An encounter between two teams locked together towards the bottom of the Championship was never likely to be a high quality affair. Glamorgan Wanderers were the visitors to Pontypool Park - two teams that had known better days but both struggling to find something to lift the gloom.
The match was a very even but scrappy affair. Pooler had the stronger ball carriers with Adam Brake particularly prominent but Wanderers had the pacier backs and looked dangerous on the counter attack. In the end it was the opportunism of the Wanderers backs that won the day.
Pooler scored first as has become normal and built up a 10 point lead with a converted try from a 5 metre scrum and a penalty. Wanderers hit back with their own converted try folllowing loose play from Pooler. The score of 10-7 at half time meant that it was anyone's game with the Pooler Park slope favouring the visitors in the second half.
The second half was as scrappy as the first with both sides making far too many errors. The Wanderers, however, looked the most likely to score as the Pooler players seemed to tire. There was an exchange of penalty goals to make the score 13-10 - could Pooler hang on?. After squandering a number of chances the visitors eventually scored the only try of the half with Griffiths crossing in the corner after brushing aside the Pooler defence. Try as they might Pooler could not respond leaving the final score 13-17 and another narrow home defeat.
After the abject performance by Wales the previous evening, the weekend was going from bad to worse for Pooler fans. The only bit of cheer was the news that Australia had beaten England - clutching at straws or what!
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