Fylde 19 Nuneaton 29
Nuneaton maintained their unbeaten league leadership with a victory accurately summed up by team manager Paul Vowells as "a good win but not a great performance - too scrappy and loose despite forward ascendency."
The lead changed hands four times and it was only in the last half hour that Nuns confirmed a three-try-to-one superiority with flanker Glenn Southwell making things safe in the 79th minute.
Fylde drew first blood on 11 minutes when a miss-move resulted in centre Mark Evans ghosting through a flat Nuns' defence for a try converted by fly-half Mike Scott.
Two penalty goals by Scott's opposite number Gareth Cull and his conversion of the first Nuns try by left-winger Dominic Jones, who beat his man on the outside from quick cross-field handling, put Nuns 13-7 ahead.
Two Scott penalties levelled matters at half time, Fylde regaining the lead with Scott's third penalty soon afterwards.
The held it until the hour when Nuns winger Lee Parry ran on to Cull's chip into goal.
Cull converted, then bracketed two penalty successes around one by Scott.
The outcome remained in the balance with Nuns being only five points up until Southwell stole Fylde's ball from a close-range maul and plunged over for an unconverted try.
