Neath vs Bridgend - Match Preview

By Zippy
October 15 2004

Preview of the Neath vs Bridgend game in the Welsh Premiership. Pontypridd do not have a fixture this weekend because of the interesting decision to have 17 teams in the league.

Neath RFC vs Bridgend Ravens

Saturday October 15th KO 230pm

The Gnoll, Neath

Team News:

Bridgend:

Predicted Side:
 
15. Anthony Carter
14. Mathew Jeffrey
13. Ryan Howells
12. Richard Dyke
11. Grant Epton
10. Gareth David
9. Brendan Roach
 
1. Tom Snelgrove
2. Andrew Joy
3. Scott Roberts
4. Nathan Strong
5. Mike Powell
6. Dean Fitzgerald
7. Cory Harris
8. Gareth Williams

Neath:

Backs
Gareth Morris (Captain). Neil Clapham. James Hook. Aled Brew. Richard Johnston. Andrew Bishop. Wayne Mitchell Mark Davies Martin Roberts

Forwards
Paul Jones Andrew Howell Cai Griffiths Mefin Davies Andrew Littlehales Chris Gittins Steve Martin Ian Evans Hywel Jenkins Andrew Llewellyn Lee Beach Tom Smith John McPhail

Comment from Head Coach, Roland Phillips:
"We will have to leave the selection of our starting fifteen until after we have performed some late fitness tests as we have carried over a number of injuries from the win at Newbridge on Tuesday evening. Bridgend are always a good side as we found out last year and they have made a positive start to the season. Including the Konica Minolta semi-final we played them three times last season, and each match was a good challenge. They have an experienced pack of forwards and a pacey back line and I am sure they will be looking to stop us making it eight out of eight on Saturday"

Zippy Prediction

Bridgend don't do very well at the Gnoll and that record looks set to continue, I'd expect a much better performance from Bridgend than they gave mid week.

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