Llangennech 27 pts. Tenby United 29

GD Harries, Molson Coors, FBM Holidays and Andrew Price sponsored Tenby United managed a massive victory on the road last Saturday and, despite being 27 points to 10 down after 43 minutes, they dug deep and through their 110 per cent defensive efforts and their never-give-up attitude, managed to come back and run in four tries and steal the game from a strong and very experienced Llangennech outfit in their own backyard.

The majority of the first half was dominated by the home side and, despite the Seasiders battling hard in defence, Llangennech struck early when they turned over the Tenby put-in at the scrum and the ball was quickly moved to winger Gethin Long, who touched down in the corner for an unconverted try.

Despite Jonathan Rogers landing a long range penalty on the seven-minute mark due to good work from open-side flanker Luke Hansford preventing a Llangennech attacker releasing the ball on the floor, it was the hosts who were to cause the league-leading Tenby side big problems and managed a further two more tries, along with a Liam Moore penalty, before the visitors found their usual form.

One of Llangennech's tries came through blind-side flanker Chris Strick, who gorunded the ball following another dominant scrum and their third of the first half was touched down by centre Rhys Davies to round off a superb effort from the Carmarthenshire side's threequarters.

Moore converted one of the two to give his side the healthy lead of 20 points to three and in turn gave the Seasiders a real mountain to climb with half-time just five minutes away.

The United heads never once looked like dropping, though, and despite the odds being stacked against them, they knew that, as long as they kept their discipline and belief in each other, they had the tools and the fitness to get themselves out of the hole, and a vital Mark Heywood try just before half-time was probably the catalyst for the monumental comeback that would break Llangennech hearts come 4 pm.

Heywood's try came after he was passed the ball by in-form fullback Damo Miller after his break cut the home defence to shreds.

Rogers slotted the extras and closed the first half with Llangennech 20 points to 10 up.

Following the interval, the homesters tried to put the game out of the reach of the Seasiders and, with the help of a lucky bounce and a good chase by outside-half Steve Hewitt, they had crossed the Tenby line within just three minutes of the restart, as Hewitt gathered the ball and cantered in for the Chris Moore converted try.

That was to be the last points Llangennech would register on the board for the afternoon, though, with their fitness fading early in the second half thanks to the clever territory game that Tenby outside-half Ashley Sutton played by kicking deep into their half and making the home team turn and chase.

It was from one such kick that the United's next try came.

Sutton put the ball deep into Llangennech territory and the pressure put on the catcher by Miller forced the ball to be cleared to touch and with a lineout move straight out of forwards coach Chris 'Cone' James's little black book working as planned, the Seasiders' pack shoved Llangennech back over their line for second row Luke Dedman to touch down.

Rogers kicked the conversion and closed the gap to within 10 points and, with the Tenby tails now up, they were about to dominate the remainder of the game.

Along with Llangennech's flagging fitness, came frustration and a lack of discipline, and it was as a result of this that Tenby were awarded the free-kick that Rogers took quickly and by the time the home defence knew what was happening, he had already converted his try and was heading back for the restart.

With the United now within just three points of Llangennech and looking stronger in every area than their opponents, it wasn't long before Tenby's man-of-the-match, Damo Miller, would run in the bonus point and lead-earning try.

The fullback's unconverted try came following some fine phases of play from both forwards and backs which gave him the space to use his pace and outstretch any would-be defenders on his way to the line.

With their hefty lead now gone and Tenby in a now well-deserved lead, insult was added to injury for Llangennech as a blatant high tackle saw one of their forwards dismissed to the sin bin, forcing his side to play the remainder of the game with 14 men on the pitch.

Llangennech did threaten the Seasiders line once more in the dying moments of the match, but superb covering from Miller, who ran from one side of the field to the other to make the try and match-saving tackle, meant that when the final whistle blew, the Seasiders were still on top of Division One West and still remain the only unbeaten side in the section.

Tenby United are at home toworrow (Saturday) when they welcome local rivals Whitland to Heywood  Lane for the eagerly-awaited local derby game which is sure to attract a large crowd.

Kick-off at Heywood  Lane is at the usual time of 2.30 pm, so please come along and enjoy what is sure to be an entertaining and hard-fought encounter.

Tenby United fielded: Damo Miller, Dan Colley (Dai Meyrick), Jack Guerreiro, Toby Smith, Mark Heywood, Ashley Sutton, Jonathan Rogers, Rob Weston, Luke Hansford, Andrew Cooke (Harry Bolton), Wyndham Williams, Luke Dedman, Johnny Palmer (Rob Luly), Gareth Jones, capt, Rob Clark.