Cardiff RFC return to Super Rygbi Cymru league action as they welcome Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (RGC) to the Cardiff Arms Park late Saturday afternoon (KO: 16:30).
After back-to-back games in the SRC Cup against Llandovery and RGC, Dan Fish’s men return to league action where they sit in third place. Their last outing in the league came against Swansea RFC at the start of the year where the Blue and Blacks won 32-22. However, Cardiff come into the match on the back of defeats to Llandovery (40-33) and RGC (34-31) losing narrowly on both occasions.
RGC will make the long journey south to the Arms Park for the second consecutive week as they take on the Blue and Blacks in a rescheduled fixture that was supposed to had taken place back in December.
In the pairs last outing it was the Gogs that had the spoils as tries from Pedr Jones, Danny Cross, Afon Bagshaw and a brace from hooker, Rhodri King saw the North Walians record their first win in Cardiff since April 2018.
However, tries from Jared Williams, Ollie Das, Gavin Parry and two crosses from Charlie Manship means the Blue and Blacks sit in fourth place in Pool A.
Team News:
1. Jared Williams
2. Alun Rees
3. Joe Cowell
4. Ethan Phillips
5. Sean Moore (C)
6. Aled Ward
7. Lucas de la Rua
8. Benji Williams
9. Ethan Lloyd
10. Josh Thomas
11. Dewi Cross
12. Jason Harries
13. Osian Darwin-Lewis
14. Joe Goodchild
15. Matty Young
Replacements:
16. Gavin Parry
17. Sam Turner
18. Christian Brooke
19. Evan Rees
20. Will Jameson
21. Lloyd Lucas
22. Fraser Jones
23. Kodie Stone
Pre-Match thoughts
Ahead of the game Dan Fish said: “It’s back to league action this weekend so we know how important this game is.
“Been great the past couple of weeks in the cup to see some of the younger players getting there first taste of Men’s rugby. We have looked over the game from last weekend and are looking to improve on some key areas for us, we have some players returning to the side.
“We know it’s going to be a tough game but we have done everything that we can control to be in the best position come 4:30pm Saturday afternoon.”
Head-to-Head
Saturday afternoon will be the nineteenth meeting between the two sides, with the first meeting being back in 2011 where it finished 29-26 in favour of Cardiff. The Blue and Blacks have always had the upper hand in the meetings winning thirteen out of the nineteen meetings.
The biggest win came back in September 2021 as it saw Cardiff cross the whitewash eight times. A hat-trick from Ellis Bevan was accompanied by tries from Dan Fish, Harri Millard, Efan Daniel and a brace from Ryan Wilkins saw the Blue and Blacks win 60-5.
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