HEREFORD and Hartlepool shared four goal in an exciting first-half at Victoria Park.

Veiga, who had already pulled off a couple of saves to deny Anthony Sweeney, was beaten in the eighth minute.

Porter received the ball on the right of the Hereford area and his fierce shot on the turn but the Bulls keeper at the near post.

Hereford were back on level terms within two minutes.

Ben Smith’s pass picked out Brandy and the Manchester United loanee turned off his defender to slip the ball past Jan Budtz.

But having got back to all square, Hereford conceded another unnecessary goal two minutes further on.

Richard Rose’s push on Keigan Parker was minor but clear and the forward, unsurprisingly, made the most of it.

Referee Clive Oliver pointed to the spot and Porter did the rest.

Hereford should have levelled on 23 minutes when Jennison Myrie-Williams shot, after a Marc Pugh effort, had been saved, went wide of the unguarded target.

But the Bulls’ second equaliser did arrive four minutes later.

Smith’s pass sent Touminai Diagouraga to the bye-line and he pulled the ball back for Pugh to slide in at the far post.

Hereford continued to look lively with Pugh a threat on the left.

At the other end, Veiga made light of the howling wind to pull off some good catches.