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Bridgend’s happy new year continues

Premiership By ETHAN GEORGE Bridgend………………27 Newport……………….24 A GOOD opening month to 2023 simply got better and better as Bridgend made it three league wins in […]

Fish chips in to get Cardiff back on track

Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff…………………. 30 RGC……………………….. 20 CARDIFF got back to winning ways after their last-gasp single-point defeat at home to Newport as they […]

Quins triumph in basement battle

Premiership By HARRY CORISH Llanelli…………………28 Carmarthen…………38 MARC Jones’ Carmarthen Quins seem to have found the winning formula at last, and this win not only completed […]

Battle-hardened Ironmen are just too strong

Premiership By JACK LONGSTAFF Swansea………………. 6 Merthyr……………….. 31 A BATTLE-HARDENED Merthyr put Swansea to the sword with an emphatic bonus-point victory. The visitors got off […]

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O’Brien late drop-goal sinks champs

By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff…………………. 17 Newport………………. 18 Fly-half and captain Matt O’Brien’s injury-time drop-goal secured a major victory for Newport in the age-old derby against […]

Dion leads second-half fightback for RGC

By ROB COLE RGC………………………..26 Ebbw Vale…………… 14 RGC’s impressive second-half performance saw them pick up a first win in three games and end Ebbw Vale’s […]

Ironmen show steely side for victory No.7

By SIMON ROBERTS Llandovery…………. 16 Merthyr………………..26 Merthyr kept their hopes of a play-off place in the Premiership alive with this impressive bonus-point victory at Llandovery […]

Wizards worthy of place among top table

Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Aberavon……………..22 Swansea………………. 8 Aberavon produced a commanding display to keep them in second place in the Premiership with victory over big […]

Price right as Ravens call the shots

Carmarthen………… 14 Bridgend………………22 Bridgend secured their first league win since October 15, as they completed a remarkable second-half comeback to beat Carmarthen. The win sees […]

Cross keeps champions in pole position

By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr……………….. 16 Cardiff RFC…………..22 Wing Dewi Cross crossed for his 14th try of the season as champions Cardiff cemented their position as […]

Ferriman powers Black & Ambers

By ROB COLE Newport………………. 20 RGC……………………….. 10 Both Newport and RGC came into the game looking to recover from defeats in their last game and […]

Strange on warpath despite battling victory

By SIMON ROBERTS Llanelli…………………26 Ebbw Vale……………36 Coach Jason Strange didn’t hide his disappointment with Ebbw Vale’s performance, despite a bonus-point win against Llanelli away at […]

Andrew treble keeps Newport on a march

Premiership By CHRIS ANDREWS Merthyr………………..24 Newport……………….40 Newport eased to their fourth-straight win in the league with a dominant display against Merthyr. Oli Andrew scored a […]

Ponty pay the penalty after fightback

Premiership By GARY DAVIES Pontypridd…………..22 Ebbw Vale……………23 A late Keiran Meek penalty gave Ebbw Vale a fourth consecutive league win, despite a spirited Pontypridd comeback. […]

Gogs inflict more pain on miserable Quins

Premiership By SIMON JONES RGC………………………..40 Carmarthen………….. 3 Carmathen Quins’ thoroughly miserable season continued as they lost their fifth game in a row to stay firmly […]

Wizards conjure up win over leaders

Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Aberavon…………….. 30 Cardiff………………….23 Aberavon got their Premiership campaign back on track as they stripped league-leaders Cardiff of their eight-match unbeaten record. […]

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Newport……………….33 Pontypridd………….. 16 O’Brien third all-time Black & Ambers By ROB COLE PONTYPRIDD’S plight continued as they lost their third game in a row to […]

Brave Ravens give faltering Drovers a fright

Llandovery………….28 Bridgend……………… 13 By HUW S THOMAS FORGET the scoreline. Bottom-side Bridgend came close to inflicting a surprise win over high-flying Llandovery. In the end, […]

Richards treble piles on Quins woe

Ebbw Vale……………38 Carmarthen Quins . .7 By ROB COLE MORGAN Richards’ hattrick fired Ebbw Vale to a comprehensive bonus-point victory over lowly Carmarthen Quins. The […]

Cross does the trick for the Blue & Blacks

Cardiff………………….45 Swansea………………..0 By STEFFAN THOMAS A DEWI Cross hat-trick helped Cardiff solidify their position at the top of the Premiership with a thrashing of Swansea. […]

Sinfield completes ultra challenge

By JAMES BOWEN LEICESTER coach Kevin Sinfield has raised £1.5m for charity after completing seven ultra marathons in seven days. He was greeted with huge […]

Cross deadly as champs hit the summit

Premiership By JAMES ROBERTS Bridgend……………… 16 Cardiff………………….43 CARDIFF made it a magnificent seven of seven to take full advantage of Aberavon’s second successive defeat and […]

Reed deadly to fire Black & Ambers

Premiership By ROB COLE Carmarthan Q……… 17 Newport……………….34 NEWPORT’S rise up the Indigo Prem table continued with another bonus-point win as they began to show […]

Jones gives Whites the runaround

Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea…………….. 19 RGC………………………..47 THERE were tries aplenty at St Helen’s as RGC 1404 ran out convincing victors against Swansea. The North […]

Mayall’s try ends Bridge’s resistance

By STEFFAN THOMAS RGC………………………..27 Bridgend……………… 13 Theo Mayall’s late try helped RGC overcome a stubborn Bridgend outfit. Paul Short opened the scoring for the visitors […]

Amman look to Lewis for inspiration

Division One Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE AMMANFORD got ready for their top-of-the-table showdown with unbeaten Bonymaen by coming from behind to beat Bridgend […]