Match Preview – SRC CUP Final

The Steelmen travel to Church Bank to face Llandovery RFC in the final of the SRC Cup on Thursday night, live on S4C Clic.

The Steelmen have progressed to the final after beating Carmarthen Quins, Pontypool RFC, Newport RFC and Swansea RFC in the group stage. The team becomes only the second Steelmen team to reach the final of the domestic cup competition following Kingsley Jones’s Steelmen in 1998.

Jason Strange has named the following squad for the final. There are a number of changes from the side that faced Swansea RFC last weekend. Cameron Davies, Adam Williams and Ryan Jenkins return to the starting XV. While Jon Evans and Matt Jones return from injury to appear amongst the replacements.

15 Morgan Richards 14 Ewan Bowden 13 Cameron Davies 12 Dom Franchi 11 Ryan Gardner 10 Evan Lloyd 9 Rory Harries

1 Luke Garrett. 2 Joe Franchi. 3 Adam Williams 4 Dylan Bartlett 5 Curtis Gregory 6 Jack Pope 7 Sion Parry 8 Ryan Jenkins

Replacements from

Ieuan Morris  Morgan Williams  Adam Court  Cameron Regan  Lewis Young  Jon Evans  Kobi Rees  Ieuan Evans  Matt Jones

The game sees Joe Franchi reach 200 games for the Steelmen and his brother Dom make his 150th appearance.

Road to the SRC Cup Final

The Steelmen have reached the SRC CUP Final having won all 4 matches in SRC Cup Group B

Carmarthen Quins (H)  24 – 7 won

Pontypool RFC (A) 18 – 13 won

Newport RFC (H)   44 – 21 won

Swansea RFC (A)  33 – 19 won

Played 4 Won 4

Points Scored: 119

Points Conceded: 60

Stats Attack

The Steelmen have used 31 players in the cup competition so far.

6 players started all 4 group games in the cup: Morgan Richards, Evan Lloyd, Gruff Tough, Dom Franchi, Adam Court and Curtis Gregory

The team have scored 17 tries in the 4 matches. 11 different players have scored tries with Joe Franchi the top scorer with 4 tries. There has also been a penalty try awarded to the Steelmen

Evan Lloyd has scored 32 points with the boot in the group stages.

Match Details

SRC Cup Final

Llandovery RFC V Ebbw Vale RFC

Thursday 20th March

Church Bank

7.30pm