The Welsh All Blacks, who are celebrating their 150th anniversary season, were beaten at home by the Quins earlier in the season, but returned the favour as they overtook Bargoed at the top of the table to reach the final.
While Hicks grabbed the tries, Steff Williams added three conversions and two penalties to complete the victory and extend his side’s unbeaten run in the main tournament to four games.
There were also two hat-tricks for Narberth in their 46-24 triumph at Ystrad Rhondda. Scrum half George McDonald and wing Josh Davies both crossed the home try line three times. Nick Gale chipped in with 10 points from the boot
In the Plate section, Cross Keys picked up their third win as they beat Ystalyfera 19-15. In an open game, tries from Gwion Jones after pressure on the Ystalyfera line, Corey Nicholls and Callum Hague, along with conversions by Adam Tettley, secured the win for Keys, The visitors scored the best try of the afternoon through a length of the field effort from Ben Williams.
South African centre Bingo Ivanisevic scored two of his side’s six tries as Cardiff Met moved up to second in the WRU Championship Plate with a 38-27 win at Beddau. Lee Jarvis’ home side also joined in the entertainment by scoring four tries of their own, the final one at the death ensuring they took something out of a breathless contest.
Dan Reid, Tyler Odin, Ewan Bowden and a superb effort by Iwan Griffith following some great inter-passing provided the students with their other tries. Beddau took an early lead and stayed in touch with further tries from Alan Ashford and Mason Morgan, but they were no match in the end.
In the only surviving fixture in the WRU Championship, Trebanos went to Tata Steel and emerged with a 21-18 win over the bottom-of-table team. It moved them up one place in the table.
