Cwmllynfell 12.

Whitland 3.

Whitland were unable to reproduce their excellent form of the previous week and went down to defeat at a windswept Cwmllynfell to disappoint their hardy band of supporters in attendance.

Their respective league positions would have indicated that the Borderers were red-hot favourites to return home with a comfortable win but they were unable to find any sort of pattern in the difficult conditions.

There were few scoring chances in a tight first period as they played up the slope, but outside half Emyr Williams put them ahead after 35 minutes with a penalty before missing from a much longer range after 38 minutes.

The second half saw conditions worsen and it was Cwmllynfell who grabbed the opening try midway through the period when Alan Proctor was yellow-carded for Whitland. Home No 8 Jim Morgan made their numerical advantage pay off with a close-range try which Steffan Jones converted.

Whitland tried hard to battle back as acting skipper Lee Glanville tried to raise the tempo, but Emyr Williams rapped the post with a penalty and half chances were lost by handling errors.

But the Borderers were still in with a chance until the closing moments, when strong- running home centre Paul Davies sliced through for an unconverted try to give Cwmllynfell a welcome home win in their fight to avoid relegation and at the same time force Whitland to lose ground on the top two clubs in the section.

Whitland: Carwyn Jones, Aled Jones, Lee Glanville (Capt), Gary Evans, Christiaan Roets, Emyr Williams, Gary Davies, Rhun Morgan, Mark Jones, Alan Proctor, John Bowen, Carwyn Davies, Jack Mason, Ryan Michael, Celt Thomas. Replacements: Gareth Williams, Gareth Lloyd, Gareth Morris, Gareth Davies, Tom Dinan.