Welsh Premiership
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 months agoBonymaen edge up the Welsh Premiership table
Premiership round-up By Carl Field Bonymaen hauled themselves off the foot of the Welsh Premiership table and to within a point...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoWelsh aiming for 10-team elite division
By SAM JACKSON The Welsh Premiership will be replaced in the 2024-25 season by a “finishing school” for rising talent with...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoCross at the double for table-toppers Cardiff
Welsh Premiership Cardiff......................39 Merthyr...................... 7 By ROB COLE Dewi Cross hoisted his try tally for the season to 19 as he...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoPonty end campaign on a high
Pontypridd..............29 Swansea................. 10 By PAUL HOPKINS Pontypridd ended one of their most miserable seasons on a high as they notched their...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoTop ten for Newport
Newport...................52 Llandovery.............33 By TOM WILLIAMS A late penalty try saw Newport clinch a 10th league win in a row by downing...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoFish steps up to make sure for Cardiff
Premiership By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale............... 13 Cardiff...................... 18 IT has been a cruel few weeks for Ebbw Vale and a...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoRavens savour sweet taste of revenge
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend..................24 Swansea................. 15 Bridgend and Swansea clashed for the second consecutive week, but this time revenge was on...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoLloyd piles points and pain on the Wizards
By GEORGE TURNER Ebbw Vale...............38 Aberavon.................26 There was a time when it looked as though this could decide which team made...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoDodd’s late show clinches Swans’ thriller
By WILLIAM SPARKES Swansea.................32 Bridgend.................. 31 Swansea held on to defeat Bridgend by a single point in a thriller at St...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoBlack and Ambers show no mercy
By ROB COLE Llanelli..................... 19 Newport...................63 Ruthless Newport ran in a dozen tries as they put Llaneli to the sword after...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoSieniawski leaves it late for the Ironmen
By CARWYN HARRIS Merthyr....................34 Ebbw Vale...............28 Merthyr secured a play-off place after seeing off Ebbw Vale in a free-flowing game. Having...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoDogged Drovers enjoy sweet revenge
By HUW THOMAS Aberavon................. 31 Llandovery.............48 The Drovers had to fight hard to resist the firmest of challenges from an Aberavon...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoPonty battlers come up short yet again
By DAVE SINCLAIR Pontypridd..............32 RGC.............................35 Pontypridd's woes continued as they found themselves edged out by an RGC side that took home...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoBlue & Blacks given a final workout
By GRAHAM HARDY Carmarthen Q..14 Cardiff RFC.......23 The Quins certainly saved their best until last as they got stuck into reigning...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoFish leads fightback in Cardiff’s crucial win
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................32 Aberavon................. 15 DAN Fish rolled back the years on his 100th appearance for his home town...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoDrovers stay on course for top spot
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............52 Swansea.................24 THE Drovers did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoQuins edge dramatic clash against RGC
Premiership By PAUL HOUSE Carmarthan............32 RGC............................. 31 CARMARTHEN Quins ended a run of fourstraight defeats, inflicting a fifth away defeat in...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoNewport homing in on play-off race
Premiership By SIMON HOGG Newport...................33 Merthyr....................27 NEWPORT made it three wins in nine days as they beat Merthyr to move closer...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoBonus-point joy propels Vale into top four
Premiership By DAVE SINCLAIR Ebbw Vale...............32 Pontypridd.............. 10 JASON Strange’s side jumped back into the top four as they pushed Aberavon...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoWilliams leaves it late to add bonus point
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................... 8 Cardiff......................29 Cardiff's charge towards the Indigo Premiership top spot gained momentum with a bonus-point victory over...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoWarren keeps Drovers’ dream alive
By HUW S THOMAS Bridgend.................... 8 Llandovery............. 31 The Indigo Premiership leaders resisted the gritty challenge of much improved Bridgend to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoGregory bursts over to edge it for Steelmen
By DENNIS EVANS Carmarthen............ 13 Ebbw Vale............... 15 Ebbw Vale maintained their late push for the play-off semi-finals with victory over...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoAndrews casts a spell over the Gogs
By STEPHEN BEVAN Aberavon.................32 RGC............................. 15 The Wizards moved three points clear of Ebbw Vale in the race for the fourth...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoFive-star Black & Ambers eye silverware
By BRYN ROGERS Pontypridd................ 7 Newport...................34 Newport are back in the hunt for a top-four finish, and a potential league-and-cup double,...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoEight-try Ironmen pile on Llanelli misery
By ROB COLE Llanelli................ 7 Merthyr.............50 A bad week for the Llanelli players ended in even worse fashion as they conceded...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoThomas treble as Drovers show title credentials
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............54 Llanelli..................... 19 The gulf in class between the sides was reflected in the scoreline as the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoRees leads way for Merthyr
By ROB COLE Merthyr............ 38 Bridgend.......... 13 For the second time in as many weeks Merthyr rose to second in the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoCross hat-trick in statement victory for holders Cardiff
By PAUL WILLIAMS RGC............................. 15 Cardiff......................52 Dewi Cross scored a hat-trick as cup holders Cardiff marched into the final of the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoJones stars as Newport turn on the style
By JIM STEVENS Pontypridd.............. 10 Newport...................26 Newport's quest for back-to-back Premiership Cups continued in style as they comfortably beat Pontyrpidd. Three...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoDrovers get back on track
Welsh Premiership Swansea................... 9 Llandovery.............35 The Drovers responded to Merthyr overtaking them in the table to move into second place by...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoFog can’t stop Merthyr
Welsh Premiership Ebbw Vale ................ 9 Merthyr....................24 Ebbw Vale’s play-off hopes took a hit as Merthyr came to Eugene Cross Park...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoBridgend on top in mud battle
Welsh Premiership By ROB COLE Bridgend ............8 Carmarthen Q ...7 The weather was almost the outright winner at the Brewery Field...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoRGC turn it on in warm-up for cup
Premiership By ROB COLE RGC.............................42 Pontypridd................ 3 RGC gave Pontypridd six of the best as they got in the mood for...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoWizards conjure up crucial win
Premiership By HUW THOMAS Llandovery............. 16 Aberavon.................25 ABERAVON surprised everyone with a richly deserved win to keep alive their play-off bid....
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoBlue & Blacks keep ahead of pack
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................23 Bridgend.................. 18 CARDIFF hit back from their defeat at Llandovery to ensure they remain top of...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoDavies’ wonder try fires Black & Ambers
By JIM DAVIES Aberavon................. 10 Newport................... 17 Newport centre Cameron Davies scored a candidate for try of the season as he...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoGriffiths’ hat-trick present for JPR
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend..................40 RGC.............................25 Iwan Griffiths handed Bridgend president JPR Williams the perfect birthday gift with a hat-trick against play-off...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoJones trio help Merthyr stay in the picture
By BEN JONES Carmarthen Q.........22 Merthyr....................41 Merhtyr consolidated their top-four position after Quins failed to keep up with the Joneses at...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoLast-gasp Young secures Vale comeback
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.................24 Ebbw Vale............... 31 A dramatic late try by Lewis Young completed an incredible comeback from Ebbw Vale...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoHughes helps Drovers pile on pressure
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery......37 Cardiff...............20 Lllandovery produced their best performance of the season to close the gap at the top...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoIt’s nine losses in a row for Llanelli
Bridgend.......... 45 Llanelli...............17 Bridgend scored seven tries against Llanelli on their way to an impressive bonus point 45-17 victory, which sees...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoKnoyle’s bonus ball sees Merthyr climb up to third
Merthyr....................28 Pontypridd.............. 12 Methyr leapfrogged Aberavon into third place as they snatched a bonus point victory against Pontypridd, who are too...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoResurgent Quins make it four wins on trot
Carmarthen............28 Aberavon................. 17 Carmarthen Quins continued their rise up the table with an impressive win against Aberavon, who fell to their...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoNo Meek resistance as Kieran snatches it
Premiership By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale............... 30 Bridgend.................. 27 Kieran Meek’s last-gasp drop-goal snatched a dramatic win for Ebbw Vale. With...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoPrice is right for Black and Ambers
Premiership By ROB COLE Newport...................33 Swansea.................24 Walker Price made sure Newport got back to winning ways with a bonus-point victory. The...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoCorum’s double delight has Ponty in a Nott
Premiership By IESTYN RHYS Pontypridd RFC..... 20 Carmarthen............ 23 A last-minute penalty from Jac Wilson secured victory for Carmarthen Quins to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoDrovers hang on to quell fightback
Premiership By HS THOMAS RGC.............................24 Llandovery............. 25 The Drovers had outplayed RGC 36-12 back in October, but had to hang on...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoStubborn Ironmen cast a spell on Wizards
By ROB COLE Merthyr.............38 Aberavon.......... 31 Three tries in the final 15 minutes at The Wern might just have done enough...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoPowerful Wizards leave Llanelli rock bottom
By SIMON ROBERTS Llanelli..................... 21 Aberavon................. 55 Aberavon kept their play-off hopes alive with this bonus-point victory over bottom of the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 2 years agoMaynard penalty gets Drovers home
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery............. 20 Pontypridd.............. 19 The Drovers completed the double over Pontypridd, following their 23-12 win at Sardis...
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