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The four quarter finals of the Principality Cup promises to provide tough hard-fought battles that could serve up the best club rugby of the season thus far.

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Kicking-off this eighth round of four matches will be Cardiff and Pontypridd, who will battle it out in front of the TV cameras at the Arms Park on Friday evening (7.05pm).

The clubs have met on four occasions only with Pontypridd leading 3-1 and having won the only meeting in Cardiff with a 13-6 verdict in season 1979/80. For Cardiff it will their 140th cup tie, having won the cup seven times, while twice-winners Pontypridd play their 110th tie.

Pontypridd have worries over Neil Jenkins and Dale McIntosh and are without the injured Paul John, while Cardiff have forwards Spencer John, Gary Powell, Andrew Lewis, Rob Appleyard, Dan Baugh, Adam Jones and Dan McShane missing with injury. John, Powell and Lewis join wing Anthony Sullivan as out for the remainder of the season with Sullivan having had a shoulder operation.

Cardiff introduce new signing Ben Evans from Swansea at prop and their side is : – R Williams; N Walne, J Robinson, P Muller, C Morgan; I Harris, R Powell; K Fourie, P Rogers, B Evans, H Senekal, J Tait, R Sowden-Taylor, M Williams (capt), E Lewis. Replacements: J Yapp, G Woods, L Tait, J Brownrigg, R Smith, N Robinson, M Allen.

CARDIFF v PONTYPRIDD (at the Arms Park, 7.05pm).

Previous cup meetings: Pontypridd lead 3-1.

1978/79 Pontypridd 9 Cardiff 7(quarter); 1979/80 Cardiff 6 Pontypridd 13;

1993/94 Cardiff 8 Pontypridd 6 (semi); 2001/02 Pontypridd 31 Cardiff 25 (semi).

Cardiff have won 115, lost 24. Cup winners seven times, runners-up three times.

Pontypridd have won 80, lost 29. Cup winners twice, runners-up twice.

This season.

Cardiff beat Bonymaen 41-16(a). Pontypridd beat Cross Keys 49-16(a).

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