Roland Griffiths updates ‘Teams of the Decades’

Roland Griffiths was the author of the ‘Teams of the Decades’ sections on the Club’s History page on this website.

He has now updated this to cover ‘Team of the 00s’. His contribution is shown here, and you can also see it in the context of the remainder of our History information by clicking the ‘Club’ button in the menu bar, followed by ‘History’.

Thanks again, Roly!

Team of the 00s

Now that we have come to the end of 2009, I thought it was time for one more go at the ‘Team of the Decade’ (which has now been dubbed ‘The Noughties’).

This has been the most difficult one of all, partly because of the fact that players come and go (and come back again!). What has been attempted therefore is a mixture of (a) players who have given exceptional service over a short period of time, and (b) players who have given outstanding, long and loyal service to the Club

Once again one could take issue with some of the selections, but in the writer’s mind each of these players has made a particularly notable contribution, either long-term or otherwise. So, here goes:

Replacements: Peter Edwards, Andrew R Jones, Wayne Beynon, Marc de Marigny, Gareth Morgan, Ioan Davies, Gary Williams, Stuart Harries

Looking back at the list it is interesting to note, firstly, that ten of them are still playing for Llandovery RFC; and secondly, to note a front row of local-born Llandovery boys (not contrived, I assure you); also local born-and-bred Gary Williams, Ioan Davies and Cerith Rees in the backs. Also, for those of you with short memories, Stuart Harries in season 2001-2 scored a massive 415 points, which was a National League record; and in mid-decade Gareth Morgan returned to us from Worcester part-way through the season and was instrumental in helping to avert the dreaded drop to a lower division, which had appeared to be very much on the cards at the time. In season 2004-5 Gareth scored 227 points.

Thankfully, more outstanding players are appearing today in the Drovers’ jersey and the outlook at the moment is particularly bright.