Aberavon host Neath, Bedwas take on Newport at Bridge Field, Ebbw Vale travel to Cross Keys and Llandovery take on Llanelli at Church Bank to complete the fixture list.
Four Principality Premiership clubs will represent Wales in this season’s cross border competition, with the winners of this weekend’s ties playing again next weekend to determine the final four.
The winners of the play-offs in the Dragons region will play each other, while Bridgend and Carmarthen lie in wait for the winners of Aberavon v Neath and Llandovery v Llanelli respectively, as they finished last season as the top sides within their regions. With only two Principality Premiership sides in the Blues region, champions Pontypridd take on Cardiff next Saturday (September 6) in a one off game.
Bedwas open their 2014-15 season campaign with a home British & Irish Cup qualifier against neighbours Newport. The victors will play away at either Cross Keys or Ebbw Vale on Saturday 6 September.
With three excellent pre-season victories behind them Bedwas will go into the tie with plenty of confidence as they look to build on those results.
Bedwas Chairman Mark Lewis said ‘I would like to welcome all the new faces as well as those returning from last season. We have worked hard to put together a competitive squad as well as one with more depth to it, competition for a starting place will be intense throughout the squad.’ ‘We look forward to the challenge of another season as we constantly look to improve.’
Bedwas team v Newport:
1 Brynley Toms, 2 Alun Rees, 3 Mathew Petit, 4 Phil Rees, 5 Josh Walker, 6 Alwyn Lee, 7 Simon Grainger ©, 8 Dan Crimmins, 9 Joe Smith, 10 Richard Powell, 11 Mathew John, 12 Paul Davies, 13 Aaron Pinches, 14 Rory Budina, 15 Harley Thompson
Replacements:16 Dan Preece, 17 Richard Wilkes, 18 Ian Jenkins, 19 J Richards, 20 James Sawyer, 21 Tom Rowlands, 22 Jack Maynard, 23 Steve Taylor
Newport team: G O’Driscoll, J Morris, N Edwards, D Robinson, O Broad, M O’Brien, O Davies. L Jenkins, W Evans, A Jeffries, Adam Brown, A Frampton, S Feehan, O Griffiths (capt), B Lampitt.
Replacements : Andrew Brown, J Greenfield, E Whitson, D Partridge, S Cross, A Quick, J Murphy, C Rees.
Cross Keys v Ebbw Vale
Cross Keys team:
James Cordy-Redden, Nathan Williams, Aled James, Phil Williams, Nathan Trowbridge; Richard Cornock, Darren Hughes, Anthony Lott, Dan Hodge, tom Lampard, Reuben Tucker, Scott Matthews, Adam Powell (capt)
Replacements: Jonathan Howard, Luke Garett, Craig Gould, Carl Townsend, Polu Uhi, Elliot Jones, Ryan James, Scott Andrews
Ebbw Vale team: Daniel Haymond; Wesley Cunliffe, Thomas Hiscock, Jordan Howells, Owen Williams; Iain Smerdon, Lewis Jones; Ross Jones, Matthew Williams, Robert Sevenoaks, Damien Hudd (capt), Ashley Sweet, Aaron Harris, Ronny Kynes, Cameron Regan.
Replacements: Joseph Franchi, Gethin Robinson, John Lavender, Spencer Gibson, Chris Thomas, Ethan Davies, Lewis Reece, Stefan Jouxson
Aberavon v Neath
Aberavon team:
Jonathan Phillips; Richard Carter, Matthew Jenkins, David Richards-Evans, Aaron Grabham; Ceiron Thomas, Daniel Davies; Rowan Jenkins, Ieuan Davies, Nicky Thomas, Gavin Ronan, Ben Davies, Rob Dudley-Jones, Joe Tomalin-Reeves, Ben Thomas
Replacements: Howard Thomas, Ben John, David Pritchard, James Bija, Gareth Harvey, Adam Beard, Chris John, Neil White
Neath team:
Aaron Bramwell; Ashley Evans, Ryan Evans, Lloyd Phillips, Joshua Jones; Giulio Cenedese, Sion Crocker, Marc Jones, Alexander Humfrey, Adam Williams, Jordan Collier, Callum Thomas, James Locke
Replacements: Gerwyn Price, Aaron Coundley, Lloyd Elliott, Rhodri Cole, Leon Ward, Emyr Williams, Kyle Taylor, Alec Jenkins
Llandovery v Llanelli
Llandovery team:
Richard Rhys Williams; Richard Williams, Matthew Jacobs, Adam Warren, Sam Soul; James Garland, Lee Rees; Owain Jones, Emyr Phillips, Greg Cunliffe, Bryn Griffiths, Ritchard Catchpole, Phillip Day, Shaun Miles, Richard Brooks
Replacements:
Thomas Jones, Dorian Williams, Matthew Harbut, Richard Bloomfield, Lawrence Reynolds, Jonathan Lewis, Rhodri Jones, Joshua Batcup
Llanelli team:
Steffan Evans; Kyle Evans, Steffan Hughes, David Thomas, Joshua Adams; Stuart Morris, Justin James; Rhys Thomas, Darran Harris, Aled Hopkins, Edward Price, Lewis Rawlins, Roy Osbourne, Duane Eager (capt), Craig Price
Replacements:
Gareth Harvard, Torin Myhill, Samuel Martin, Osian Davies, Steffan Jones, Jak Evans, Gareth Walters, Samuel Evans
