Narberth 13 pts Bridgend 13
If rugby matches were won on scrummaging power alone, Narberth would have won this game at a canter. The laws of the game aren't that simple and as a result, the Otters had to settle for a draw when a win would have been more justified.
The home side's front row may have given a few inches in height to their once illustrious counterparts, but they more than made this up in bulk as Sean Lloyd, Dan Smith and captain Justin Hughes gave the Ravens a torrid time in the set-pieces, especially in the second half when the sizeable crowd witnessed a spirited fightback.
If the second half of the game belonged to the Otters, then the first belonged to the visitors. They made all the early running, they looked more creative and they certainly looked quicker in attack. At times, the home defence was stretched to breaking point, yet they held out to limit the scoring, despite barely threatening themselves.
Bridgend took the lead after eight minutes through a Dan Griffiths penalty and when Narberth fullback Roger Davies was yellow-carded soon after for disagreeing with the referee's decision, the visitors made the home team pay with a try by Kyle Barrett that Griffiths converted.
The decision obviously affected the home side as in Davies's absence they looked anything but one of the front runners of this season's campaign.
Passes were dropped, fumbles were made and at one point three players collided with each other after going for a high ball.
In truth, it looked shambolic and Bridgend will be rueing the fact they didn't put the game out of sight during this period.
Davies retuned to the fold and had a chance to reduce the deficit with a penalty attempt which he missed and soon after Griffiths added three more points to his tally just before the break, giving a 13-0 interval lead.
Whatever coach John Dodd said to the team at half-time, it obviously had the desired effect. Fly-half Craig Jones almost created a wonder try after intercepting a pass on his own 22 before being hauled down, yet his final contribution of the game prior to making way for Aled Davies, proved influential.
A kick up field by the outside-half was collected by Roger Davies, who ran at the rushing defence, before two deft chip and takes left the Bridgend players spellbound by this piece of brilliance that resulted in a try. Aled Davies converted.
And then their strength in the scrums finally told. One scrum resulted in a penalty that Davies converted, before another soon after left the scores level.
As the game wore on, another dominant scrum resulted in another penalty and, despite being just outside the 22 and near the right-hand touchline, Davies decided to go for goal instead of believing the set-piece was the best form of attack.
He narrowly missed his target and the game finished in a draw.
The result was a bittersweet one for Dodd.
"I'm pleased with the way we came back, especially after the way Bridgend dominated the contact area in the first half. I'm disappointed to have lost the game, as I felt we did enough to in it.
"We probably should have taken another scrum instead of going for goal late on, but Bridgend are a top side and it's nice to be up there with them."