There was no senior rugby at the weekend due to the Six Nations matches and what a weekend of rugby highs and lows, for the home nations.

The thriller in Cardiff was probably one of the most exciting test matches of recent times, decided on a number of factors that will be endlessly discussed in the weeks ahead as the tournament progresses.

Most pundits would say that the Grand Slam and Championship will be decided when England visit Dublin on the last weekend, but as we all know, this might yet not be the case, as this wonderful tournament might yet house a few surprises.

With only a handful of league games remaining in our season, a look at the WRU West (A) league table clearly indicates that there are two distinct sections in the table

LEAGUE 3 WEST A

P W D L Pts

St. Clears 14 12 0 2 56

Milford Haven 14 11 0 3 53

Cardigan 12 10 1 1 50

Pembroke 14 9 1 4 49

Laugharne 13 8 0 5 43

Neyland 15 7 0 8 39

Tregaron 13 5 0 8 27

P’broke D. Quins 13 4 0 9 21

Llangwm 15 2 0 13 8

St. Davids 15 0 0 15 0

With a points difference of seven points between the top four teams, all it would seem could mount a late charge for the title.

St. Clears, Milford and Cardigan have proved difficult opponents for Pembroke, but with two games in hand over all the rest, Cardigan will feel confident they have a chance to make a late bid; their cup game against Milford this coming weekend might be an indicator as to who will run out eventual competitors to St. Clears, who at the moment seem to be favourites for the title.

Pembroke still have to play Cardigan (A), St. Clears (A), Llangwm (H) and Laugharne (H) and so they might yet have a say in the outcome.

After the twists and turns of the Six Nations, none of these teams will be taking anything for granted in their remaining fixtures; so there could be some really excellent matches on the horizon for the home supporters in each case. Good luck to everyone.

WORTHINGTON WEDNESDAY

The club, in conjunction with Molson Coors, is holding a Worthington Wednesday event next Wednesday, February 22, when Phil Steele, Ken Owens and Ryan Jones will be fielding questions from our guests. There are very few tickets left, but we welcome anyone who is interested in attending to call at the club to secure tickets, which are £10, and this includes a buffet. Doors will be open at 6.45 pm and the show starts promptly at 7.30 pm.

YOUTH XV

Pembroke Youth travelled to Narberth last Friday evening with high hopes of recording the double over a strong Narberth team. First blood went to Narberth when a penalty was kicked after the Pembroke lads were deemed to be offside at a ruck.

Pembroke then hit back immediately. After a missed kick to touch by Narberth was fielded by ‘new’ fullback Yori Roberts, his long pass opened up an attacking platform, which resulted in centre Fraser James scoring under the posts. Tom Harding-Jones successfully converted.

Afterwards, both teams showed good attacking intentions, before Narberth scored a try in the corner and the conversion was narrowly missed.

Pembroke fought back strongly and were awarded a penalty 30 metres out in front of the posts. Instead of taking the three points, Tom Harding-Jones took a quick tap and after a long pass, wing Harvey Johns scored his first try for the club wide out in the corner; the conversion was missed from a difficult angle.

In a ‘ding dong’ battle, Narberth came back again and their forward power came to the fore as they crashed over close to the posts to make the half-time score a deserved 15-12 to Narberth.

The second half continued with high skill levels being shown by both teams.

Pembroke were next to score when, after good inter-passing by backs and forwards, winger Elliott Evans touched down for a try converted by Tom Harding-Jones.

Straight from the resulting kick-off, Pembroke forwards made good progress, offloading several times before centre Tom Kinnear took the scoring pass; again Tom Harding Jones converted.

At this time, the Pembroke team were well on top and created several chances, but due to ‘white line fever’ and poor execution, a few opportunities were not taken to increase the lead.

Narberth then showed great resilience and forced Pembroke back into their 22, where from a driving lineout they crashed over for another hard-earned try.

From the restart, Pembroke conceded a couple of penalties and Narberth again scored a further try in similar fashion to the previous one.

Still with 10 minutes remaining, Pembroke continued to press and failed to convert on both occasions.

At the final whistle, the final score was Narberth 27 Pembroke 26.

The match was a great example of the standard of youth rugby played in Pembrokeshire.

Whilst pleased with their performance, the Pembroke side were left to rue their missed chances and the result also reinforced to them all the importance of tackling at critical times.

UNDER 16s

Pictured (above right) are Pembroke U16s together with coaches Richard Allen, Jordan Gwilliam, Alex Sherratt, Neil Machin and physio Rachel Sherratt. The team, which has had a very good season in terms of results, has played some entertaining and excellent rugby. They have played a number of teams further afield, such as New Dock Stars, Tonna, Aberaeron and Ammanford.

In March, the team and parents are all heading off to watch the Wales v Ireland match, followed by a short tour of Bath taking in the atmosphere and culture of the city and playing Avonvale RFC.