One of the stars of last season’s Wales Under 20 side, Williams started the current campaign playing at The Gnoll and made an immediate impact. He will join Mike Evans in the midfield for Neath and face up against the Ponty centre duo of Lloyd Rowlands and Dafydd Lockyer.
There are four games on Friday, 16 March, including the unbeaten Newport’s trip to Bridgend, while the game at Bargoed on Saturday has been postponed because of the bad weather that has been forecast for the weekend.
Reigning champions Merthyr will be hoping to get back to winning ways after their one point home defeat to Newport last weekend when they welcome Llanelli to The Wern. League leaders Carmarthen Quins host Cardiff.
PRINCIPALITY PREMIERSHIP FIXTURES
Friday, 16 March
Aberavon v Cross Keys (7.30pm)
Bridgend v Newport (7.30pm)
Neath v Pontypridd (7.30pm)
Swansea v Bedwas (7.30pm)
Saturday, 17 March
Bargoed v RGC 1404 (Postponed)
Carmarthen Quins v Cardiff (11.30am)
Llandovery v Ebbw Vale (1.00pm)
Merthyr v Llanelli (12.30pm)
FRIDAY TEAMS
Aberavon v Cross Keys
Aberavon: Chris Banfield; Shaun Pearce, Joe Thomas, Rheon James, Jay Baker; James Garland (captain), Iwan Temblett; Michael Burgess, Ieuan Davies, Chris Davies. Ben Thomas, James Ratti, Lee Purnell, Joe Tomalin-Reeves, Rob Dudley-Jones
Reps: Callum Morris, Liam Popham, Steffen Williams, Luke Davies, Luke Joseph, Jordan Walters, Jon Thomas, Ben Jones
Cross Keys: Leon Andrews; Mathew Powell, Lewis Barnett, Barney Nightingale, Nathan Trowbridge; Josh Prosser, Owain Leonard; Luke Garrett, Darren Hughes, Scott Evans, Josh Skinner, Scott Andrews, Scott Matthews (captain), Joe Thomas, Adam Powell
Reps: Gary Carpenter, Corey Hewlett, Richard Cornock, Ashley Gibson, Tom Lampard, Corey Shephard, Ross Pritchard, Calvin Wellington
Bridgend v Newport
Bridgend: Jonny Phillips; Aaron Grabham, Stuart Floyd-Ellis, Nathan Edwards, Ryan Griffiths; Jamie Murphy, Connor Tantum; Ollie Evans, Gareth Harvey, Cai Lewis, Chris John, Kieran Martin, Adam O’Driscoll (captain), Dafi Davies, Matthew John
Reps: Iestyn Merriman, Owen Jordan, Neil Elworthy, Owain Lloyd, Zac O’Driscoll, Chris Williams, Joe Gatt, Ryan Evans
Newport: Geraint O’Driscoll; Jon Morris, Tom Pascoe, Chay Smith, Elliot Frewen; Matt O’Brien, Ryan James; John Lavender, Will Evans, Garin Harris, Joe Bartlett, Dan Partridge, Morgan Burgess, Kyle Tayler, Alex Everett
Reps: Henry Palmer, Matt Prosser, Tom Piper, Andrew Mann, Rhys Cresswell, Owen Davies, Haydn Simons, Haydn Palmer
Neath v Pontypridd
Neath: Ed Howley; James Roberts, Mike Evans, Keiran Williams, Alec Jenkins; Iwan Evans, Scott Gibson; Ben Uphill, Garin Lloyd, Liam Tobias, Ryan Bean, Jon Barley, Elis Hopkins, Leon Ward (captain), Aled Cockwell
Rep: Huw Wilkes, Evan Whitson, Callum Jones, Matthew Davies, Ceri White, Chris Morgans, Dan Guarneri, Ryan Pugh
Pontypridd: Dale Stuckey; Lewis Williams, Lloyd Rowlands, Dafydd Lockyer (captain), Alex Webber; Diggy Bird, Joel Raikes; Huw Owen, Huw Dowden, Kieran Assiratti, Josh Hawkins, Chris Dicomidis, Sean Moore, Morgan Sieniawski, Jake Thomas
Reps: Jamie Hill, Jordan Rees, Alex Knott, Joe Page, Ross Morgan, Ross Barnes, Ian George, Will Davies-King
Swansea v Bedwas
Swansea: Luke Griffiths; Andrew Claypole, Richard Fussell, John Rhys Williams, Daniel Howells; Gareth Walters, Matthew Aubrey; Richard Murphy, Ashley James, Mitchell Walsh, Matthew Dodd, Sam Kiley, Jamie Williams, Jon Vaughan, Jonathan Fox (captain)
Reps: Paul John, Chris Thomas, Fenton Holder, Steffan Jones, James Parry, Rhodri Wells, Owen Howe, Jake Randell
Bedwas: Aaron Bramwell; Mathew John, Lewis Evans, Adam Williams, Pat Lewis; Steffan Jones, Luke Crane; Tom Devine, Alun Rees (captain), Rhys Hutcherson, Geraint Edmunds, Gareth Allen, James Richards, Nathan Hudd, Andrew Waite
Reps: Dan Preece, Mike Dacey, Dan Suter, Dale Rogers, Bryn Toms, Tom Rowlands, Mike Callow, Mike Hathaway
SATURDAY TEAMS
Carmarthen Quins v Cardiff
Carmarthen Quins: Aled Thomas; Dale Ford, Nic Reynolds, Scott Lloyd, Morgan Griffiths; Sean Marshall, Aron Hemmings; Steff Phillips, Rhodri Clancy, Steff Thomas, Josh Helps, Haydn Pugh (captain), Shaun Jones, Shaun Evans, Richard Hemmingway
Reps: Rhys Davies, Gethin Robinson, Javan Sebastian, Lee Taylor, Lewys Millin, Aled James, Josh Batcup, Dylan Morgan
Cardiff: Dan Fish; James Beal, Adam Jones, Will Rees-Hole, Dafydd Smith; Gareth Thompson, Lewis Jones; Bradley Thyer, Ethan Lewis, Peter Lloyd, James Murphy, Callum Bradbury, Joe Miles, Luke Crocker (captain), Rory Pitman
Reps: Fraser Young, Ian Jenkins, Kieron Brown, Kris Smith, Ben White, Rhodri Cole, Llywarch Ap Myrddin, A N Other
Llandovery v Ebbw Vale
Llandovery: Kristian Jones; Lee Williams, Ryan Evans, Rhodri Wall, Aaron Warren; Jack Maynard, Scott Maynard; Berian Watkins, Dafydd Hughes, Scott Jenkins, Jack Jones, Morgan Jones, Duane Eager (captain), Shaun Miles, Emyr Price
Reps: Llyr Green, A.N.Other, Lewis Ellis-Jones, Stuart Worrall, Ricky Guest, Richard Brooks, Dafydd Pritchard, Alex Davies
Ebbw Vale: TBC
Merthyr v Llanelli
Merthyr: Matthew Jarvis; Alex Howman, Gavin Dacey, Josh Martin, Richard Carter; Richard Powell, Adam Hoskins; Rhys James, Matt Dwyer, Szabolcs Pocskai, Ben Sier, Ben Murphy, Lee Evans, Ed Siggery, Nick White (captain)
Reps: Nathan Trevett, Rhys Williams, Joe Rees, Craig Locke, Osian Davies, Rhys Downes, Gareth Davies, Kristian Phillips
Llanelli: Kalum Evans; Ryan Davies, Oli Reyland, Billy McBryde, Matthew Jenkins; Ioan Hughes, Declan Smith; Rhys Fawcett, Taylor Davies, Ben Leung, Ashleigh Hyndman, Bryce Morgan, Ellis Thomas, Lloyd Pike, Nathan Hart (captain)
Reps: Rhys Thomas, Craig Thomas, Richard Bassett, Elliot Rees, Jack Davies, Gareth George, Kieran Griffiths, Ben Atkins
