Division 1 West
Dunvant 36 Crymych 22
Three tries conceded within the opening half hour proved to be decisive as despite a superb fightback the Preselimen left themselves far too much to do in this entertaining game.
The visitors whose bus arrived late and which didn’t allow for a decent warm up, struggled to get going and Dunvant dominated from the kick off and starved Crymych of possession for long periods and within a few minutes blindside flanker Adam Gregory broke through to score a try converted by outside half Adam Williams-Parry to take a 7-0 lead.
Five minutes later with the home side pressing hard in front of the posts Dunvant took a quick tap penalty and Gregory powered his way over for his second try. Crymych gradually got back into the game after their shaky start under new coach Randall Williams but Dunvant hit them with a third try on the half hour mark when No 8 Jordan Jackson sprinted over the whitewash to increase the lead to 17-0.
The visitors finally got on the scoreboard when they were awarded a penalty on the 22 metre line and young outside half Ifan Phillips slotted it over to make it 17-3 at the break.
Any hopes of a comeback were quickly dashed in the opening minutes of the second half when Adam Williams Parry sliced his way through the Crymych defence to score and winger Sam Evans converted to extend the lead even further to 24-3.
Crymych though refused to throw the towel in and they hit back with some decent phases through the likes of number eight Guto Davies, scrum half Rhys Davies, hooker Zac France-Miller and centre Carwyn Phillips but they were hit again with another try when replacement scrum half Gareth Davies took a quick tap and dived over to score to make it 29-3.
The visitors rallied and bounced back when experienced centre Gareth Davies took advantage of some sloppy tackling to run through for a try but the hosts replied within a few minutes when full back Sam Hawkes raced over for a touch down converted by Sam Evans to kill the game off.
Crymych though in true Preseli fashion kept going, prompted by second row and captain Rhys Davies and they dominated the remainder of the game and reduced the deficit when outside centre Phillips scored a try which was converted by Ifan Phillips to take the score to 36-15 and within a minute replacement Jake Jenkins added another try and his conversion brought the visitors back to 36-22 and within sight of a try and losing bonus point.
Crymych battered away at the Dunvant try line but some resilient defending kept them out and the home team were well worth their win 36-22 in the end.
Pics supplied by Dunvant RFC.
This weekend Crymych entertain rivals Aberystwyth.
