Scott Gibbs breaks through the Newport defence

The first arrived on the half-hour mark thanks to a surging run from the back of a scrum by number eight Hywel Jenkins.

Scott Gibbs was on hand to take a short pass from Jenkins and then fed Martens some 30 meters out.

A side-step and dummy took him past the full-back to score under the posts and so gave Thomas the easy task of converting.

Martens added the second in the left corner after finishing off a pre-planned move from a line-out.

The home side were well worth their 18-6 halt-time lead, and wasted little time after the interval in adding to their advantage.

Thomas maintained his almost perfect record at the posts with another penalty and a drop goal in quick succession.

The fly-half was on targeted again as he converted a Mark Taylor try which was handed to the centre on a plate after winger Shaun Payne intercepted Andy Marinos' over-ambitious long pass.

Another Thomas penalty took the score to 34-6 and even with 25 minutes still left on the clock, there seemed no way back for Newport.

Sililo Martens was the perfect foil for Arwel Thomas

Everything the fly-half attempted was now coming off - and his sublime kicking accuracy continued with a second drop-goal and then a penalty which took his side to the 40 point mark.

Brian Lima then scored Swansea's fourth try as he sprinted half the length of the field after collecting another loose Newport pass in midfield.

Swansea were now rampant, and Thomas completed his full scoring set with a try after collecting his own delicate chip kick near the right corner.

Newport's number eight Andy Powell grabbed a last minute consolation try to end the scoring, but the Black and Ambers were in no mood to celebrate as released they had been completed out-classed.