A weakened Llandeilo side completed their pre-season build up with a narrow defeat to Llandovery 2nd XV. In sweltering heat, the home side took the lead with a try from centre Gareth Augustus. The visitors struck back with two penalties from Emyr Davies and Alex Vaughan Morris.

In a thrilling second half the visitors upped the tempo, with the back row trio of Williams, Peters and Mosley more than holding their own.

Against the run of play, the Drovers broke away with a well worked try by winger Gwilym Evans, which was converted by Aled Davies.

The visitors could have won the match in the final moments as wing Paul Jones came close to scoring in the corner.

The Drovers coach said: "It's always nice to play Llandeilo and although it was a friendly both teams showed a lot of commit­ment". Llandeilo coach, Barry Williams was full of praise for his side. "This was a big effort from the boys," said Williams. "Chris Mosley was out-standing at No. 8 and Alex Vaughan Morris's kicking out of hand was superb. We will take this into our game at Tenby next weekend".

Llandovery top the table on points difference from Dunvant after returning 64-5 winners from Waunarlwydd, whose only crumb of comfort was a try by wing Jack James. 

Wing Dylan Williams sped over for three of the seven Llandovery tries with four more shared between full-back Celfyn Davies and centre Ioan Davies. Skipper and flanker Emrys Evans added his name to the scoresheet as did wing Gareth Augustus. Full-back Davies fired over six conversions with skipper Evans also sending one between the uprights.

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Llandovery maintained their unbeaten record and secured a 17-11 victory at Narberth. The first two Llandovery tries were down to lock Chris Thomas and centre Arwel Davies with fly-half Andrew Webster adding one conversion. Narberth competed throughout with a couple of penalties by wing David Thomas and a try by full-back Tim Plumb.

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Llandovery welcomed Waunarlwydd R.F.C to Church Bank, after a previous away encounter saw Llandovery running out convincing winners 64 – 5. The whole of the Llandovery Athletic team wishes to express their deepest thanks to Martin Rees Electrical Contractors and Hugh Evans Fencing for their dual sponsorship of the game. 

The home fixture provided a comparable outcome to the away encounter, with Llandovery running out victorious 56 -13. Defeat for Dunvant, who were sunk by two penalties by Mumbles, meant Llandovery opened up a six-point lead at the top of the table. 

There was much talk prior to the game that Llandovery needed to produce a solid start, after an under par performance against Narberth the previous week. The Athletic team were also eager to provide an impressionable performance for their ever growing number of local supporters present at pitch side. 

Llandovery answered their coaches’ concern with a strong start from the pack, who dominated at the scrum with the aid of the ever solid props Anthony Jones and Mansel Morgan; which led to a penalty by outside half Andy Webster. With Llandovery keen to spread the ball at every opportunity it was not long until scrum-half Aled Jenkins opened the try scoring with a long run-in down the blind.  

With the backs and forwards showing capability of interplaying and off-loading it was evident to see that Llandovery were the stronger side. However, the many refereeing decisions going against the home side broke up the game and allowed Waunarwlydd to recoup with a second half try. In saying this Waunarlwydd did not capitalise from their set pieces where they had a clear height advantage at the line-outs. Llandovery No 8 Aled Walters showed his ability in the line outs and followed up with good work around the park.   

Despite the flow of the refereeing decisions Llandovery managed to produce some great scores close in with the pack and out wide with the backs for a total of nine tries. Other try scorers included full-back Dylan Williams, flanker Daniel Thomas, lock Dylan Thomas, the elusive wing Arwel Davies, centre Gareth Augustus, and outside half Andy Webster who also slotted over four of the conversions. 

Deian Augustus made a return after a lengthy lay-off, and showed some of his previous 1^st XV form by touching down twice, one of which was a fine individual effort to round the day off for what turned out to be a convincing win for the Drovers. 

Llandovery welcome Dunvant R.F.C in the Polypipe Challenge Cup next Saturday, for what will be a close encounter, as at present Dunvant lie second in the table to Llandovery who maintain their position at the top of the Polypipe Civils Championship.   

The Athletic team wishes to thank all the support and sponsorships received to date and hope it can continue onwards to next Saturday.

Llandovery overcame the challenge of visiting Mumbles 30-8.

"It was a big game for us and we knew that Mumbles would be up for it. Our forwards gave us the platform and the backs took it from there," said Llandovery coach Geraint Williams. 

No. 8 Dafydd Thomas powered his way over for one of the three Llandovery tries with scrum-half Aled Jenkins and fly-half Andrew Webster also touching down. Webster added three conversions and a hat-trick of penalties. Mumbles replied with an interception try by centre David Gabe and a penalty from wing Andrew Davies.

Llandovery lifted the Polypipe Civils Challenge Cup for the first time when recording an 11-0 victory over Whitland at Llangennech. But it was certainly no easy passage for the Drovers, who completed a well deserved league and cup double, as they came up against a defiant Whitland side that held their opponents to a 3-0 half-time lead. 

"Whitland proved to be determined and well organised in defence, holding out successive attacks by us before finally conceding a try in the second half," said Llandovery boss Geraint Williams. “It was a good hard game and I am pleased that it was a successful end to what has been an excellent season for us." 

Centre Deian Augustus crossed for the only try of the game with full-back Celfyn Davies adding two penalties. A try by flanker Gethin Beynon plus a penalty by scrum-half Andrew Jones were enough for Narberth to edge an 8-7 win at Waunarlwydd. The teams had been level at 0-0 at half-time.

F = Friendly

L = Polypipe Civils Championship
CC(Round) = Polypipe Civils Challenge Cup