SWANAGE and Wareham threw away a 19-0 lead with only 26 minutes to go to lose their South West Division Two promotion play-off 23-19 at home to Penryn.
Tries from James Warren, Chris Leak and a penalty try, coupled with two conversions from Phil Graves, gave the Bestwall boy's their runaway lead.
But the Cornish team roared back to snatch a place in Division One next season with late tries from James Granville-Smith (two) and Tristan Lark plus one conversion and two penalties from Dan Pascoe.
Dorset and Wiltshire - without their Swans contingent - lost 29-10 against Kent away in the Tetley's Bitter Shield.
A try from Newbury centre Dave Parker got the Twin Counties on the scoresheet and Salisbury's Dave Bell added one conversion and one penalty.
Dorset and Wiltshire host Buckinghamshire at Chippenham on Saturday when the Swans players will be available for selection.
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