Neath milestone for Jenkins

The Welsh All Blacks registered a 28-20 win at Bedwas last week after building up a 19-3 half-time lead. They were disrupted by injuries to outside-half David Langdon (jaw), prop Nicky Downs (shoulder) and lock Nathan Bonner-Evans (leg) and all three are non-starters against Carmarthen Quins.

Neath coach Patrick Horgan said, "We were very pleased to take the points at a difficult venue in Bedwas who will claim a few scalps up there this season but we can and must improve on last week's display. We created plenty of try-scoring chances and need to be more clinical and our performance tailed off a little in the second-half although we led from start to finish.

"We are expecting a similarly strong challenge from Carmarthen Quins who secured a good 7-nil win over Swansea last week. We have a lot of respect for the Quins and expect them to be motivated by the announcement of plans for next season's Premiership."

Alec Jenkins makes his 50^th appearance for Neath who are likely to bring in Nathan Brew at centre while James Thomas will play at outside-half. Owain Ford, Ashley James and Euros Evans re-inforce the front five with Stefan Jones likely to make his league debut in a back-row which has yet to be finalised.

Neath v Carmarthen Quins (Home) Probable
A.Jenkins; K.James, N.Brew, G.McCarthy or A.Bramwell, J.Davies; J.Thomas, C.Morgans; O.Ford, A.James, J.Reeves; E.Evans, M.Collins; (From) L.Evans, A.Powell, S.Jones, A.Whitney