The Steelmen’s
solitary defeat this year came in the reverse of this fixture back in October,
but the Borderers were unable to muster any resistance to Jason Strange’s men, who
crossed nine times in total.
Centre Adam Jones
claimed a hat-trick for the hosts, while wing Luke Davies and Dan Ajuwa bagged
braces. Ronny Kynes, Charlie Simpson and Dan Haymond also crossed.
Their emphatic success was in contrast to the tense 15-8 victory
achieved by second-placed Bargoed at out-of-sorts Narberth.
Darren Humphries and Gareth Davies each went over for tries, one of
which was converted by Josh Prosser who also landed a penalty, while the Otters’
points came from a Steve Martin try and James Russell penalty.
At the wrong end of
the table, Glamorgan Wanderers are now ten points adrift of safety after they
lost out at home to relegation rivals Bridgend Athletic, 39-15.
Athletic claimed a
bonus point as they outclassed the hapless Wanderers, helping themselves to
five tries including a double from Stuart Morris, while Steve Lewis booted 14
points.
The shock of the
day came at Newbridge where struggling Bonymaen belied their lowly league
position to defeat their fourth placed hosts, claiming their sixth win of the
season 29-17.
Nathan Brookes was
the hero of the day for the Swansea side as the wing picked up a hat-trick,
with John Jones also going over.
In a tasty
encounter at the Dairyfield, Cardiff Met continued their fine form to see off
hosts Llanharan, 27-22.
Cardiff Met led
27-10 thanks to tries from Miles Normandale, Jack Lavin and Ben Axten-Burrett,
while Matt O’Brien bagged 12 points with the boot. Both sides were then reduced
to 14 players when the students' Will Norton was dismissed for a tip tackle, but
Bill Carey’s retaliation saw him also taking an early bath.
The Dairymen did
fight back with tries from Tom Marley and Scott Malone and could have clinched
the win at the death, but had to settle for a losing bonus point.
Two late Gareth
Walters penalties gave Tata Steel a narrow, 23-22 home success over Beddau.
The Port Talbot
side were behind till late on despite with from Gareth John, Robbie Morgan,
Martin Luckwell
The Green and Gold’s
Tom Benjamin was both the hero and the villain of the day for the visitors as
the outside half kicked 17 of his side’s points before being dismissed late on
for a tip tackle, as they slipped to an agonising defeat at the death.
Finally, Pontypool
were condemned to their 17th defeat as they lost 30-17 to
Blackwood.
Blackwood crossed
three times through Matthew McGovern, Aaron Quik and Josh Clarke, while Paul
Emanueli notched up 15 points with the boot.
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