The Blue and Blacks return with a bang in Super Rygbi Cymru as they score four times
Dewi Cross, who has now scored 50 points this season, scored a brace, accompanied by tries from Tom Bowen and Alun Rees. The Blue and Blacks now have six wins in Super Rygbi Cymru.
The deadlock was broken on 2 minutes as Kieran Meek slotted the opening three points as the Blue and Blacks were penalised for being offside.
This was followed after the visitors won a free-kick, and Scott Matthews took it quickly and put his side metres out. Then, after several phases, Matthews powered his way over to score the opening try. The hosts responded accordingly as Player of the Match Harri Wilde added the Blue and Blacks’ opening points of the encounter after Pooler were penalised around the breakdown.
After numerous penalties inside the visitors’ 22, Dewi Cross crossed over in the corner after the ball was spread quickly to the outside. Moments later, the visitors found themselves inside the hosts 22 after winning a penalty at the scrum. However, from the resulting lineout, after kicking to the corner, the Blue and Blacks won back possession and Harri Wilde kicked to relieve pressure on the Blue and Blacks’ defence.
Dewi Cross crossed the whitewash again on 35 minutes, and this came from great vision by scrum-half Ethan Lloyd, who went quickly to the blindside and offloaded to Cross to score his tenth of the season. Wilde added the extras to put his side into a 15-10 lead at the break.
HT: Cardiff 15-10 Pontypool
However, the visitors turned the ball back over at the lineout this time, but Harri Ford could not find touch with his clearance kick, and Dewi Cross kept the ball in play. However, after many phases, the ball was lost forward. Then, the first try of the second half came on 52 minutes from a brilliant break from Elijah Evans.
The outside centre then drew the last man and offloaded to Tom Bowen, who crossed over for his seventh of the season. A red card for the visitors then followed this as Dan Hill high-tackled Dewi Cross on 61 minutes. A powerful catch and drive came from the resulting penalty kick into the corner, and Alun Rees crossed over for his third of the season. After winning a penalty on 80 minutes, Harri Wilde kicked the ball dead as Cardiff recorded another bonus point win in Super Rygbi Cymru.
FT: Cardiff 27-10 Pontypool