MATCH REPORTS
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07May
MATCH REPORT: MERTHYR 104 points NEATH nil – Saturday 3rd May 2025.
“Horror, Horror, Horror !” - MacDuff's words on finding the Scottish King Duncan dead in Shakespeare's “Macbeth” applied to Neath RFC at the Wern on Saturday. While nobody actually died, Neath players and supporters were united in grief on a harrowing
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01May
MATCH REPORT: PONTYPRIDD 34 points NEATH 33 points – 30th April 2025.
What a magnificent game of rugby football ! Neath and Pontypridd have been playing each other for around 130 years but few ties can have matched this for scoring and drama in what was a high-octane splendid advertisement for the
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27Apr
MATCH REPORT: BONYMAEN 14 points NEATH 26 points – Saturday 26th April 2025.
Neath passed another test to confirm at least third place - and actually moved into second - in the Premiership with an efficient performance at neighbours Bonymaen who, as anticipated, gave it their all. There was a lot riding on this
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20Apr
MATCH REPORT: CARDIFF METROPOLITAN 17 points NEATH 33 points – Saturday 19th April 2025
It was high fives all round for Neath at Cyncoed - five tries, five points and a fifth consecutive win as the All Blacks overcame a talented Cardiff Metropolitan side in an entertaining Premiership tie where skill levels compared favourably
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12Apr
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 29 NARBERTH 21 – SATURDAY 12th APRIL 2025
NEATH 29 points NARBERTH 21 points With four vital away games yet to come, Neath ended their home programme on a winning note in an entertaining, if sometimes scrappy, game played on a rock-hard pitch at The Gnoll. It was an emotional
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30Mar
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 43 LLANGENNECH 34 – 28th March 2025
NEATH 43 points LLANGENNECH 34 points Rich entertainment was the name of the game under The Gnoll floodlights when Neath overcame a determined effort by Llangennech, paying their first league visit, in front of an appreciative Friday night crowd. Llangennech have made
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23Mar
MATCH REPORT: BARGOED 24 points NEATH 26 points – Saturday 22nd March 2025.
Sheer rugby excitement - defensive fortitude, incisive attacking, a thrilling finale and ultimately a notable away win for Neath. Two Bargoed tries in the last five minutes saw Neath cling on in a nail-biting finish to edge an often spectacular game
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10Mar
MATCH REPORT: NARBERTH 21 NEATH 31 – Saturday 8th March 2025
Two tries by full back Iestyn Morgan highlighted Neath's 31-21 win at spirited Narberth who agonisingly saw a bonus point disappear with the last move of the game. Neath introduced two new three-quarters in centre Sam Matthews (Tondu) and winger Corum
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16Feb
MATCH REPORT: YSTRAD RHONDDA 26 points NEATH 19 points – SATURDAY 15th FEBRUARY 2025.
Ystrad Rhondda's greater precision and control brought them a deserved revenge victory over a Neath side which made too many errors – of judgement and execution - to seriously challenge after going 12 points down in the wintry splendour of
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02Feb
NEATH 54 points NEWCASTLE EMLYN 13 points – SATURDAY 1st February 2025
After Wales' nil-43 "em-Paris-ment" on Friday evening, Neath and Newcastle Emlyn put a few smiles on Welsh rugby faces at The Gnoll in an entertaining running game. Newcastle Emlyn, buoyed by their fine 21-15 win over Brecon the previous week and
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02Feb
MATCH REPORT: CROSS KEYS 30 points NEATH 14 points – 25th January 2025
Storm Eowyn may not have impacted as heavily upon South Wales as it did other parts of the country but Neath RFC were blasted by Storm Cross Keys who deservedly ran out winners with a bonus-point at muddy Pandy Park. The
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20Jan
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 28 points NEWBRIDGE 22 points – SATURDAY 18th January 2025
NEATH held off Newbridge's determined challenge to gain an important bonus-point win at a dry but cold Gnoll on Saturday. Prior to kick off a minute's applause was held in memory of former Neath lock Steve Dando who was buried on