Pontypridd made light work of the conditions and the visiting Leeds Carnegie to progress to the quarter finals of the British and Irish Cup, and top pool 5.
Ponty, who reached the semi finals last year, had already qualified for the quarters before taking the field, barring a 52 point loss, as other results went their way earlier in the day.
From the outset there only looked to be one winner as the inexperienced Leeds side looked to have no answer to the raw power of the Ponty pack.
The hosts pounced as early as the fifth minute after a loose Leeds lineout was gobbled up by Ponty back row Dan Godfrey to barge his way over.
However, it wasn’t all plain sailing as the Englishmen were a pass away from levelling things up shortly after but Ollie Richards' offload ten metres out found only the welcoming arms of opposition wing Matthew Nuthall.
Having held firm, Ponty once more drove forward with some impressive mid-field running and they were rewarded for their intense pressure, firstly through a well taken Lewis Williams penalty and then a lovely worked touchdown set up by the forwards for Nuthall to cross in the corner and give his side a 13-0 advantage at the interval.
And it was Nuthall who was on hand again on the hour mark, gathering a high ball and resisting the attentions of Leeds full-back Christian Georgiou to score in the corner.
In the energy sapping conditions, the visitors showed some great heart and commitment and they got a consolation try late on as winger Curtis Wilson darted over the whitewash which was converted by Tom Barrett.
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