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
Cardiff 18 13 0 5 619 426 79
Ebbw Vale 18 13 0 5 592 370 77
Newport 18 11 0 7 581 415 65
Llandovery 18 11 0 7 514 483 63
RGC 1404 18 8 0 10 578 531 54
Swansea 18 9 1 8 457 489 53
Carmarthen Quins 18 9 1 8 370 415 49
Aberavon 18 6 0 12 427 625 33
Bridgend Ravens 18 4 2 12 416 646 31
Pontypool 18 4 0 14 399 553 27