Coach Rhys Morgan would be forgiven for tearing his hair out, both by the bad fortune that has plagued him this season and also by a woeful first half display against a side Halifax may well be locking horns with again in National Three (North) next season.
True to form, the seeds were sown away from the pitch when new signing Neil Day reported injured meaning that Gareth Brear was drafted in at scrum half with Oli Marns shunted out to the wing.
James Endersby, who was due to start from the bench, came in at centre and, such is the light manner of Halifax's squad, they were only able to name two replacements and both were front row forwards.
Little wonder then that lock Richard White bravely battled on for around half an hour after picking up a shoulder injury before finally succumbing and forcing yet another positional merry-go-round.
Rob Townsend, primarily a hooker, came into the back row with Richard Brown moving to No 8 and Matt Harrison filling White's place in the second row.
At no time did Halifax look like getting the better of the home side who are coached by Mike Umaga and named a certain Fereti Tuilagi on the bench.
The former Fax ace might be carrying a bit more timber these days but he still showed what a fearsome prospect he is running with ball in hand.
The hosts posted their first points as early as the third minute.
Halifax had already showed fragility in the set piece by losing a scrum and a lineout, albeit in difficult windy conditions, and also showed a soft centre as hooker Adam Bray was allowed to burst through leaving stand off Rickie Aley a straightforward conversion in front of the sticks.
Within minutes Halifax were exposed out wide as lively scrum half Huw Thomas took the long route round to the line, Aley's difficult conversion colliding with an upright.
When Halifax did threaten they lacked conviction and continued their season long habit of turning the ball over cheaply.
That was until they managed to work a decent position which saw Nuneaton infringe and Joe Knowles made it 12-3 with the penalty.
Nuneaton wasted little time in getting themselves back on the offensive and after one certain try was denied by a forward pass, they carved Halifax open again with swift handling through the three-quarters bringing winger William Cave into play and he took a step inside before breaking for the line, Aley adding the conversion.
Halifax were handed a lifeline immediately. Nuneaton infringed at the restart, Iain Gordon kicked for the corner and after the visitors had twice been stopped short, the home side infringed again.
Gordon aimed for the corner once more and this time Halifax's determination paid off with hooker Will Kay plunging over, Knowles stroking over the conversion.
The manner of Nuneaton's next try summed up Halifax's season.
They too kicked for the corner after Halifax had been penalised for a high tackle. Nuneaton missed the chance to touch down but when play was brought back for an earlier offence Thomas could not believe all he had to do was to put the ball down unchallenged.
The referee was obviously caught on the hop too because it took him a while to decide that a try had been scored, Aley then landing a good conversion.
Richard Brown did not help his side's cause when he was yellow carded on the stroke of half time and a simple catch and drive saw flanker Ian Critchley go over for a 31-10 half-time lead.
Whatever was said in the Halifax dressing room worked because to Halifax's credit they looked a totally diffferent proposition after the break.
There was a snappiness to the tackling that had been missing in the first 40 minutes while players were looking to become involved rather than hide.
Tuilagi was introduced for the home side but his first contribution was to knock on from the kick off.
Halifax hammered at the Nuneaton line and after the second of two catch and drives, home prop Virgil Hartland was found guilty of interference and sent to the bin.
With the hosts rattled, Halifax produced an incisive move, Knowles embarking on a searing break that had the home defence back-pedalling before slipping an excellent ball wide for Dave Hall to do the rest, Knowles's conversion attempt drifting across the face of the posts.
Halifax were aided further by another yellow card, this time for home flanker Gary Holmes for a technical offence, and they capitalised in thrilling style, Knowles again the architect this time bringing Oli Marns in to play, and the winger upped the pace to run in around the back of the posts leaving Knowles with a simple conversion.
At 31-22 down Halifax were looking to secure a bonus point at least, something that would have been unheard of following their first half display.
And they worked their socks off to try and create something only to be pegged back by Aley's 77th minute drop goal.
If that was a kick in the teeth worse was to follow as, right at the death and with Halifax trying desperately to rescue something from the game, a well-timed pass put full back Robert Cook through a gap, Aley's conversion the final act of another disappointing afternoon.

STAR MAN
The first half was a right-off as far as the player points are concerned simply because nobody was deserving of anything.
At least the players did give it a go in the second half - but quite frankly, they had to.
And, as been the case so often this season, when the going got tough the same candidates came to the fore.
Richard Brown stepped up to the plate after a torrid first half while Joe Knowles showed pace and determination to set up Halifax's two tries.
But their efforts were shaded as Matt Harrison took over at the top of the rankings courtesy of another hugely positive display in which he constantly carried the ball over the gain line while snarling in the faces of the opposition.
Gareth Lewis is another player whose pride can easily be hurt and when that happens it is the signal for the flanker to pull out all the stops.
He takes no prisoners and always plays the game as though his life depends on it.
Danny McGee needed to produce a captain's performance to rally the troops on the pitch.
He also needed to lead from the front and he took the battle to Nuneaton with some crunching tackles while also coming under some heavy barrages of his own yet still ploughing forward even with two or three players working to drag him down.
Harrison collects three points in the season long competition with Lewis two and McGee one.

MATCH FACTS
Nuneaton: Cook, Cave, Douglas, Peacock, Takarangi, Aley, Thomas, Hartland, Bray, Pickard, Campton, Solomon, Holmes, Critchley, Southwell. Replacements: S Wright (Solomon 64), Ryan (Pickard 54), Tuilagi (Douglas 40), A Wright (Thomas 60).
Tries: Bray, Thomas (2), Cave, Critchley, Cook
Conversions: Aley (4)
Penalties: None
Drop Goals: Aley
Yellow Cards: Hartland (technical 43), Holmes (technical 65)
Red Cards: None

Halifax: Knowles, Hall, Endersby, McGee, Marns, Gordon, Brear, Blades, Kay, Jenkins, White, Smith, Brown, Lewis, Harrison. Replacements: Townsend (White 48), Sanderson (Jenkins 77)
Tries: Kay, Hall, Marns
Conversions: Knowles (2)
Penalties: Knowles
Drop Goals: None
Yellow Cards: Brown (foul play 40)
Red Cards:None

Referee: C Sharp (RFU)

PLAYER POINTS
WORKOUT WAREHOUSE PLAYER OF THE SEASON: 20 Matt Harrison; 17 Craig Aikman; 16 George Jenkins; 15 Gareth Lewis; 11 Joe Knowles; 10 Oli Marns; 6 Dominic Moon; 5 Tom Eaton; 4 Richard Brown, Danny McGee; 3 Dave Hall, James Endersby, Ben Mitchell, Iain Gordon; 2 Richard White, Adam Blades; 1 Phil Skillen, Martin Smith, Gareth Brear.