MATCH REPORTS
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04Jan
MATCH REPORT: MERTHYR 28 Neath 40 – Saturday 3rd January 2026
As starts to the New Year go, Neath RFC launched 2026 in as impressive and spectacular fashion as any club possibly could - an outstanding, never-say-die team performance which relieved WRU Premiership champions Merthyr of their long unbeaten record. The Wern
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31Dec
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 29 points BONYMAEN 12 points – 26th December 2025.
A bumper Boxing Day crowd saw Neath triumph over Championship West leaders Bonymaen who gave a very good account of themselves at The Gnoll. A bright, sunny but cold afternoon greeted the teams and the pre-match atmosphere built nicely, the air
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21Dec
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 5 points CARDIFF METROPOLITAN 22 points – 20th December 2025
Black Friday gave way to Black Saturday at The Gnoll where Neath slipped to a disappointing defeat to Cardiff Metropolitan. Neath fielded a much-changed XV with players swapping positions behind the scrum and the back-row re-jigged while Cardiff Met fielded the
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08Dec
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 29 points LLANELLI WANDERERS 23 points – 6th December 2025
The WRU Premiership resumed after a three-week break and Neath continued their winning ways with a bonus-point victory over Llanelli Wanderers at The Gnoll. Conditions worsened following an early morning pitch inspection but The Gnoll drainage was up to the task
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16Nov
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 62 THE FIJIANS 38 – SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER 2025
Young winger Cellan Davies starred with five tries for Neath then sportingly swapped sides and scored another two for the Fijians in an extravaganza of attacking rugby at The Gnoll on Saturday. Neath RFC's capacity to put on an occasion shone
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10Nov
MATCH REPORT: CROSS KEYS 25 points NEATH 47 points – Saturday 8th November 2025
A surprisingly open game on a heavy pitch saw Neath score 7 tries to 3 for a high-scoring, entertaining 47-25 win over Cross Keys at Pandy Park. Neath made half a dozen changes from the team which beat Pontypridd the previous
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03Nov
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 26 points PONTYPRIDD 20 points – 1st November 2025.
NEATH's forward platform paved the way for the All Blacks to capture table-topping Pontypridd's unbeaten league record in a stirring encounter at The Gnoll. A torrential shower greeted the teams as they took the field in front of a big, partisan
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26Oct
MATCH REPORT – BEDDAU 17 NEATH 17 – 25th October 2025
Neath advanced into the WRU Premiership Cup semi-finals on try-count after an exciting, hard-fought encounter at Mount Pleasant Park which literally went down to the last kick. Unbeaten Beddau who had won at The Gnoll with a final kick penalty
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18Oct
MATCH REPORT: BARGOED 41 points NEATH 31 points – 18th October 2025
Bargoed and Neath shared 10 tries – 5 each – but the All Blacks slipped to a second successive defeat at windy Bargoed Park where simple errors proved costly. Injury-hit Neath made five starting changes for this game, Owen Erasmus getting
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12Oct
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 7 points BEDDAU 10 points – Saturday 11th October 2025.
Second place in the WRU Premiership was at stake when Neath entertained high-riding Beddau on Saturday and, in an entertaining game between two enterprising sides, defences were fully-occupied and the play had far more to commend it than the final
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06Oct
MATCH REPORT: LLANGENNECH 30 points NEATH 33 points – SATURDAY 4th OCTOBER 2025
Neath continued their winning ways but, overcoming a first-half deficit, left it late to avoid a potential banana-skin at Llangennech where few sides have an easy ride – Neath did not expect one, nor did they get it ! The worst
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28Sep
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 23 points PONTYPRIDD 19 points – Saturday 27th September 2025.
NEATH continued their promising start to the season by eliminating holders Pontypridd from this season's WRU Cup in a cracking encounter at The Gnoll played out before another appreciable – and appreciative – crowd who created a grand atmosphere. 135 years