Friday 25 April 2014 – Clean Up Day
Has anyone got any free time on Friday 25 April to come and help tidy up the outside of Penarth Athletic Club?
We’ll be there from 12 noon and would be grateful for even an hour of your time.
Has anyone got any free time on Friday 25 April to come and help tidy up the outside of Penarth Athletic Club?
We’ll be there from 12 noon and would be grateful for even an hour of your time.
Penarth 17 Aberdare 23 – Saturday 12 April 2014
For the second game running, the Seasiders scored three tries, but this time they had not one kicker, but two. Sadly this availed them little as only two points came from the boot, again a conversion under the posts. It was hard to put your finger on what was wrong with Penarth, as the second-placed club faced second from bottom, but they rarely looked as if they believed they could win this game. This was strange, as they held the upper hand in the scrum for eighty minutes, but just couldn’t make it count against a youthful Aberdare side staring relegation in the face.
With a stiff breeze at their backs, the Cynon Valley side made all the early running and were 6-0 up inside twenty minutes, even if the second penalty was weirdly inappropriately awarded. Still, although there seemed to be nothing too much to worry about, it was about to get much worse. A Seasiders attack broke down near the Aberdare 10m line and Mike Hurley unwisely fly-hacked the ball directly to the visitors’ left wing, who had the vision and pace to waltz through a misaligned defence for a 60 metre solo try.
The rest of the half belonged to the hosts, but despite a couple of tremendous individual breaks by Chris Poole and a lot of time spent in the Aberdare 22, they simply couldn’t make a convincing case for scoring any points and half time arrived with them still trailing 0-13.
The second half was better, even if the hosts struggled to make any real use of the wind. The pack now took matters into their own hands as Richard Ball hurdled over a ruck and was clean through to the line. The Aberdare scrum, creaking all afternoon, were pushed clean off their own put-in and Louis Chandler claimed the try.
The momentum generated by the Penarth eight in the following ten minutes should have taken them to victory. A lengthy siege in the visitors’ 22 saw a lot of mistakes from both sides and Aberdare tight-head Nathan Terry collecting a yellow card. The pressure told with a series of penalties before referee Aled Evans finally lost patience and awarded the Seasiders a penalty try.
With the score standing at 12-13, the visitors decided to go for broke and threw everything into a furious assault. The Penarth defence, usually so solid, lacked the will to resist and lock Adam Parry crashed over in the corner. Within minutes another series of missed tackles down the left flank saw flanker Owen Young with a clear run-in behind the posts.
With Grant Robson replacing James Docherty and Chris Poole moving inside to outside half for the final ten minutes, the Seasiders suddenly sprang to life. This new sense of urgency led immediately to a try as the ball was worked wide for James Crothers to score in the corner, but it was far too late and a jubilant Aberdare side celebrated at the final whistle as if they’d won promotion.
This was the last home fixture of the season and Penarth now travel to face runaway league leaders Cardiff Quins on Easter Saturday.
PENARTH Rhys Morgan, Paul Collett, Chris Poole, Mike Hurley, James Crothers, James Docherty (Grant Robson), Chris Mortimer, Gary Power, Joe Page, Sean O’Sullivan, Richard Ball, Jon Boland, Louis Chandler, Matt Sutton.
National League Division 3 (SE)
Saturday 19th April 2014
Cardiff Quins v PENARTH
The Diamond Ground, Forest Farm
Kick-off 2.30pm
Did you know Penarth Athletic Club is available to hire to all members?
Catering packages can be arranged through them along with any entertainment.
The club also organises many events. The following are coming up
Saturday 12 April 2014 – Karaoke
Why not join us this Saturday for our very own Karaoke Night!
Saturday 26 April 2014 – End of Season Party
Why not end the season on a high and support the club by coming along to our very own End Of Rugby Season Party
An adults only event all coaches, partners and friends of all rugby sections are welcome
Disco and free entry
Starting Sunday 4 May 2014
Breakfast club – Every Sunday morning, 10am – 12 noon
Sunday 4 May 2014
Family Fun Day from 1.00pm – Pony Rides, Stalls, Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Penarth’s Got Talent
Great prizes to be won, music running all day and evening
FREE ENTRY!
Any more info then please do not hesitate to contact
Tash, Club Steward on 07769 204650
Pontyclun 18 Penarth 17 – Saturday 5 April 2014
With league leaders Cardiff Quins going down at home to a resurgent St Peters, this was a game the Seasiders would have preferred to win. Both teams were unable to field their first-choice selections, but the hosts were able to field something like a regular kicker and this proved decisive.
The hosts were simply intent on charging headlong at any chances that fell their way and this yielded an immediate dividend as early as the fourth minute. Full back Adam Lewis received a pass outside the Penarth 22 and just ran straight. About four tacklers in turn failed to get a grip on him and he was over for an unconverted try.
The Seasiders’ approach was more measured – dominance up front and work it wide when the game opened up. However, they had to win over the referee and this they noticeably failed to do, falling further behind at the end of the first quarter as the Badgers converted a penalty. Penarth came back strongly and laid siege in the home 22. Several thrusts were held up on the line, but when they were finally awarded a five-metre scrum, the writing was surely on the wall. So it proved, as the Seasiders’ eight drove straight through and over for the score. Unfortunately, referee Gavin Roberts saw it rather differently and declared that the scrum had gone through 90º.
There was no let-up for the hosts, though as Penarth continued to dominate. Stand-in kicker Rhys Morgan pushed a penalty just wide from 25m and then a breath-taking break from a side-stepping James Thatcher was halted 20m out. The ensuing penalty was tucked safely into touch and after Joe Page was stopped in the first thrust from the line-out, Geraint Blake made sure with the second.
The teams turned around with the home side still 8-5 in the lead, but the Seasiders seemed to have mastered the conditions and surely knew how to secure the points. Pontyclun naturally burst out of the traps and as Penarth held on grimly, they lost Blake to a yellow card and it began to look like an uphill struggle. Pontyclun struck the penalty just wide and the visitors made quick progress from the restart over the half-way line. A penalty was kicked to touch, the lineout secured and a second penalty won, also put to touch, this time inside the home 22. The home side were clinging on under immense pressure and even though they gained a scrum, they still managed to spill the ball and the Seasiders worked it wide. A wonderfully-weighted miss-out pass by Thatcher to James Crothers wide on the left put Penarth into the lead at last, although the conversion was again missed.
Trailing 8-10, the hosts threw everything into trying to retrieve the situation and the referee obliged them with a kickable penalty from which they edged back in front. More pressure from the Seasiders brought on a yellow card for a Pontyclun replacement and when Thatcher tapped and went from the penalty, Blake was over for a second try, which was again declined by the referee. With the ball not having gone dead, the hosts were able to hack it upfield and into the visitors’ half. The Badgers sensed a chance and once again threw themselves at the Penarth defence in a series of bursts. In a near repeat of the first try, right wing Llewelyn Rees burst clean through and around behind the posts.
Trailing 18-10 with six minutes to go, the Seasiders came back again and again as Pontyclun conceded a string of penalties and a yellow card for their hooker, before the referee finally relented and awarded a penalty try. With only a minute left. Liam Bevan duly converted with Penarth’s only successful place-kick of the game.
Pontyclun had scored two tries, but kicked eight points, while Penarth had out-scored them with three tries. There were all sorts of reasons why the Seasiders really should have won this one, but ultimately the lack of a regular goal-kicker proved the difference between the sides.
Happier times may lie ahead, as Penarth held on to 2nd place with Wattstown drawing 6-6 at home against near neighbours Porth Harlequins. 11th-placed Aberdare are the visitors to the Athletic Field next Saturday.
PENARTH Rhys Morgan, Louis Chandler, Paul Collett, Liam Bevan, James Crothers, James Thatcher, Chris Mortimer, Gary Power, Joe Page, Sean O’Sullivan, Stuart Clarke (Jerome Bryan, then Mike Clare), Jon Boland, Richard Ball, Matt Sutton.
National League Division 3 (SE)
Saturday 12th April 2014
PENARTH v Aberdare
The Athletic Field, Lavernock Road
Kick-off 2.30pm
Penarth 17 – Wattstown 13
This had all the promise of a cracker; two sides lying second and third in the division, both with eleven victories this season and both on 51 points.
As it transpired nerves played a major part and time after time promising build ups by both sides slipped away with knocks on and stray passes. In the end the side that held its nerve triumphed, albeit at the very death.
Wattstown had clearly turned up to claim the spoils and put pressure on the league leaders. Their travelling support gave full voice from the start and their side responded with a full out assault. They displayed great ball handling skill with deft inter-passing and rapid recycling which kept the home defence at full stretch and pinned in their own 22.
Sustaining this series of short carries and recycles constantly varying the angle of attack paid off. After only 10 minutes flanker Adam Phillips found just sufficient space to score close in.
At seven points adrift and under the cosh Penarth saw they had a game on their hands. Their response was strangely muted; with Wattstown sticking to a policy of getting the ball wide as quickly as possible Penarth worked steadily up front. A stolen line out by second row Stuart Clarke developed into a maul and series of scrums deep in the opposition half. This graft earned them three penalty points which were presented straight back when the visitors clearance was kicked back with a wild skew that gave away more advantage than it gained and resulted in a visitor’s penalty which rattled the post followed by a sweet drop goal from centre Dano Roberts.
Then came an intervention by the match official; heavy pressure on the home line was relieved when Wattstown try scorer Phillips turned villain by not being able to resist sticking his hands into an attacking ruck. Penarth’s one man advantage lasted less than a minute as a deeply puzzled James Crothers departed in a case of mistaken identity.
Back to rugby business Penarth treated us to the move of the match. All the back line were involved with Rhys Lakin providing thrust and James Thatcher elusiveness whilst half backs Rhys Morgan and James Docherty kept thing flowing by short, swift and accurate passes. This worked the ball up-field and from one wing to the other finally finding the energetic Trevor Blake wide out right faced by a denuded defence . Docherty capped the display with a fine touch line conversion.
Wattstown full back Rhydian Williams did threaten to reply with an individual forty meter weaving through all attempts to grab him but his final pass fell short of its’ target and half time arrived with points even at 10 – 10.
The restart was scrappy with Penarth conceding position when a long clearance flew out on the full. The subsequent visitor’s attack was illegally held up and three points conceded.
Despite this setback and the Wattstown lively back division the home eight had been grafting away and steadily achieving domination. Whereas an early scrum had seen tight head Sean O’Sullivan penalised for boring in by now either he had reformed or the referee changed his point of view.
Whatever the reason O’Sullivan, Richard Merrett and Joe Page were starting to make a right mess of the Wattstown front row. Add to this line out control by Jon Boland and Stuart Clarke and the result was Penarth enjoying a full ten minute period of play entrenched in the far left corner of their opponents territory. But the visitors showed total commitment to the cause, didn’t give an inch and amazingly, survived.
After this onslaught play shifted back to midfield. Owain George replaced Morgan but was most unfortunate to be concussed in initiating his first attack and stayed on for only a minute.
Richard Ball replaced Jon Boland and play settled back to home domination up front and occasional forays from the visitors. However the home front eight had not forgotten school day injunctions “if at first you don’t succeed then try, try again”. Jerome Bryan joined the front row and with seconds ticking away Penarth took up camp yet again in the deep left corner. Wave after wave of forwards piled over each other until brave Wattstown resistance could hold no longer. A touch down resulted and despite mischievous claims from Blake it was the industrious Joe Page who clung on as the pack powered over.
Intelligently Docherty realised that using up the full minute was more important than the two points which he nevertheless gained.
Time remained only for Mr. Nigel Jones to blow time and at 17–13 Penarth became second in the league.
The next home game is Saturday 12th April versus Aberdare.
Penarth:- Paul Collett; Ben Donovon; James Thatcher; Rhys Lakin; James Crothers; James Docherty; Rhys Morgan; Richard Merrett; Joe Page; Sean O’Sullivan; Stuart Clarke; Jon Boland; Scott Mackie; Mike Clare; Geraint Blake.
Porth Harlequins 27 – Penarth 26
If you’ve a jaded pallet for rugby and believe the current game is dominated by reset scrums and aimless kicks then your faith would have been restored up the Rhondda Valley last Saturday.
Two sides served up nine tries in eighty minutes of high paced entertainment and skill with only one point separating them at the finish; great stuff.
Penarth set off facing into the cold wind gusting down the valley and early pressure came from the home side. A five meter line out was successfully defended but the subsequent possession turned over and flicked out to the home centre, Rowlands who faced a defensive gap wide enough for him to skip through and under the posts.
The Penarth response was immediate and determined. Rhys Lakin ran forcefully and fed the elusive James Thatcher who just failed to wriggle through. Nevertheless the attacking base was established and allowed the powerful Penarth front eight to shove the home pack back over their own line where Scott Mackie dropped down to set up the equalising score.
Seven points each was how it stayed for half an hour of vigorous to and fro competition until Penarth failed to secure ball and put pressure on themselves in their own 22. Porth sustained their attack at close quarters before releasing number 10 Morgan who needed only a 2 meter dash to touch down.
Penarth’s response was electric, Thatcher side stepped out from deep, releasing Lakin and then Ben Donovan who although just brought down short still managed to feed James Docherty whose delightful slip pass found Lakin re-entering and rounding off the move under the posts. The conversion was a formality and Penarth took the lead 12-14. With scarcely time to draw breath Penarth were back in home territory. This time it was Joe Page, normally a hooker, showing his versatility at flank forward and wisely holding to commit the defence so that Lakin, again, was clear to power over in the corner.
In barely two minutes Penarth had thrillingly turned a 5 point deficit into a 7 point lead.
Porth though were not minded to roll over and on half time took punishing advantage of Penarth’s failure to secure their clearance kick. Possession became sustained pressure on the visitors’ line and home wing, Coleman had just enough space wide out left to reduce the deficit by 5 before the whistle.
Half time Porth 17 – Penarth 19.
Porth ignored the wind disadvantage at the restart and mirrored their success from before the break with forward pressure once more allowing wing Coleman to touch down wide out.
Going unexpectedly behind spurred Penarth into determined attack, Rhys Morgan in looping support from full back was only just forced out. Then it was the home sides’ turn to fail to clear their lines and in scrambled defence they concede penalties which Penarth used to establish lines out rather than taking the points. Sadly they failed to sustain the rolling mauls developed from Jon Boland’s clean takes and no score resulted.
Substitutions were made. Mike Clare relieved Matt Sutton and Louis Chandler came on for Jerome Bryan who had done well moving from prop to hooker.
The rearranged Penarth pack sustained pressure on the home eight and when their maul did function they were able to release the outstanding Lakin to crown a powerful performance with a hat trick try.
With a 4 point advantage established and moving into the final quarter a Penarth victory looked assured but then the wheels fell off.
Penarth’s bugbear throughout had been failure to sure clearance kicks. When they stood off again and pressured themselves into defence, second row Boland was yellow carded. Play restarted and straightway the whistle blew once more, this time it was Mackie on the receiving end and the card was a harsh and disputed red for stamping.
The deficit of two in the pack was too much to quickly reorganise which Porth ruthlessly and immediately exploited with a fifth and final try from captain Lewis.
Thirteen man Penarth brought on Owain George for Chris Mortimer and defied the odds to launch a counter attack and gain a late penalty but Docherty’s long range attempt just faded wide and Penarth had to be satisfied with the two bonus points that four tries and a close losing score gained them.
Penarth:- Sean O’ Sullivan; Jerome Bryan (Louis Chandler); Richard Merrett; Richard Ball; Jon Boland; Matt Sutton (Mike Clare); Joe Page; Scott Mackie; Chris Mortimer (Owain George); James Docherty; James Crothers; Rhys Lakin; James Thatcher; Ben Donovan; Rhys Morgan.
Next fixture Saturday 29th March at home to Wattstown
On the eve of the Wales v Scotland international on Friday evening (March 14), a team of Penarth Veterans hosted a jolly group of French tourists disguised as a rugby team.
The 40-odd visitors belong to the “Les Youkies” a social rugby club from the French Ministry of Environment and located in Paris. The club formed in 1977 is active in what the French call, the Corporate Championship, playing against teams from other companies and Parisian institutions. Every other year during the Six Nations they visit one of the other five capitals, and this year, after short tours to Scotland (where they were hosted by Inverleith RFC), Ireland (Parkmore RFC) and Italy (Capitolina RFC) they arrived in Penarth for their “YoukiWales Tour 2014”.
A good time was had by all, with the Penarth Veterans outscoring the visitors by six tries to four after a fast moving match. The referee, a young French student from Bretagne on an exchange at Cardiff University, was excellent and contributed to the atmosphere of good will and good fellowship.
The food for the after match informal function do was prepared by Athletic Club Chairman Andy Jones and included an amazing spread of French gastronomic delicacies, from the 40 regions represented on the touring party. The visitors, led by their energetic tour manager Pierre Brunet were entertained by Chairman Mike Clare, Vice-Chairman Chris Thau and Social Secretary Peter Goodfellow and were presented with an autographed copy of the club history “The Spirit of Penarth”.
Pierre Brunet said,”I can assure you that the 40 of us had an wonderful time in Wales and have brought back home some unforgettable memories.. The evening we spent together in Penarth (+ the night that followed for some of you who joined us!) is definitely one of the two highlights of our tour, the other one being the national anthems ceremony at the Millennium Stadium. “
Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2015 takes place in 11 host cities including Cardiff from 18 September – 31 October 2015.
England 2015 is looking for exceptional volunteers. As part of the Volunteer Programme England 2015 want to recognise the Rugby community who volunteer to support the game week in week out. Every rugby club will be offered two volunteer places at RWC 2015. You could be one of them.
It is anticipated most volunteers will be asked to work between two and ten shifts, although some roles may be needed for longer. Volunteers, in most cases, should be available to cover all match dates at their allocated venue. This will be communicated at the point of application.
The application process is due to start 17 March 2014 for one month.
PENARTH 15 – FAIRWATER 10
A revived casualty of our soggy January this postponed clash was played in perfect conditions on a calm, dry early March evening. Which is just as well as events on the field turned ugly enough anyway.
It all started well with both sides showing an inclination to play fast, open rugby as well as the tough stuff up front. Fairwater favoured closer play releasing their tank of a second row to try to batter holes in a determined home defence whilst Penarth used the speed of Stuart Clarke coming onto the ball and in turn feeding the supporting burst from number 8 Jon Boland.
All this plus some slick interchanges amongst both sets of backs kept pressure on the respective defences.
It was nearly 20 minutes into the contest when Penarth became the first to turn attack into points and it was a delightful piece of defence splitting play. James Docherty was the instigator, cleverly delaying his pass to James Thatcher so that he could rifle it behind the back of the encroaching defence. Thatcher saw nothing on for himself and slotted a sweet little grubber, perfectly weighted for hooker Joe Page whose collection and flick pass allowed wing Mike Gubb to finish the business.
Penarth immediately relaxed and allowed a couple of clearances to be charged down and in the scrambling defence prop Richard Merrett did a bit too much to prevent release and earned a yellow as the first of the evening’s series of cards. Mike Hurley was sacrificed so that prop Gary Power could come on.
Fairwater took three penalty points from their man advantage and a further seven when awarded a penalty try with the Penarth front row judged to have repeatedly infringed in defending their line.
The home side wasted no time in hitting back, their attacking line looking especially fluent with Rhys Lakin an ever sound link in the centre. This gave the forwards a platform and, after they were held up in possession over the line, quick ball was fed back to Docherty who put in a stunning solo effort. His side steps and dummy left three defenders grasping fresh air. The extra two point went begging again and the sides went in at half time with honours even at 10 points each.
The restart was marked by a silly bit of back chat by Penarth’s Jon Boland that earned him a yellow card. This was followed by a much more serious flair up instigated by the visitors. This was not just one of those harmless bursts of ‘handbags’ that flare up from time to time but a full out fists and boots affair which, when it eventually settled down, lead to a red card for the Fairwater hooker. One touch line pundit commented “I’ve watched Fairwater over the years and they can play really good rugby, but they prefer a fight”.
That was not the end of cards from the match referee and next to go was the visitor’s number 8 for illegal use of the boot.
Mike Gubb collected an arm injury and was replaced by James Crothers and Penarth used skill and enterprise as well as numerical advantage to produce the match’s final score, which was a beauty.
Fairwater were defying the odds and pressurising hard. The ball came loose to be collected by Mike Hurley on his own line. He set off demonstrating advanced balletic skills teetering along the touch line past opponents and into the clear and wound up the pace. He might have made the full distance on his own but sensibly released to the eternal support runner Clarke who touched down.
With ten minutes remaining Penarth once more lost their numerical advantage, this time Sean O’Sullivan was the recipient of a yellow card. Buoyed up by this Fairwater laid siege to the home line. All this served to do was to demonstrate how this Penarth squad have developed the focus and will to defend doggedly when needed.
The next fixture is on Saturday 22nd March away against Porth Quins.
Penarth:- Mike Hurley; Mike Gubb (James Crothers); James Thatcher; Rhys Lakin; Paul Collett: James Docherty; Rhys Morgan; Richard Merrett; Joe Page; Sean O’Sullivan; Stuart Clarke; Scott Mackie; Geraint Blake; Matt Sutton; Jon Boland.
Penarth 29 Tylorstown 13 – Saturday 1 March 2014
Conditions were excellent for the game last Saturday at the Athletic Field, with a slight breeze and a dry pitch the only problems. Except that Tylorstown turned up with only 15 players and advised Referee Mr James Tucker that they had no hooker and would need to play passive scrums from the kick-off. This would naturally neutralise Penarth’s expected scrummaging superiority and massively affect the way in which Penarth would approach the game.
Not that you’d notice. The Seasiders kicked off from the Robinswood end and forced a line-out close to the visitors’ 22. A clean take led directly to a driving maul with the inevitable result of Mike Clare crossing for the game’s opening try after some 4 minutes. However, Tylorstown were able to work their way into the Penarth 22 from the restart and pulled back three points from a penalty which was converted by number 10 Aaron Clements.
The Seasiders were penalised at a ruck and then caught napping as a quick tap saw Tylorstown outside centre Mike Melhuish race to the line for an unconverted try to take his side into the lead. With half time approaching, Penarth found themselves back in the driving seat with another maul seeing Mike Clare to the for his second try of the afternoon.
The teams turned round with the Seasiders holding a precarious 10-8 lead and the second half turned out to be a touch more lively as the hosts replaced captain Richard Merrett and tight-head Sean Sullivan with Gary Power and Jerome Bryan. Wing Ben Donovan also came on to replace James Crothers.
Tylorstown were soon penalised on their own 10 metre line and James Docherty found touch deep in the visitors’ 22. From the resultant lineout the Penarth pack drove for the line, with Joe Page touching down for the home team and the Docherty conversion extending the lead to 17–8.
Straight from the restart the Seasiders worked their way smartly upfield, with the back division working like a well-drilled unit with some excellent distribution from scrumhalf to wing. James Thatcher made all this count with a great try to push the lead out to 24–8.
With the game rapidly disappearing over the horizon for Tylorstown, yet another opportunity dropped into Penarth’s hands when the forwards gained a scrum eight metres from the line.
Mike Clare made the initial break and released the ball to Rhys Lakin who ghosted through the visitors defence to register his side’s fifth try and a 29–8 lead.
The visitors were not to be denied when, in the dying minutes of the game, they gained possession and worked the ball out to their speedy left wing Andrew Thomas, who scored in the corner to make the final score Penarth 29 Tylorstown 13.
This bonus point win finally takes Penarth past Pontyclun (defeated 20-16 by Gwernyfed) and up to 3rd place in the League. Again Stuart Clarke showed excellent technique in the line-out, but the game was in some ways spoilt by the passive scrums and these certainly kept Tylorstown in the game.
Interestingly, runaway leaders Cardiff Quins suffered a rare defeat going down 20–8 at Fairwater, leaving the Seasiders a mere 13 points adrift.
PENARTH Mike Hurley, Paull Collett, James Thatcher, Rhys Lakin, James Crothers (Ben Donovan), Chris Mortimer, Richard Merrett (Gary Power), Joe Page, Sean O’Sullivan (Jerome Bryan), Stuart Clarke, Jon Boland (Richard Ball),Geraint Blake, Matt Sutton.
National League Division 3 (SE)
Saturday 22nd March 2014
Porth Harlequins v PENARTH
The Welfare Ground, Nythbran Terrace, Porth
Kick-off 2.30pm
April 26th 2025
WRU 1 East Central
Penarth vs St Joseph's (KO 1430 - Home)
March 29th 2025
WRU Division 1 East Central
Abercynon 23 - 21 Penarth
Abercwmboi – Penarth
18. Match Day
03/05/2025, 2:30 pm
Pos | Team | Pld | W | T | L | Pts | |
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1 | • | St Josephs | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 77 |
2 | • | Abercynon | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 77 |
3 | • | Rhydyfelin | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 68 |
4 | • | Penarth | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 64 |
5 | • | Llanharan | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 53 |
6 | • | Llanishen | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 45 |
7 | • | Abercwmboi | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 34 |
8 | • | Barry | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 34 |
9 | • | Rhiwbina | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 |
10 | • | Porth Harlequins | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
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Penarth RFC was founded in 1880 by Cyril and Llewellyn Batchelor, sons of the John Batchelor whose statue stands in The Hayes Cardiff. Originally known as the Batchelor XV the team amalgamated with Penarth Dreadnoughts in 1882 and renamed as Penarth Football Club – soccer being known as Association football at the time.