Cardiff – Swansea team news

Cardiff entertain Swansea at the Arms Park on Thursday night in the Indigo Premiership (19:30)

The Blue & Blacks returned to the top of the table last Saturday in defeating Bridgend and will know they will have an equally tough test against the All Whites this week.

Speaking ahead of the game Director of Rugby Gruff Rees said “it will be nice to be back at the Arms Park after a few weeks, although we seem to be playing our best rugby away from home at the moment. Over the last few weeks we have put ourselves in a good position in the league and are looking to continue that.

We have a great player development path with the team at the moment and there is plenty of competition for places.  We know Swansea will be a tough game and they have shown flashes of what they are capable of in recent weeks. But we are looking forward to the game and have trained well in preparation for it”

15 Dan Fish

14 Dewi Cross

13 Joe Goodchild

12 Arron Pinches

11 James Beal

10 Ben Burnell

9 Tom Habberfield (c)

1 Brynley Toms

2 Evan Lloyd

3 Scott Andrews

4 Mackenzie Martin

5 Sean Moore

6 Alex Mann

7 Nathan Hudd

8 Ellis Thomas

16 Efan Daniel

17 Theo Bavacqua

18 Freddie Barnes

19 James Richards

20 Morgan Allen

21 Joe Williams

22 Harrison James

23 Jacob Lloyd

TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Ebbw Vale 3 3 0 0 130 54 18
Llandovery 3 3 0 0 102 82 15
Carmarthen Quins 3 2 0 1 84 72 10
Aberavon 3 2 0 1 82 95 9
Cardiff 3 1 0 2 100 127 8
Swansea 3 1 0 2 86 99 7
Bridgend Ravens 3 1 0 2 79 95 7
RGC 1404 3 1 0 2 85 102 6
Newport 3 0 0 3 84 97 5
Pontypool 3 1 0 2 51 60 4