Griggs grabbed three of his side’s six tries to make it four in two outings this season as the ‘Men of Steel’ backed up their 22-6 opening day triumph over Beddau with a bonus point victory. Steel were 28-0 ahead at the break and never in any trouble.
Newbridge had four players on permit, underlining their current difficulties, and only managed a second half try. Jordan Skidmore, his second in two weeks, Simon Evans and Gerwyn Davies scored the other tries for the visitors and Jack O’Riley kicked the rest of the points.
Cardiff Met picked up a bonus point with their 27-10 home triumph over newly promoted Skewen. That made it two out of two for the students, who were 20-13 winners at Newcastle Emlyn in their opening game.
Flanker Aaron Wainwright got the first try and was followed to the Skewen line by hooker and skipper Ryan Roach, scrum half Ben Holt and wing Dom Williams. Centre Miles Moorhouse converted two and kicked a penalty the day he qualified for his club blazer with his 20th appearance.
Glamorgan Wanderers outside half Luke Fish went one better than his brother, Cardiff Blues full back Dan, by scoring two tries. Dan crossed for the matchwinning try for the Blues in Cork against Munster on Friday night, while Luke scored twice as he notched 25 points in a 35-30 home defeat to Newcastle Emlyn.
Curtis Hick also got a try for the Wanderers, who trailed 22-16 at half-time, but Emlyn hit back in the final quarter to pick up a bonus point that included a penalty try.
Championship leaders Pontypool had to dig deep to maintain their winning run as four second half penalties saw them edge clear of battling Beddau at Mount Pleasant Park. Beddau raced into a 13-0 lead thanks to a try from centre Lewis Egal and a conversion and two penalties from Hywel Chatham, yet by the break they were trailing by a point.
The Pooler revival started when home flanker Matthew Howells was sent to the sin-bin for dragging down a driving maul on his own line. Referee Neil Jones had no option other than to send him to the sidelines and then awarded a penalty try after a kick to the corner paved the way for another line-out drive.
Matthew Jones kicked the simple conversion and then added the extras to a carbon copy effort which was this time claimed by prop Aaron Coundley. That edged Pooler in front and then built on their lead in the second half.
Former Ospreys and Wales outside half Jones kept on punishing the home offenders and landed four penalties, the last of which came as the clock moved into the red zone to deny battling Beddau a losing bonus point. The only home points in the second half came from Chatham’s third penalty.
Nick Gale kicked 16 points as Narberth raced into a 35-0 lead at home against new boys Bedlinog. The Otters were 32-0 ahead at the break, with a try bonus point already in the bag, although the only second half points they mustered was a third Gale penalty as a late Bedlinog fightback saw them hit back with a hat-trick of tries.
Jed O’Reilly proved his worth coming off the bench for Glynneath as he scored 17 points in a 37-13 home win over Dunvant. No 8 Stuart Leach scored a first-half try, converted by Cory Jenkins, before O’Reilly took centre stage after coming before the break.
He kicked a penalty either side of the interval, converted his own try and added the extras to tries from lock Nathan Ace and centre Kylum Austin.
