Spoil Sports snatch victory at the death from Porthcawl
PORTHCAWL ............... 17 BRIDGEND SPORTS ... 20
MATCHES between these two never fail to excite and Porthcawl’s belated start to the season ended in narrow defeat when victory seemed in the bag.
Returning outside half Josh White got the scoreboard moving with an early penalty only for the Sports to cancel this out and it waas 3-3 at halftime.
The second spell couldn’t have started better for Porthcawl as following sustained pressure, a hurried pass went astray and full back Gareth Rees intercepted and sprinted unopposed to the line for a try, converted by White.
The Sports never lie down and indeed often make things difficult for opponents and anything Porthcawl could do, well so could they. They levelled with a fine converted try under the posts.
With the match played at a frenetic pace at times, with commitment total from both sides, it was always going to be nip and tuck and the match swung back the Seaweeds way once more as flying winger Joey Jones, made the crucial break before feeding centre Tom Bluck and his try converted by White once more edged Porthcawl ahead.
Into the final 10 minutes and back came the Sports as Porthcawl seemed to suddenly tire and their converted try made it 17-17.
With full time ebbing closer, one last determined effort by the visitors saw Porthcawl concede a crucial penalty and two minutes into injury time, the Sports snatched the spoils.
The Seaweeds now travel to Glyncorrwg on Saturday in search of a first win on the road this season.