Bargoed’s coaches rang the changes for their away game with troubled Llanharan and the selected XV responded in sparkling fashion with the Blues running in 11 tries against the Championship’s bottom side.
They were emphatic 74-0 winners on November 21, taking them to fifth in the SSE Swalec Championship.
Matthew Hurley put over a penalty after nine minutes but it took until the 23rd minute for the Blues to register their first try.
Hurley threw a flat pass to Lewis Protheroe and the centre put fellow centre Darren Humphries away to score. Hurley converted.
Bargoed’s offload game slipped into top gear and it became 17-0 on the half hour when Bargoed turned over Llanharan ball from a lineout on their own line and lock Martin Morgan went, with Hurley adding the extras.
With just three minutes of the half left, full back Lee Pearson ran back a clearing kick, with his pace causing confusion in the Llanharan defence wing Dwane Dyer was in support to cross the line. Hurley converted to make it 24-0.
The bonus-point came on the stroke of half time with second row Nicky Coughlin crossing from short range. Hurley made it four from four as the half time whistle blew, with Bargoed in front 31-0.
Llanharan were under the cosh from the start of the second half with Dyer setting up Hurley to score an unconverted try in the 41st minute.
From the restart some brilliant inventive rugby saw flanker Grant Rogers score the sixth try, with Hurley again adding the extras to take the score to 43-0.
A penalty try added to the home side’s woes with Hurley inexplicably missing the conversion in front of the posts.
Nicky Coughlin’s second try took the score over the 50 mark and Ross Coombes made it 60-0 coming off the back of a scrum, with Hurley finding his range again with the conversion.
A spectacular solo effort from Kieron Brown saw the prop do a great impression of a centre, running in from 30 metres.
Full back Lee Pearson rounded things off with the 11th try of the afternoon, with Hurley putting over his ninth kick to end the game 74-0.
Elsewhere in the Championship, Newbridge beat Newcastle Emlyn 24-8 in West Wales, putting them seventh in the table.