1999/00 Ystalyfera RFC season

The confidence after promotion the previous season ensured a good start at a higher level, all six matches in September 1999 being victories. First defeat of the season was at home to Birchgrove who were to finish in 2nd place and promoted. Notable results and performances were regular, including the only home defeat over eventual champions Trimsaran 30-19, away victories at Haverfordwest 23-17, Mumbles 21-11 and Newcastle Emlyn 17-12. Big wins were against Aberystwyth 51-8, Kidwelly 33-15, Gowerton 60-12, Tumble 31-15 and Mumbles at home in the last game of the season with a highly entertaining 43-32. Ominously however at the latter end of the league campaign were comprehensive losses at Aberystwyth 5-46, 15-29 at Brynamman and Kidwelly 19-62. The ‘rich’ West Wales Cup results of recent seasons continued with wins at Ammanford 45-15 and an impressive 19-10 beating of Division two Bonymaen. Unfortunately the Semi-Final draw was again versus First Division Dunvant which was scratched. Players who had advanced their careers with other sides largely returned and Captain was Stephen Munkley. Top points scorer was Michael Morgan with 128 and Damian James scored a maximum 13 tries. Arwel Williams won both the Players Player and Supporters Player of the year awards. Impressively 49 players, all from Ystalyfera, appeared for the team in this season, a fact much envied by other teams at this level of the National League.

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National League Division 4 West[1]

Pos. Team. PL. W. D. L. F. A. Bal. Try. Pts.  %.
1 P Trimsaran 24 20 0 4 552 293 +259 72 60 83.33%
2 P Birchgrove 24 16 1 7 448 277 +171 48 49 68.75%
3 Brynamman 24 15 1 8 630 477 +153 88 46 64.58%
4 Mumbles 24 15 1 8 473 363 +110 60 46 64.58%
5 Tumble 24 13 2 9 387 381 +6 43 41 58.33%
6 Pontyberem 24 13 1 10 492 296 +196 58 40 56.25%
7 Ystalyfera 24 12 2 10 507 483 +24 73 38 54.17%
8 Aberystwyth 24 10 0 14 470 393 +77 62 30 41.67%
9 Haverfordwest 24 10 0 14 423 461 -38 54 30 41.67%
10 Kidwelly 24 9 1 14 348 582 -234 41 28 39.58%
11 Newcastle Emlyn 24 9 0 15 354 502 -148 46 27 37.50%
12 R Morriston..........-3pts 24 6 0 18 230 389 -159 28 15 25.00%
13 R Gowerton 24 3 1 20 207 664 -457 24 10 14.58%

Ystalyfera 1999/00 Season Results[2]

No. Date. Fixture. Venue. Opponents. Result. F - A.
1 1 Sep. Friendly Away Waunarlwydd Won 31 - 19
2 4 Sep. League Away Trimsaran Won 30 - 19
3 11 Sep. League Away Newcastle Emlyn Won 17 - 12
4 14 Sep. SV Cup PreRd Home Alltwen Won 30 - 25
5 18 Sep. League Home Morriston Won 16 - 6
6 25 Sep. W Cup 1stRd Home Talywain Won 28 - 5
7 2 Oct. League Home Pontyberem Drew 13 - 13
8 16 Oct. league Home Birchgrove Lost 12 - 15
9 22 Oct. Friendly Home 1st Btn. Welsh Guards Won 34 - 24
24 Oct. W Cup 2ndRd Away Tylorstown Scratched
10 30 Oct. League Away Gowerton Lost 10 - 15
11 13 Nov. League Home Aberystwyth Won 51 - 8
12 20 Nov. League Away Haverfordwest Won 23 - 17
13 27 Nov. League Away Brynamman Lost 10 - 15
14 4 Dec. League Away Mumbles Won 21 - 11
15 18 Dec. League Home Kidwelly Won 33 - 15
16 3 Jan. League Away Tumble Lost 13 - 25
17 8 Jan. League Home Trimsaran Lost 15 - 17
18 15 Jan. League Home Newcastle Emlyn Won 35 - 27
19 22 Jan. League Away Morriston Lost 5 - 25
20 29 Jan. League Away Pontyberem Lost 0 - 24
21 12 Feb. League Home Haverfordwest Won 15 - 8
22 26 Feb. League Away Birchgrove Drew 15 - 15
23 11 Mar. League Home Gowerton Won 60 - 12
14 Mar. WW Cup 2ndRd Away Trebanos Walkover
24 21 Mar. WWCup 3rdRd Home Ammanford Won 45 - 19
25 25 Mar. League Away Aberystwyth Lost 5 - 46
26 31 Mar. SV Cup 1stRd Away Abercrave Lost 22 - 30
27 5 Apr. WW Cup QF Home Bonymaen Won 19 - 10
28 8 Apr. League Home Brynamman Lost 15 - 29
29 29 Apr. League Away Kidwelly Lost 19 - 62
3 May. WW Cup SF at Ystradgynlais Dunvant Scratched
30 6 May. League Home Tumble Won 31 - 15
31 9 May. League Home Mumbles Won 43 - 32
716 - 615

Ystalyfera 1999/00 Season Player Stats[3]

49. Player. PL. Tries. Cons. DGls. Pens. Tot Pts.
1 Mike Morgan 18 4 21 2 20 128
2 Damian James 18 13 4 73
3 Ryan Jones 9 3 16 3 56
4 Jason Donovan 27 11 55
5 Simon Donovan 22 8 40
6 Martyn Stoneman 21 4 3 1 29
7 Gareth James 5 1 5 4 27
8 Wayne Jones 13 5 25
9 Arwel Williams 21 5 25
10 Kevin Williams 17 4 20
10 Stephen Morgan 17 4 20
12 Ian Morgan 9 2 1 2 18
13 Christopher Hicks 9 3 15
14 Craig Lloyd 14 3 15
15 Stephen Munkley Captain 19 3 15
16 Simon Willis 25 3 15
17 Alun Guerrier 29 3 15
18 Phillip Thomas 31 3 15
19 Mark McComas 4 2 10
20 Alan Williams 14 2 10
21 Kevin McComas 17 2 10
22 Jason Long 18 2 10
23 Andrew Hiseman 20 2 10
24 Jason Humphries 23 2 10
25 Phillip Stoneman 28 2 10
26 Martin Jones 2 1 5
27 Andrew Key 5 1 5
28 Ceri Morgan 11 1 5
29 John Williams 18 1 5
30 Peter Abraham 22 1 5
31 Mark Rewston 25 1 5
32 Neil Brown 26
33 Andrew Williams 17
34 Neil Lynch 16
35 Leighton Stoneman 8
35 David Thomas 8
37 Hywel Ace 6
38 Lee Francis 4
38 Paul Williams 4
38 Geraint Lewis 4
41 Hywel Williams 1
41 Paul Burnett 1
41 Allan Humphries 1
41 Steven Williams 1
41 Martyn Savage 1
41 Glen Charles 1
41 Nigel Price 1
41 Nigel White 1
41 Neil Amber 1
'Penalty Tries' 1 5
'Team Total' 31 103 51 2 31 716

References

  1. ^ "WRU official website". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. http://www.wru.co.uk/2128.php. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  2. ^ "WRU official website". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. http://www.wru.co.uk/2128.php. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  3. ^ [Ystalyfera Rugby Archive]