2000–01 Ystalyfera RFC season

This season progressed without any real level of consistency up until Christmas and the new year. January, February and March however saw eight victories and only two defeats, both against the eventual Champions Cwmavon 5-20 and runners up Pontyberem 0-20. Within this run was a 69-15 home win against Kidwelly, 10 tries were scored, 8 converted by Gareth James, one short of the record 9 held by Leighton Stoneman. This run lifted the side to a creditable 4th place out of 12. Cup performances this year were of no great note. Captain for a second season was Stephen Munkley who also won Players Player of the year. Top points scorer Gareth James with 172 won Supporters Player of the year and Martyn Stoneman scored 7 tries – his last a fine individual effort away at Newcastle Emlyn during injury time. This was the last game of the season, earning a 29 all draw.

National League Division 4 West

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Pos. Team. PL. W. D. L. F. A. Bal. Try. Pts. %.
1 P Cwmavon 22 19 0 3 494 180 +314 69 57 86.36%
2 Pontyberem 22 16 1 5 490 306 +184 68 49 75.00%
3 Mumbles 22 12 1 9 421 347 +74 55 37 56.82%
4 Ystalyfera 22 11 2 9 448 394 +54 55 35 54.55%
5 Newcastle Emlyn 22 11 2 9 348 332 +16 46 35 54.55%
6 Haverfordwest 22 11 1 10 371 359 -12 52 34 52.27%
7 Tumble 22 10 1 11 364 386 -22 47 31 47.73%
8 Skewen 22 9 1 12 382 418 -36 58 28 43.18%
9 Aberystwyth 22 9 1 12 378 376 +2 46 28 43.18%
10 Bynea 22 8 1 13 272 375 -103 27 25 38.64%
11 Kidwelly 22 6 1 15 334 530 -196 41 19 29.55%
12 R Brynamman 22 4 0 18 333 631 -298 44 12 18.18%

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Ystalyfera 2000/01 Season Results

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No. Date. Fixture. Venue. Opponents. Result. F - A.
1 26 Aug. Friendly Home Waunarlwydd Lost 24 - 31
2 Sep. W Cup 1stRd Home Llanelli Wanderers walkover
2 9 Sep. League Home Bynea Won 26 - 13
3 16 Sept. League Home Cwmavon Lost 23 - 32
4 23 Sep. WCup 2ndRd Home Lampeter Town Won 24 - 17
5 30 Sep. League Away Tumble Lost 15 - 41
6 7 Oct. League Away Brynamman Won 34 - 25
7 14 Oct. WCup 3Rd Home Tylorstown Lost 11 - 19
8 21 Oct. League Home Aberystwyth Won 19 - 15
23 Oct. WWCup 1Rd Away Trimsaran Scratched
9 2 Dec. League Home Pontyberem Lost 3 - 9
10 16 Dec. League Away Haverfordwest Lost 6 - 27
11 23 Dec. League Home Newcastle Emlyn Won 36 - 5
12 6 Jan. League Away Cwmavon Lost 5 - 20
13 13 Jan. League Home Tumble Won 42 - 12
14 20 Jan. League Home Brynamman Won 15 - 12
15 27 Jan. League Away Aberystwyth Drew 9 - 9
16 2 feb. League Away Bynea Won 35 - 3
17 10 Feb. League Home Skewen Won 19 - 5
18 24 Feb. League Home Kidwelly Won 69 - 15
19 10 Mar. League Away Kidwelly Won 21 - 15
20 24 Mar. League Home Mumbles Won 12 - 5
21 31 Mar. League Away Pontyberem Lost 0 - 20
22 7 Apr. League Away Skewen Lost 13 - 31
23 10 Apr. SVCup 1stRd Away Alltwen Won 29 - 7
24 14 Apr. League Home Haverfordwest Lost 11 - 29
25 1 May. SVCup Final Home Vardre Lost 15 - 41
26 9 May. League Away Mumbles Lost 6 - 22
27 21 May. League Away Newcastle Emlyn Drew 29 - 29
551 - 509

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Ystalyfera 2000/01 Season Player Stats

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43. Player. PL. Tries. Cons. DGls. Pens. Tot Pts.
1 Gareth James 27 3 29 1 32 172
2 Mike Morgan 14 4 7 1 10 67
3 Martyn Stoneman 24 7 35
4 Kevin McComas 18 6 30
5 John Williams 24 6 30
6 Simon Donovan 15 5 25
7 Stephen Munkley Captain 19 5 25
8 Mark McComas 25 5 25
9 Arwel Williams 22 4 20
10 Leighton Stoneman 17 3 15
11 Jason Humphries 19 3 15
12 Phillip Thomas 26 3 15
13 Damian James 5 2 1 12
14 Kevin Williams 23 2 10
15 Phillip Stoneman 24 2 10
16 Nick Mabbutt 8 1 5
16 Mark Rewston 8 1 5
18 Leighton Prosser 13 1 5
19 Jason Donovan 16 1 5
20 Jason Long 18 1 5
20 Peter Abraham 18 1 5
22 Alun Guerrier 20 1 5
23 Neil Brown 26
24 Ian Barrett 17
25 Craig Lloyd 13
26 Simon Willis 8
27 Andrew Williams 7
27 Stephen Morgan 7
29 Alan Williams 4
29 Ian Morgan 4
29 Martin Jones 4
32 Andrew Hiseman 2
32 Andrew Key 2
32 Christopher Hicks 2
35 Gary Guppy 1
36 Jason Lewis 1
35 Mark Orford 1
35 Neil Amber 1
35 Geraint Lewis 1
35 Ashley Carter 1
35 Glen Charles 1
35 Lee Morris 1
35 Anthony Rees 1
'Penalty Tries' 2 10
'Team Total' 27 69 37 2 42 551

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References

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  1. ^ "WRU official website". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  2. ^ "WRU official website". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. ^ [Ystalyfera Rugby Archive]