Don't talk to Ian Davies about being spirited in defeat.

Don't console him that his Haywards Heath reached a national quarter-final and had the holders on the ropes.

And please don't harp on about what a compelling tussle this Powergen Intermediate Cup tie at Whitemans Green provided.

The Heath coach, and his players, have no time for such details after suffering heartbreak in the battle to reach Twickenham.

Heath let slip a 5-0 lead and were ultimately left dejected after setting up camp beneath the Morley posts in stoppage time in search of the seven-pointer which would have given them the win.

In short, they blew it. So no wonder Davies struggled to contain his anger afterwards.

He said: "We did our homework, we watched videos and we knew exactly what they going to do and we didn't play to our gameplan.

"Morley were there for the taking.

"They weren't that good and we should have beaten them, simple as that.

"We should have scored more points in the first half when we were dominating.

"Yellow cards affected us, stupid penalties, stupid turnovers and we just gave the game away.

"They got away with absolute murder."

With that, the post-match summing up was over.

Which was unusual for Davies. As much as being the team coach, he is also a student of the game.

Often, you would struggle to know whether his team had just won or lost as he chats through the various subtleties of a match just after the final whistle.

Not this time, though. Heath were out of the cup and it hurt.

As it did for the players, including skipper Alex Meredith.

He admitted: "We didn't rise to the occasion. It's thoroughly disappointing.

"Things we've done all year, the back play, hitting the line, quick ball, we didn't do on the day."

Morley, for whom this was a 13th successive Intermediate Cup win, were organised in defence, reliable at set pieces and, like Heath, worked a handful of half chances.

But they were not the formidable force Heath expected and, with better finishing or without two yellow cards, should have been beaten.

The hosts still had a chance with a lineout and penalty close to the line in stoppage time. Again, they fluffed their lines.

Meredith said: "We've practised exactly the same situation in training and we did exactly what we weren't supposed to do."

Heath have some talented players and it will be fascinating to see how they react to this body blow.

Jason Evans is quite a find at hooker. He scored a try after 14 minutes and produced a great tackle later in the half to dislodge the ball from Scott Benton just as the Morley scrum half was about to touch down.

Right wing Lee 'Otuhouma was at the source of the Heath score, straightening an attack with a bit of aggressive running before Jon Fordham made more serious inroads and Evans got up in support.

Morath followed that with a terrific midfield break which took him to the 22 before his pass was intercepted.

Heath survived the sinbinning of Damien Lyall ten minutes from the break but were almost immediately back to 14 men when Jamie Redmayne was yellow-carded for being on the wrong side beneath his posts.

Pete Murphy slotted the penalty but the real cost of being down to seven in the pack came first when Morley drove Benton over from a lineout for their try, then when Heath were shunted off their own ball ten yards from the visitors' line.

Although Heath had lots of possession and territory, they did not really threaten a score before Murphy added another simple penalty to delight a coachload of supporters from rugby league country.

The West Yorkshire club were originally meant to be a 13-a-side outfit but two of their committee men got drunk and missed their train to the inaugural Rugby League meeting in 1895.

Almost 111 years on, Heath know the feeling. They just missed the boat to possibly the biggest game of their lives.