Bridgend Ravens can confirm that the club has retained the services of 28 of last season’s squad ahead of the 2023/24 Indigo Premiership campaign. 

The priority of the coaching staff was to lock in the squad which delivered a sensational second half of last season for Bridgend Ravens, with an impressive eighth placed finish secured in Tom Smith’s first season in charge. The second half of the season saw Bridgend pick up 8 victories, including a run of success at home which included just one defeat following the turn of the year.

The squad will be bolstered by a number of new recruits, which will be announced in the coming weeks, along with a tranche of development players, made up of the borough’s brightest young talents as part of the club’s continued commitment to the development pathway that has served the borough, club, region and Wales so well.

Bridgend Ravens, Retained Squad List: 

Forwards: Rhodri Apsee, Owen Jordan, Harry Olding, Gareth Harvey, Evan Yardley, Liam Tobias, Curtis Hicks, Jack Pope, Ben Thomas, Zac O’Driscoll, Hemi Barnes, Aled Evans, Dafi Davies, Reuben Tucker, Iestyn Merriman, Jordan Collier

Backs: Connor Tantum, Chris Williams, Luke Price, Paul Short, Rhys Williams, Joseph Gatt, Stuart Floyd Ellis, Iwan Griffith, Edd Howley, Cameron Ellis, Mike Powell, Caine Woolerton