Llangadog hosted Llandybie in a re-arranged National League Division 4B fixture under floodlights on Friday 13 March 2026. In front of a large crowd, Llangadog were keen to continue their impressive unbeaten run in the League having won all previous eleven fixtures this season and having reached the semi-final of the Division 4 Cup.

With work commitments, unavailability and with some long-term injuries, Llandybie had an unfamiliar look with several players playing in different positions. Despite this, the Llandybie side gave a good account of themselves and the young pack of forwards fronted up well and provided a stern test to the more experienced Llangadog eight – particularly in the scrums.

The first half provided few try-scoring opportunities for either side. Some good carries by the Llandybie pack in which Jordan Tommason , Rhys Cann and Connor Butler were prominent and some effective line kicking meant that much of the game was played between the 22’s. When the dangerous Llangadog backs were released, some fine defensive work by the Llandybie back line, in which Ioan Rees was prominent, restricted scoring opportunities.

The first score came from a penalty after 5 minutes with Llangadog taking an early lead but this was cancelled out with a Dafydd Wyn Jones kick after 13 minutes. The remainder of the half continued in a similar vein with neither side conceding territory easily and with some effective tackling by both sides. Llangadog went further ahead in the 34th minute with another penalty soon followed by another on 37 minutes to give the home side a 9-3 half time lead.

Llandybie were guilty of back-chat to the Referee with a penalty in their favour being reversed and territory being needlessly conceded on other occasions. The Llandybie pack continued to exert pressure at scrum time with prop Scott Jones having a fine game. The Llandybie backs continued to defend well with full back Oli Hawke putting in a Man of the Match performance at full back. Llandybie managed to hold firm with their line when under pressure and were somewhat fortunate when a Llangadog attack resulted in the ball being knocked-on over the line and, on another occasion, the ball being held up. Managing to prevent their opponents from scoring a try was no more than the Llandybie side deserved and their line was not under great pressure on many occasions.

The only score in the second half was a penalty by Llangadog stretching their lead to 12-3 with both sides missing further kicks at goal but the final score remained 12-3 to Llangadog.

This was a well contested and closely fought encounter with both sides showing great commitment. The young and improving Llandybie side can take great heart from their performance. They were on the wrong side of a number of marginal decisions and suffered a needless yellow card in the second half which did not help their cause. In the closing minutes, Llandybie exerted some pressure on the Llangadog line but were unable to get the losing bonus point their performance deserved. Some resolute defending by the whole Llandybie team meant that Llangadog, who had averaged 32 points per game prior to this fixture and seem certain to get promoted, were restricted to four penalties.