The opening 20 minutes was played at a tremendous pace, with both teams working hard in the defence. The attacks from both teams kept coming in waves, but it was the visitors that looked the more dangerous with ball in hand. Cross Keys were trying to use the right channel with Phil Williams and Polu Uhi combining well on a number of occasions.

Debutant Will Bryan made a try saving tackle as winger Uhi raced towards the line. The Gogs were struggling on their own line-out which was giving Cross Keys the opportunity to build some phases and put pressure on the RGC line.

The boot of Elliott Davies was going to play a big part in the game and the fly-half hit the first points with a penalty.

Josh Leach made a break for RGC but the scrum-half knocked on as he was tackled. The tackles were going in hard and the crowd responded to a huge Kelvin Davies hit that led to a turn over.

It was the quick tap penalty from Davies that created the first try, as from the opportunity Harri Evans broke the line before offloading to Tom Blackwell who turned on the burners to score. James Lang hit the extras.

Cross Keys looked to responded straight from the restart and were camped on the RGC line as the Gogs put the bodies on the line to try and keep them out. The pressure told after a number of scrums and the referee blew for the penalty try with Davies kicking the conversion.

Just on the half-time whistle Davies nailed a huge penalty from the half-way line to head into the dressing room with a 13-7 lead.
The 2nd half started of pretty slowly before Davies hit another penalty and the power of the Premiership side started to show as the half progressed. Nathan Trowbridge picked up the ball and raced through for the score, before Davies converted.

The score board ticked over with tries from Scott Andrews, Jack Condy, Scott Mathews and Elliott Jones completed the dominant second half.

The Premiership side showed why they are 4th at the moment as they were strong in defence and worked the ball well when they had the chance. Fly-half Ethan Davies was also a key factor with tactical kicks to keep putting the ball back into the RGC half.

The physicality and power of the Cross Keys pack took its toll on the RGC players, as they were losing possession at the breakdown at key times. RGC build their game around quick release at the breakdown but today the ball was spilt at on a number of occasions.

The Gogs did work a try from Tallis Karaitiana after Cam Davies produced some good feet at the scrum before Lang hit the conversion.

Over the 80 minutes the strength of the Premiership Side was clear to see, and RGC were unable to match the physicality of Cross Keys and it shows what is needed to compete at the top end of that division.