Tumble narrowly saw off Seven Sisters to bag the SA Brains Bowl title with a 27-26 victory in baking conditions at Loughor.
It was Seven Sisters that raced into an early 16-0 lead but the Magpies showed their determination to claw it back to 16-14 at the break.
The Three West outfit crossed three times with an excellent double from centre Dafydd Pritchard, while wing Ricky Allinson also dancing his way over. Steven Hewitt was in fine form with the boot, adding the extras to all three and firing home a penalty, before fly half James Owen slotted a crucial drop goal to seal the victory.
Seven, who finished runners up in Three South West, also ran in three tries with wing Anthony Llewellyn bagging a brace and flanker Peter O’Sullivan also going over. Mark Smith slotted a solitary conversion and three penalties, as they just fell short.
Llandovery claimed the Tovali Cup in emphatic style on a hot and balmy evening at Broadacre, running out 50-10 victors over Glynneath.
It was a game too far for Glynneath. Their second Cup final in five days, after defeating Maesteg Quins to the Silver Ball crown a few days earlier, they fell away in the final half hour after an evenly matched opening 50 minutes whereby Llandovery led 19-10.
But as the match wore on, gaps began to appear and the floodgates opened as the Church Bank outfit crossed eight times in all, with an impressive display from hat-trick hero and 20 year old centre Jack Roberts, with scrum half Danny Newlands, hooker Gerald Ellis, prop Wyn Jones and back rows Matthew Harbut and Shaun Miles all crossing the whitewash. They also fired home five penalties through Mike Evans (3) and replacement Andrew Claypole (2).
Glynneath, who will be plying their trade in One West next season, will be proud of their performance holding off the Premiership outfit for large periods, wing Jonny Morgan touched down for their only try, while outside half Jack O’Reily added the extras and a penalty.
“We can’t complain about the excellent season we’ve had. It was just a case of a game too far with this match coming too close to the Silver Ball final. The boys were out on their feet at the end but it was a pretty evenly matched contest and they just had nothing more to give in the final quarter”, commented Glynneath Official, Brian Morgan.
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