Leaders Merthyr remain firmly in the box seat in the Admiral Premiership after picking up another bonus point win by defeating Bonymaen 59-31 at The Wern.
Full-back Jack Kathrens ran in a hat-trick to inspire the Ironmen to victory. Captain Ben Jones, flanker Cerith Lloyd, hooker Ellis Shipp, wing Fin Baker, centre Rhys Davies and replacement Kodi Stone also scored – Jones converted seven of their nine tries.
Wing Nathan Brooks, full-back Lawrence Thomas, centre Steff Pryce-Griffiths, hooker Zac Pearce and replacement scrum-half Gareth Andrew were the Bony scorers to earn them a try bonus point despite defeat, with Thomas adding the extras off the tee.
The win maintains Merthyr’s seven-point advantage over Pontypridd at the top of the table with a game in hand.
Cross Keys and Pontypridd met again, seven days on from their Premiership Cup final showdown – with Ponty backing up that triumph with a 27-15 bonus-point win.
The Valley Commandos picked up from where they left off at the Principality Stadium with centre Stuart Floyd-Ellis scoring inside 60 seconds at Pandy Park. He would go on to add another before the break with full-back Dale Stuckey bagging a brace in the second half, both converted by Jaydan Pugh – who also kicked a penalty.
Full-back Ralph Miller and wing Laurence Donnelly were the Keys try scorers. Adam Tetley kicked their other five points. Ponty have four games left, while Merthyr have five to play.
Neath, four points further back in third, still have their eyes on a top two finish after beating Narberth 29-21 at The Gnoll. Full-back Iestyn Morgan (2), centres Sean Wilcox and Kieran Charles and winger Rhodri Wall scored the Neath tries, Steff Williams converted two of them.
Narberth replied with tries by wing Dean James, scrum-half Lewys Gibby and centre Llew Jones with outside-half Osian Evans converting all three.
The Otters, who have two matches remaining, remain one place above the bottom two, although the bonus point for Bonymaen at Merthyr cut the gap from three points to two. Bony also have a game in hand on Narberth.
Bottom side Newcastle Emlyn lost 33-19 against Llangennech and are now all but down. Gareth George, Louis Rees, Callum Jenkins, Oliver Hawke and a penalty try were on the scoresheet for Llan. Steff Marshall also kicked three conversions.
Mike Jones scored twice for Emlyn with Bleddyn Morgan also grabbing a try. Steff W Evans kicked two conversions.
Brecon were 27-24 home winners over Cardiff Met despite being outscored four tries to three. Geraint Clarke, James Dixon and Lewis Jones scored the Brecon tries, while Dixon also sent over three conversions and two penalties for a 17-point personal haul.
Ioan Evans, Tiaan Evans, Toby Clinch and Charlie Ward ran in tries for the Archers. Tom Howlett kicked two conversions.
Ystrad Rhondda also won by a 27-24 scoreline at home against Bargoed. Alex Webber, Keian Richards, Cavan Davies and Mason Roderick secured a bonus-point victory for the hosts. Rhys Truelove added five points from the tee while Lewis Williams also added a conversion.