Cardiff will open the new Premiership season with a home game against Regional rivals Pontypridd.
The new season brings a new sponsor and a new format. Twelve teams will now compete in the Indigo Premiership. Speaking ahead of the season Head coach Steve Law, who will again be supported by Gethin Jenkins and Rhys Thomas, with James Dixon coming in as backs coach said, “I expect the standard of rugby in the new, streamlined Indigo Group Premiership to go up with the reduced number of teams and the jeopardy of relegation. Pontypridd will always be a mouth-watering prospect to start the season, followed by Llanelli who survived the play-off last season.”
The National Cup also has a new sponsor – Specsavers. The Cup draw sees the defending Champions heading to North Wales to play RGC1404 on Sept 14th. Steve Law added, “We probably achieved more last season than expected with the Cup win which did so much for us as a team and for the supporters, and finishing second in the league. Having said that we are certainly ambitious for the coming season. To begin our Specsavers Cup defence at RGC will be tough – especially given the hiding we got in our final game of the season. I think the standard of all teams will improve this season.”
The full cup draw is
RGC v Cardiff
Aberavon v Bargoed
Cardiff Met v Ystrad Rhondda
Newport v Carmarthen
Llandovery v Ystalyfera
Neath v Trebanos
Tata Steel v Bedwas
Ebbw Vale v Narberth
Pontypool v Swansea
Beddau v Bridgend
Merthyr v Pontypridd
Maesteg Quins v Llanelli
Cross Keys v Glamorgan Wdrs
Cardiff RFC fixtures (subject to change)
07/09/2019
Pontypridd (H)
14/09/2019
RGC1404 (A) Cup
21/09/2019
Llanelli (A)
12/10/2019
Swansea (H)
19/10/2019
Carmarthen Quins (H)
26/10/2019
RGC1404 (A)
02/11/2019
Ebbw Vale (H)
16/11/2019
Bridgend (A)
23/11/2019
Aberavon (H)
07/12/2019
Newport (A)
14/12/2019
Merthyr (H)
21/12/2019
Llandovery (A)
28/12/2019
Pontypridd (A)
04/01/2020
Llanelli (H)
11/01/2020
Swansea (A)
18/01/2020
Carmarthen (A)
25/01/2020
RGC 1404 (H)
15/02/2020
Ebbw Vale (A)
29/02/2020
Bridgend (H)
07/03/2020
Aberavon (A)
21/03/2020
Newport (H)
28/03/2020
Merthyr (A)
04/04/2020
Llandovery (H)