The winger’s four-try salvo set up a 47-28 win for the Ironmen at Swansea on Saturday in their final Indigo Premiership match to secure a fifth placed finish. Less than 72 hours earlier, Hoskins bagged a brace to help cup finalists Merthyr win 29-26 at Pontypool.
Hoskins scored two tries in each half at St Helen’s, with full-back Morgan Meaclem and a penalty try in the first half helping to put them 28-7 up at half time. Outside centre Cole Swannack also scored for Merthyr in the second half. Josh Lewis kicked five conversions.
Centre Callum Carson, scrum-half Aron Hemmings and number eight Cai Davies scored for Swansea, who were also awarded a penalty try, as they bagged a bonus point. Brandon Wood added three conversions.
Meaclem had also been on the scoresheet in the win at Pontypool Park in midweek, along with Callum Bradbury and Gareth Thompson – who also added two conversions.
Elsewhere, a first half hat-trick from scrum-half Archie Hughes set Carmarthen Quins on their way to a thumping 52-7 home win over Neath in their final match. Outside centre Iestyn Gwilliam and left wing Iori Badham also ran in first half tries as the Quins led 31-0 at the turnaround, with outside half Charlie Titcombe converting three of the five tries.
Titcombe then scored and converted a sixth Quins try after the break before Lewis Morgan and Lucca Setaro added further tries in the second half, both converted by Elis Price.
Neath were awarded a second half penalty try.
