At one stage the Gogs were down to 12 men with three players in the sin-bin, but still the All Whites couldn’t break them down.
Christian Hone was the first to see yellow with eight minutes left to play. Swansea tried to drive over for a bonus-point try and as they applied more and more pressure Bryn Jones and Matt Buchanan joined Hone in the sin-bin.
Even with only 12 men it was RGC that finished with a try, when Henry Maitland-Davies picked up the ball on halfway and raced away for the score. The North Walian side opened the scoring in style when Dan Owen made a break from inside his own half to allow Dion Jones to touch down in the corner.
A second score followed soon after when Brodie Coghlan eased over for a simple try from a ruck and Dan Owen added a third after good work up front by Coghlan and Bryn Jones
The All Whites secured a turnover with prop Cameron Jones showing a superb turn of pace to send Matthew Jenkins over for a try, but RGC hit back with a try from the last play of the half through Owen to pinch a bonus-point.
It was try number five for the visitors just minutes after the restart when Dion Jones made a superb break through the middle and handed a simple scoring pass out to Wales U20 flanker Ethan Fackrell.
The Swansea defence were penalised for offside at the breakdown and Dion Jones surprised the Whites’ defence with a cheeky tap penalty. The decision paid off when Maitland-Davies switched play to the other wing for Delwyn Jones to score.
Gareth J Rees and Callum Bowden scored late tries for the All Whites before Maitland-Davies rounded things off for the Gogs daring dozen.
Merthyr played a get out of jail card with the clock in the red as they conjured up a late, late try to steal victory at the death at Sardis Road 24-18.
It looked as though the sweet boot of home outside half Joe Scrivens was going to kick them to a famous win and he hit the mark with all six kicks at goal, but Merthyr’s third try of the game snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. It was a victory that keeps Merthyr in the hunt for a play-off semi-final, while Ponty are down in the bottom three.
Scrivens gave the home side a dream start as he kicked two early penalties to get them in front on the scoreboard. A massive forward battle ensured there were plenty of penalties and Scrivens helped himself to make it 9-3 at the break.
Josh Lewis broke Merthyr’s duck three minutes before the break, but Scrivens unerring boot made it 15-3 with 10 of the second half played.
The tigerish tackling of the home side kept thwarting Merthyr until a five-minute period at the end of the third quarter saw the game turned on its head. Good handling finally released Sam Jones and he bagged the first try of the game which Lewis converted.
Then Adam Hoskins picked off a Ponty pass and raced 65 metres to score. Lewis added the extras and Merthyr were ahead 17-15.
Scrivens got the home side back in front before Jones skipped away to score his second at the death to break Ponty hearts.
