Builth Wells 23 pts. Narberth 24

Narberth got out of jail through a last gasp interception try by winger Tom Bonnell under the posts which Craig Jones converted to give the Otters the narrowest of victories after the Bulls had led throughout the match.

Over the years, Builth Wells have often proved to be a bogey side for both Narberth and Whitland and, although the Bulls are struggling to avoid relegation, there was no sign of it in the first 15 minutes of the first half.

Despite the sticky conditions under foot, the Bulls rampaged through the Otters' defence, cutting it to pieces, to build up an unanswered lead of 20 points.

One move followed another and Narberth were at sixes and sevens to stop the triumphant charge by the Bulls.

Wing Gethin Davies touched down for the first try after just three minutes when he went over in the left corner. Fortunately for Narberth, wing John Thurston was unable to convert, although he did increase the lead four minutes later from a long range penalty kick.

Builth Wells were hungry for more and after 10 minutes Gethin Davies picked up his second try of the match near the posts, but Thurston was again off target with his conversion attempt.

There was more to come when number eight Ben Duggan crossed over for a try near the left corner from a lineout, which Thurston converted, so that after just 15 minutes of the match, Builth Wells led by 20 points.

As one spectator quipped, "It was just like watching Wales play in the Six Nations."

The visitors suffered further setbacks in quick succession when flanker Gareth Bateman was yellow-carded and then after 20 minutes of the match, prop Sean Lloyd was red-carded after an alleged foul on a Builth player.

Although the temporary loss of Bateman and the permanent loss of Lloyd was a big blow to the Otters, the Bulls were held at bay for the remainder of the first half.

After 31 minutes, outside-half Craig Jones clawed back three points with a penalty to reduce the Builth lead to 17 points at the interval.

After six minutes of play in the second half, the Bulls scored again through a penalty by John Thurston.

This seemed to stir the Otters into action.

After tightening up on their defence as the first half progressed, the Otters now turned their attention to attack, aided by the yellow-carding of Builth Wells' influential number eight Ben Duggan.

Midway through the second half, fullback Roger Davies raced into the line to cross for a try converted by Craig Jones.

Seven minutes later, lock Jason Jennings capped a fine all-round performance with a tremendous run from just inside their 22.

The mobile forward was fed with a pass by scrum-half Adrian Killa from a tapped penalty and Jennings sliced through the Bulls' defence to cross for a try converted by Craig Jones.

With just six points separating the sides, there was everything to play for, but it was deep into injury time when the Otters made the final breach on the Bulls' defences when the ever-alert Tom Bonnell picked up the ball from an interception near the halfway line.

When Bonnell is given space, few wingers can compete with his pace, let alone other players, and after evading the initial attempted tackles, he cut diagonally across the field to touch down under the posts. Craig Jones made no mistake with the conversion attempt to give the Otters the lead for the first time in the match.

Referee Gareth Butler, who had been taken ill just before half-time when the match should have been concluded earlier in the season, blew up and it was all over, much to the delight of the Otters faithful who had travelled up to the Groe.

Jonathan Dodd, director of rugby for Narberth, spoke to Observer Sport after the match and said: "We are very pleased to come up here and get a win after an awful start when we gifted 20 points away as we just did not turn up.

"We dug deep with 14 men and with the last play of the game we managed to get a win. After the initial disappointment, we were very proud and pleased with the way in which the boys came back in to the match.

"A lot of things were going against us with some of the decisions, but fair play to Builth for the way they played, particularly their pack, as they really stuck to it. It was only when they tended to blow up in the last 20 minutes that we kept playing the ball up wide which was good.

"However, we will learn a lot from this match. The second half comeback was mainly down to aspirations. In the first 20 minutes we hardly touched the ball and defended poorly. As a result, mistakes were made as Builth put pressure on us, but once we started to have some ball on a regular basis there was only going to be one side in it.

"The main problem initially was getting the ball as Builth played very well. They had an excellent kick and chase game and they also retained possession of the ball.

"Jason Jennings was nominated man-of-the-match for his all-round play in the second row and he scored a nice try. Number eight Steffan Phillips, along with flanker Colin Davies, both had good games and scrum-half Adrian Killa kept us ticking over behind the pack.

"At the end, it was a very pleasing result and as coaches we breathed a sigh of relief along with the players and supporters."

Tomorrow (Saturday), Narberth are home to Bridgend Athletic.

Narberth fielded: Roger Davies, Tom Bonnell, Richard Davies (capt), John Leyshon, Nick Jones, Craig Jones, Adrian Killa, Sean Lloyd, Aled Harries, Justin Hughes, Chris Scarf, Jason Jennings, Gareth Bateman, Colin Davies and Steffan Phillips.

Replacements: Dan Smith, Tom Slater, Andrew Davies, Simon Griffiths and Mark Heywood.