Ammanford flanker Shaun Miles helped the Wales Clubs XV battle back from a one point interval deficit to beat Germany 27-14 in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

The powerful Germans, who are ranked 25th in the official IRB world rankings, kicked three first half penalties to edge ahead, but were overpowered by a thrilling Welsh fightback.

Welsh skipper Jamie Howells spearheaded his side’s charge as he helped himself to 12 points, including one of the three second half tries.

By the end, Wales had outscored their hosts 4-1 in the try department and were worthy winners against much higher-ranked opposition.

“It all went to plan in so much as we got the right result. We expected a physical encounter and we certainly got one,” admitted Howells.

“We kept believing in the game plan and at half-time we stressed the importance of putting phases together. Once we did that we created chances and scored tries.”

Narberth wing Tom Bonnell grabbed the first Welsh try and Howells added a penalty to leave it 9-8 to Germany at the break.

Then Wales cut loose with three further tries to one consolation effort from the home side.

Narberth centre Steve Martin, Whitland centre Emyr Williams and Howells crossed the home line and the skipper added two conversions to complete an historic win.

The Germans had beaten the Ukraine and the Netherlands in their previous two European Nations Cup outings and were using the match as a warm-up for their next Nations Cup Division One match against Spain on November 15.

Wales Clubs XV: Matthew John (UWIC/Blues/Scarlets); Tom Bonnell (Narberth/Scarlets), Steve Martin (Narberth/Scarlets), Emyr Williams (Whitland /Scarlets), David James (Blackwood/Dragons); Jamie Howells (Bargoed /Dragons) captain, Andrew Davies (Narberth/Scarlets); Ross Jones (Bargoed /Dragons), Daniel Smith (Narberth/Scarlets), James Huntley (Rhiwbina/Blues), Jamie Noble (Newbridge/Dragons), Alex Jenkins (Narberth/Scarlets), Chris James (Narberth/ Scarlets), Shaun Miles (Ammanford/Scarlets), Colin Davies (Cardigan /Scarlets).

Replacements: Alun Davies (Carmarthen Quins/Scarlets), Rhys Cleverley (Beddau/Blues), Sion Dafydd Waddington (Pentyrch/Blues), Chris Strick (Felinfoel/Scarlets), Carwyn Morgan (Pill Harriers/Dragons), Matthew Lewis (Builth Wells/Blues), Matthew Davies (Narberth/Scarlets).