The last ten years of the competition has seen Rhondda Schools appear in 6 finals; the team will be competing for an unprecedented third Dewar Shield title in a row as they take on a plucky Pontypridd side.
Saturday promises to provide an entertaining day of Welsh Schools rugby as two further pieces of silverware are up for grabs.
Four years previously the competition was restructured, so that all district schools competed in five pools of six teams in a first phase of the competition. The second phase then saw the top two teams in each league proceed to the Dewar Shield final; the 3rd and 4th place teams proceeded to the Morgan Griffiths Plate Competition whilst the fifth and sixth placed team progressed to the Amdahl Bowl Final.
All three finals will take place at Llandovery on Saturday; Cardiff A Schools take on Ceredigion Schools in the Amdahl Bowl Final at 11am; Pontypool Schools do battle with the Vale of Glamorgan Schools for the Morgan Griffiths Plate at midday with the Dewar Shield Final setting up a thrilling final clash of the afternoon.
Saturday will celebrate 103 since the Dewar Shield was first awarded, with tomorrow’s competition aided by the support of Health Challenge Wales.
Amdahl Bowl Final – Kick-off 11:00: Cardiff A Schools v Ceredigion Schools
Cardiff A Schools U15: Matthew O’Brien; James Scanlon, Nathan Hayes, Tom Mace, Nick Thomas; Rob Ryan, Fred Rowlands; Chris Hole, Aled Rees, Ethan Harris, James Thomas, Josh Delf, Joe Rapson, Ieuan Matthews, Alex Bourne
Replacements: Jerome Lawrence, Dylan Cassella, Sian Mullan, Cory Ledvigson, Chris Harris, Dan Stone, Gavin Magner
Ceredigion Schools U15: Paul Bennet; Jac Evans, Dean Coleman, Gethin Davies, Gethin Hunter; Gwion Emrys, Michael Jones; Nathan Bowen, Owain Rose, Tomos Dafydd Davies, Chris Randall, Daniel Binks, Lee Evans, Owain Powell, Joe Hope
Replacements: Steffan Bonsall, Gareth Thomas, Stephen Thomas, Rhys Wallace, Kristian Jones, Jon Lumb, Lefi Jones
Morgan Griffiths Plate Final – Kick-off 12:00: Pontypool Schools v Vale of Glamorgan Schools
Pontypool Schools Squad: Thomas Aviss, Kane Baker, Connor Bartlett, Mikheil Blake, Michael Davies, Matthew Davies, Rhys Freeman, Josh Clynn, Thomas Haynes, Chris Hawkins, Aaron Ireland, Lewis Jones, David Merchant, Rhys Marshall, Stefan Morgan, James Munday, Matthew Needs, Cameron Reagan, Jake Smith, Robert SMith, Chris Thomas, Ross Watts, Jeffrey Williams
Vale of Glamorgan Schools: Cory Allen; Daniel Phillips, James Wiltshire, Matthew Roberts, Matthew Goldsworthy; Josh Hurley, Tom Davies; Sam Bennett, Peter Lloyd, Josh Dunleavey, Ben Smith, Jack Williams, Rhodri Phillips, Liam Union, Sebastian Vidal
Replacements: Josh Jenkins, Will Thomas, Jac Ellis, Stephan Howell, Rueben Tucker, Efan Ellis, Ryan Darch
Dewar Shield Final – Kick-off 1pm – Pontypridd Schools v Rhondda Schools
Pontypridd Schools U15: Christopher Edwards; Jack Pring, Jake Lambert-Jones, Thomas Pascoe, Dale Parsons; Adam Anzi-Jones, Lewis Jones; Matthew Bartlett, Jonathan Elley (Capt), Alex Thomas, Ieuan Parsons, Jordan Sieniawski, Lee Davies, Nathan King, Ellis Jenkins
Replacements: Martin Power, Mitchell Chivers, Matthew McCarthy, Lloyd Montague, Rhys Morgan, Lewis Hessey, Amthony Lewis
Rhondda Schools U15: Garin Roderick; Adam Battstone, Ryan Evans, Sean Webber, Joe Couch; Lewis Williams, Dale Evans; Chris True, Jack Dando, Bradley Thyer, Nathan Jones, Matthew Screech, Thomas Davies, Callum Thomas (Capt), Will Griff John
Replacements (from): Jarred Parcell, Chris Robinson, James Tomkinson, Garin Owen, Calway Phillips, Dale Hughes, Alex Jones, Bradley Morgan, Ethan Lewis, Garin Daniel, James Parry, Luc Rees, Meurig Davies, Sam Jones, Jordan Erricker
