Two Gareth Wyatt tries helped Pontypridd to a revenge win over the All Blacks, who put the valleys side out of the Celtic League last month.

Four first-half tries for the visitors helped set up the winning position, making it 13-26 at the break, but Neath rallied for a second-half fightback.

Pontypridd scrum-half Gareth Baber and flanker Richard Parks were both sin-binned, but the visitors were able to hang on and preserve their 100% Welsh Premiership record.

Neath have now lost back-to-back games against Swansea and Pontypridd, and will need to regroup ahead of Saturday's Celtic League semi-final against Cardiff at the Gnoll.

Match details:

Neath Tries: K James, A Mocelutu Cons: S Connor (2) Pens: Connor (2) Pontypridd Tries: G Wyatt (2), G Baber, B Davey Cons: N Jenkins (3) DG: Davey

Wyatt got the first try in the seventh minute and added his second soon after.

Baber then crossed, before a Kevin James try got the home side back into the match.

Prolific full-back Brett Davey then blasted through the defence to get Ponty's fourth five-pointer and leave them in command at half-time.

Parker takes on the Neath defence

It was an attritional duel in the second half, and it took until the 64th minute for Davey to get the scoreboard moving again with a drop goal.

The All Blacks staged a late recovery with a try from flanker Alfie Mocelutu, but it was too late to affect the outcome.

Teams - Neath: A Durston, K James, G Morris, A Bateman, S Williams, S Connor, P Horgan, P James, S Jones, A Millward, A Newman, S Martin, A Mocelutu, S Tandy, R Phillips.
Reps: M Jones, A Moore, Leyshon, Davies, G Llewellyn, Hayden, A Jones.

Pontypridd: B Davey, G Wyatt, S Parker, J Bryant, E Lewis, N Jenkins, G Baber, G Jenkins, M Davies, D Bell, B Cockbain, R Sidoli, R Parks, W O'Connor, M Owen.
Reps: P John, C Sweeney, J Lewis, M Rees, N Hennessey, D McIntosh, G Lewis.

Ref: Paul Adams (Welsh RFU)

Att: 4,000