Tata Steel v Cardiff – Team News

Cardiff take a break from the Premiership as the first round of the National Cup gets underway this weekend.

The Blue & Blacks will be looking to build on the performances in recent weeks and especially following the win over Pontypridd on Tuesday.

“that is a short turnaround in terms of recovery” said Head Coach Steve Law “but having performed so well on Tuesday in securing a bonus point win and stopping Ponty getting anything the whole squad is looking forward to getting back out on the field again. Going to places like Tata is what the cup is all about and they will be very much up for taking out one of the Premiership teams, we will have to perform again to make sure of a second round fixture”

Tata will be no strangers to Cardiff either in the cup or this season. In August the Blue & Blacks sampled their hospitality when they played in a friendly and last season the sides met at the same stage of the Cup, Cardiff winning on both occasions.

Cardiff (vs Tata Steel)

15 Tom Williams

14 Llywarch Ap Myrddin

13 Adam Jones

12 Will Rees-Hole

11 Edd Howley

10 Steffan Jones

9 Martin Roberts (Capt)

1 Fraser Young

2 Ian Jenkins

3 Kieron Brown

4 Kieron Martin

5 James Murphy

6 Sam Pailor

7 Zach O’Driscoll

8 Tom Daley

16 Ramaz Rhukhadze

17 Joey Tomlinson

18 Peter Lloyd

19 Thomas Davies

20 Callun James

21 Scott Gibson

22 Gareth Thompson

23 Johnny Wood

TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Llandovery 20 19 0 1 684 307 90
Newport 20 17 0 3 670 365 85
Ebbw Vale 19 14 0 5 590 353 70
Cardiff 20 11 1 8 541 459 58
Pontypridd 20 9 1 10 440 485 48
Pontypool 18 10 0 8 440 431 46
Aberavon 19 8 0 11 446 526 46
Merthyr 17 9 0 8 422 436 44
Bridgend Ravens 19 7 0 12 400 519 37
Swansea 18 5 0 13 344 502 28
RGC 1404 17 5 0 12 334 466 27
Carmarthen Quins 18 4 0 14 382 505 26
Neath 19 3 0 16 306 645 18