# 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

| 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

| 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

| 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 |