Builth Wells 12
Whitland 12

Whitland were unable to repeat their excellent play of the previous week in the Swalec Cup as they made the long journey to Builth Wells and came away with a single point from a disappointing draw.

The home side played for most of the match with 14 men and for another ten minutes were down to only 13 .

Builth are never an easy proposition on their home patch but with only two wins from 11 starts, the form book indicated that they would struggle against table-topping Whitland, who had already beaten then 43-13 at Parc Llwyn Ty Gwyn.

But it wasn’t to be as winger John Thurston nudged them ahead with a penalty which was soon cancelled out by a similar effort from Whitland full back James Stephenson.

Builth then lost second row Chris Davies to a straight red card, but Thurston took Builth to a 6-3 interval lead with his second penalty.

James Stephenson levelled matters with his second penalty before he went off injured. Thurston again put Builth ahead as they refused to submit – but Whitland moved ahead for the first time with two Aled Davies penalties. Home flanker Ben Pugh was yellow-carded but Davies missed the ensuing penalty – and another Thurston penalty with four minutes to go earned the homesters a point.

The Borderers’ coaching staff will look on this as a definite two points lost.