Pontypridd's pre-season run of games got underway with a taste of defeat against Premiership rivals Llandovery. Ponty found themselves trailing at the interval at Church Bank by 17pts to 10, with tries scored by flanker Luke Crocker and outside half Lewis Williams. A solitary unconverted touchdown by debutant replacement Christian Parker was all that Ponty could muster in the second period, going down to defeat by 34pts to 15. Pontypridd: 1.Chris Phillips. 2.Huw Dowden (Aled Morris). 3. Louis Jones. 4.Craig Locke. 5.Jordan Sieniawski. 6.Luke Crocker (Christian Parker). 7. Tom Hetherington (Wayne O'Connor). 8.Jack Davies. 9.Joel Raikes. 10.Lewis K Williams. 11. Matthew Nuthall. 12. Dafydd Lockyer. 13. Harry Millard (Chris Clayton). 14. Alex Webber (Lewis Morgan). 15. Dale Stuckey (Scott Burrows).