Pontypridd's cup final hero Brett Davey was delighted after his injury time penalty sealedad a dramatic 20-17 Principality Cup Final victory over Llanelli.

Davey, overlooked by Wales for next month's tour of South Africa, scored all of his team's points through a try and five penalties.

"I had been thinking all week that it might come down to something like what happened, although I hoped there would have been plenty of tries," said Davey.

"All I wanted to do with that last kick was to make good contact, and as soon as I hit it, I knew it was over.

"At the beginning of the second half, Llanelli had got two scores in front and it looked a bit worrying from our point of view, but we displayed great determination and showed our fighting qualities.

"I am absolutely delighted, this is a great reward for our season, but I know that Sale will pose us a lot of different problems next Sunday."

Coach Lynn Howells has transformed Ponty since he returned to the Sardis Road outfit from Cardiff before Christmas, but the ultimate prize still awaits in the form of Heineken Cup qualification.

Ponty can only take their place among the European elite next season if they beat Sale, and Howells knows it.

"Next week's final is a big game for us, it is a gateway into Europe," Howells said.

"As far as I am concerned, qualifying for Europe will take our squad into another dimension, but we know that it is going to be an extremely tough match."

While Ponty and their ecstatic fans began celebrations, Llanelli could only contemplate on where it all went wrong.

They looked well on course to complete their second domestic double in nine years, dominating the final for almost an hour before mental fatigue set in.

And Davey's match-winning strike saw history repeat itself in the cruelest form, just three weeks after Tim Simpson's late penalty strike for Leicester had knocked the Scarlets out of Europe.

"There is no doubt in my mind that we lost the game more than Ponty won it," said Llanelli coach Gareth Jenkins.

"We were very disappointing during the last 30 minutes. We seemed to lose composure and we tired badly."

Jenkins pointed to try-scoring centre Leigh Davies' early second-half departure through injury as a major reason for Llanelli's demise.

"When Leigh went off, our confidence seemed to go off with him, and we certainly suffered from his absence," Jenkins added.

"We played a lot of good rugby in the first half, but when Leigh disappeared, we seemed to disappear, and we have now lost an opportunity to do the double.

"I am taking nothing away from Pontypridd - if there is one side in Wales that deserves to win the Cup this season then it is them - but I think we let them back in."