The Terras fought hard throughout the contest but after Bolton Wanderers loanee Nathan Woolfe had given the visitors the lead with a wonderful free-kick on his debut the hosts were undone with two quick-fire goals in the closing stages after going close to levelling on several occasions. Ex-Weymouth forward Louis chipped in his ninth of the season before Marc Williams ran through and struck a third to wrap up another three Blue Square Premier points.

Stuart Beavon netted a late consolation from 20 yards but it failed to lift the gloom around the Wessex Stadium as the home fans left reflecting upon another traumatic week.

With manager John Hollins on gardening leave it was left to caretaker boss Alan Lewer and Marcus Browning to pick the Terras’ starting XI and they made one change, replacing on-field skipper Ryan Williams with Brazilian defender Santos Gaia. Full-back Cameron Mawer began on the right of midfield as the hosts adopted a solid 4-4-2 formation and the opening exchanges were very tight.

Both teams enjoyed good possession but were unable to create any chances.

Then, in the 15th minute, a foul by Kevin Sandwith handed Woolfe a free-kick opportunity, which he duly took with a splendid curler into the top right corner that gave keeper Danny Knowles no chance.

The Red Dragons looked solid and organised and despite plenty of endeavour, Weymouth were struggling to break them down.

Marc Williams fired a half-volley wide from 20 yards for the visitors after a neat turn before the Terras then had a shout for a penalty turned down on 37 minutes when Chris McPhee was upended in the box after gambling on a low cross from Beavon.

The forward felt sure he had been fouled and continued to remonstrate with referee Kevin Johnson even after play had resumed but the official was having none of it.

Stephen Reed then shot a long way wide in the latter stages of the half and that proved to be the Terras’ only effort in what was a dull first 45 minutes.

The hosts began to show more ambition at the start of the second period with James Coutts curling a free-kick over the bar and substitute Ryan Williams shooting wide from 10 yards after collecting McPhee’s flick on.

Ryan Williams’ arrival had certainly sparked some life into the Terras and gave them a bit more shape but the hosts still had not tested Wrexham keeper Gavin Ward, who for the time being was enjoying a quiet afternoon.

The Terras continued to huff and puff but on 70 minutes it was the visitors that went close to adding a second when Wes Baynes cut in from the right and lashed a half volley against the top of Knowles’ crossbar from 20 yards.

An inch lower and Wrexham would have surely been home and dry but the near miss only served to inspire Weymouth to finally test Ward with a header from McPhee two minutes later which was pushed over the top.

Coutts then went close with two efforts in the space of a minute. The first was deflected into the arms of Ward, while the second was blocked after more good work from Ryan Williams on the left.

The Terras were now exerting tremendous pressure on their opponents with Scott Doe having a header saved and Ryan Williams inches away from getting on the end of a flick from Beavon at the far post.

However, just as it looked like the Terras may force an equaliser they were caught by a sucker punch at the other end on 83 minutes when Louis raced on to a long ball and lobbed the stranded Knowles who was caught in no man’s land.

To make matters worse for the hosts a mistake by Adam Bygrave one minute later enabled Marc Williams to go through one-on-one and his finish was clinical to kill off the contest and pour even more misery on to the home fans.

Beavon fired a low drive into the bottom left corner in added-time to give the Terras a little lift towards the end but it did nothing to break the deflated mood at the final whistle.