But the last laugh went to Ponty, when a Lee Jarvis cross-kick from halfway saw Wyatt cross near the corner.
Jackson looked to be preparing for another kick at goal, but instead hoisted a cross-kick to the wing for Haughton to collect and go in unopposed under the posts.
Five minutes from time, after some fantastic ball retention, Carney scored off Alan Quinlan's cross kick and Manning converted.
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But the 19-year-old blasted his spot-kick onto the cross-bar and while he was celebrating the goal he believed was his, he missed the chance to knock in the rebound.
They took a deserved lead after 10 minutes when David Strettle gathered Evans' cross kick, jinked in from the right wing and then sent Monye, playing at full-back, over with a one-handed pass.
Sinfield missed his kick and 10 minutes later Bradford punished Leeds when Evans outjumped three Rhinos to catch Deacon's cross-kick to touch down.
It only took 76-seconds for the Chiefs to make their attacking intentions known when Steenson's perfectly placed cross-field kick found Foster in space out wide, the winger duly taking advantage to cross in the corner.
However, the Scarlets had the consolation of Sean Lamont's late try from a perfectly-weighted Stephen Jones cross-kick.
But immediately from Evans' restart, Quins scrum-half Danny Care picked out Camacho with a perfectly weighted cross-kick.
James then unleashed a perfectly-weighted cross-kick for Banahan to claim the first touchdown.
The gifted number 10 converted all three scores and set up Sackey for the fourth try with an inch-perfect cross-kick.
Francisco Leonelli then came inches short of collecting a Jackson cross-kick with Dowling doing just enough to avert the danger.
The outstanding Burns chipped away and then set up Sharples with a perfect cross-kick to the right corner after the break.
Full-back Payne scored after just eight minutes from a Ronan O'Gara cross-kick and centre Tipoki wriggled his way through just before the interval.
Banahan crossed for England's final try in the defeat after claiming a cross-kick from fly-half Andy Goode ahead of former All Black Doug Howlett.
O'Gara landed a superb penalty from 40m after 45 minutes, and 10 minutes later his cross-kick to the right corner led to the opening try.
But it was the Blues who had the last say, with James catching a cross-kick to score in injury time to cement victory for his side.
On the stroke of half-time a beautifully-judged cross-kick by Mapletoft saw Bishop out-jump the back-pedalling Tyrone Howe and feed Horak to run in unopposed to give his side a 20-14 lead.
Wigan pressurised the visiting ball-carriers and after the ball was spilled, Deacon fired a cross-kick to the corner which was collected in the air by Carmont and then touched down for the first try after only two minutes.
But Italy, frequently so limited in both ambition and execution, had come out with positive intent of their own and when Alessandro Zanni claimed Craig Gower's cross-kick, Italy came close to the first try of the match, but the final pass did not go to hand.
Kai Horstmann scored the only try of the game early on after collecting Drahm's cross-field kick.
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Hook created it, firing a delightful cross-field kick into the grateful arms of Williams on the wing.
Frenchman Rinaldi extended Wakefield's lead when he squirmed over following Cooke's cross-field kick.
Gillies scored it, just reward for his hard work, catching Craig Brown's cross-field kick to touch down in the corner.
In the penultimate game of the Magic extravganza, the opening try came when Burrow's cross-field kick found Hall in the corner.
From the resulting attack, Slater beat two defenders to collect Thurston's cross-field kick for the third try after just nine minutes.
Wing De Vedia caught Shane Geraghty's cross-field kick on the full and raced the length of the 22 for his own score.
The Irish fly-half then set up Howlett to score in the corner with a delightfully executed cross-field kick, adding his fifth conversion to increase Munster's advantage.
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