Dunvant welcomed Beddau to Broadacre on their first ever visit and somehow managed to lose a game they were in control of until the last 12 seconds. On a bright sunny afternoon Dunvant had a very slight advantage of the light breeze which allowed both sides to play open and attractive rugby refereed with empathy by Wayne Davies, sometimes to the frustration of the coaches but it made for a flowing game. Danny Davies made a long awaited return to first team action along with Shaun Davies in the front row.

An open first half resulted in both sides scoring 2 tries apiece for Dunvant to lead 17-15 at the break. Adam Williams and Danny Davies on his return both scoring tries with Aled Lewis converting both and adding a penalty.

After the break Beddau hit back with an unconverted try to lead 20-17. Concerted pressure from both forwards and backs led to Josh Cuggy be put in on the overlap for an unconverted try. More pressure led to Jamie Nicholas scoring an excellent try after some deft handling by Danny Davies converted by Aled Lewis for Dunvant to lead 29-20 with 10 minutes left.

The home side seemed to be comfortably holding the visitors at bay without any major concerns until a forward drive from a lineout led to an unconverted try with 2 minutes to go. From the restart Dunvant regained procession before needlessly kicking the ball into touch with seconds to go. From the resultant line out Beddau moved the ball through several phases to score an excellent team try to win the match.

The rugby club singers man of the match was interestingly awarded to the whole team when still leading 29-20 to the surprise of many watching. This again was a game we could and should have won and lost through not controlling the ball when in procession and making wrong decisions at critical times.

Scores:
[b]Dunvant: 29 (I try bonus, I losing bonus)[/b]
Tries: 11 Adam Williams-Parry (T1), 13 Sam Evans (T2), 4 Josh Cuggy (T3), 6 Jamie Nicholas (T4)
Conversions: 10 Aled Lewis ( T1.T2, 4)
Penalty: 10 Aled Lewis (P1)
Beddau: 30 ( 1 try bonus)
Tries: 10 Hywel Chatham (T1), 15 Callum Wheeler (T2), 11 Tom Shepherd (T3), A. N Other (T4, T5)
Conversion: 10 Hywel Chatham (T1), Penalty: 10 Hywel Chatham (P1)
Half-Time: Dunvant 17 Beddau 15

Dunvant team:
Backs: 15 Sam Hawkes, 14 Matt Richards, 13 Sam Evans, 12 Danny Davies, 11 Adam Williams-Parry, 10 Aled Lewis, 9 Gareth Davies
Forwards: 1 Ryan Shoemark, 2 Ceri Davies (Capt.), 3 Shaun Davies, 4 Josh Cuggy, 5 Nathan Vaughan, 6 Jamie Nicholas, 7 Adam Gregory, 8 Jordan Jackson,
Replacements from: 16 George Jawad, 17 Connor Buckett, 18 Aaron Perkins, 19 Ben Ley, 20 Richard Lewis,

Match Official: Wayne Davies

Main Match Sponsors:
GROUNDHOG UK LTD-Mr. Paul Ratcliffe
TRANSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY- Mr. Greg Pye
DEFY TIME- Dr. Alan Jones
JISTCOURT (SOUTH WALES) LTD

Match Hosts:
O’BRIEN SECURITY SYSTEMS- Mr. Derek O’Brien

Match Ball Sponsor: Stephen Richards

Ball Boys & Scoreboard Operators: Dunvant R.F.C. Under 13’s

Results for Saturday 1st April
W.R.U.National Championship
Bedlinog 10 Cardiff Met 19 (HT 10-6)
Dunvant 29 Beddau 30 (HT 17-15)
Glynneath 18 Newbridge 14 (HT 18-7)
Pontypool 23 Glamorgan Wanderers 3 (HT 10-0)
Skewen 11 Newcastle Emlyn 14 (HT 3-11)
Tata Steel 14 Narberth 25 (HT 7-13)

Swansea District Premier League Division A
Gorseinon v Seven Sisters
Swansea University v Waunarlwydd

Ospreys OD Youth league
No fixtures

Youth Friendly:
Bryncoch Youth v Dunvant Youth (now Sunday 2nd)