Cardiff returned to winning ways after two losses on the bounce by beating Swansea at St Helen’s 22-12.
Aberavon have started the season rather strongly by winning three of their first five games against Bridgend, Neath, and Pontypool. However, The Wizards have yet to pick up a victory since the 19th of October when they put aside Swansea 38-32.
Last time out the visitors lost to Pontypridd 16-10 at the Talbot Athletic Ground and now sit in ninth place on 19 points in the Indigo Premiership Table, Cardiff sit three places above them in sixth place on 22 points.
The last time The Blue and Blacks faced The Wizards was back in April, on that occasion Dewi Cross was one of four tries scorers as Cardiff recorded a Bonus Point win.
After scoring 23 tries in his debut season for the Blue and Blacks and five this season, I caught up with Dewi as he gave me his thoughts ahead of Saturday’s game.
His thoughts on the Swansea game:
He said: “Rugbys a tough game, you win some and lose some.
“But we had a great training week heading into the Swansea game and put what we did on the training pitch into the game”, he added.
His thoughts ahead of Aberavon:
He said: “Aberavon are always a tough team to play, they are very physical upfront.
“We’ve just got to focus on us and play to our terms.
“We have 10 games on the bounce now so it’s going to be a tough few months but if we stick together as a team we won’t go far wrong with the results.”
Team News:
Arron Pinches makes a return to inside centre after being on the sidelines as Head Coach, Steve Law makes four changes to his starting XV that faced The Whites.
21-year-old, Rhys Barrett replaces Ollie Evans at Loosehead, as he starts his second game of the season, and his 30th in a Blue and Blacks Shirt. Captain Morgan Allen returns to the starting XV after being picked on the bench last time out in place of Mackenzie Martin.
Law makes another change to the backline, as Joe Williams replaces Tom Habberfield at scrum half.
Cardiff Starting XV: 15. Matty Young, 14. Joe Goodchild, 13. Luke Pollock, 12. Arron Pinches, 11. Dewi Cross, 10. Arwel Robson, 9. Joe Williams, 1. Rhys Barrett, 2. Joey Tomlinson, 3. Christian Brooke, 4. Sean Moore, 5. Ethan Phillips, 6. Craig Hudd, 7. Lucas De La Rue, 8. Morgan Allen (C)
Replacements: 16. Alun Rees, 17. Ollie Evans, 18. Freddie Barnes, 19. Shaun O’Rourke, 20. Nathan Hudd, 21. Morgan Oliver, 22. Harrison James, 23.Jacob Lloyd
Cardiff vs Aberavon, Saturday 25th November
KO: 2:30 pm
Words By Harry Tovey.
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