Rumney Athletic : 15.P.Carlton 14.H.Amafide 13.A.Jones (Capt) 12.D.Clements 11.I.McIntyre 10.C.Day 9.S.Davies 1.J.Harris 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.M.Harrington 6.P.Haines 7.R.Sutton 8.C.Jones
Replacements : M.Kelly P.Collins L.Brincat  M.Feneck  M.Williams  J.Colin  L.Maqueline

Scorers for Rumney : P.Carlton 2 tries, H.Amafide try, D.Clements try, D.Bartlett try, C.Day 3 conversions and penalty

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "A superb all round performance by the team, each individual who played stood up and was counted today. Llanharan beat us twice earlier in the season and it only shows how we have improved, a lot of credit must go to coaches Emyr Griffith and Larry Feneck. The team was a credit to Rumney Rugby Football Club, Dan Clements became the side's top try scorer for the season with his twentieth try and the Man of the Match was Neal Ritchie."

Lee Brincat, prop Rumney Athletic : "This was sweet revenge for the earlier defeats in the season and the final restored a bit of pride and respect after losing in the Mallett Cup. It was a good performance from the pack, the front row was outstanding and everyone played well. Chris Jones and Shaun Davies had excellent games and full back Phil Carlton played brilliantly."

Left : Lee Brincat

Neal Ritchie, hooker Rumney Athletic, Man of the Match : "A good all round display by our boys which rounded off an excellent second half of the season and made up for our poor display against Glamorgan Wanderers in the Mallett Cup. Phil Carlton was outstanding, James Harris made some superb tackles and the pack put in a brilliant performance, the game was won in the front five."

Right : Man of the Match, Neal Ritchie

Rumney Athletic : 15.P.Carlton 14.H.Amafide 13.A.Jones (Capt) 12.D.Clements 11.I.McIntyre 10.C.Day 9.S.Davies 1.J.Harris 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.M.Harrington 6.P.Haines 7.M.Feneck 8.C.Jones
Replacements : M.Buckley P.Collins L.Brincat  G.Kemble  R.Regan  J.Colin  L.Maqueline

Scorers for Rumney : P.Carlton try, H.Amafide try, I.McIntyre 3 tries, D.Clements 2 tries, A.Jones 2 tries, D.Bartlett try, C.Jones 2 tries, C.Day try and 11 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "On times our rugby was absolutely superb. The forwards did their job and the backs were outstanding, yards faster than Llanishen. An excellent display all round and a great team effort. We are now looking forward to the final against Llanharan at Taffs Well on 20th May."

RUMNEY ATHLETIC   V   GLAMORGAN WANDERERS 2nd XV
Cardiff Arms Park
Tuesday 29th April 2003, K.O. 7.15 pm

Rumney Athletic : 15.P.Carlton 14.H.Amafide 13.A.Jones (Capt) 12.D.Clements 11.I.McIntyre 10.J.Balfrey 9.S.Davies 1.G.Cox 2.M.Feneck 3.D.Bartlett 4.P.Haines 5.M.Harrington 6.R.Sutton 7.M.Kelly 8.C.Jones
Replacements : N.Ritchie P.Collins J.Colin L.Maqueline M.Kearle M.Oliver A.N.Other

Scorers for Rumney : S.Davies try, I.McIntyre try, G.Cox try, J.Balfrey conversion

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "I can not believe we lost. We dominated the game and the forwards were superb. It has not sunk in that we lost. Ryan Sutton was the Man of the Match but it could have also gone to any of the Rumney forwards. The Wanderers stuck to it and got away with the Cup."

Rumney Athletic : 15.J.Colin 14.H.Amafide 13.A.Jones (Capt) 12.D.Clements 11.I.McIntyre 10.C.Day 9.S.Davies 1.L.Ngungutau 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.M.Harrington 6.M.Kelly 7.R.Sutton 8.C.Jones
Replacements : J.Wheeler M.Buckley M.Williams P.Collins P.Haines M.Feneck L.Brincat

Scorers for Rumney : R.Sutton 4 tries and conversion, D.Clements 2 tries, C.Day try and 5 conversions, I.McIntyre try, J.Wheeler try

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "A job well done with some outstanding performances from Wayne Feneck, Lotu Ngungutau and David Bartlett. The Man of the Match was Ryan Sutton."

Ryan Sutton, flanker Rumney Athletic : "I enjoyed the game, we played well as a team and the pack killed off Llandaff North. The Athletic are playing well, there is a good atmosphere and attitude and everyone is looking forward to the Mallett Cup. Shaun Davies always plays well and he had an excellent game tonight. The tries I scored tonight were easy, nothing spectacular, I was in the right place at the right time and ran them in."

Ryan Sutton

Scorers for Rumney : C.Day try and 6 conversions, M.Paine try, S.Davies try, N.Ritchie try, L.Brincat, P.Haines try, J.Collins try

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "A good hard fought encounter with the Rumney forwards definitely getting the better of the UWIC eight - that is what really won this good entertaining game for us. The Man of the Match was Neil Ritchie."

Rumney Athletic squad : P.Carlton M.Paine H.Amafide D.Clements M.Buckley J.Wheeler C.Day S.Davies M.Williams J.Harris N.Ritchie M.Feneck A.Feehan T.Wellington M.Harrington P.Collins A.McCormack R.Sutton C.Jones P.Haines G.Kemble

Scorers for Rumney : D.Clements try, N.Ritchie try, G.Kemble try

Emyr Griffiths, Coach Rumney Athletic : " A game we should have won but we turned the ball over too often in contact and took wrong decisions at crucial times. It taught us a lesson and it was the test we were looking for. The Man of the Match was Paul Haines."

Rumney Athletic : 15.P.Carlton 14.H.Amafide 13.A.Jones (Capt) 12.D.Clements 11.M.Kearle 10.J.Balfrey 9.S.Davies 1.G.Cox 2.M.Feneck 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.M.Harrington 6.P.Haines 7.M.Kelly 8.C.Jones
Replacements : N.Ritchie M.Paine R.Sutton J.Harris I.McIntyre M.Oliver

Scorers for Rumney : M.Kelly try, I.McIntyre try, D.Clements try, J.Balfrey 2 penalties and conversion

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "A superb performance by the Rumney pack especially in the scrummage where Caerau are renowned for their strength but were wiped away. Man of the Match was second row Mark Harrington."

Shaun Lee, Coach Rumney RFC 1st XV : "I would like to congratulate Rumney Athletic players and coaches on a great performance in defeating Caerau in the Mallett Cup semi-final. Also our Third Team on winning their semi-final in the Ninian Stuart Cup and last but by no means least, our Youth Team on an excellent semi-final performance in defeating St. Peters Youth in the Cardiff and District Cup by 35--5. Congratulations to the squad and coaches.

Rumney Athletic : 15.P.Carlton 14.H.Amafide 13.M.Kearle 12.D.Clements 11.L.Maqueline 10.J.Balfrey 9.S.Davies 1.J.Harris 2.N.Ritchie (Capt) 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.M.Harrington 6.P,Haines 7.R.Sutton 8.C.Jones
Replacements : M.Feneck P.Collins E.Griffiths J.Colin M.Paine

Scorers for Rumney : D.Clements 4 tries, H.Amafide try, S.Davies try, N.Ritchie try, P.Carlton 2 tries and conversion, R.Sutton try and conversion, J.Colin 2 tries and conversion, M.Feneck try and conversion, J.Balfrey 3 penalties and 7 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "An awesome display, particularly from the pack where brothers Wayne and Michael Feneck were outstanding. The backs performance was somewhat disappointing though centre Dan Clements did run in four tries. The Man of the Match was Wayne Feneck and the game was well refereed by Stephen Fry."

Rumney Athletic : 15.I.McIntyre 14.H.Amafide 13.A.Jones (Capt) 12.D.Clements 11.S.Rees 10.J.Balfrey 9.S.Davies 1.G.Cox 2.M.Feneck 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.P.Collins 6.M.Kelly 7.R.Sutton 8.C.Jones
Replacements : N.Ritchie M.Gee P.Haines M.Kearle M.Paine

Scorers for Rumney : I.McIntyre try, H.Amafide try, A.Jones 2 tries, D.Clements try, P.Haines try, R.Sutton try, J.Balfrey 3 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "An excellent performance today, with a pleasing style of rugby. The hard work of the players and the coaches deserves great praise. Our back row was magnificent, Michael Kelly had an outstanding game and it was good to see prop Gerald Cox back and fully fit. Let's keep up the good work."

Rumney Athletic : 15.D.Holtham 14.H.Amafide 13.M.Kearle 12.D.Clements 11.M.Pain 10.P.Carlton 9.S.Davies 1.L.Brincat 2.N.Ritchie (Capt) 3.M.Gee 4.M.Kelly 5.P.Collins 6.P.Haines 7.R.Sutton 8.C.Jones
Replacements : M.Buckley M.Harrington

Scorers for Rumney : D.Clements try, M.Pain try, P.Carlton try, C.Jones try, L.Brincat 4 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "An excellent performance in the first half but we fell away a bit in the second half. Once we were counterattacking it was all over but outside half Phil Carlton took a knock, as did did Lee Brincat, so eventually it was passive scrums and Beaufort tightened things up at forward to get back into the game. Still, this was a good match and it was something to build on. Ryan Sutton and Michael Kelly had excellent games and so did the whole front row. Man of the Match was Paul Haines."

RUMNEY ATHLETIC  V   BEDWAS 2nd XV
Riverside Park, Rumnney
Saturday 25th January 2003, K.O. 2.30 pm

Scorers for Rumney : I.McIntyre 4 tries, D.Clements try, R.Sutton try, S.Coles try, M.Kelly try, W.Pooley try, J.Balfrey 6 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "It was disappointing that Bedwas had to field a weakened team due to injuries and first team commitments, because in the early part of the season they gave us a beating. It had to be passive scrums but we played some lovely rugby at times with Ian McIntyre and Ryan Sutton putting in very good performances and first team prop Gerald Cox making a welcome return. There was a very good buzz throughout the side and the game was well refereed by Peter Coles. The Man of the Match was Michael Kelly."

Rumney Athletic: 15.P.Carlton 14.D.Clements 13.M.Kearle 12.A.Jones (Capt.) 11.I.McIntyre 10.J.Balfrey 9.W.Pooley 1.M.Gee 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.M.Harrington 6.P.Haines 7.M.Kelly 8.C.Jones
Replacements : P.Collins R.Sutton D.Phillips P.Foster S.Davies

Scorers for Rumney : I.McIntyre 2 tries, D.Clements 3 tries, P.Haines try, C.Jones try, M.Kelly try, J.Balfrey try and 7 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "This was a much improved performance. Players are training well and playing well, the work of new coaches Feneck and Griffiths is showing dividends. The Man of the Match was Dave Bartlett."

Rumney Athletic : 15.P.Carlton 14.H.Amafide 13.M.Kearle 12.A.Jones (Capt) 11.L.Macqueline 10.J.Balfrey 9.S.Davies 1.L.Brincat 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.W.Feneck 5.P.Collins 6.C.Jones 7.R.Sutton 8.E.Griffiths
Replacements : M.Kelly D.Clements P.Foster M.White

Scorers for Rumney : P.Carlton try, H.Amafide 2 tries, L.Macqueline try, P.Foster try, M.Feneck try, R.Sutton try, C.Jones 2 tries, M.Kelly 2 tries, J.Balfrey 8 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "New coaches Larry Feneck and Emyr Griffiths have a lot of positives to take out of this game, and there is a lot of work to do to develop the true potential of this young side. All in all a good performance with full back Phil Carlton as Man of the Match."

Scorers for Rumney : A.Jones 2 tries, M.Kearle 2 tries, J.Balfrey 2 conversions

Anthony Jones, centre Rumney Athletic : "It was a good game, particularly the first half. In the second half we made too many changes and Hafodyrynys scored two nice tries. There was a lot of good rugby."

Anthony Jones. Man of the Match

Rumney Development Squad : 15.S.Burnett 14.H.Amafide 13.M.Curl 12.A.Jones 11.M.Miller 10.P.Foster 9.S.Davies 1.C.Brincat 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.P.Collins 5.E.Griffiths 6.C.Jones 7.R.Sutton 8.S.Coles
Replacements : 16.D.Clements 17.A.Byett 18.M.Kelly 19.J.Balfrey 20.I.McIntyre

Scorers for Rumney : I.McIntyre try, P.Collins try, C.Jones try, D.Clements try, J.Balfrey conversion

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "We played well in patches, sometimes good, sometimes dreadful. Beddau were far more committed and deserved to win, the Rumney players looked as if they needed to put in a lot more training. The Man of the Match was Lee Brincat."

Rumney Athletic: 15.D.Phillips 14.P.Stafford 13.P.Foster 12.A.Jones (Capt.) 11.S.Davies 10.J.Balfrey 9.A.Byett 1.J.Harris 2.N.Ritchie 3.D.Bartlett 4.E.Griffiths 5.M.Harrington 6.R.Sutton 7.G.Spencer 8.D.Clements
Replacements : M.Feneck A.Moore M.Kelly M.Miller J. Colin

Scorers for Rumney : D.Phillips try, J.Balfrey penalty

Jim O'Brien, Team Manager Rumney Athletic : "An excellent game, I believe that if we can get this commitment and train together each week we will have turned the corner. It was a smashing performance from the pack and the tackling was superb. Anthony Moore played a blinder and was voted Man of the Match. It was a really good game."

Scorers for Rumney : H.Amafide 2 tries, J.Harris try, J.Balfrey 2 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Rumney RFC : "Not a very convincing display and at times there was a lack of commitment up front. It was a shambles in places and Rumney can thank the brilliance of Henry Amafide's two tries for their victory. Man of the Match, Henry Amafide."

Ian Riby, Rumney RFC : "The game was played in terrible conditions and upfront we were a match for Bedwas and it was good to see the front row of John Bartlett, John Stringer and Neil Ritchie coming together. They tended to pick up on our mistakes to score tries but we kept banging away. Ryan Sutton was everywhere, trying his heart out and with a very solid performance from the front five, it was only silly mistakes which let them in for the tries."

Rumney Athletic : 15.J.Colin 14.S.Rees 13.L.Macqueline 12.P.Foster 11.H.Amafide 10.J.Balfrey 9.S.Davies 1.N.Ritchie 2.M.Feneck (Capt.) 3.M.Gee 4.M.Harrington 5.M.Kelly 6.R.Sutton 7.G.Spencer 8.D.Clements
Replacements : J.McCreedy D.Morn A.N.Others

Scorers for Rumney : J.Colin try, M.Harris penalty

Jim O'Brien, Rumney RFC : "After a sparkling display in midweek, Rumney were absolutely dreadful. Against Caerau's bigger pack there was no effort whatsoever and only a few players came out of the game with any credit, Neil Ritchie, Matthew Gee, Gareth Spencer and Ryan Sutton never gave up but behind the scrum we were a disaster. Speedster Henry Amafide did not receive a single pass all afternoon"

Scorers for Rumney : H.Amafide 3 tries, J.Colin try, A.Jones try, M.Kelly try, J.Balfrey 4 conversions

Jim O'Brien, Rumney RFC : "An excellent game, I thoroughly enjoyed it with the highlight being Henry Amafide's long distance try. The front row of Ritchie, Feneck and Gee were magnificent and it was good to see Gareth Spencer returning to his best form."

Scorers for Rumney : J.Palfrey try and 5 conversions, J.Colin conversion, H.Amafide try, P.Niblett 2 tries, A.Jones 2 tries, L.Macqueline try, S.Davies try, W.Feneck try, G.Spencer try

Jim O'Brien, Rumney RFC : "A sparkling performance by the Rumney Development Squad and the Cardiff and District selectors must have learned a few lessons about their players tonight. Matthew Gee had a good game, Paul Niblett was excellent and for the short time he was on the field Simon Enoch showed his class. The youth players all performed well with outstanding contributions from Steven Page, Paul Bull, Andrew Feehan."

Scorers for Rumney : C.Jones try, H.Amadife try, B.Bevan conversion

Jim O'Brien, Rumney RFC : "An excellent performance by a young Rumney side which included a number of youth players. The front row performed very well and there was plenty of promise behind the scrum. Gareth Niblett, Andrew Byett and Gareth Spane had fine games and Henry Amadife's seventy five metre solo try was superb. Overall a very pleasing performance."

Scorers for Rumney : D.Holtham try, L.Macqueline try, A.Jones try, D.Clements try, H.Amadife 2 tries, C.O'Donoghue try, W.Feneck try, R.Sutton try, M.Miller 2 tries, M.Kelly try, J.Balfrey 12 conversions

Ian Riby, Rumney RFC : "A good match played in very warm weather. Wayne Feneck scored a try from the first kick off and set the tone for the whole game. Henry Amadife on the wing raced in for two tries and looks as if he certainly has the potential to become a first team player. Matthew Miller had a good game and faced the legendary JPR Williams, playing centre for Pontyclun."

Rumney Athletic : 15.J.Colin 14.D.Holtham 13.W.Pooley 12.S.McIntyre 11.L.Macqueline 10.P.Foster 9.K.Mably 1.L.Brincat 2.A.N.Other 3.N.Ritchie 4.M.Harrington 5.W.Feneck 6.C.Jones 7.G.Spencer 8.S.Coles (Capt.)
Replacements : H.Amafide R.Sutton J.McTavish J.Balfrey S.Davies

Scorer for Rumney : L.Brincat try

Jim O'Brien, Rumney RFC : "A fast and entertaining game in which Rumney unfortunately got what they deserved. By making so many mistakes they handed the game to The Wanderers. There were however a lot of positive things in the game and the Athletic XV could become a useful side. The Man of the Match was scrum half Kevin Mably and the game was very well refereed by Peter Coles."

Rumney Athletic : 15.J.Wheeler 14.J.Colin 13.J.Balfrey 12.A.Jones 11.L.Macqueline 10.P.Foster 9.M.Williams 1.J.Harris 2.M.Feneck (Capt.) 3.N.Ritchie 4.M.Harrington 5.R.Sutton 6.C.Jones 7.G.Spencer 8.D.Clements
Replacements : D.Phillips L.Brincat J.McTavish F.Lopez M.Carey J.Popple

Scorers for Rumney : N.Ritchie try, D.Clements try, M.Williams try, J.Balfrey 2 conversions

Paul Sutton, Rumney RFC : "We were outclassed, Llanharan were up for it and we weren't. Jason Wheeler was impressive at full back and although the Rumney forwards played well, the opposition was a class above us on the day."