2001–02 Ystalyfera RFC season

At the start of this season two home victories against Kenfig Hill 39-17 and Kidwelly 31-16, contrasted against big away defeats at Mumbles 26-60, Tumble 3-29, Aberystwyth 5-55 and Blaengarw 6-45. This left Ystalyfera at the lower end of the league table at the end of November, and only great efforts from the players starting with a hard fought win away at Waunarlwydd 14-11, turned things around. Four consecutive victories before the new year plus seven wins in March and April saw Ystalyfera eventually finish 6th out of 16. Cup success was restricted to the Swansea Valley Cup where the ‘Fera lost another final this time at home to Vardre 10-17. Captain this season was Craig Lloyd, top points scorer Damian James with 144 points and top try scorer Phillip Thomas with 15. Phillip won Players Player and Ashley Carter got the Supporters vote.

National League Division 4 West[1]

Pos. Team. PL. W. D. L. F. A. Bal. Try. Pts. %.
1 P Aberystwyth 26 22 0 4 857 373 +484 119 66 84.62%
2 P Newcastle Emlyn 26 20 0 6 695 312 +383 102 60 76.92%
3 P Waunarlwydd 26 18 2 6 807 425 +382 114 56 73.09%
4 Pontyberem 26 17 3 6 526 309 +217 75 54 71.15%
5 Skewen 26 13 1 12 587 572 +15 87 40 51.92%
6 Ystalyfera 26 13 1 12 506 601 -95 66 40 51.92%
7 Tumble..........-3pts 26 14 0 12 439 571 -132 49 39 53.85%
8 Mumbles 26 12 1 13 456 533 -77 53 37 48.08%
9 Blaengarw 26 11 1 14 506 499 +7 62 34 44.23%
10 Haverfordwest 26 9 2 15 406 574 -168 52 29 38.46%
11 Kidwelly 26 9 1 16 440 576 -136 48 28 36.54%
12 Gorseinon 26 8 0 18 521 517 +4 64 24 30.77%
13 Kenfig Hill 26 8 0 18 362 671 -309 42 24 30.77%
14 R Bynea 26 2 0 24 298 876 -578 37 6 7.69%

Ystalyfera 2001/02 Season Results[2]

No. Date. Fixture. Venue. Opponents. Result. F - A.
1 1 Sep. WCup PreRd Home Penallta Lost 12 - 31
2 8 Sep. League Home Gorseinon Lost 18 - 23
3 15 Sep. League Away Mumbles Lost 26 - 60
4 29 Sept. League Home Kenfig Hill Won 39 - 17
5 6 Oct. League Home Tumble Lost 3 - 29
6 20 Oct. SV Cup PreRd Home Pontardawe Won 32 - 15
7 27 Oct. League Away Aberystwyth Lost 5 - 55
8 3 Nov. League Home Kidwelly Won 31 - 16
9 10 Nov. League Away Blaengarw lost 6 - 45
10 17 Nov. League Home Pontyberem Lost 17 - 27
11 24 Nov. League Away Waunarlwydd Won 14 - 11
12 8 Dec. League Home Newcastle Emlyn Won 11 - 10
13 22 Dec. Friendly Home Brynamman Won 33 - 19
14 27 Dec. WWCup 2ndRd Home Tycroes Won 37 - 17
15 29 Dec. League Home Bynea Won 12 - 5
16 12 Jan. League Away Gorseinon Won 28 - 18
17 19 Jan. League Home Mumbles Lost 14 - 26
18 9 feb. League Away Tumble Lost 10 - 23
19 17 Feb. WWCup 3rdRd Home Trimsaran Lost 7 - 10
20 1 Mar. League Away Skewen Won 27 - 10
21 9 Mar. League Away Kidwelly Lost 22 - 31
22 16 Mar. League Home Blaengarw Won 26 - 22
23 22 Mar. League Away Kenfig Hill Won 14 - 12
24 30 Mar. League Away Pontyberem Drew 16 - 16
10 Apr. SVCup 1stRd Home Glais walkover
25 13 Apr. League Home Haverfordwest Won 48 - 17
26 17 Apr. League Away Haverfordwest Won 12 - 10
27 20 Apr. League Away Newcastle Emlyn Lost 17 - 33
28 24 Apr. League Home Aberystwyth Won 31 - 20
29 27 Apr. League Home Skewen Lost 17 - 24
30 30 Apr. League Home Waunarlwydd Lost 8 - 20
31 4 May. League Away Bynea Won 25 - 20
7 May. SVCup SF Home Abercrave walkover
32 19 May. SVCup Final Home Vardre Lost 10 - 17
637 - 710

Ystalyfera 2001/02 Season Player Stats[3]

53. Player. PL. Tries. Cons. DGls. Pens. Tot Pts.
1 Damian James 29 12 18 3 13 144
2 Phillip Thomas 31 15 75
3 Gareth James 13 15 1 10 63
4 Ashley Carter 28 8 40
5 Martyn Stoneman 31 3 6 2 1 36
6 Kevin Williams 26 7 35
7 Simon Donovan 11 6 30
8 Paul Davies 26 6 30
8 Mark McComas 26 6 30
10 Alan Williams 21 4 20
11 Leighton Prosser 20 3 15
12 Leighton Stoneman 24 1 5 15
13 Peter Abraham 18 1 2 11
14 John Daniels 2 2 2 10
15 Jason Humphries 20 2 10
16 Phillip Stoneman 26 2 10
17 John Williams 30 2 10
18 David Hawkins 2 1 5
18 Graham Jones 2 1 5
20 Andrew Hiseman 3 1 5
20 Ian Barrett 3 1 5
22 Jason Donovan 5 1 5
23 Mark Rewston 6 1 5
24 Alun Guerrier 14 1 5
25 Craig Lloyd Captain 26 1 5
26 Ian Morgan 2 1 3
27 Neil brown 24
28 David Thomas 20
29 Jason Long 17
30 Neil Amber 14
31 Paul Williams 11
32 Martin Jones 10
33 Andrew Key 7
34 Neil Lynch 6
35 Kevin McComas 5
36 Arwel Williams 4
37 Jonathan Evans 3
37 Simon Chatham 3
37 Geraint Lewis 3
37 Alan Llewellyn 3
41 Stephen Morgan 2
41 Daniel Andrews 2
41 Mike Morgan 2
41 Joe Roberts 2
45 Anthony Rees 1
45 Christopher Hicks 1
45 Tim Lewis 1
45 Jason Thomas 1
45 Mathew Gill 1
45 Steven Munkley 1
45 Andrew Williams 1
45 Chris Partin 1
45 Hywel Ace 1
'Penalty Tries' 2 10
'Team Total' 32 88 46 8 27 637

References

  1. ↑ "WRU official website". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  2. ↑ "WRU official website". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. ↑ [Ystalyfera Rugby Archive]
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