Merthyr have made several changes to the side that defeated Bedwas last Saturday in the WRU cup for the visit of LLandovery on Friday night. Second row Damian Welch takes over as skipper and Jake Thomas returns to the back row. Adam Hoskins starts at scrum half, with Matthew Jarvis returning at full back.
MERTHYR, 15 M JARVIS,14 A NORTON,13 H THOMSON,12 A THOMAS,11 S JONES, 10 R JONES, 9 A HOSKINS, 1 C PHILLIPS,2 S EVANS,3 R LEWIS,4 H BARNES,5 D WELCH(C), 6 J THOMAS,7 J PERKINS, 8 P REES, 16 R WILLIAMS,17 N TREVETT, 18 R THOMAS, 19 A MURPHY,20 T DALEY,21 J JAMES,22 G DAVIES/J MARTIN, 23 C CZEKAJ. REFEREE, DEWI PHILLIPS(WRU).