NEATH 7 BRIDGEND 10 Bridgend opened the scoring after just five minutes when flanker Adam O'Driscoll went in for a try which winger Will Holley converted. With their forwards scrummaging strongly, Neath had Bridgend back-pedalling and it came as no surprise when
NEATH 31 PONTYPOOL 29 A last gasp try by replacement wing Ian Ellis saw Neath retrieve a lead they had held for most of the game and just take the spoils of victory. If this is a portent of Neath's season to
BARGOED 40 NEATH 28 Bargoed and Neath served up an entertaining pre-season warm-up which will have done both teams a power of good. Neath supporters need not be too despondent about the result because the All Blacks went into the game missing
CARMARTHEN QUINS 18 NEATH 14 Neath signed off their miserable campaign with another valiant defeat at Carmarthen Quins where the Blacks competed well and, as so often the case this season, might have come away with the spoils. The contrast between the
NEATH 17 ABERAVON 18 Two missed penalties in the dying minutes cost Neath what would have been a remarkable victory over Aberavon at The Gnoll on Friday evening. Just like the Boxing Day derby, it was a real “tale of two halves”
NEATH 32 LLANDOVERY 40 For the second week running unlucky Neath were squeezed out late on in another high-scoring, fast-paced affair played in ideal conditions. The Gnoll was a picture of perfection in the glorious sunshine and offered an idyllic stage for
LLANELLI 41 NEATH 36 Neath left Parc-y-Scarlets a very disappointed team after they slipped to an injury-time defeat in an 11-try spectacular; and they left with only a two-point reward for their highly constructive play which was ultimately diminished by bad
SWANSEA 7 NEATH 17 A virtuoso try by full back Ed Howley who also kicked two conversions and a penalty to go with an early try by scrum-half Reuben Morgan-Williams spelled victory at last for the Blacks. St.Helen's was not looking its
BRIDGEND 21 NEATH 15 Another one that got away ! - Neath slipped to a narrow midweek defeat at Bridgend where, it must be said, they did not get much joy from the referee's whistle. Things went wrong almost from the start.
NEATH 10 MERTHYR 26 Neath's improvement continued in another valiant effort against Premiership leaders Merthyr who turned on the pressure in the second-half to clinch a well-deserved win at The Gnoll. Attacking the Town end, the Blacks' steady progress of late was