Tag: Pontypridd

Newport join the 100 club

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD TABLE topping Newport wrapped up their regular Welsh Premiership fixtures with 13 tries as they dismantled Bridgend Ravens 89-24 to […]

Newport take over at the top

Premiership round-up ■ By CARL FIELD NEWPORT are the new leaders in the Welsh Premiership after they toppled Llandovery 24-6 to go four points clear. […]

Newport triumph in Gwent derby

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD NEWPORT moved level on points with Premiership leaders Llandovery after winning the Gwent derby 31-25 at Ebbw Vale to make […]

Merthyr take it in 10-try drama

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD PREMIERSHIP Cup finalists Merthyr edged a 10-try thriller at Aberavon 33-31. Morgan Meaclem opened the scoring two minutes in with […]

Harries hits four as Ebbw run riot

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD SCRUM-HALF Rory Harries scored four times as Ebbw Vale took the disappointment of their agonising defeat at Llandovery last weekend […]

Llandovery edge past rivals Ebbw

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY clung on to beat Ebbw Vale 17-15 in the battle of the Welsh Premiership’s top two. Hooker Craig Thomas’s […]

Jones leads the way for Merthyr

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD A STUNNING hattrick from full-back Ben Jones inspired Merthyr to a magnificent seven-try 50-32 win over Bridgend Ravens – to […]

Dream Team with Damian Welch

The former Exeter Chiefs, Llanelli, Scarlets, Cardiff & Pontypridd second row, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Gethin Jenkins – […]

When relegation battle was the key

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph – Wednesday is the […]

Cambridge sign Owen

CAMBRIDGE have signed prop Huw Owen from former Championship side Jersey Reds, who have withdrawn from the league structure after entering administration in September. Former […]

Rees quick on the draw for Drovers

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY recorded a third straight bonus-point win as they beat Bridgend 36-13 to move three points clear in the Premiership. […]

Ystrad prove too good for Bedwas

Championship round-up By ROB COLE YSTRAD Rhondda warmed up for their revenge mission against Pontypool on Tuesday night with a brilliant second half recovery at […]

Ponty 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 first win since January […]

Ponty 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 the spoils with victory […]

Five-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, after running in five […]

RGC 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 their WRU Premiership Cup […]

Maynard 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 Road, in a game […]

In-form Raikes helps end Ponty’s drought

Premiership By IESTYN THOMAS Aberavon…………….. 10 Pontypridd…………..27 PONTYPRIDD picked up their first win in seven league games as they secured a notable bonus-point win over […]

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 […]

Premiership

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 […]

Super Sam conjures up another success

By ETHAN GEORGE Pontypridd………….. 18 Aberavon……………..33 Aberavon made it five successive bonus-point wins to stay eight points clear at the top, but they had to […]

All Whites edge out Ponty in thriller

Swansea……………..45 Pontypridd…………..22 By PAUL HOPKINS AN outstanding Swansea side earned victory over Pontypridd in a thriller. The hosts got an early try when Gareth J […]

Pack power tells for Pontypridd

Premiership By ALED BISTON Pontypridd ……….14 Ebbw Vale …………..3 PONTYPRIDD ended their season with a hard-fought victory at Sardis Road. The visitors were the better […]

Lock star Williams bows out in style

Premiership By BEN WILLIAMS RGC ……………………40 Pontypridd…………10 ANDREW Williams brought the curtain down on his 200-plus games, decade-long career with RGC by taking the final […]

Davies fluffs chance to be the hero

PremiershipBy ANTHONY WILSON Swansea …………..24 Pontypridd ……….25JAMES Davies had the chance to be the hero for Swansea with a last gasp conversion, but saw his attempt […]

Ravens get shot down

Bridgend……….17 Pontypridd ….54 BRIDGEND were sent crashing back to earth by Pontypridd having recorded their first win of the season against RGC last weekend. They […]

Innovative Stuckey secures late win

Premiership By JOHN WILLIAMS Pontypridd ……….19 Merthyr …………….17 DALE Stuckey’s quick thinking created a crucial try for Pontypridd and then his goalkicking skills secured a […]

Evans try swings seesaw for Drovers

Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea …………..20 Llandovery ……….25 DROVERS head coach Euros Evans asked for a reaction from his players after their home defeat to […]