21st JANUARY 2012

Fishguard and Goodwick skipper Steve Jenkins certainly led by example as they took another major step towards pouching the section silverware as they travelled to top of the table Nantgaredig and came back with a cracking win.

The Seagulls had already beaten Nantgaredig 27-16 at The Moor and ‘Jenks’ powered through for two tries as his side claimed a deserved double – and the win was all the more meritorious because the other try scorer was youth team hooker Owain Morgans as they were without key players in Andrew Morrillo, Mark Leonard and Gavin Walsh up front, plus player/coach Huw Evans from their midfield.

But in a real team effort where they were able to call Romeo Colella and Nathan Jenkins off the bench, the Seagulls trailed 13-5 at half time but clawed their way back as Steve Jenkins kept his side going, even when they had Mark James yellow-carded and conceded a penalty try in the process.

Nantgaredig opened the scoring with a penalty from outside half Meirion Davies but a typical Jenkins surge gave him an unconverted try before Nantgaredig picked up a vital ten points near half time from their penalty try to go with the conversion and a second penalty for Meirion Davies.

The Seagulls started the second period with an excellent try from Morgans after good work by James Griffiths and Mike Jenkins. Griffiths missed a couple of kickable chances in the wind but added the late conversion to Steve Jenkins’ second try so that Fishguard are now only four points behind their opponents, but with two games in hand.

MATCH REPORT BY BILL CARNE