Pontypridd RFC coaches Simon King and Paul John have now trimmed down a large pool of pre-season trialists, to a provisional senior squad ready for the coming campaign...
A degree of flexibility will be retained in the selection of players, with a number of those who featured as trialists at Sardis Road during the pre-season, let out to play for lower division clubs but with the option of returning on permit to Pontypridd.
The close links maintained between Pontypridd RFC and Cardiff will also have a bearing on club selection throughout the season. Four Cardiff Academy players are named in the squad - outside half Dai Flanagan, prop Nicky Eaves and back rowers Adam Powell and Rhys Shellard. Senior Cardiff Development players, centre Tom Riley and prop Scott Roberts will also be made available to Pontypridd when not required by Cardiff.
The provisional Pontypridd RFC squad as currently registered by the club is as follows:
Senior Ponty coach Simon King has expressed his satisfaction with the pool of players gathered together at Sardis Road ready for the big league kick off on 2nd September. "This is a squad that we as coaches can work with" said King, "with a good deal of strength in depth that should see us through a difficult campaign. We are still on the look-out for new talent, and players will still be given the chance to impress, with the chance of a late call up to the Pontypridd squad".
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