Revenge is sweet for Otters

This defeat will clearly affect the Borderers’ promotion hopes, coming after two draws in their previous two games. A bonus point was scant consolation for defeat in a match which was always very hard and uncompromising, but was a credit to both clubs.

Yet Whitland made the more positive start when a clever cross-kick by Aled Davies allowed No 8 Randall Williams to supply Will Davies with the pass that allowed him to run 30 metres for an unconverted try.

But then the Borderers conceded two unconverted tries.

The first from a scrum in their 22, where they allowed Gareth Bateman and Adrian Killa to put Nick Jones in at the right corner — followed by a fumble at a lineout near their own line which allowed Killa to simply dive on the loose ball.

James Stephenson reduced the deficit for Whitland with a penalty, but Craig Jones responded with a similar kick for Narberth to leave the Otters 13-8 ahead at the break.

The visitors soon increased their lead when flanker Chris Scarfe scored a try in the left corner.

Things went from bad to worse for the Borderers as they set up a counter-attack, but a floated pass allowed Narberth centre John Leyshon to race 65 metres for an interception try, which Jones converted.

Whitland fought back with a ‘tap and go’ try by scrum half Huw Rees after Narberth hooker Dan Smith had been yellow-carded. Stephenson converted and also added a penalty to take the Borderers to just a single converted try adrift.

But the Otters added three points from an easy penalty by full back Roger Davies before Whitland had the final word when Huw Rees claimed his second score from a quickly-taken tap penalty.

Rees missed the conversion with the last touch of the match — but it mattered little since Whitland had a bonus point and the Otters celebrated an excellent away victory.