Newly crowned champions Llandovery will kick-off their defence of the Super Rygbi Cymru Trophy at Pontypool Park in the opening round of matches next season.
But if the Drovers can find a way to survive that tough encounter, they will then have the luxury of playing four successive games on their home patch at Church Bank.
With both Swansea and Bridgend having upgrades to their grounds taking place this summer the fixture list has had to be altered from the usual home and then away scheduling. Swansea will play their opening four matches away from St Helen’s, where they will return next season, while Bridgend face three games on the road before enjoying a run of four games on the bounce at the Brewery Field.
It will be the same 10 teams competing for the SRC Trophy, SRC Cup and SRC Challenger Shield for the third season in a row in 2026-27 and the Drovers will be hoping to build on their Cup success in 2024-25 and their Trophy triumph in 2025-26.
“Playing away at Pontypool Park isn’t going to be an easy start for use, especially the way in which Pooler have been recruiting for the new season,” said Llandovery head coach Euros Evans.
“They were much improved in the last campaign and ended up just on the wrong side of some tight contests. They obviously wanted to turn those games around in their favour and have brought in some players for real quality.
“We’ve lost our captain Lee Rees and back row man Stuart Worrall but have retained the majority of the team that won the title for us. I’m happy with that and with the young talent we are bringing into the squad.
“The quality and standard at the top end of the table was pretty much the same last season as the season before, but the rest of the league became much more competitive. There are no easy games in the SRC and most teams are capable of beating everyone else.”
George McDonald, Lucca Setaro and Arron Hemmings will battle it out for the No 9 jersey worn with such distinction by Rees in his 402 games for the Drovers, while Tiaan Sparrow is likely to get first shot at replacing Worrall in the back row.
Runners-up Ebbw Vale will have three home games in their first four matches. They kick-off at Eugene Cross Park against Swansea, then head to Aberavon before hosting RGC and Cardiff.
SRC Cup and Challenger Shield holders Newport start at home against RGC before heading west to meet the champions at Church Bank in the biggest game of the opening two rounds. They lost to Ebbw Vale in the Trophy semi-finals
Cardiff finished top of the regular league before falling to Llandovery in the semi-finals. They face a tough finish with trips to Llandovery and then Newport in their final three game.
Super Rygbi Cymru Fixtures 2026/27
Round 1 – 12/09/2026
Carmarthen Quins v Cardiff
Ebbw Vale v Swansea
Newport v RGC
Aberavon v Bridgend
Pontypool v Llandovery
Round 2 – 19/09/2026
Cardiff v Swansea
RGC v Carmarthen Quins
Aberavon v Ebbw Vale
Llandovery v Newport
Pontypool v Bridgend
Round 3 – 26/09/2026
Cardiff v Pontypool
Llandovery v Bridgend
Newport v Aberavon
Ebbw Vale v RGC
Carmarthen Quins v Swansea
Round 4 – 03/10/2026
Ebbw Vale v Cardiff
Newport v Carmarthen Quins
Bridgend v Swansea
Pontypool v RGC
Llandovery v Aberavon
Round 5 – 10/10/2026
Cardiff v Carmarthen Quins
Swansea v Ebbw Vale
RGC v Newport
Bridgend v Aberavon
Llandovery v Pontypool
Round 6 – 17/10/2026
Swansea v Cardiff
Carmarthen Quins v RGC
Ebbw Vale v Aberavon
Newport v Llandovery
Bridgend v Pontypool
Round 7 – 24/10/2026
Bridgend v Cardiff
Pontypool v Newport
Llandovery v Ebbw Vale
Aberavon v Carmarthen Quins
RGC v Swansea
Round 8 – 31/10/2026
Cardiff v Ebbw Vale
Carmarthen Quins v Newport
Swansea v Bridgend
RGC v Pontypool
Aberavon v Llandovery
Round 9 – 21/11/2026
Cardiff v Llandovery
Pontypool v Aberavon
Bridgend v RGC
Newport v Swansea
Ebbw Vale v Carmarthen Quins
Round 10 – 28/11/2026
Aberavon v Newport
Bridgend v Ebbw Vale
Pontypool v Cardiff
Swansea v Carmarthen Quins
Llandovery v RGC
Round 11 – 05/12/2026
Cardiff v Newport
RGC v Aberavon
Carmarthen Quins v Bridgend
Ebbw Vale v Llandovery
Swansea v Pontypool
Round 12 – 12/12/2026
Aberavon v Cardiff
RGC v Bridgend
Carmarthen Quins v Pontypool
Newport v Ebbw Vale
Llandovery v Swansea
Round 13 – 19/12/2026
Aberavon v Swansea
Cardiff v RGC
Llandovery v Carmarthen Quins
Pontypool v Ebbw Vale
Bridgend v Newport
Round 14 – 26/12/2026
Swansea v Aberavon
Newport v Bridgend
Carmarthen Quins v Llandovery
Ebbw Vale v Pontypool
RGC v Cardiff
Round 15 – 02/01/2027
Carmarthen Quins v Aberavon
Cardiff v Bridgend
RGC v Ebbw Vale
Swansea v Llandovery
Newport v Pontypool
Round 16 – 27/03/2027
Aberavon v RGC
Bridgend v Carmarthen Quins
Llandovery v Cardiff
Ebbw Vale v Newport
Pontypool v Swansea
Round 17 – 03/04/2027
Cardiff v Aberavon
Ebbw Vale v Bridgend
Pontypool v Carmarthen Quins
RGC v Llandovery
Swansea v Newport
Round 18 – 10/04/2027
Aberavon v Pontypool
Bridgend v Llandovery
Newport v Cardiff
Carmarthen Quins v Ebbw Vale
Swansea v RGC
Post Season: Finals 1 – Wildcard Play-Offs – 17/04/2027
7th v 10th — WG 1
8th v 9th — WG 2
Quarter-Finals – 24/04/2027
1st v WG 1 — QF 1
4th v 5th — QF 2
2nd v WG 2 — QF 3
3rd v 6th — QF 4
Semi-Final 1 – 01/05/2027
Winner of QF 1 v Winner of QF 2 — SF 1
Semi-Final 2 – 02/05/2027
Winner of QF 3 v Winner of QF 4 — SF 2
Grand Final – 09/05/2027
Winners of SF 1 v Winners of SF 2
Venue TBC — subject to availability