1950 to 1974.
This was the West Wales Championship era. Alas Post WW2 did not bring any fortune to the game of Rugby Union in Wales, with the enthusiastic upsurge in English football and the fateful professional Rugby League.
All the local Rugby Union sides suffered from both a lack of interest and teams coming close to losing their grounds and at worst extinction. Ystalyfera in its turn suffered on the playing field and throughout the West Wales Championship era were permanently fixed at the ‘wrong end’ of the table, finishing bottom of the league on eight occasions between the period 1950 to 1974. Very close to reverting to a district side at the end of this period, the club became invigorated by an eager younger element in the village and the prospects of the restructured West Wales Sections....
Position
PL
W
D
L
F
A
Try
Pts
1950-51
WW
Championship
22nd
?
1951-52
8th
15
9
2
4
95
60
20
1952-53
26th
1953-54
24th
3
8
10
1954-55
32nd
13
1
11
1955-56
Bottom of League
0
14
1956-57
34th
12
1957-58
1958-59
30th
17
7
1959-60
36th
29
147
1960-61
16
1961-62
33rd
67
227
6
1962-63
35th
25
176
1963-64
39
251
1964-65
18
64
385
1965-66
48
323
1966-67
24
172
1967-68
19th
97
122
1968-69
29th
118
181
1969-70
80
487
1970-71
90
488
1971-72
39th
94
424
1972-73
131
440
1973-74
170
180
26
1974
Introduction of West Wales Sections – ‘Fera founder members Section ‘D’.
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