Neath piled on the pressure at the top of the Welsh Premiership with a convincing victory at
For Ponty, Chris Wyatt scored a try converted by Neil Jenkins, marking the week in which he retired from international rugby with a personal haul of 11 points. Ponty’s highlight came in the last quarter with a superb 70-metre try from wing Richard Fusell which Jenkins converted
After the match Neath coach Lyn Jones praised his teams performance. “To come away after nearly scoring 50 points against a determined Ponty team is very pleasing,” he said.
“It will be an interesting end to the season now and we must keep the
pressure on Bridgend.”
“All we can do is go out and play the best we can. We will be fighting right to the end.”
Pontypridd: Brett Davey; Gareth Wyatt, Mathew Nuthall, Jon Bryant, Richard Fussell; Neil Jenkins, Paul John; Cox, Matthew Rees, Neil Hennessy, Brent Cockbain, Harrington, Wayne O’Connor, Mark Lewis, Lee Beech.
Replacements: Gareth Baber, Lee Thomas, Richard Johnston, Wiltshire, Sven Cronk, Verling, Kingsley Jones.
Scorers: Tries: Wyatt, Fussell Cons: Jenkins 2Pens: Jenkins 3
Neath: Adrian Durston; Kevin
Williams; Shaun Connor, Patrick Horgan; Paul
Millward (capt), Andy Newman, Steve Martin, Steve T
Tries: Connor 2, Storey,
Cons: Connor Ref: Gareth Simmons (WRU)
