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Merthyr Tydfil,   07 October 1880 ![]()
![]() Newport won comfortably by 2 goals and 6 tries to nil even though they played with only fourteen players.
* There was no points system in place prior to 1890-91. Instead, a game was determined by the number of goals scored (conversions, dropped goals, and later, penalties). If a try was scored, an opportunity to convert the try into a goal was given. If the goal was kicked successfully, the try no longer counted.
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