2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru

2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru
Countries Wales
Date12 September 2024 – 18 May 2025
ChampionsNewport (1st title)
Runners-upEbbw Vale
Matches played99

The 2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru was the inaugural season of the Super Rygbi Cymru, Wales's national semi-professional rugby union competition,[1] organised by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). It involved ten clubs, nine from across South Wales, six of which had previously participated in the Celtic League, and RGC 1404 located in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.[2] The season fixtures were announced in May 2024, with the season kicking off in September and wrapping up in May 2025.[3][4][5] A challenger shield was introduced, known as the SRC Challenge Shield.[6] Held by Llandovery going into the season, Ebbw Vale won the shield in their first meeting and held it for the remainder of the season. The SRC Cup, a knockout cup competition played during the season over the Six Nations Championship rounds, was also introduced.[4][3] Llandovery were the inaugural winners, defeating Ebbw Vale 39–7.[7][8]

Gwent's Newport won the inaugural title defeating regional rivals, Ebbw Vale 27–18 in the Final at Eugene Cross Park.[9]

Competition and format

The 2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru is structured as a closed-league with a round-robin format followed by a play-off series to conclude the season winners.[10][11] Each of the ten teams play each other twice on a home-and-away basis across three blocks: September to October (break during Autumn Internationals; November to January; and finally March to May.[10][11] The 2024–25 Super Rygbi Cymru used the standard bonus points system used in Great Britain and Ireland with a new addition: a bonus point for winning by fifteen points or more. This meant that six points were up for grabs per match.[12]

At the conclusion of the regular season the top six teams would progress to the Quarter-finals, with the top four earning home advantage.[10][4] The remaining four teams placed 7th to 10th would play in a Wildcard play-off round.[10][4] The winner of each Wildcard play-off would advance to the Quarter-finals to play the first-placed team or second-placed team.[10][4] The winners of the Quarter-finals would then advance to play in the Semi-finals, with the winners of that round advancing to the Final to conclude the season champions.[10][4]

SRC Cup

Cup final

21 March 2025
Llandovery39–7Ebbw Vale
Report
Church Bank Playing Fields, Llandovery

Regular season

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA B Pts Qualification
1 Cardiff 18 13 0 5 610 422 +188 93 55 25 77 Quarter-finals
2 Ebbw Vale (S) 18 13 0 5 537 378 +159 72 50 22 74
3 Newport (C) 18 13 0 5 584 426 +158 86 55 21 73
4 Llandovery 18 12 0 6 560 491 +69 77 64 20 68
5 Pontypool 18 10 0 8 567 511 +56 75 70 19 59
6 Aberavon 18 6 0 12 456 504 −48 65 74 18 42
7 Bridgend Ravens 18 6 0 12 439 573 −134 62 80 16 40 Wildcard round
8 RGC 1404 18 7 0 11 515 621 −106 61 89 9 37
9 Carmarthen Quins 18 6 0 12 404 577 −173 54 82 12 36
10 Swansea 18 4 0 14 402 571 −169 55 81 12 28
Source: Carmarthen Quins,[14] Cardiff,[13] South Wales Guardian[15]
(C) Champion; (S) SRC Challenge Shield holder

Fixtures

Home \ Away ABE BRI CAR QUI EBB LLA NEW PON RGC SWA
Aberavon — 28–29 22–44 24–18 19–14 26–33 32–26 26–24 34–18 26–0
Bridgend Ravens 30–27 — 14–29 29–35 18–34 34–33 14–17 26–29 28–34 38–10
Cardiff 31–14 47–14 — 50–0 29–12 43–48 20–27 27–10 34–26 32–22
Carmarthen Quins 17–24 32–24 31–19 — 11–39 22–27 21–54 41–31 29–21 39–29
Ebbw Vale 34–22 48–17 32–20 40–20 — 38–29 20–5 34–3 31–16 21–17
Llandovery 33–28 28–12 19–52 35–5 28–311st — 38–21 38–27 31–23 42–13
Newport 29–19 41–22 30–36 31–20 40–14 28–30 — 38–35 62–7 33–28
Pontypool 45–39 58–25 47–27 42–17 23–16 18–21 17–14 — 32–20 41–31
RGC 1404 59–38 19–38 25–32 29–24 41–39 28–23 26–41 61–42 — 34–20
Swansea 10–8 24–27 29–38 27–22 20–40 42–24 27–35 10–43 43–28 —
Source: Welsh Rugby Union
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Bracket

Wildcard Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
1 Cardiff 31
7 Bridgend Ravens 33 7 Bridgend Ravens 19
10 Swansea 30 1 Cardiff 20
3 Newport 35
3 Newport 40
6 Aberavon 25
3 Newport 27
2 Ebbw Vale 18
2 Ebbw Vale 45
8 RGC 1404 12 9 Carmarthen Quins 35
9 Carmarthen Quins 15 2 Ebbw Vale 29
4 Llandovery 28
4 Llandovery 39
5 Pontypool 20


Wildcard Round

24 April 2025
Bridgend Ravens33–30Swansea
Report
Brewery Field, Bridgend
26 April 2025
RGC 140412–15Carmarthen Quins
Report
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay

Quarter-finals

3 May 2025
Ebbw Vale45–35Carmarthen Quins
3 May 2025
Llandovery39–20Pontypool
Report
Church Bank Playing Fields, Llandovery
3 May 2025
Newport40–25Aberavon
Newport Stadium, Lliswerry
3 May 2025
Cardiff31–19Bridgend Ravens
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Semi-finals

10 May 2025
Ebbw Vale29–28Llandovery
Report
Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale
11 May 2025
Cardiff20–35Newport
Report
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Grand Final

18 May 2025
Ebbw Vale27–18Newport
Report
Eugene Cross Park, Ebbw Vale

References

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  8. ^ Thomas, Huw (25 March 2025). "Llandovery RFC see off Ebbw Vale in Super Rygbi Cymru cup". South Wales Guardian. Newsquest.
  9. ^ "Newport lift Super Rygbi Cymru title at Ebbw Vale". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2025. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025.
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  12. ^ "Extra incentive to keep playing". The Rugby Paper. 8 September 2024. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026.
  13. ^ a b "2024/25 Super Rygbi Cymru Cup Tables – Cardiff RFC". cardiffrfc.com. Cardiff. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025.
  14. ^ a b "2024/25 Super Rygbi Cymru Table – Carmarthen Quins". carmarthenquinsrfc.co.uk. Carmarthen Quins. Archived from the original on 1 October 2025.
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