Machen were the quicker out of the blocks and a very early penalty gave them the lead, which they doubled on nineteen minutes when former Green & Whites player, outside half Hywel Davies slotted his second penalty kick.

Much of the play up to this point had been nondescript, the sticky pitch not helping the cause of either side. And so it continued before Machen extended their lead with the first real concerted piece of handling play in the match. A neat move down the left put them in a good field position and when Tillery failed to clear their lines, the home left wing drifted cleverly infield to burst through the Tillery defence and cross under the posts for a converted try.

With time ebbing away before the interval, Tillery at last lifted the pace and a great counterattack sparked by Miles and Lee Meredith finished with some neat handling that put lock Adam Morgan over for a try, which was well converted by Chris Stevens.

Immediately from the restart, Tillery rocked Machen again as they launched another incisive attack. Morgan and Brake were prominent after Chris Stevens had breached the home flank with a darting run and as the ball was spun wide right, David Rossiter was on hand to race over in almost exactly the same spot as Morgan's try, Stevens again converting superbly.