Newport, Wrexham and rugby games called off because of big freeze
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Newport County and Wrexham's Saturday fixtures have been called off because of frozen pitches.
County's game at Hartlepool United in League Two was postponed at Friday lunchtime.
Wrexham's home FA Trophy third round tie against Scunthorpe United is also off and rescheduled to Wednesday, 21 December in place of the National League game against Bromley.
The weekend's Welsh Premiership rugby programme has also badly affected
On Saturday Ebbw Vale confirmed the Eugene Cross Park pitch was unplayable, postponing their game against Merthyr and joining Bridgend v Swansea, Newport v Llanelli and RGC v Pontypridd's Saturday encounters in being called off.
Only Cardiff v Carmarthen has survived in Welsh rugby's second tier.
Four of six scheduled Cymru Premier games due to be played on Friday evening have been postponed.
Games at Aberystwyth, Airbus UK Broughton, Bala and Flint are off.
Merthyr Town's Southern League Premier South fixture at Bracknell is another casualty of the cold snap.