The Gnoll liquidation in 2012. The ground hosted its first ever football match when Neath Athletic played Swansea City in a pre-season friendly in July 2008. The Gnoll started to host some Glamorgan County Championship fixtures in the 1930s, and in 1954 an indoor cricket school was opened at the site. However, problems with the pitch meant that from the late 1960s the ground was only used for one-day matches - in 1969 the Gnoll staged the county's first-ever home game in the Sunday League. In 1974, the Gnoll was dropped from the county's 1st XI fixture list, although it played host
Jack Payne (rugby union) joined Newcastle Falcons at the beginning of the 2017–18 season. Jack Payne (rugby union) Jack Payne (born 13 September 1994) is an Australian-born, Welsh-qualified rugby union player. He currently plays for Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership Rugby. Payne previously played for the Scarlets regional team in Wales. He also previously represented the Australia U20s rugby team. He plays at flanker or lock, and has even made some appearances at tighthead prop. Payne made his debut for the Scarlets regional team in 2014 having played for Brothers Old Boys and Queensland Reds U20s side. He joined Darlington Mowden Park in