Milford Haven 27
Neyland 25

Milford Haven established bragging rights after securing a slender hard-fought derby victory against Neyland.

Leigh Broome gave them the early lead with a penalty, which was cancelled out by a similar effort from opposite number Mark Riley, followed by a try from Ian Rusinek to maintain his good run of form for the Mariners.

Good work by Andrew Ling, Adam Thomas, Darren Lewis and Mark Wonnacott up front allowed the strong-running Lee Riley to speed over for a second Milford try, converted by Broome.

Forward Chris Busby rounded off some good work by Neyland’s pack in which John Tennick was outstanding, with Riley adding the extra points to limit Milford to a 15-10 interval lead.

Busby had a second try soon after the restart to level matters, but Milford found success with their substitutions as they brought on David Sweeney and Steve Mayne. Both claimed tries, with the first superbly converted by talented young scrum half Tom Arnold.

Sandwiched in between was a Mark Riley penalty for the All Blacks and he converted a late try by centre Adam Collins to narrow the gap to just two points, but there was no way back for Neyland as Milford eased home for a welcome win to keep the All Blacks at the foot of the table.