Report | Swansea City 2 Bristol Rovers 2

Swansea City’s new signings made their first pre-season outings as Luke Williams’ squad continued preparations for the new campaign with a pair of hour-long games against Bristol Rovers at Fairwood.

The Swans – who saw Eom Ji-sung and Goncalo Franco get important minutes under their belts - had led through Matt Grimes’ second penalty of pre-season inside two minutes, but Scott Sinclair struck a brace against his former club for the visitors in the first game.

The second hour saw a youthful Swansea side have the better of proceedings and they got their reward when Josh Thomas guided home the only goal.

The Swans had got off to a confident start, with Ollie Cooper being fouled as he surged into the area and Grimes converting with authority from the spot.

But the Gas were level seven minutes later when Sinclair was able to work room for a shot and his left-footed strike flew into the top corner.

Eom sent a looping header over the bar a few minutes later, before Josh Key sent a drive rising over the bar from the South Korea international’s lay-off.

At the other end, Andy Fisher made a good save to keep out a firm low drive before Key dragged wide after being found by an intelligent ball into the channel.

The Swans thought they had restored their lead when Liam Cullen turned in Azeem Abdulai’s cross just before the conclusion of the first hour, but the offside flag was belatedly raised.

Instead the visitors found the net when Sinclair finished at the second attempt.

Franco was unable to turn in a Ben Lloyd cross early in the second period, while the Portuguese showed good footwork and distribution to find Sam Parker in space, but the youngster saw his shot blocked.

Parker then narrowly failed to pick out Thomas in the middle after excellent work by Joel Cotterill, while – at the other end – Evan Watts made a sharp low save.

And the hosts made the most of the keeper’s good work as Harry Darling’s fine through ball found the run of Thomas, who calmly steered the ball beyond the advancing keeper.

Swansea City (first hour): Andy Fisher, Ben Cabango, Filip Lissah, Josh Key, Josh Tymon, Matt Grimes, Jay Fulton, Ollie Cooper, Azeem Abdulai, Eom Ji-sung, Liam Cullen. Subs: Nathan Broome, Ben Lloyd, Liam Smith, Sebastian Dabrowski.

Swansea City (second hour): Nathan Broome, Kristian Pedersen, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Dan Watts, Sebastian Dabrowski, Joel Cotterill, Goncalo Franco, Ben Lloyd, Azeem Abdulai, Liam Smith, Josh Thomas. Subs: Evan Watts, Sam Parker, Harry Darling.