It meant the Wizards were able to move a point further ahead of Ebbw Vale to consolidate their claim to the fourth and final play-off place in the Indigo Premiership.
“Consistency and momentum are key at this stage of the season and we’ve got a real energy and purpose to reach the play-offs. It’s something we talked about before the season started,” said Hyatt.
“We’re in fourth place with two teams below us really chasing hard, but that has merely increased our energy. We were disappointed we couldn’t play Ebbw Vale and this was our first game since we won at Llandovery.
Now three points clear of The Steelmen, Aberavon have three games left to play. They head to the Arms Park to face the reigning champions Cardiff, who are in second, on Saturday, and still have to play table-topping Llandovery at home and Ebbw Vale away.
Three first half tries set the Wizards on course for a full-house of five points, but they were made to wait until the death before picking up the all-important extra point for scoring four tries.
Ebbw won 15-13 at Carmarthen Quins, but only secured four points.
Scrum half Rhodri Cole dived through a gap from a ruck close to the RGC line to give Aberavon the perfect start with a try after only six minutes which his half-back partner, Aled Thomas converted.
Ten minutes later No 8 Andrew Waite added a second try, which Thomas again improved, and RGC were struggling to get a toe hold in the game.
Joe Gage then did the running to pave the way for wing Jay Baker to scorer the third home try after 32 minutes and Jason Hyatt’s men were flying. This time there was no conversion.
Back came the Gogs with a try for wing Rhys Tudor which Dion Jones converted and then on the stroke of half-time Jones added a penalty for a deliberate knock on. Home full back Jon Phillips spent 10 minutes in the sin-bin as a result.
Thomas kicked a penalty 11 minutes into the second half, but RGC refused to give up. Matt Buchanan put in a lengthy run for their second try and his score cut the gap to seven points.
The Steelmen maintained their late push for the play-off semi-finals with a 15-13 victory over Carmarthen Quins at Carmarthen Park.
Morgan Richards and Curtis Gregory crossed for the Steelmen in either half of a tight contest in which the Quins lost both props to yellow cards. James Newnian went first for a tip tackle and then Ben Leung followed in the second half for a high shot.
Quins could only respond with two Steffan Marshall penalties before hooker Torin Myhill crossed from a close-range line-out a minute from time to secure a losing bonus point.
Despite Ebbw Vale’s fourth win in their last five game, they remain in fifth place in the table and slipped a further point behind Aberavon who picked up a bonus point against RGC.
Both teams arrived at Carmarthen Park on the back of defeats to Merthyr in their last games, however, the hosts had won their four games before that loss and were looking to continue their much improved form of the second half of the season.
They took the lead mid-way through the first half through the reliable boot of outside half Marshall. However, the visitors steadily took a grip and struck on the stroke of half-time when full-back Richards went over.
Kieran Meek missed the conversion which allowed Thomas to regain the lead for Quins with a 65th minute penalty. That was swiftly cancelled out by Meek’s second penalty before second-row Gregory powered over seven minutes from time.
Josh Lewis helped himself to a hat-trick of tries and 25 points as he picked up his third successive man of the match award after steering Merthyr to a 50-7 win at Llanelli.
The Ironmen picked up another bonus-point to stay in the hunt for a home draw in the play-off semi-finals as they plundered eight tries.
As well as a hat-trick from former Dragons star Lewis, there were also two from Dafydd Thomas and others from Sam Jones, Rhys Williams and Gareth Thompson.
Cardiff’s charge towards the top-spot gained momentum with a 29-8, bonus-point victory over Swansea at St Helen’s.
The Blue & Blacks took an early lead through a Dan Fish penalty after Nathan Hudd made a break into the Swansea 22, forcing the All Whites offside.
The visitors’ first try came in spectacular fashion when the quick-thinking Fish switched up a penalty touch finder to instead send Joe Goodchild over for a try in the corner with a cross field kick. The outside half also converted.
A superb move by the home backs sparked a rare attack with Sean Moore charging forward and the Cardiff defence was penalised for diving over the top of a ruck. Dan Edwards kicked the three pointer.
Just before half time hooker Efan Daniel nipped in to steal a lineout to spark a counterattack and the home side gave away a penalty for a high tackle. Fish missed a simple kick at goal though.
After the interval the visitors earned a penalty when the home pack collapsed a maul. Fish chipped to the corner and a well worked lineout saw Ethan Lloyd throw a pass out wide to Daniel, who strolled over for a try.
The Cardiff side threw the kitchen sink at Swansea and the pressure soon told when Daniel chipped through into the corner with the chasing Ryan Wilkins touching down in the corner.
