Rumney, third in the table, opened up their lead through tries by Chris Jones, Tom Silva and Lawrence Facey, all converted by Danny Clarke, as they capitalised on uncharacteristic errors from the visitors.
Mike Jones, Carwyn Meredith and Kelvin Davies all crossed, before Llywarch Meredith added a
bonus point try to complete an unlikely comeback. Rhodri Jones added two conversions to seal the victory that keeps them four points clear of the chasing Ystrad Rhondda, with the title showdown at Parc Eiras next Saturday.
Ystrad kept the heat on with a tight 12-6 win over second
from bottom Mountain Ash. Kyle Evans
and Sean Webber tries ensured RGC’s lead wasn’t extended, while Ystrad also hold
a game in hand over the leaders.
Tredegar’s sorry
season continued with the referee blowing the final whistle 10 minutes early as
they trailed Rhydyfelin 114-10, having
arrived with only 13 men.
The hosts had run in 18 tries by this point, including four
tries for Lloyd Peart and hat-tricks for Ross Lucas and Rhys Chinock, with
Lucas also adding nine conversions. Their eight remaining tries were shared
between four players – Casey Pitman, Mark Tyler, Josh Hawkins and Keiron
Phillips all grabbing braces, with Kristian Norman adding another three
conversions.
Tredegar had managed two tries through Josh Jackus and
Brendan O’Sullivan while the hosts had two players in the sin bin to level the
numbers out.
Elsewhere, fourth-placed Penallta handed a 37-3 defeat to Gilfach Goch at Ystrad Fawr to move to within a point of Rumney.
Shaun Powell scored a hat-trick of tries, while Ross Edwards and Martyn Dunn
made it five to secure the home side a bonus point.
Trystell Lewis, Peter Hutchins, Gareth Fear and captain
Jamie Summers earned Treorchy a
bonus point in their 20-15 victory over lowly Merthyr, while Ynysybwl
edged their lower table clash at Heol y
Cyw 20-16 through Dale Stuckey and penalty tries, and Nathan Ellis kicking
10 points.
Nant Conwy took
advantage of Pwllheli’s game being
called off to extend their lead at the top of One North to six points.
They ran in 10 tries in a 58-7 bonus point win in the bottom
v top of the table clash at Llangefni. Andre Hughes crossed twice, with the
rest of the scores shared around the team. Carwyn Roberts, Rhys Jones, Gareth
Jones, Sion Pringle, Aeros Jones, Robin Glyn, Eryl Jones and Elgan Davies all
added five points to the scoreboard. Mark Gray got Llangefni’s single score.
Third-placed Ruthin
blew the chance to close the gap on Pwllheli as they went down 23-21 at Bethesda. Hugh Sharples scored twice
for the visitors, and Shay Owen kicked 11 points, but two Daniel Jones tries
and a third from Matthew Parry earned Bethesda the win. Parry added the extra
points with his boot.
Elsewhere, Caernarfon
edged a tight encounter with Dolgellau
24-22. Both teams scored three tries, with the home side’s coming from Lewis Parker
(two) and Iolo Hughes, Kelvin Morris converting all three and adding a penalty
to pip Dolgellau to the win.
Yet they remain in fifth, as fourth-placed Bala were victorious by an 18-10
scoreline at Bro Ffestiniog. Rhydian
Jones scored all of the visitors’ points via two tries, one conversion and two
penalties in a productive day for the Bala fly half.
Tondu earned
their 16th win in 18 league games at the top of One West, swooping to a 44-26
victory over Lougher.
They ran in six tries, with Darren Thomas scoring twice and
Matthew Phillips, Mark Roberts, Hywel Davies and David Griggs getting the others.
Paul Smithson converted three and added two penalties, with Matthew Murphy
converting another.
Lougher also gained a bonus point for running in four scores
of their own. Andrew Bamfield got two of them, with Dan George and Mick O’Kelly
also crossing. Tom Davies converted three of them.
Cwmllynfell also
won, the second-placed side edging a tight encounter with Kenfig Hill 26-24 at Groft Goch. The Mules outscored their visitors
four tries to two, earning two bonus points in the process.
Curtis Kerton, Rhodri Clark, Tom James and Matthew Davies
went over for the home side, with Craig Jones and Tristan Lewis replying for
Cwmllynfell. It was Peter Thomas they can thank for winning the game for them,
kicking 16 points to edge them home.
Third-placed Waunarlwydd
ensured they weren’t left further behind by the top two courtesy of a 24-19
victory over lowly Skewen. Alan Pope
and Michael Lewis both scored tries for the home side, with Lee Evans adding 14
points with his boot.
Mark Harvey replied for Skewen, who also had James Ball to
thank for converting Harvey’s try and adding four penalties of his own to keep
them in the game.
Elsewhere, Ammanford
ran in seven tries as they hammered Llangennech
46-3. Jake Sims scored a brace, with Gary Stevens, Llyr Morris, Gareth Rees,
Dexter Thomas and Johnny Evans getting the others.
Camarthen Athletic
were also big scorers, crossing nine times in a 69-3 victory at basement club Aberavon Quins, and Kidwelly beat Glynneath 22-12 with Tom Garvill (two) and Andy Francis scoring
their three tries.
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