Narberth 18 pts. Fleur De Lys 23

Two unconverted tries in the last five minutes of this match gave the visitors, Fleur De Lys, a victory which at one time had looked unlikely. In doing so, Flower gained revenge for suffering defeat in similar circumstances when Narberth scored two converted tries in the dying embers of the game to snatch victory in the corresponding match at Fleur De Lys earlier in the season. Spectators were still arriving at the ground when Flower outside-half Brett Green opened the scoring with a penalty from 37 metres in the first minute. His opposite number, Scott Penney, equalised for Narberth with a penalty from the 22 in front of the posts. Midway through the first half, Otters number eight Lewis Wood scored the first of his two tries with a superb pick up and blind-side break from a scrum near the Fleur De Lys line. His diagonal run towards the right corner took out three defenders and he touched down for an unconverted try. Ten minutes later, Scott Penney extended the lead for Narberth with another short range penalty. On the stroke of half-time, Fleur De Lys captain Richard Thomas was yellow-carded, but Narberth were unable to take advantage of the fact that the visitors were reduced to 14 players. Immediately upon the restart, Brett Green slotted over a second penalty of the match to reduce the deficit. Within 10 minutes, the Narberth lead had been increased when Lewis Wood went over for his second try of the match. Again it came from a scrum near the posts and he used his pace and power to touch down under the posts for a try converted by Scott Penney. Five minutes later, Flower hooker Craig Marshall was yellow-carded. Being reduced to 14 players seemed to inspire the visitors and for the second time in the match they scored with a player sin-binned. Winger Mathew Davies took advantage of some slip-shod defence by the Otters to finish off a broken play move with a run down the left wing before he cut inside for a try converted by Brett Green. Narberth responded immediately. Centre Andrew Bowen made a typical break down the middle of the park. When the ball was recycled, it was moved slickly along the line to winger Richard Rees, who appeared to go over for a try, but unfortunately he lost possession of the ball before it could be grounded over the line. Substitute outside-half Emyr Williams had been a little unlucky with one of his two penalty attempts just before the Mathew Davies try as one long-range effort hit the left upright. He had an opportunity to make the game safe for Narberth with another penalty attempt, but this time the kick fell short of the target. Although the Otters were attacking at every opportunity and creating chances, some errors had crept into their play during the closing stages of the match. Flower never gave up and in a determined rearguard action crossed the line for two unconverted tries. In the 80th minute, player-coach Glenn George, the former Welsh international, went over for an unconverted try. The visitors had been awarded a penalty and elected to kick for touch. They secured lineout possession and after the drive for the line, number eight Glenn George touched down for the try which was not converted. With the scores level at 18 points each, the game was in the melting pot and the visitors had the last word with the final move of the match when outside-half Brett Green went over for an unconverted try in the right corner. Speaking after the match, Narberth director of rugby, Rob Phillips, said: "It was an extremely disappointing result, but on the face of it, we deserved far more from our performance than the end result. Ironically, we had played some of the best rugby that we have played for a number of matches. Our indiscipline with penalties cost us dearly in the last five minutes and we threw the game away as a result. "Most of the Fleur De Lys points came from our indiscretions. If you looked at a territorial map of the game we had the edge, but we did not secure the points. There were crucial turnovers, a disallowed try and a penalty attempt which hit the posts, so things did not go our way today, but our performance was a big improvement on the week before." Narberth team manager Robert Lewis said, it was "a comedy of errors" and went on to say "Fleur De Lys grafted away and tried to pick up on our loose play. We made a lot of mistakes through handling errors and we failed to take our chances. "At one stage we were 18 points to six up, but we missed a certain try and failed to take a kickable penalty opportunity. "Fleur De Lys came back to score two tries in the last 10 minutes to take the match. "We played some good rugby at times. Number eight Lewis Wood had an exceptional game and did not deserve to end up on the losing side." After having such an outstanding game, it was no surprise when Lewis Wood was nominated man-of-the-match by the Folly Farm Balcony Suite match sponsors, Jones Brothers, of Narberth. The Narberth Former Players' Association acted as Otters' Holt match sponsors and the match ball was sponsored by the Landshipping Boys and Malcolm Kennard, of Haverfordwest. Narberth fielded: Mark Davies, Richard Rees, Elgan Vittle (Neil Davies), Andrew Bowen, Nick Jones, Scott Penney (Emyr Williams), Adrian Killa, Alan Phillips, capt. (Leigh Jones), Kevin Allen, Nathan Williams, David Ebsworth (Gareth Bennett), Emori Katalau, Rob McCusker, Gary Denver and Lewis Wood.