Sep 3 2022 Carmarthen Quins v Llandovery DROVERS WIN LOCAL DERBY TO KICK START THE PREMIERSHIP SEASON The local derby which heralded in the new Indigo Premiership season went the way of the Drovers in a turgid encounter with their Tywi Valley rivals writes Huw S Thomas Llandovery had made some important signings in the …
TYWI VALLEY DERBY KICKS OF THE INDIGO PREMIERSHIP SEASON By Huw S Thomas What better start to the new Premiership season than this Saturday’s Tywi Valley clash between the Quins and Drovers at The Park? writes Huw S Thomas This is a fixture that fans of both teams relish like no other game of the …
LLANDOVERY 26 CINDERFORD 12 By Huw S Thomas (Photo of the three pairs of brothers who played for Llandovery against Cinderford in a pre-season friendly at Church Bank Left to right Marco and Dino Dallavalle, Adam and Aaron Warren, Jack and Scott Maynard) The Drovers entertained their old English friends from the Forest of …
LLANDOVERY 14 PONTYPOOL 19 Pontypool came to Church Bank with a recent 69-21 win over Bristol based National League 2 side Dings Crusaders to their credit and played exceptionally well to take a Premiership scalp, albeit in a friendly writes Huw S Thomas The Championship side – coached by Leighton Jones – were competitive throughout, …
EMRYS EVANS MEMORIAL MATCH LLANDOVERY 17 NANT CONWY 12 By Huw S Thomas In the annual game, played in memory of former Llandovery and Nant Conwy centre Emrys Evans, a Drovers development XV were pushed all the way by their visitors from North Wales. Not that the result was in any way important as the …
DROVERS FLYER STARS FOR WALES IN COMMONWELTH 7S Current Drovers wing Callum Williams was the star of the Welsh 7s squad in the Commonwealth Games 7s in Coventry last week end writes Huw S Thomas After getting a try in the 38-5 win over Zambia on Friday, the 20 year old showed great pace …
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END OF SEASON FOR THE DROVERS Llandovery RFC’s season came finally to its end last Friday with the 25 Club’s Gala Dinner at the Church Bank clubhouse writes Huw S Thomas Guests at the dinner were Llandovery coaches, Euros Evans, Gareth Potter and Tom Hancock along with the Drovers’s loose head prop and Italy U20 …
DROVERS FINISH FOURTH IN THE INDIGO PREMIERSHIP Photo of Llandovery’s Player of The Year scrum half Lee Rees Courtesy of Riley Sports http://llandoveryrfc.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/02-10-21-llandovery-v-llanelli/02.10.21-Llandovery-v-Llanelli_Prem-Cup-27.JPG In a game left over from January 3, Merthyr and Aberavon brought the Indigo Premiership to its end on Saturday and the result had a favourable bearing on Llandovery’s …
DROVERS STUTTER TO BONUS POINT WIN AT PARC Y SCARLETS LLANELLI 29 LLANDOVERY 36 The Drovers claimed a third consecutive bonus point win in the Indigo Premiership but were challenged all the way by a Llanelli side that belied its bottom position in the table writes Huw S Thomas. When Llandovery got to lead 36-15 …