The first game of Wales’s new Super Rygbi Cymru league saw last year’s Premiership champions continue their winning ways but they were taken all the way by a pugnacious and pumped up Pontypool writes Huw S Thomas The Drovers had to come from behind 15-12 and then 18-15 in the second half and owed victory …
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, …
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 …
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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 …
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 34 CARDIFF 13 Words: Huw S Thomas. Pics: Ian Williams Helped by a brace of tries from teenage revelation Macs Page, the Drovers stayed on firm course for the Premiership treble when getting much the better of Cardiff in the play-off semi final at Church Bank. Having already won the Cup and topping the …
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 …
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 …
ABERAVON 24 LLANDOVERY 27 Fresh from Premiership Cup final win over Merthyr last Sunday, it was back to league work for the Drovers at the Talbot Athletic Ground writes Huw S Thomas. Needing at least 14 points from their next three Premiership games to ensure finishing top of the regular table – and a resulting …
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 …