CROSS Keys will have to do things the hard way if they are to make the play-offs of the Principality Premiership after their fixture at Aberavon was postponed.

The field at the Talbot Athletic Ground was deemed to be waterlogged at a morning inspection, leaving the Gwent side with five games to play before the final day of the regular season on April 24.

Keys, who have qualified for the play-offs in the last two seasons, host fellow title hopefuls Ebbw Vale on Tuesday (kick-off 7.15pm) and Newport on Saturday and also have encounters with Bedwas and Neath to play as well as the Wizards.

Added to that is the Swalec Cup semi-final against Carmarthen Quins that will be played at Aberavon on Saturday, April 16.