Division One West

Crymych 17 Ammanford 3

Ammanford travelled to Crymych expecting a tough game and their cause was made all the more difficult by a couple of late withdrawals.

However, the visitors started well despite playing into the strong wind, and the scrum looked to have the upper hand with a plan to hold on before the break and play for territory in the second half.

Things started to unravel when Ammanford lost their own line-out and a strong midfield break from the hosts ended with scrum-half Dyfan Daniel darting over for a try from a ruck under the posts. Outside-half Sam Phillips added the extras.

Ammanford found themselves under goal-line pressure for long periods but managed to cling on despite a series of silly offloads while running into the wind which did little to relieve the pressure.

Things went from the ridiculous to the desperate for the visitors when, from a Crymych up-and-under, two Ammanford defenders ran into each other, and – in trying to recover - Jake Baker tripped the home full-back and picked up a yellow card for his trouble. The resultant penalty saw the hosts ease into a 10-0 lead.

With Baker off the field, another poor pass while trying to run out of defence was intercepted by home centre Carwyn Phillips who ran in from 50 metres for a touchdown under the posts and an easy conversion.

With two minutes left in the half Baker returned, but in a bid to make amends his enthusiasm proved too much for the referee’s liking and a second yellow turned red.

Forced to play out the entire second half with 14 men, Ammanford battled hard but were unable to make the most of the wind at their backs due to their lack of numbers.

The game went from one end to the other, but the only score of the half came courtesy of a 45metre penalty from Ammanford full back James Owen.

Ammanford spent the final ten minutes camped on the opposition line searching a losing bonus point, but it all proved too easy for the hosts to defend and Crymych ran out comfortable 17-3 victors.