The game got off to a fearsome start as South African openside flanker, Thabo, put in one of his trademark big hits on the Denbigh second row receiving the kick off.

Both teams tested each outer out for the next half an hour, with little to tell between the sides. Denbigh’s big pack had the ascendancy in the scrum but Bala’s more mobile forwards were first to the ruck. After a period of sustained pressure from Denbigh, their big number eight picked up from a five metre scrum and burrowed over the try line 28 minutes into the first half.

It was a big loss to Bala when their lively outside centre, Dyfrig Jones, had to leave the field following a knock to the head.

Denbigh grew in confidence and their pack continued to drive their way towards the try line. Valiant tackling from Thabo, Dafydd Drewgoed and Dyl Anderson wasn't enough to keep them out. After 35 minutes, a Denbigh rolling maul resulted in another converted try.

With the wind behind them and playing down the slope, Bala spent more time in the Denbigh half. The Fedw Lwyd brothers, Gerald and Gethin, carried the ball aggressively into contact. Scrum half, Brenig, distributed the ball magnificently under pressure and Dafydd Drewgoed punched holes in the Denbigh defence. The big Denbigh forwards began to tire and Bala started to take control of the scrums. Half way through the second half, Bala forwards pressure was rewarded with a try for Gethin Fedw Lwyd off the back of a rolling maul.

The rest of the game was a wrestling match between the two tired packs and the game finished 14 – 5 to Denbigh.