Narberth Ath. 29 pts. South Gower 10 Narberth Athletic have reached the final stage of the Polypipe Civils Championships play-offs after defeating South Gower in a match played at Llangennech. After South Gower had taken the lead with a try by one of their wingers, centre Mike Georgiou kicked a penalty for the Narberth Athletic side. The Athletic team went into the lead with a try by lock Nick Roach from a driving lineout and Mike Georgiou added the points for the conversion. The Narberth team had looked like scoring minutes earlier when scrum-half Gethin Jones made a break from the 22, but he was judged not to have grounded the ball properly. Gethin Salter came on as a blood replacement for winger Alex Hill and seized the opportunity to make a contribution by scoring an unconverted try. Just before the half-time whistle, South Gower scored a second unconverted try. In the second half, Gethin Salter came on as a replacement for fullback Sam McNaughton. Once again Salter had an impact on the match when he ran in for a quite breathtaking try from the halfway line for a try converted by Mike Georgiou. By this stage, the Athletic team were well and truly on top and winger Alex Hill completed the scoring for the afternoon with a try converted by Mike Georgiou. Commenting after the match, Narberth Athletic captain Jason Jennings said: "It was an excellent performance by the boys and everyone, including the substitutes, played a key part in getting the win. "We will have to pull out all of the stops on Saturday (April 21) when we play Penybanc in the second of the play-offs at Whitland Rugby Club and the winner of that match will play in the Polypipe Civils Championship next season." Kick-off for the final play-off is at 2.30 pm. Narberth fielded: Sam McNaughton (Gethin Salter and Shane Higgon), Tim Plumb, Mike Georgiou, Andrew Bowen, Alex Hill, Rob Nicholas, Gethin Jones (Peter Rodway), Gareth Jones (Tom Parcell), Gethin Beynon (Aubery Young), Martin Bowen, Jason Jennings, Nick Roach, Anthony Griffiths, Ryan Whatmore and Richard Sharp (Grant Pratt).
