Jones stars as Newport turn on the style

By JIM STEVENS

Pontypridd.............. 10
Newport...................26
Newport's quest for back-to-back Premiership Cups continued in style as they comfortably beat Pontyrpidd.
Three first-half tries from Thomas Davies, Sam Jones and Dafydd Buckland gave the Black & Ambers a 19-5 interval lead. Winger Jones added his second try at the start of the second half to seal the victory.
Despite a 50/22 from scrum-half Joel Raikes, it was Newport who opened the scoring after a 50/22 of their own from Matt O’Brien. The lineout saw Newport use their rolling maul as loosehead Davies rumbled ov...

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