2004–05 Ystalyfera RFC season

Following on from the good form at the end of the previous season, this new campaign started well with two league wins and progress through the preliminary round of the Swansea Valley Cup over Vardre 11-9 and over Treorchy 22-17 in the First Round of the Welsh Cup before the end of September. The Treorchy game was all the more rewarding, they being a Division Two East side experiencing a slide from the top flight – Simon Chatham scored a try from the wing and new Captain and outside half Damian James a try and four penalties.

Problems and some bad luck then returned with only two league wins in the next sixteen games. The Welsh Cup second round tie versus Maesteg was scratched and exit from the Swansea Valley Cup was inflicted by Abercrave 7-17. Keeping up something of a habit, the last two games of the season were victories over the only teams below us, ensuring we again remained in Division Three. The first of these crucial fixtures was at home to Glynneath.

An inspiring 57-17 was achieved by fast flowing rugby all over the field. Christian Roets, David Hawkins and Simon Donovan scored two tries each. Phillip Thomas, John Williams and Peter Abraham one try each, Gareth James kicked 6 conversions. Three days later Ystalyfera beat Ammanford 38-26 at Ynysydarren, Christian Roets scored a try, Damian James a try and four conversions, and Alun Guerrier four tries – a record in a single game by a forward.

Damian James scored 202 points this season, Christian Roets getting 9 tries. Christian was also voted Players Player of the year whilst Arwel Williams was Supporters favourite.

National League Division 3 South West

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Pos. Team. PL. W. D. L. F. A. Bal. Try. Pts. %.
1 P Maesteg Harlequins 26 20 0 6 705 352 +353 93 60 76.92%
2 P Seven Sisters 26 18 0 8 621 393 +228 83 54 69.23%
3 Bryncoch 26 17 0 9 558 445 +113 75 51 65.38%
4 Aberavon Quins 26 16 0 10 544 396 +148 82 48 61.54%
5 Kenfig Hill..........-6pts 26 18 0 8 524 407 +117 68 48 69.23%
6 Vardre 26 15 0 11 570 349 +221 72 45 57.69%
7 Nantyffyllon 26 15 0 11 495 425 +70 60 45 57.69%
8 Alltwen 26 12 2 12 453 519 -66 50 38 50.00%
9 Cwmgors 26 12 0 14 434 473 -39 59 36 46.15%
10 Skewen 26 12 0 14 426 456 -30 46 36 46.15%
11 Brynamman 26 12 0 14 342 478 -136 39 36 46.15%
12 Ystalyfera 26 7 1 18 482 672 -190 57 22 28.85%
13 R Glynneath 26 3 1 22 245 781 -516 33 10 13.46%
14 R Ammanford 26 3 0 23 363 636 -273 44 9 11.54%

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Ystalyfera 2004/05 Season Results

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No. Date. Fixture. Venue. Opponents. Result. F - A.
1 25 Aug. SV Cup Pre Rd Home Vardre Won 11 - 9
2 4 Sep. League Home Bryncoch Lost 13 - 24
3 11 Sep. League Away Nantyffyllon Won 27 - 11
4 18 Sept. League Home Brynamman Won 26 - 20
5 25 Sept. W Cup 1st Rd Home Treorchy Won 22 - 17
6 2 Oct. League Home Cwmgors Lost 18 - 22
7 9 Oct. League Away Aberavon Quins Lost 26 - 27
8 16 Oct. League Home Maesteg Quins Lost 3 - 35
9 13 Nov. League Away Skewen Lost 0 - 16
10 27 Nov. League Away Vardre Lost 15 - 26
11 4 Dec. League Home Alltwen Lost 18 - 29
12 11 Dec. League Away Ammanford Won 27 - 15
13 28 Dec. SV Cup 1stRd Home Abercrave Lost 7 - 17
14 8 Jan. League Home Nantyffyllon Lost 20 - 22
15 15 Jan. League Away Brynamman Won 22 - 21
16 22 Jan. League Home Seven Sisters Lost 5 - 32
17 29 Jan. League Away Cwmgors Lost 6 - 24
18 19 Feb. League Home Aberavon Quins Lost 10 - 29
19 26 Feb. League Away Kenfig Hill Lost 22 - 34
20 5 Mar. League Away Maesteg Quins Lost 8 - 37
21 26 Mar. Friendly Away Doncaster Phoenix Won 14 - 0
22 26 Mar. Friendly Away Doncaster Dragons Drew 7 - 7
23 2 Apr. League Away Glynneath Lost 22 - 34
24 5 Apr. League Away Bryncoch Lost 10 - 37
25 9 Apr. League Home Skewen Won 22 - 21
26 13 Apr. League Home Kenfig Hill Lost 19 - 20
27 16 Apr. League Home Vardre Lost 13 - 43
28 20 Apr. League Away Seven Sisters Lost 27 - 42
29 23 Apr. League Away Alltwen Drew 8 - 8
30 27 Apr. League Home Glynneath Won 57 - 17
31 30 Apr. League Home Ammanford Won 38 - 26
543 - 722

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Ystalyfera 2004/05 Season Player Stats

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52. Player. PL. Tries. Cons. DGls. Pens. Tot Pts.
1 Damian James Captain 31 5 24 7 36 202
2 Gareth James 9 2 8 1 8 53
3 Christian Roets 27 9 45
4 Simon Donovan 24 8 40
5 Martyn Stoneman 26 5 1 27
6 Simon Bevan 12 4 3 26
7 Alun Guerrier 25 4 20
8 Phillip Thomas 31 3 15
9 Arwel Williams 23 3 15
10 Graham Jones 27 2 10
11 Neil Lynch 26 2 10
12 Kevin Williams 21 2 10
13 Peter Abraham 13 2 10
14 Christopher Hicks 9 2 10
15 David Hawkins 2 2 10
15 Pablo Van Renberg 2 2 10
17 Mark Rewston 31 1 5
18 Kieran Lloyd 30 1 5
19 Simon Chatham 18 1 5
20 David Thomas 10 1 5
21 John Williams 3 1 5
22 Leighton Prosser 30
23 Neil Brown 26
24 Arwel Hughes 12
25 Lee Morris 11
26 Jason Humphries 9
26 Adam Sinnott 9
28 Ceirion Thomas 8
29 Geraint Lewis 7
30 Tristian Davies 6
31 Mark McComas 5
31 David Willis 5
31 Paul Davies 5
31 Andrew Keys 5
31 Nigel White 5
36 Alan Williams 4
37 Neil Falvey 3
37 Martin Jones 3
39 Ian Morgan 2
39 Garry Guppy 2
39 Jamie Rees 2
39 Julian Hopkins 2
39 Jason Donovan 2
44 Kevin Allen 1
44 Nathan Hicks 1
44 Ceri Morgan 1
44 Craig Lewis 1
44 Stephan Roets 1
44 Ryan Evans 1
44 Martin Bennett 1
44 Christopher Dicks 1
44 Joe Roberts 1
'Penalty Tries' 1 5
'Team Total' 31 63 36 8 44 543

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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]