NEWPORT 48 NEATH 36 In days of old this 13-try spectacular would have been dubbed an “end of season romp” - but there were league points at stake and Newport deservedly took them if only because their defence was marginally more

NEATH 30 PONTYPRIDD 34 Although these two teams are at opposite ends of the table, they served up a classic 8-try thriller which was a credit to the Welsh Premiership and which was settled in favour of the visitors with but

EBBW VALE 22 NEATH 6 Neath's long wait for victory continued as Ebbw Vale made the most of their first half opportunities and, rather cruelly, added a last-minute try to take the honours at Eugene Cross Park. The Ebbw Vale ground-staff had

NEATH 10 points BEDWAS 40 points An impressive Bedwas tore Neath apart in the first half to stack up a 5-try 35-3 interval lead before the All Blacks showed some improvement to at least make a fight of it in the

RGC 66 points NEATH 3 points It was very bad - if not quite as bad throughout - as it looks as a patched up Neath side gave of their best and, despite the sending-off of prop Ryan Thomas, held the

NEATH 15 points CROSS KEYS 41 points Neath showed all the effects of their long month's lay-off with a sub-standard display on a cold night at The Gnoll. The Blacks made the early running and opened the scoring with a try by

NEATH 13 CARDIFF 15 With 16 of their 32 registered players out of action and their 6-man Academy allocation again unavailable, injury-ravaged Neath did well to fulfil this fixture let alone push Cardiff to the limit, losing the game to the

NEATH 17 BARGOED 40 Neath's 2017 of few highs and far too many lows ended on a depressingly sad note when they were well beaten at home by Bargoed. From the time Neath gifted visiting No.8 Ieuan Jones a try under the

NEATH 14 ABERAVON 22 Aberavon took the honours in a keenly-fought Boxing Day derby played in teeming rain and deteriorating conditions in front of an appreciative 2,500 crowd at The Gnoll. Although the wind was not especially strong, it was a classic

NEATH 8 BRIDGEND 15 Neath went down to their tenth defeat of the season when they lost to Bridgend in a match which did little to warm the spirits of the crowd on a cold evening at The Gnoll. In a mistake-ridden