Bargoed v Pontypridd – Matchday Preview

Next up for Pontypridd RFC is the team’s final Admiral Premiership match of the 2024/25 season. The Valley Commandos head to Bargoed Park on Saturday 10th May to take on Bargoed RFC, kick-off will be 2:30pm with a great deal riding on the match – more on that later in the piece.

This Saturday’s match was due to have taken place at Bargoed Park on Saturday 11th January, but a frozen pitch scuppered that contest. Ponty and Bargoed have had a couple of great battles to date this season – the pair first met on what ended up being both teams’ first competitive game of the season on Saturday 14th September at Sardis Road. There wasn’t a lot between them on the day, but it was Pontypridd that earned a hard-fought bonus-point win by 34 points to 19.

Ponty then travelled to Bargoed Park on Saturday 26th October for a Welsh Cup quarter-final tie and it could not have been any closer! In a match that swung to and fro, it was Jacob Symes that stepped up and kicked a late penalty-goal in match’s final act to seal a dramatic 29-28 win.

The Club’s last visit to Bargoed Park was back on Saturday 4th May 2019 with current players Dale Stuckey, Joel Raikes and Rob Jones all featuring in a 55-28 win in the Premiership that particular afternoon.

 

Ponty’s win against Neath last Wednesday evening at Sardis Road coupled with the Welsh All Blacks’ defeat at Merthyr on Saturday means that the Valley Commandos are now guaranteed to finish second in the 2024/25 Welsh Premiership. Bargoed are guaranteed a fourth-placed finish on their return to the Premiership, but don’t for one minute think that this Saturday’s clash is a dead-rubber…

 

Everyone knows by now that for the five Mid District clubs in this season’s Welsh Premiership, there has been another competition running adjacently to it – the Mid District Premiership Cup. All the results from when the Mid District clubs have played each other have been compiled into a ‘mini-league,’ with the top two qualifying for the Grand Final on Saturday 17th May at Sardis Road. Merthyr have already booked their place, but the last spot is up for grabs and that’s where this Saturday’s match is vital. As things stand Bargoed currently occupy second place in the Mid District standings, so either a win or draw will see them through to the final against The Ironmen. However, due to Pontypridd having a better points difference an away win this weekend will mean that it would be the Valley Commandos who progress through to the final on 17th May. Current standings below –

So, as well as an Admiral Premiership match, this week’s game is in essence also a Mid District Premiership Cup winner-takes-all semi-final. The weather forecast looks good all week leading up to Saturday when it’s even better, and with a place in the final and a potential second piece of silverware for the season up for grabs in less than two weeks we’ll see you at Bargoed Park #PontyFans

SUPPORTERS TRAVEL –

As always the Pontypridd Supporters Club are organising travel for fans to the opposition’s ground. The bus will be departing Sardis Road at 1:15pm – please phone Phil Lycett on 01443 662561 to book a seat. Here’s our recent Supporters Bus article with all the key information – Supporters Coach to Bargoed – 10/5/2025

GROUND ADDRESS –

The postcode for Bargoed Park is CF81 8UJ.

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