NARBERTH 7 pts NEATH 38 pts Neath continued their steady progress and made it a hat-trick of warm-up victories with this 6-try success at Narberth. But the Blacks were made to work hard for the spoils before finally overcoming a determined home

NEATH 14 points NEWPORT 32 points Newport took the honours at The Gnoll on Saturday night so here is the Match Report by kind permission of John Evans, Newport RFC: Neath’s outside half, Gavin Evans, kicked off toward the covered terrace and

NEATH 33 points CROSS KEYS 13 points Neath stormed into the play-off final with a convincing 5 tries to 1 win over Cross Keys in The Gnoll sunshine on Sunday. Having lost 59-14 in the League on their last visit to The

NEATH 21 points BRIDGEND 10 points Neath earned a home draw in the Tier 2 play-offs with a convincing victory over Bridgend in a strong performance which was marred only by an indisciplined second-half. Despite having the advantage of a stiff breeze,

SWANSEA 32 points NEATH 32 points A last-gasp penalty by full back Ed Howley earned Neath a draw at St. Helen's after the Blacks had once again squandered a winning position, having earlier led 29-17 with ten minutes remaining. Dry-weather rugby was

NEATH 29 points BARGOED 36 points Neath's Jekyll and Hyde progress continued when they missed out on the opportunity to go top of Tier 2 in contriving to throw away a 19-point lead against Bargoed. For much of the season, Neath's form

NEATH 59 points CROSS KEYS 14 points Neath produced a performance of pure pace and precision to overwhelm previously unbeaten Cross Keys at the top of the table in the sunshine at The Gnoll. After an immaculately observed silent tribute to former

NEATH 9 points NEWPORT 25 points What a difference a week makes ! After scaling the heights in the second-half against Aberavon in a cry-less try-fest, Neath plumbed the depths against Newport in a try-less cry-fest. Maybe the unusual midday kick-off was to

NEATH 41 points ABERAVON 36 points Fast, fluent, flowing, furious, fisticuffs, fantastic tries – forgive the “f”-words but what a game ! In picture-perfect conditions at The Gnoll, Neath and Aberavon served up a wonderful exhibition of exciting, spectator-grabbing rugby in this

BRIDGEND 40 NEATH 21 After this inexcusably sub-standard display, Neath's team management know just where Liverpool AFC manager Jurgen Klopp was coming from when he observed after his side had taken a hiding at Leicester that “inconsistency is a sign of