Neath travel to Merthyr to play the newly-crowned WRU Premiership champions on Saturday (kick off 2.30pm).

The two clubs end the season as it started with the reverse fixture of the opening game at The Gnoll. Merthyr comfortably won that and have gone on to become very well deserved champions – they have lost only two league games all season and won the title with an emphatic 48-24 success at Brecon last Saturday.

Skipper Ben Williams will lead Neath out on his 50th appearance and there are several changes from the side which lost rather unluckily 33-34 at Pontypridd on Wednesday.

Winger Matthew Jenkins and scrum-half Ellis Lewis are back to start behind the scrum, there is a new front-row of Rhys Taylor, Kian Jones and Ben Uphill while Casey Williams and Morgan Kneath are restored to the back row.

Jacob Daniels (Skewen) lines up on the replacements’ bench to start his Neath career on a day when some faithful servants may be saying ‘farewell’.

Neath v Merthyr (Away)

15 Iestyn Morgan; 14  Morgan Meaclem, 13 Jon Bayliss, 12 Sean Wilcox, 11 Matthew Jenkins; 10 Steff Williams, 9 Ellis Lewis; 1 Rhys Taylor, 2 Kian Jones, 3 Ben Uphill;  4 Matthew Davies, 5 Jacob Blackmore; 6 Casey Williams, 8 Morgan Kneath, 7 Ben Williams (captain),

Replacements  – 16  Josh Jones, 17 Mason Morgan, 18 Elis Hopkins, 19 Jon Barley, 20 Gethin Tremlett, 21 Jacob Daniels, 22 Nathan Orrells, 23 Dyfan Ceredig

Referee – Mr. Aaron Parry (Pontypool)  AR3 – Mr. Tony Davies (Brecon)

Next Fixture – TBC – Pre-Season Warm-Up (August, 2025)