Pontypridd v Neath – Matchday Preview

This Saturday 7th March Pontypridd RFC take on Neath RFC at Sardis Road in the Admiral Premiership, the match kicks off 2:30pm.

It’s very much third time lucky for Ponty this weekend with the team having succumbed twice to the Welsh All Blacks earlier this campaign in both league and cup. The first meeting between the two clubs this season came in the Welsh Cup, and on Saturday 27th September Neath triumphed by 23 points to 19 at The Gnoll. It was a little over a month later on Saturday 1st November the Valley Commandos returned to the Gnoll for an encounter in the league, but unfortunately it yielded a similar score and the same outcome from a Ponty perspective as they went down by a 26-20 scoreline.

The last time the two clubs met at Sardis was on the 30th April last year, and they played out an absolute thriller! The match swung to and fro and could have gone either way, but it was Pontypridd that came out on top of a sixty seven point thriller by 34 points to 33.

 

To the here and now, and Pontypridd came away from Cross Keys with a very good 36-14 bonus-point win on Saturday. Despite the win it’s very much ‘as you were’ at the top of the Premiership standings as both Beddau and Merthyr also secured bonus point wins against Llanelli Wanderers and Brecon respectively.

Fourth placed Neath will be rolling into town this Saturday as the proverbial ‘wounded animal’ having lost at home by 21 points to 15 against Bargoed over the weekend, Ponty will no doubt be expecting a reaction from them.

 

Matches between Pontypridd and Neath require very little hyping up, it’s traditionally one of the fixtures in the season’s calendar – we’ll see you all on Saturday.

SUPPORTER INFORMATION:

Tickets – Admission on Saturday will be £12 full, £10 concession access-all-areas and under 16’s free if accompanied by a paying adult. You can purchase tickets on the day or to save time (which is recommended to miss the queues) you can use our online e-Ticket system, here’s the link which includes all our different packages – e-Tickets – Pontypridd v Neath 7/3/2026

Supporter access is via the Clubhouse end of the ground only – the ground and bars will be open from midday onwards.

CLUB ‘POP-UP’ SHOP – We recently announced both our new range of merchandise with new partner RCS, and our new online club shop which will go live on Monday 9th March. But ahead of that supporters will be able to try on various different items of clothing to gauge your size. So this Saturday we will have a pop-up shop situated in the old shop attached to our clubhouse within the stadium. Supporters will be able to note their size and order items there and then, or you can just keep a note of your size and order direct from our online shop two days later. It will be open for an hour prior to kick off, during half time and for a limited amount of time after Ponty’s match. Here’s our most recent media release regarding our new shop – New Online Club Shop

Ty Gwynno’s ‘Dementia Choir’ – Pre-match we will have a special performance on the pitch from local care home Ty Gwynno, here’s a recap – Ty Gwynno Care Home’s ‘Dementia Choir’ to perform at Sardis Road

Live Sport in the Clubhouse – We will be showing live coverage of the two Six Nations matches taking place throughout the afternoon – Scotland v France kicking off at 2:10pm, and Italy v England which kicks off at 4:40pm.

 

 

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