Crymych 25.

Haverfordwest 23.

A last-gasp penalty kicked by home scrum-half Huw Rees not only proved to be the final touch of an absorbing local derby clash between Crymych and Haverfordwest but gave the Preseli Men a narrow victory by a two-point margin.

It denied the Blues what they believed was a come-back success because Steve Williams had just previously edged his team into a one-point lead with an 80th minute penalty after they had trailed for much of the match – only for a forward to get off-side, concede the penalty and allow Rees to slot his sixth, and most important, penalty of the game.

In a typically tight local clash there was no quarter asked for or given but only two yellow cards as Crymych’s veteran prop John Davies had ten minutes in the ‘sin-bin’ in the first period and Blues’ No 8 Dafydd Bowen sat there in the second half.

Rees landed two penalties on target for Crymych in the opening 12 minutes and skipper Steve Williams responded with a penalty a minute later before Davies was again on target for the Preseli Men with another three-pointer in the 37th minute and a fourth from the final kick of the first half to put his side 12-3 in front at half time.

Shortly after the restart Haverfordwest scored the opening try when winger Chris Shewry kicked ahead and Steve Williams won the race for the touch-down before adding the conversion – and Huw Rees was again successful with a penalty before converting a penalty try when the Blues were a man short.

With a 22-10 lead it seemed as if Crymych had done enough but Haverfordwest fought back well to register a try for Gareth Green after the prop had done well to support a rampaging run by Bowen. Steve Williams notched the simplest of conversions and then landed those penalties after 77 and 80 minutes to nudge his team a single point in front.

But there was still time for another restart, a critical Blues’ error and a Rees kick won the match.

Crymych: Huw Rees, Mark Hamilton, Martin Jones, Carwyn Phillips, Andrew Thomas, Gareth Davies, Iwan James, Rhys Richards, Trystan Griffiths, John Davies, Cennydd James, Andrew Phillips, Richard Llewellyn (Capt), Mark Oakman, Carwyn Lawrence. Replacements: Owain Williams, Jason Nicholls, Mike Llewellyn, Osian Griffiths.

Haverfordwest: Gareth John, Mike Venables, Jamie Dalton, Dan Harries, Chris Shewry, Steve Williams (Capt), Richard James, Danny Miners, Graham Jenkins, Gareth Green, Mark Busch, Gareth Phillips, Brett Davies, Dafydd Bowen, Richard Brazell. Replace-ments: Tim Phillips, Dai Owen, Richard Walters.