Premiership round up – 01/09/18
Five teams secured maximum points as the Premiership campaign got underway on Saturday 1st September.
Llandovery ended the day in pole position following a nine try romp away to Bargoed, with a result of 22pts to 62 in their favour. Ebbw Vale ran in six tries as they won away at Llanelli by 10pts to 43.
Pontypridd staged a strong second half rally to claim a 23pts to 33 win at Bedwas, whilst Cross Keys won by 32pts to 25 against Bridgend at Pandy Park. Newport also secured a bonus point win by 12pts to 29 away to Carmarthen Quins.
RGC were 32pts to 19 victors over Neath with Aberavon also making the most of home advantage with a 24pts to 10 win over Swansea. Cardiff let slip a 15pts to 0 interval advantage to eventually lose to reigning champions Merthyr by 18pts to 24.
Principality Premiership – 01/09/18
| Team | P | W | D | L | F-A | BP | Pts | |
| 1. | Llandovery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62:22 | 1 | 5 |
| 2. | Ebbw Vale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43:10 | 1 | 5 |
| 3. | Pontypridd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33:23 | 1 | 5 |
| 4. | Cross Keys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32:25 | 1 | 5 |
| 5. | Newport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29:12 | 1 | 5 |
| 6. | RGC 1404 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32:19 | 0 | 4 |
| 7. | Aberavon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:10 | 0 | 4 |
| 8. | Merthyr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:18 | 0 | 4 |
| 9. | Bridgend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:32 | 2 | 2 |
| 10. | Cardiff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:24 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. | Bedwas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:33 | 0 | 0 |
| 12. | Bargoed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:62 | 0 | 0 |
| 13. | Neath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 | 0 | 0 |
| 14. | Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 | 0 | 0 |
| 15. | Swansea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:24 | 0 | 0 |
| 16. | Llanelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:43 | 0 | 0 |
