Newport – Cardiff team news

Cardiff return to Indigo Premiership action this weekend with a visit to Rodney Parade.

The Blue & Blacks will be looking to continue their current form which has seen them win all eight of their league matches this season. That won’t be an easy task against their oldest rivals and friends Newport.

The Black & Ambers are currently 8th in the table and would like nothing better than to end Cardiff’s winning run. Speaking ahead of the game Head Coach Steve Law said “there are several changes to the side this week, with a few players shifting positions and others being welcomed back from injury.

Newport are a very good side, results in the last few weeks haven’t fallen their way, but they have gained bonus points against tough opposition, eighth position in the table does not tell the full story of their season so far. We know our standards will have to be at their highest if we want to come away with anything from Rodney Parade”

Cardiff vs Newport (Sat 7th Dec- Rodney Parade 14:30)

15 Edd Howley

14 James Beal

13 Sam Beard

12 Max Llewellyn

11 Tom Habberfield

10 Dan Fish

9 Lewis Jones

26 Brynley Toms

2 Evan Yardley

3 Peter Lloyd

4 Sam Pailor

5 Callum Bradbury

6 James Thomas

7 Alex Everett

8 Morgan Allen (Capt)

 

16 Thomas Davies

17 Iestyn Harris

18 Will Davies-King

19 Kieran Martin

20 Zach O’Driscoll

21 Gareth Thompson

22 Joe Scrivens

23 Joe Gatt

 

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Brynley Toms

TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 24 21 0 3 845 446 104
Llandovery 22 20 0 2 717 355 95
Ebbw Vale 23 17 0 6 708 433 85
Cardiff 24 15 1 8 731 536 78
Pontypridd 24 12 1 11 544 572 63
Pontypool 21 13 0 8 549 485 61
Merthyr 21 11 0 10 535 569 56
Aberavon 23 8 0 15 507 652 47
Bridgend Ravens 22 8 0 14 463 667 42
Swansea 21 6 0 15 427 589 36
Carmarthen Quins 22 5 0 17 469 666 33
RGC 1404 21 5 0 16 424 579 30
Neath 22 3 0 19 379 749 20