Welsh Championship round-up

PONTYPOOL strengthened their place at the top with a 34-5 win over nearest rivals Ystrad Rhondda.
It took Pooler just nine minutes to get offthe mark as hooker Darren Hughes went over for his first try for the club.
Lloyd Lewis added the next score crossing in the right corner to hand Pontypool a 12-0 lead at the break.
The pressure mounted in the second half as the Gwent outfit built on their first-half lead and tries from lock Danny Hodge and Lloyd Lewis stretched the advantage to 22 points.
Pooler’s Kieran Meek received a yellow card for tackling a man w...