MATCH REPORTS
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28Sep
MATCH REPORT: PONTYPRIDD 43 points NEATH 19 points – 26th September 2026
Neath were well beaten on their visit to Sardis Road on Saturday when the home side collected a well-deserved 7 tries to 3 victory. From the moment that home wing Chad Davies profited from a Neath defensive error for the first
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23Sep
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 34 points BEDDAU 33 points – Saturday 19th September 2026
Paul Short converted a last-minute try by hooker Sion Jones to rescue victory for Neath in a 10-try thriller after Beddau had hit back strongly to overturn the All Blacks' first-half charge. This was the third time in four for a
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21Sep
MATCH REPORT: CROSS KEYS 32 points NEATH 27 points – 12th September 2026
Neath had only themselves to blame for not winning this game at Pandy Park where, following the late withdrawal of ace-leaper Matthew Davies, their line-out badly misfired and at least half a dozen attacking opportunities went abegging. The All Blacks' profligacy
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14Sep
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 40 points LLANELLI WANDERERS 28 points – 5th September 2026
The sun shone at The Gnoll for Neath's opening WRU Premiership game of the 2026/27 season and Neath, while happy to have picked up a bonus point win, will not be satisfied with their second-half performance which tailed off badly. The
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30Aug
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 61 THE FIJIANS 17 – SATURDAY 29th AUGUST 2026
Neath completed their preparations for the league season with an entertaining 9 tries to 3 victory over the visiting Fijians at The Gnoll. Thundery showers gave way to bright, warm sunshine for a relaxed four-figure crowd as, following a musical interlude
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24Aug
MATCH REPORT – NEATH 7 points BRIDGEND 33 points – 21st August 2026.
Neath were well beaten by Bridgend at The Gnoll on Friday evening. The All Blacks started strongly but wasted three or four attacking opportunities. One line-out catch and drive led to a try by hooker Sion Jones which outside-half Paul Short
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09Aug
MATCH REPORT: MAESTEG 21 points NEATH 49 points
Maesteg (formed in 1877 with the help of a couple of Neath players) first played the Welsh All Blacks on a miserable midwinter Saturday, January 12, 1900 when Neath captured Maesteg’s ground record after Willie Arnold, a future Wales international,
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11May
MATCH REPORT: YSTRAD RHONDDA 39 points NEATH 31 points – Saturday 9th May 2026.
Neath's 2025/26 season finished in a high-scoring defeat in an end-of-season affair of 11 tries at gloriously sunny Gelligaled Park. For some weeks now, Neath have known that they could only reside in fourth place in the Premiership while Ystrad Rhondda
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30Apr
MATCH REPORT: NEATH 17 points LLANGENNECH 35 points – Wed’ 29th APRIL 2026.
Neath's home season ended on a desperately low note when they lost to a much sharper and fresher-looking Llangennech at The Gnoll. Both sides made around a half dozen changes and the visitors included ex-Neath men in Liam Tobias and Ioan
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27Apr
MATCH REPORT: NARBERTH 20 points NEATH 10 points – Saturday 25th April 2026
After a challenging 6-game winning sequence, Neath were unable to inject sufficient drive and energy into their game at Narberth where the home side ran out deserved winners. The Dr. Lewis-Lloyd grounds were radiant in Spring-time splendour : warm sunshine and
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19Apr
MATCH REPORT: CARDIFF METROPOLITAN 34 points NEATH 40 points – SATURDAY 18th APRIL 2026.
Newly-crowned WRU Cup winners Neath are fast becoming the second-half comeback kings of the WRU Premiership after overturning a 5-31 deficit to record a sixth successive victory in an 11-try thriller against Cardiff Metropolitan at Cyncoed. One of the problems of
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15Apr
WRU PREMIERSHIP CUP FINAL – MATCH REPORT: MERTHYR 21 points NEATH 32 points
Last weekend, Artemis-2 safely returned from its journey to the far extremity of the Moon at awe-inspiring speed – it may take Neath RFC, the dark side, a little longer to come back down to Earth. They will need to as