Bridgend Ravens and Swansea go head to head at the Dunraven Brewery Field on Thursday evening as Super Rygbi Cymru enters the playoff stages (7:30pm).

The sides finished seventh and tenth in the regular season respectively and face off for the right to travel to league topping Cardiff in the quarter finals next week.

Bridgend secured a home tie with a dramatic last minute victory over Llandovery last Thursday. Corey Lewis’ try drew Bridgend to within a point before Luke Price slotted the conversion to give the Ravens a much needed win by 34pts to 33.

Swansea are one of the leagues form teams, having started the season with 11 straight defeats, including two to Baldwin’s men, the Whites have recovered since Christmas to post 4 wins, including the scalps of Llandovery, RGC, Aberavon and Carmarthen Quins. The Whites ended the regular season with a 21-17 defeat at Ciner Glass Community Stadium against Ebbw Vale.

The regular season fixture at the Brewery went Bridgend’s way, with a 6 point victory for the Ravens after a 38pts to 10 win. Bridgend scored six tries that night and they’ll be hoping for more of the same this evening to book a trip to the capital.

Bridgend are boosted by the return of additional regional resources with Tom Florence and Lewis Jones joining Matholwch Iorwerth Scott in the starting lineup. Elsewhere, Baldwin largely sticks with the squad which picked up that final day victory over the Drovers, with just four personnel or positional changes across the starting lineup. 

Bridgend Ravens XV – 15. Edd Howley 14. Cameron Ellis 13. Ryan Wilkins 12. Tom Florence 11. Mccauley Rowley 10. Ben Burnell 9. Chris Williams 

1. Harry Olding 2. Evan Yardley 3. Matholwch Iorwerth Scott 4. Lewis Jones 5. Dylan Burrows 6. Alfie Llewellyn 7. Zac O’Driscoll (capt) 8. Thomas Jevons

Replacements – 16. Corey Lewis 17. Alex George 18. Liam Tobias 19. Daniel Bartlett 20. Kyle Harris 21. Callaghan Smith 22. Jake Thomas 23. Luke Price. 

Swansea XV – 15. Houston 14. Glynn 13. Dodd 12. Thomas 11. T. Edwards 10. Phillips 9. Aubrey 1. D. Davies 2. Cox 3. Thompson 4. L. Edwards 5. B. Roberts 6. Greaves 7. Bowden (capt) 8. C. Davies

Reps: W.Austin, Crockett, Fackrell, Dodd, Thompson, O. Thomas, Temblett, Cornelius.