors as hooker Carwyn Rees, in for the injured Lee Griffiths, rounded off a concerted drive and full back Adam Phillips held his nerve to slot the all-important conversion.
 
 

Borderers lose entertaining clash against Aber

 

 

Whitland 20 - Aberystwyth 39

 
Matches between these old rivals have always been hard fought and this one was no exception as Whitland scored three tries and Aber doubled that tally as running rugby was the order of the day.
 
Rhys Nicholas, Jonathan Thomas and Scott Martin grabbed good tries for The Borderers, alongside a conversion and a penalty by Geraint Jones.
 
Aber responded with scores from Lee Evans, Jack Jones, Bryn Sheppard, Aaron Hemmings, Ian Ellis and Guto Jones, three of them converted by outside half Steff Rees, to take the honours but although Whitland had nothing to show in terms of points as reward for their considerable efforts they can take consolation from the fact that they contributed well to the action.
 
 

Scarlets just miss out on a bonus point

 

Pembroke 19 - Gowerton 67

 
Pembroke scored three tries against Gowerton in another heavy home defeat but with a little more confidence and eradication of basic errors they might have pouched a rare bonus point in a tough season where they have done well to battle on in adversity.
 
Veteran prop Johnny Palmer opened The Scarlets’ account with a try and Dom Colman announced his return to action with a typical score alongside Dan James, two of them converted by Luke Alderwick.
 
But Gowerton were able to call on their greater experience and confidence to run in 11 tries, six of them converted by Adam Titley, who also scored a try alongside a brace apiece from Brandon Jones and Scott Howells.
 
Others Gowerton tries came from Lewis Hyatt, Bleddyn James, Richard Keith, Niall Davidson, Josh Bowen and Gregg Divine.
 
 

Division Two (West):

 

Seasiders gain deserved top-three victory

 

Tenby United 20 - Nantgaredig 8

 
Tenby United gained a deserved victory over a strong Nantgaredig team in third place to retain their second spot as a result of their recent excellent form and growing confidence.
 
Coaches Jonathan Evans, Ossie Boswell and Andy Barlow have instilled a sense of self-discipline that was evident in the first half as they led 12-3 thanks to four well-struck penalties by No 10 Lloyd Thomas, mainly from scrum offences, and conceded only one to Nant full back Lloyd Williams in return.
 
Thomas also notched a fifth penalty after the interval but missed the conversion of a corner try by No 8 Dan Colley, who vied with skipper Luke Dedman for The Seasiders’ man of the match award.
 
All Nant could muster in response was an unconverted try by No 15 Williams and they did gain a platform in the Tenby 22 late on – but The Seasiders held out with some concerted defensive work.
 
 

Seagulls blown away at Loughor

 

Loughor 62 - Fishguard & Goodwick 3

 
Fishguard travelled to Loughor with something of a makeshift squad and paid the inevitable price as they trailed 26-3 at half time and the floodgates opened thereafter with another 36 unanswered points for a rampant home side.
 
Creegan Foot landed The Seagulls solitary penalty and tries in the first half for the homesters came from Joel Burder, Ryan Davies and Brandon Lewis (2), three of them converted by Davies.
 
Gowerton are currently eighth in the table, two spots above The Seagulls, but must have thought they were promotion contenders with their ability to run in another six tries after the break, three of them converted by Davies.
 


 

Mariners start well but fail to add further scores

 

Kidwelly 43 - Milford Haven 7

 
Milford Haven opened the scoring against third-placed Kidwelly as prop Jimmy Buirds ploughed through from a line-out drive and No 10 James Williams added the extra points – but then allowed the home side to run in seven tries to stay very much in contention for a promotion place if they can catch up on their number of missed matches.
 
Milford Haven remain rooted in the bottom two, with six fixtures somehow needing to be fitted in – and it will take some doing!
 
 

Division Three (West) A:

 

Saints score tries aplenty against lowly Tregaron

 

St Davids 46 - Tregaron 0

 
St Davids marked their best-ever tally of league victories for a season with eight tries against lowly Tregaron, who have won only once in a long season for them as The Saints rightly celebrated an eighth success alongside a draw from their 19 starts.
 
They were far stronger up front in dominating the set pieces and used that possession well as they scored four tries by Aaron Foster, James Goldsmith, Adam Williams and Tom Reynolds to lead 26-0 at the break as Adam Phillips also landed three conversions.
 
Reynolds is clearly enjoying his recent excellent form up front with his second score as Aled Davies, Ben Joyce and Zac Morgan also joining in, all unconverted as Adam Phillips had a rare off-day with his two-pointers.
 
 

Aber win low-scoring tussle

 

Aberaeron 7 - Neyland 5

 
There was plenty of action as Aberaeron edged home by two points against Neyland but only two scores as a mixture of over-eagerness and taking of wrong options prevented any more, coupled with the fact that defences were outstanding in a game that was well-refereed by Rowan Musson.
 
In the final analysis the only difference was that The All Blacks were unable to convert their try, scored by outstanding prop Luke Griffiths-Dawes, whilst the Aber response from scrum half Steffan Jones saw the extra points landed by his half back partner Rhodri Thomas.
 




 

Lampeter maintain their thrust for the section title

 

Cardigan 15 - Lampeter 31

 
Lampeter knew they were in for a tough tussle at Cardigan after the home side’s resurgence over recent weeks and that is just what they got as the led 17-3 at half time and were always in the lead despite some excellent work by The Teifisiders in an entertaining match.
 
Llyr Jones landed a first half penalty for Cardigan and there were tries for Lampeter by Guto Ebsworth and David Lewis, both converted by Osian Jones alongside a well-struck penalty.
 
The Cardis scored tries from right winger Jack Taylor and No 8 Tom Taylor, one converted by scrum half Llyr Jones, in the second half but tries by outside half Osian Jones and centre Thomas Rees-Jones, both converted by No 10 Jones, ensured Lampeter are still very much in the promotion hunt!