When the dust settles, Port City will look back on their 18-16 defeat to Wingham on May 23 as the one that got away.
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The Breakers played half the match with 12 men after halfback Jake McNamara was sinbinned in the first half before he was given his marching orders 10 minutes into the second half.
But despite all the adversity, Port City snatched the lead back with 12 minutes to go when Richie Roberts crashed over next to the posts to put his side back in front.
They looked like hanging on for one of the club's best-ever wins until Owen Blair's needless, ill-directed pass inside his own 30-metre zone with four minutes remaining was knocked on to gift the Tigers one last shot at victory.
The visitors didn't need another invitation.
Halfback Mick Sullivan took advantage of their one-man advantage to send winger Michael Whitton over for his second try of the afternoon and the Tigers held on for the two-point win.
There can be no doubting Wingham's scramble defence - particularly on their own line - however, the Breakers didn't help their own cause with impatient passages of play.
"It's good to hold them to 16 points with the amount of ball they had ... it was a pretty good effort," Sullivan said.
"We've scored around 20 points each week and that's without our shape clicking, so once we get it all together we can be a real threat.
"What I was impressed with was our goal line defence; we kept showing up and I know they turned it over a bit but we kept turning up which was good."
Port City coach Dan Kemp conceded the defeat was largely their own doing and the hosts had their chances.
"We threw the ball away with three minutes to go when we were winning and there were dropped balls at critical times, but they made the most of our errors," he said.
"We lost the penalty count massively which was our own doing, so discipline is an issue again, but for the most part I thought we were the better side.
"It's difficult playing with 12 men for 50 minutes and eventually they found the space."
In the final quarter of the match the Breakers ill-discipline and inability to regularly complete their sets was ultimately what cost them.
Roberts burrowed over next to the posts to give his side a 16-12 lead with 10 minutes remaining, but they couldn't hold on.
"With a minute to go I thought we'd got ourselves out of jail and thought we had a really good win for the club, but they pulled our pants down," Kemp said.
"I'm happy we've moved forward because it was definitely levels up on what I've seen in this competition so far this year, but it's very disappointing to get beat on the buzzer.
"They stuck in there and they worked real hard to compete, but to then throw it away in the last minute like we did after working so hard to stay in it and to get a win is very disappointing."
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