Brython Thunder did the double over Edinburgh with a 33-14 victory to keep their Celtic Challenge play-off hopes alive in the Round 7 clash at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday afternoon.
The Welsh side have now won two games on the bounce and have found some real momentum with play-off places at stake.
Thunder hooker Rhian Bowden, scrum-half Seren Lockwood, a penalty try and wing Seren Singleton’s solo effort off her wing secured the bonus-point win.
Wales scrum half Lockwood’s second of the afternoon sealed Thunder’s second and most impressive victory of the campaign.
Thunder are now in fifth place and will have an eye on the semi-finals and will have a close eye on Sunday’s fixture when reigning champions Wolfhounds take on fourth-placed Glasgow.
The home side’s breakthrough came on when a hack through from fly half Ffion Williams set up a five metre lineout, with hooker Bowden driven over by her pack.
Edinburgh hit back just before the half hour mark with Marlow but Thunder re-took the lead when a solid lineout set up a platform for Lockwood to throw a dummy and dive over.
The next try followed just after half-time when Wales flanker Branwen Metcalfe tearing down the wing before passing inside to Singleton who was hacked down illegally a metre short of the line.
The hosts took advantage of the extra player after the break with wing Singleton the quickest to pounce on a loose ball in open play before embarking on a meandering run to the try line.
Edinburgh refused to roll over and a surging run from the skipper Hannah Walker set up Ferrie’s close range effort.
Thunder rode the momentum shift with the bench breathing some fresh life, and it was replacement prop Stella Orrin’s barnstorming run which created space for Lockwood to throw yet another dummy and crash over for her second.
Brython Thunder bid for a play-offs continues in Round when they host Wolfhounds at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday, February 21st (12:30 GMT).