With Dunvant in 3rd place and Seven Sisters in 11th, it shows the fine margins involved and how critical it is to close games out to the final whistle.
Fortunately, we should not be frightened to death before the game, a fate which faced the visiting sides in the 50’s and 60’s’, When touring teams went to play Seven Sisters they would often be given a tour of the Seven Sisters colliery prior to playing a match. It was reputedly common practice that when they were lowered down the shaft, the winding man would deliberately allow the cage to drop like a stone before applying the brake at the last moment. Few touring teams won their matches.
So far this season, Seven Sisters have lost at home to Newcastle Emlyn, Mumbles and Skewen but were victors over Aberystwyth in a 33-27 thriller. Seven Sisters achieved their second victory of the season in their last game with a bonus point win 9-32 at Trebanos, the site of Dunvant’s only defeat so far this season. On the road Dunvant have secured wins at Aberystwyth and Mumbles, and a draw at Newcastle Emlyn. On our last visit to Seven Sisters, albeit with a much depleted team, we were comprehensively beaten 25-0 in the final game of the 2012-13 season. Let’s hope our current form will prevail again this weekend.

Match Form:
Seven Sisters: L W L L W 40%
Dunvant:: W W W W W 100%

Match History:
11/05/2013 Seven Sisters 25 Dunvant 0
22/09/2012 Dunvant 20 Seven Sisters 5
09/03/2012 Seven Sisters 26 Dunvant 8 (Brains Bowl Semi Final)

Dunvant Team:
Backs: 15 Adam Williams-Parry, 14 Ben Pothecary, 13 Sam Crowley (Capt.), 12 Danny Davies, 11 Sam Gallagher, 10 Richard Lewis, 9 Aled Lewis
Forwards: 1 Robbie Morris, 2 Ceri Davies, 3 Ed Lucas, 4 Jamie Nicholas, 5 Nathan Vaughan, 6 Adam Gregory, 7 Michael Sully, 8 Jordan Jackson
Replacements: 16 Carwyn Williams, 17 Mark Loughlin, 18 Ryan Shoemark, 19 Gareth Cadmore

Match Official: Mathew J. Thomas

Fixtures for Saturday 7th December
Swalec League Division 2 West
Aberystwyth v Newcastle Emlyn
Felinfoel v Aberavon Quins
Maesteg v Amman United
Maesteg Quins v Trebanos
Seven Sisters v Dunvant
Skewen v Mumbles

Carmarthen Tyres League
Bonymaen v Carmarthen Druids
Dunvant v Llandovery
Llangennech v Narberth
Waunarlwydd v Whitland

Ospreys OE Youth League
Birchgrove v Pontarddulais
Morriston v Gowerton
South Gower v Vardre
Dunvant v Gorseinon (Monday 9th December 7.15 p.m.)