Whitland Youth travelled to Milford last weekend.

They played on the main Observatory pitch after the struggling Milford first team had been relegated to the smaller spare pitch.

This may have been a ploy to enable the talented Milford backs more space on the wider pitch; if it was, it was one that backfired as the visitors started with purpose when in the first two minutes a loose kick was gathered by Ollie Morgan on the right wing who brought the ball back in field and passed to outside-half Steffan James, who chipped through the rush defence to re-gathered the ball and score.

The same two players were the catalysts for the second try after they combined to run the ball from their own 22-metre area.

Ryan Davies entered the line and, showing his terrific pace, ran the ball down into the home 22-metre area.

Milford stopped the play illegally and gave away a penalty, but with the referee playing advantage, the ball was quickly moved out to left winger Josh Thoms to score in the corner.

Milford backs, not to be outdone set up their Pembrokeshire Schools fullback Jordan Roberts, who waltzed through several defenders to score under the posts, which he also converted to take the score to 10-7.

Whitland struck back immediately after good work from Jamie Harris and Josh Thoms, whose interplay took the ball up to the Milford try line; this allowed the forwards to recycle and carry over the try where Rhys Cadogan at scrum-half got the final touchdown.

Milford again came back to keep themselves in the game when their best player, outside centre Jack Johnston used all his strength and guile to break through the defence and score, but with the conversion missed, the half-time score remained at 15-12 to Whitland.

Milford won a penalty from the kick-off, which Roberts converted to level the scores and set up an interesting second half.

Whitland forwards were dominating possession and field position to such an extent that it took a resolute defence to stop them from going further ahead.

Whitland did, however, then get the breakthrough midway through half when Ryan Davies, playing at fullback, who had been a thorn in Milford's side all afternoon, scored a brace of tries.

The first when he was given the ball midfield just outside their 22 and his powerful run took him in to score.

His second came soon after when a training ground move allowed him to burst through the hole left by the defensive centres.

Both tries were converted by Steffan James to give the visitors a commanding lead of 29-15.

In the final few minutes, the powerful full back was on for his hat-trick after again breaking the Milford defence, but he was tackled on the try-line and his attempted flip pass during the tackle was intercepted by the Milford right wing who carried the ball out to the 22-metre area before being bundled into touch by the scrambling Whitland defence.

Winning the lineout, Whitland passed the ball into midfield and forced a penalty from the tiring Milford defence, and opting to take the kick for goal, James added the final three points.

The referee then blew for full-time with the final score 32-15 to Whitland.

Playing on a firm pitch in dry conditions for the first time since last October, both sides should be congratulated for a very entertaining game of rugby, with both being totally committed and trying to move the ball into space at every opportunity.