2006/07 Ystalyfera RFC season

The start of season 2006-07 in Division Four South West was in contrast with the somewhat traditional – “good start – poor Christmas/New year – with a good end to the season”. Up to the end of November six league games had been lost with a single victory at home to Trebanos. The only other win was a Swansea Valley 1st Round home game versus Alltwen. In December thru to February team confidence did rally and five wins, two draws and only two defeats saw the side lift itself up, finishing the season with three wins in the last four games and a respectable 7th place out of 12. Welsh Cup progress was a dismal 1st Round defeat at home to district side Trefil and the West Wales Shield Merit Table finish 21st out of 31. The Swansea Valley Cup effort was a final versus Vardre up at Cwmtwrch, which we lost 13-8. Ystalyfera were completely outplayed by their much classier opponents.

Captain this season was the reliable Alun Guerrier, and top points scorer was Andrew Spratt with an accumulative 142 points. Top try scorer was the young Mathew Scott with 12. Jonathan Evans won both the Players Player and Supporters Player of the year awards.

Contents

National League Division 4 South West[1]

Pos. Team. PL. W. D. L. F. A. Bal. Try. Pts.  %.
1 P B.P.Llandarcy 22 20 0 2 719 230 +489 105 60 90.91%
2 P Briton Ferry 22 19 0 3 688 262 +426 97 57 86.36%
3 Glynneath 22 16 0 6 628 380 +248 84 48 72.73%
4 Taibach............-3pts 22 13 0 9 557 415 +142 80 36 59.09%
5 Pontycymmer 22 11 0 11 463 322 +141 63 33 50.00%
6 Abercrave 22 10 1 11 388 439 -51 50 31 47.73%
7 Ystalyfera 22 9 2 11 339 461 -122 41 29 45.45%
8 Llantwit Major 22 8 1 13 333 380 -47 43 25 38.64%
9 Birchgrove 22 8 0 14 302 547 -245 41 24 36.36%
10 Resolven 22 7 1 14 412 687 -275 52 22 34.09%
11 R Trebanos 22 6 0 16 350 655 -305 41 18 27.27%
12 R Alltwen............-3pts 22 2 1 19 256 657 -401 27 4 11.36%

Ystalyfera 2006/07 Season Results[2]

No. Date. Fixture. Venue. Opponents. Result. F - A.
1 24 Aug. Friendly Home Penlan Lost 5 - 7
2 2 Sep. League Away Pontycymmer Lost 3 - 18
3 9 Sep. W Cup 1st Rd Home Trefil Lost 10 - 12
4 16 Sept. League Home Trebanos Won 22 - 9
5 23 Sept. League Away Abercrave Lost 8 - 46
6 7 Oct. League Home Glynneath Lost 17 - 32
7 14 Oct. League Away Briton Ferry Lost 7 - 46
8 21 Oct. SV Cup 1Rd Home Alltwen Won 12 - 3
9 28 Oct. League Home Taibach Lost 10 - 29
10 18 Nov. League Away B.P.Llandarcy Lost 9 - 26
11 2 Dec. League Home Alltwen Won 13 - 7
12 9 Dec. League Away Resolven Drew 22 - 22
13 16 Dec. League Away Llantwit Major Lost 10 - 29
14 23 Dec. League Home Birchgrove Won 29 - 0
15 6 Jan. League Home Pontycymmer Won 17 - 7
16 13 Jan. League Away Trebanos Won 17 - 12
17 20 Jan. League Home Abercrave Drew 10 - 10
18 27 Jan. League Away Glynneath Lost 17 - 36
19 3 Feb. League Home Briton Ferry Won 26 - 19
20 17 Feb. League Away Taibach Lost 10 - 43
21 3 Mar. League Home B.P.Llandarcy Lost 11 - 19
22 24 Mar. League Away Alltwen Won 10 - 3
23 31 Mar. League Home Resolven Won 42 - 17
24 14 Apr. League Away Birchgrove Lost 9 - 20
25 28 Apr. League Home Llantwit Major Won 20 - 11
26 2 May. SV Cup SF Home Trebanos Won 37 - 13
27 10 May. SV Cup F Cwmtwrch Vardre Lost 8 - 13
411 - 509

Ystalyfera 2006/07 Season Player Stats[3]

47. Player. PL. Tries. Cons. DGls. Pens. Tot Pts.
1 Andrew Spratt 22 5 24 23 142
2 Mathew Scott 22 12 1 63
3 Jonathan Morgan 18 4 2 2 30
4 Martyn Stoneman 23 4 1 2 28
5 Mark Rewston 26 4 20
6 Alun Guerrier Captain 27 3 15
7 Paul Davies 20 3 15
8 Graham Jones 26 2 10
9 David Thomas 11 2 10
10 Damian James 5 2 10
11 Ashley Carter 1 2 10
12 Gareth James 1 2 2 10
13 Nathan Hicks 25 1 1 8
14 Simon Chatham 17 1 5
15 Nigel White 13 1 5
16 Kevin Williams 12 1 5
17 Aaron Davies 6 1 5
18 David Price 3 1 5
19 Darren Chick 1 1 5
20 Steven Myers 23
21 Jonathan Evans 20
21 Leighton Prosser 20
23 Mark Orford 19
24 Aled Watkins 14
25 Craig Lloyd 13
26 Arwel Williams 12
26 Neil Brown 12
28 John Williams 11
29 Neil Lynch 10
29 Nick Stevens 10
29 Steven Munkley 10
32 Robert Bevan 9
32 Keiran Lloyd 9
34 Christopher Hicks 8
35 Craig Colegate 7
36 Sam Jones 6
37 Steven Rees 5
38 David Hawkins 4
38 Phillip Thomas 4
40 Nick Mainwaring 3
40 Peter Abraham 3
40 Simon Willis 3
40 Darren Rees 2
44 Joe Roberts 1
44 Ross Kelsey 1
44 Gareth Noble 1
44 Christopher Thomas 1
'Penalty Tries' 2 10
'Team Total' 26 52 29 1 30 411

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]