TEAM NEWS PONTYPRIDD WRU CUP

Merthyr welcomes local rivals Pontypridd RFC to the wern for a first-round WRU spec-savers cup this Saturday kick-off 5:15 pm live on SC4C. Last season both sides met in the quarter-final of the same competition with the ironmen running winners in a hard-fought game 20-11. The ironmen make 1 change to the starting line up that lost at RGC 1404 last week due to the injury of captain Craig Locke, with ex Pontypridd player Hemi Barnes stepping in. The side will captained by number 8 Phil Rees.

MERTHYR, 15 M JARVIS, 14 A NORTON,13 A THOMAS,12 A PINCHES,11 S JONES,10 R JONES,9 J JAMES, 1 C PHILLIPS,2 R WILLIAMS,3 J GILDING, 4 D WELCH,5 H BARNES,6 J THOMAS,7 J PERKINS,8 P REES(C), 16 J HOWE,17 S EVANS,18 R THOMAS,19 A MURPHY,20 T DAYLEY, 21 A HOSKINS,22 G DAVIES,23 J MARTIN.