It started off as a pleasant sunny afternoon but the clouds soon gathered and an icy wind started to blow. The rather hostile climatic conditions coupled with an enterprising and hard-working performance from Pontypool soon put paid to Cardiff. It was one of Pooler's better performances of the season and a decent sized crowd were overjoyed apart from the few pockets of Cardiff fans who had made the trip. We got a bonus point for scoring four nice tries and we had edged above local rivals Newport in the league so we were happy.
Then you get to thinking - we finish above Newport, so what? We are doomed to life in the lower leagues and cannot really do anything about it on the field. The WRU have decided that our face does not fit at the Premier League table for reasons that are not clear to us and we had best just grin and bear it. It seems incredible to the die-hard supporters that we can be treated so shoddily and it is to the team's great credit that they still feel motivated enough to give their all each week.
There are murmurs on the Bank that it is not all over yet and we will fight for our rights. The eyes of the Wales, however, are focused on Triple Crowns and Grand Slams and do not spare a thought for our plight .
Anyway the next visitors to the park will be the league leaders Neath a nice appetiser for the Wales v Italy the following day.
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