Narberth 20 pts. Dunvant 23

In a nail-biting finish, with Narberth leading by five points, Dunvant scored an injury time try through number eight and captain Paul Morris to poach a last gasp win. It had been one of those games with the lead changing hands at regular intervals. Steve Martin gave the Otters the ideal start. After outside-half Mike Georgiou had charged down a kick, the ball was released to centre Steve Martin. His path to the line was blocked, but a deft kick over the heads of the opposition and speed off the mark by Martin resulted in a try in the left corner after just two minutes. Unfortunately, winger Nick Jones was unable to convert. Five later, the visitors took the lead. Good work by the Dunvant pack was finished off by a rolling maul, which enabled flanker Chris Scarf to score a try under the posts and outside-half Aaron Bramwell added the two points for the conversion. A penalty by Peter Bramwell from the 22 increased the lead for Dunvant. Three minutes later, Nick Jones attempted a long- range penalty, which dropped just under the posts, but two minutes later he was on target with a kick from 37 metres to claw back three points. Just afterwards, Mike Georgiou appeared to have put Steve Martin away for a try in the right corner, but with Martin running unopposed towards the line, the referee blew for a forward pass. A short-range penalty by Aaron Bramwell increased the Dunvant lead, but the Otters set up the second half with an injury time try by skipper Sion Brace. From a lineout on the left, the ball started moving across the field, but outside-half Chris MacDonald changed the direction of the play. Using his know- how and experience, MacDonald then grubber kicked the ball through to the left corner and Sion Brace won the race for touchdown. A touchline conversion by Nick Jones made sure that the Otters would go into the interval two points in the clear. For a period in the second half, Dunvant were reduced to 14 players when lock Spencer Bessent was yellow-carded for tripping up Sion Brace. However, during the time that Bessent was off the field, it was Dunvant who scored with a penalty from outside the 22 by Aaron Bramwell. This meant that Dunvant were one point ahead, but the lead was shortlived as10 minutes later, substitute outside-half Matthew Davies scored for the Otters. The try was a result of some quick-thinking by centre Steve Marchant, who opened up a chink in the armour, which enabled Matthew Davies to use his speed and side-stepping to go through the Dunvant defence to cross for an unconverted try. For most of the remaining period of the game it was the Otters who dominated both possession and play. For a considerable period the Otters were camped inside the Dunvant half, before Dunvant outside- half Aaron Bramwell made a telling run from inside the Dunvant 22. He gambled, it paid and the move broke down near the Narberth line in the top corner. Dunvant did well in the scrum to win the ball and Paul Morris needed no second bidding to use his long reach after bursting through the defence to cross for a try, converted by Aaron Bramwell, and the visitors had won with the last move of the match. Naturally disappointed after the match Narberth's forwards coach Sean Gale said: "It was a very disappointing result. We had our chances to win the game and a few crucial refereeing decisions went against us, but we have no excuses. Dunvant came down to Narberth, played well within their limitations and what they did, they did very well. "Our set-piece was excellent and we won 70 per cent of lineout ball. This makes it all the more disappointing to end up losing the game. Our defensive lapses in two crucial stages from first phase play cost us the game. "In addition, we failed to take our chances to finish the game off. In fact, it is a bit worrying the way we are playing at the moment, as we are not performing as we were before Christmas. "Everyone is trying hard and mixing in together and I am sure that it will come back in the end. "Centre Steve Martin looked dangerous, the front row scrummaged well, Emori Katalau was superb in the lineout, but as a team we are not doing quite enough. "We are working hard in training to get everything right and we are not a long way off. We just need that little bit of luck to start clicking once again." Narberth's experienced second row forward Emori Katalah was nominated as man-of-the-match by the match sponsors. The Folly Farm Balcony Suite match sponsor was BJP and the Otters Holt match sponsors were the Friends of the late Roy Brown, who have sponsored a match in each of the 10 years since Roy Brown, a regular supporter of the club, has died. The match ball was sponsored by Phillip Evans, of Narberth. In addition, four Pembrokeshire County Councillors clubbed together to sponsor aa match ball, namely Islwyn Howells, of Crundale, Wynne Evans, of Narberth, Rob Lewis, of Martletwy, and Elwyn Morse, of Templeton. Tomorrow (Saturday), Narberth are without a league fixture as Wales are away to France in Paris in the Sixth Nations Championship. The focus switches to the Pembrokeshire Cup and Narberth are away to Pembroke in the quarter- finals, with kick-off at the earlier time of 2 pm. Narberth fielded: Sion Brace (captain), Nick Jones, Steve Martin, Neil Davies (Matthew Davies), Andrew Jones, Mike Georgiou, Chris MacDonald (Andrew Davies), Scott Payne (Nathan Williams), Dan Smith, Justin Hughes, Chris James, Emori Katalau, Jamie Bohata, Matthew Davies and Lewis Wood.