DROVERS CRASH TO SURPRISE DEFEAT

MERTHYR 40 LLANDOVERY 26 The last time these two met, in the WRU Cup final back in April, the Drovers squeezed home 20-18 but this pre-season friendly was a wholly different affair writes Huw S Thomas Last year’s all conquering champions were knocked out of their stride by a Merthyr side that, on this performance, …

DROVERS HAVE FAR TOO MANY GUNS FOR BRAVE LLANGENNECH

LLANGENNECH 26 LLANDOVERY 73 Last year’s Premiership champions had too many guns up front and particularly behind the scrum for brave but outrun Llangennech writes Tom  Hughes. Following their 40-12 win over Swansea University, the Drovers fielded a far stronger side against the Admiral Premiership outfit and ran in 11 tries, nine of which were …

AMMANFORD’S POTTER IMPRESSES

LLANDOVERY 40 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 12 Indigo Premiership champions Llandovery fielded an array of young talent against the university students in the first friendly of the season writes Huw S Thomas. One making a determined effort to break into the Super Rygbi Cymru squad was young Sam Potter, a student at Trinity College, Carmarthen and Ammanford …

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Drovers are the Champions and take the lot

For a full gallery of photos, please click here. All professional photographs from this match, including the one above, are copyrighted Huw Evans Agency. Photos can purchased via the link. Llandovery crowned a wonderful season in adding the Premiership title to their WRU National Cup win when they beat Newport at a packed Church Bank …

Llandovery finish top of the league

Llandovery 62 Bridgend 13 Llandovery made history on Thursday night when they finished top of the Premiership for the first time in the 20 year history of the competition writes Huw S Thomas. Coach Euros Evans made eight changes – two positional – from the side that beat Swansea 54-21 the week before and although …

DROVERS ONE GAME FROM FINISHING TOP

Llandovery 54 Swansea 21 by Huw S Thomas Llandovery’s singular record against the All Whites continued with a 26th consecutive league and cup win over Swansea since August 2010 writes Huw S Thomas. The bonus point win over the visitors brought the Drovers to within four points of Premiership leaders Newport with one game to …

DROVERS WIN CUP WITH LATE SURGE

LLANDOVERY 20 MERTHYR 18 Huw S Thomas at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, by kind permission of the Brecon and Radnor Express Pics: Ian Williams, Riley Sports Photography. Hot favorites Llandovery duly won the Indigo Premiership Cup but had to draw on all of their reserves of energy and experience to scrape home against Merthyr at …

LLANDOVERY BUBBLE BURST BY NEWPORT

Newport 24 Llandovery 6 The Newport win saw them leapfrog Llandovery into top position in the Indigo Premiership with just a handful of games left before the play offs writes Huw S Thomas. It was Llandovery’s first defeat since October and it ended a run of 17 league and cup victories which included their 29-7 …