6th May: Abergavenny Tournament: Sat 3rd May, <<Report>>
1st May: 23 points from the boot of Fred Wilson, supported by 4 excellent tries (Viv Rees (2), Mike Butler and Nick Murphy) last night saw St. Peter's retain the Ninian Stuart Cup. Paul Macca McCarthy led the rocks thirds out on to the Arms Park ground as holders of the cup from last year. Memories of the famous 14-16 victory over Cardiff came flooding back, but matters at hand were clearly more important for the 2008 thirds. Good opening cup nerve tussles started the game, but were soon put to rest as Viv Rees rounded on the far side of the pitch from the numerous rocks supporters to make an easy conversion for man of the match Fred Wilson. Super all round handling and dominant forward play soon swept aside Llandaff North, who, thanks to the defence of St. Peter's were unable to put a point on the board. St Peters 43-Llandaff North 0. <<Photos>>

JUNIOR NEWS
St Peters under 15s tournament to be held at the club this 
Sunday 20th April.
The under 16s tournament to be held Sunday 27^th April.
Presentation Nights  
Friday 16^th May 8s to12s.
 Friday 23^rd May.13s to 16s.

29th April: Rocks at Tonyrefail. Postponed. New date not yet announced.
Under 12 report from Worthing: St.Peter's U-12's made the long trip to Worthing on Sunday in an attempt to defend the trophy that they won last year. They drew the first game against Lewes 0 - 0 and then proceeded to win their next three games 25 - 0, 30 - 0 and 20 - 0 to progress to the final ahead of Lewes on try count. In the final they came across a very determined and agressive Tunbridge Wells team who managed to win by a single try. During the tournament there were some good performances from Ryan Hill, James Dunne, Daniel Jones and Andre Fedeli. Try scorers were Callum Sheedy(7), Jack Beere(3), Ryan Hill, James Dunne, Andre Fedeli, Jacob John and Connor Meehan. Report by Matthew Sweeney.
27th April: St.Peter's U-12's managed to beat St.Albans by 14 - 7 in an excellent match at the Harlequins ground on Friday. Try scorers for the rocks were Ryan Farah and Joe Peckham with Calum Sheedy adding both conversions. In the last few weeks St.Peter's have beaten Aberdare, Pontyclun and now St.Albans to establish themselves as a real force to be reckoned with at this age-level. Report by Matthew Sweeney.
27th April: Back to winning ways!!! The first team played host yesterday to visiting Brecon RFC. Scoring early the rocks took a 7 point lead. This however was squandered during the first half when the Rocks found themselves 7-17 down. An excelent second half, with Ginger showing his skills, saw the firsts gain a well needed 32-17 win. Just two games to go now before the end of the season. Next game Tuesday evening at Tonyrefail.
26th April: Tonyrefail game rearranged. The away game against Tonyrefail will now be on Tuesday evening; kick off 18.00
21st April: Seconds and youth and U12/13 have a great weekend.
UNDER 12/13: played host to Sils RFC from Solihull on Saturday, coming out the victors 39-38 in a thrill filled spectacle on the Harlequins. Paul Ring (coach) was pleased that the U12s mixed in well with the 13s helping to score 4 tries in 10 mins before the midlanders came back strong. With some superb tries from both teams, a final great try from Solihull was not quite enough to take the spoils. Well done Juniors.
YOUTH: Great news for the youth. The youth entertained Llantwit Fardre winning 24-14. This however was just the win (4 tries to 2) the youth needed to maintain their place in the top flight of Welsh Youth Rugby. Having earned their place in this league after a number of years, Vince Nolan and Dazza's boys ably assisted by Warren Mitchell have successfully stayed in this league after the win on the weekend. Commiserations to Llantwit Fardre who have now lost their place in this league. Good luck to you all in retaining your place next year.
SECOND XV: <<Match Report>> by Paul O'Brien
UNDER 13s: beat Llanishen on Sunday 27-0. Tries scored by Cobi Flowers(2), Danny Wardle , Aaran Reid and Ryan Spriggs. Conversion by Jack Hoskin. Great defence work by all team members. From Stuart Baird
17th April: Rocks roll into a second Ninian Stuart Cup final in as many years. The Third XV ran in 4 tries to nil against Caerau Ely at the Riverside Park, Rumney this evening. Mike Thomas (manager) said that if it hadn't been for the wind - it would have been a great deal more. Tries by S, Ellis, D. Sage (2) and G. Bater with 8 points on the boot from Fred Wilson.<<Photos>>. The Ninian Stuart Cup Final is on 30th April against Llandaff North. Venue to be announced.

Have you seen the 2009 Six nations fixture list? 8pm kick off on a Friday? Click here for more news.

17th April: Change of plan. Seconds are now at home on Saturday to Sully.
15th April: On Friday the U-12's beat Pontyclun by 22 -10 at the Harlequins in an excellent display of rugby, tries were scored by Muntasser Al-Habsi, Joe Peckham, Jack Pattison and Jack Beere with Callum Sheedy adding a conversion.
On Sunday they also won at Llanishen by 17 - 19, tries were scored by Al-Habsi(2) and a fine solo effort by Andrew Corfield, Sheedy and Corfield added a conversion each. (Report by Matthew Sweeney)
14th April: As the end of the season draws near, its time to get to grips with all the postponed fixtures from the winter. Take a look at the full fixtures to see what is coming up. This week we have the Old Illts on Wednesday evening at Rumney Rec, where we will be aiming to get back on winning ways.The thirds have progressed to the Semi final of the Ninian Stuart Cup (current holders). This year - as last - we have Caerau Ely at Rumney RFC ground. Come on support the thirds!!!
8th April: More good news from the U12s. On Fri the U-12's went up to Aberdare to play a side who had beaten them on the first game of the season. This time they managed to gain revenge with an excellent 0 - 17 win, tries were scored by Callum Sheedy(2) and Muntasser Al-Habsi, with Sheedy adding the conversion. Everyone was outstanding with the defence proving decisive achieving yet another clean sheet.
On Sunday the U-12's welcomed a touring side from Effingham and Leatherhead and fell behind in the opening minutes to a long range try. However, as the game went on St.Peter's wore the opposition down and ran out 34 - 5 winners. Tries were scored by Andrew Corfield(2), Muntasser Al-Habsi, Conor Tonkin, Andre Fedeli and Jordan Viggers, Corfield and Lee Ford added conversions. Special mention must go to Owen Rosser who had a brilliant game putting in some crunching tackles. (report by Matthew Sweeney)
4th April: St Peters comfortably put Llanishen out of the cup last night with a 40-7 win at the Harlequins ground. Llanishen looked like a well drilled outfit who could string a number of well worked moves together, but after kick off it all went a bit pear shaped for the travelling team. Hard running, swift hands and a determination to keep the ball alive saw the holders of the Ninian Stuart Cup score regularly in the first half. A solid performance all round. <<photos>>
2nd April: To celebrate the 10 000th visitor to www.stpetersrfc.co.uk , since October 21, 2007, the site has undergone a colossal reconstruction. The site is averaging over 400 hits a week, which must be one of the best supported Rugby Club sites outside the regions. Keep watching for more improvements to the site.
But don't just view, take part! If you are a coach, player or supporter join in with the match report section or send in photos. The site is currently building an archive of old photos for future publication here. If you have any which you wish to submit, please email. Alternatively contact the site for a postal address to send the photos or reports. I will return any which are sent.
If you have not yet signed up for the Rocks Mailing List go to the 'Contact Us' drop down. Add your memories of playing for or being at St. Peters. Read old match reports and view a huge bank of photos. You can even order a Grand Slam T Shirt! Some links, I am sure will not work. Please feel free to help out and let me know. Thanks. Email Kevin.
31st March: St.Peter's U-12's took part in an excellent 12 -12 draw at St.Albans. Scorers for the rocks were Muntasser Al-Habsi and Andre Fedeli, Callum Sheedy added the conversion. In the development game Al-Habsi scored again with Jack Beere converting but St.Albans ran out 12 - 7 winners.
30th March: Good wins for the seconds and youth on Saturday. The seconds ran riot at Old Penarthians winning 7-66 (47 point sup at half time). Scoring 10 tries any day is good going, but in the howling Penarth wind this was a cracking performance enhanced by some great passing and running rugby<<report>>. The youth also had an excellent win away at Llantwit Major 8-35. The youth are certainly a team worth watching at the present time.

St Peters Junior Section would like to thank Neil Parker and his company
SURFSCAN LTD
 for sponsoring the shirts for the Under 13s for the next year.

26th March: Rocks lie in fourth place in Div 3 SE as we travel to Tonyrefail this coming weekend. <<more>>

25th March: Further to the superb news below for the under 12s. Take a look at these photos. Thanks to Matthew Sweeney for supplying these.

23rd March: St.Peter's U-12's continued their excellent season by qualifying for an end of season finale at Twickenham on May 31st as a curtain raiser for the Guinness Premiership Final. They went up to Nottingham this weekend and competed against some good English sides in a tournament arranged by Gullivers Travels. In the pool stages they beat Ealing 5 - 0, Ilkeston 15 - 0 and Dursley 30 - 0 before losing 5 - 0 against Brighton. This meant they came second in their pool and would have to face unbeaten Roslyn Park for a place at HQ. In a close fought affair St.Peter's emerged victorious by 5 - 0. Over the two day Festival tries were scored by Callum Sheedy(5), Muntasser Al-Habsi(4), Conor Meehan and Owen Davies and all the players should feel proud of the their performances.

11th March: St.Peters U-12's capped off a fine tour at Bognor Regis by winning the Guildford Tournament. They beat Windsor 5 -0 with Connor Tonkin scoring the try before drawing the next two games with Reeds and Guildford. Effingham and Leatherhead were beaten 5 - 0 with Jack Beere scoring the winner before Esher were despatched 17 - 0 with Callum Sheedy(2) and Beere scoring the tries. (Report by M. Sweeney) <Photo>

2nd March: St.Peter's seconds blew away Sully yesterday. The wind and general weather conditions was the biggest enemy for both teams at the Harlequins but the seconds played the handling game well and 'rocked'  Sully by 38-7. Tries to Danny Murphy, Nicky Murphy, Nicky Kelly, James Mullane and a brace for Owen Evans. The two Nicks converted their own tries. Information supplied by Danny & Nick Murphy and Nick Kelly.

25th Feb: St.Peter's U-12's won away at Tonyrefail by 27 - 0, tries were scored by Callum Sheedy(2), Andrew Corfield, Ben Parker and Connor Tonkin with Corfield adding a conversion.

21st Feb: Rocks go into international weekend in second place. <<click>>
18th Feb: The U-9's beat Fairwater at home by 6 tries to 2, with Tom Meehan scoring four of them. The U-12's also beat Fairwater at home by 56 - 0, Muntasser Al-Habsi(2), Joe Baraz(2), Connor Meehan(2), Jacob John, Josh Thomas, Owen Davies and Jack Pattison scored the tries, with Andrew Corfield adding three conversions. The U-13's lost at Fairwater by 12 - 5. The U-15's lost 28 - 0 in a keenly contested game at home to Ystrad Mynach. The U-16's drew 12 - 12 away at Fairwater, Adam Westgarth and James Humphries scored tries with Sean James adding the conversions. 

17th Feb: Following three consecutive defeats, the Rocks were neither looking for pretty or spectacular. The requirement for the day was a solid performance in defence and good strong running. All was delivered with a convincing 25-11 victory over second place Tylorstown (reported incorrectly as 27-13 in the Wales on Sunday). Tries by Lewis Roberts (pictured above), Oliver Hughes and Tony Corsi. Rest of points by Ginger. Next game in a fortnight.<<Photos>>

14th Feb: Current league positions as of 14-02-08 <<Click>>

12th Feb: Junior Rugby Update from Matthew Sweeney. The U-11's beat Machen at home. The U-12's beat Cwmbran at home 52 -0, Muntasser Al-Habsi(4), Callum Sheedy(3), Jacob John, Connor Tonkin and Ryan Farrah scored the tries, Andrew Corfield added a conversion. The U-13's beat Tonmawr 24 - 0 at home. 

2nd Feb: Soon after the start of the game the boys were trailing by 2 tries to nil but this was all to change. The second half was yet to come! The story had only just begun. No, this is not the story of Twickenham when Wales once again beat England for the third time in four years. This was the story at the Harlequins Playing Field, where the Rocks (who are, who are, who are we?) under 13s faced Cowbridge. Once the sides had turned about for half time, it was one-way traffic for the green and blacks. A final minute try, followed by a touch-line conversion by Jack Hoskins, ended the game with the spoils going to the Rocks. A truly enjoyable spectacle of flowing rugby provided by some definite stars of the future. Tries by Cobi Flowers and Aaron Reid(2) Well done boys!!! <<Photos>>

1st Feb: Bit of fun... click <<here>>. Enter your first and last name. Then click VISUALISER.

27th Jan: Summer rugby on a sunny winter's day from the seconds as they ran riot over Pentyrch IIs. From the off the Rocks threw the ball wide and away from the uncontested scrums (what was all that about?). Tries by Matthew Khan, James Mullane (2), Gareth Norman (2), Liam Norman (who also narrowly missed a conversion), Mike Butler and Nick Kelly spread out the spoils <<Photos>>. The youth were narrowly defeated 16-23 by Pontypridd.
21st Jan: Limited number of tickets available to members for Wales v Scotland on 9th Feb. Available at the Club on Saturday 26th Jan. Further Details contact Terry.

18th Jan: CORRECTION: <<Letter received>>

17th Jan: Website has had a facelift. More to come. Can you tell the difference? For better for worse? Let us know.

15th Jan: Hospitality packages announced for Six Nations 2008.

13th Jan: Rocks slip up for the first time in '08, losing by a single penalty 0-3 to Gilfach Goch <<Photos>>. Seconds pull off an excellent win 27-8 against Taffs Well IIs. Tries by Jimmy Ray, Macca and Nick Kelly. Paul O'Brien (impact player) made the hard yards worthwhile in the second half, whilst Khan slotted 4/5 kicks.

8th Jan: St.Peters take up top spot in Division 3SE. <<more>>

7th Jan: JUNIOR NEWS - St.Peters U-12's won at Sully by 49 - 10. Tries were scored by Callum Sheedy(2), Owen Davies, Dan Jones, Andre Fideli, Ryan Farrah and Jordan Viggers. Jack Beere added two conversions. The U-13's beat Pontypridd at home by 29 -14, tries were scored by Danny Wardle, Kyle Abraham, Ryan Spriggs and Aaran Reid. Jack Huntley and Jack Hoskins provided the conversions.

5th Jan: Brecon picked up a losing bonus point, but Rocks held out till the very end to take the spoils 8-10. Once again a rain spoilt game was hard fought and hard won by the travelling Rocks. <<PHOTOS>>

Second XV? Not only did the seconds win but, the seconds won an East District Cup Game and won it by beating the Old Illtydians 0-18. Great Result. Tries by Nick Kelly, Paul O'Brien and Tom Nolan.

Youth put in their best performance so far this season, but the 7-17 losing score line does not do the youth justice. Only a break away try at the last gave the margin to the Wanderers.

4th Jan 2008: First XV travel to Brecon for the end the first half of the season. Supporters bus leaves at 12.15. 
30th Dec: First XV end the 2007 just as they started it. January 6th - remember that far back? - Tylorstown visited the Harlequins and went down 15-0. December 29th, a full 356 days later the Rocks again host at the Harlequins and overcome a lack-lustre Penarth 16-6 <<MATCH REPORT>>in a weather dominated fixture <<PHOTOS>>. Seconds comfortably beat Caerau Ely 20-7.
23rd Dec: Seconds win comfortably 0-22 on Tremorfa Park against a St Albans II XV who were not strong enough. Youth played a hard fought game against an in-form Ystrad Rhondda. Finally losing 21-31 the score does not reflect the excellent performance of the youth team who themselves scored two of the best tries of the game. <<photos>>

17th Dec: St.Peters U-12's beat Llandaff at Llandaff fields 57 - 0. Tries were scored by Andrew Corfield(3), Jack Pattison(2), Harri Hibbs(2), Joe Baras, Callum Sheedy, Jacob John and Ryan Hill, with Jack Beere adding a conversion. (Report by Matthew Sweeney)

15th Dec: Rocks mixed first / second team overcome a strong Mountain Ash XV 10-3. St. Peters put out a combination of players from the senior sides. 'The youngsters tackled their hearts out and played superbly' reported Rocks Chairman Steve Cooper.

11th Dec: First team announce friendly. St Peter's v Mountain Ash on Saturday 15th December at the Harlequins - 2.30Kick off.
8th Dec: Unfortunately the weather has been the winner once again this weekend, with both the seconds at Sully and Bedlinog at home for the firsts both being cancelled. Next league game is scheduled for 29th December when Penarth RFC travel to the Harlequins for the first visit in a long long time. Hopefully a friendly can be arranged for 15th December, so keep an eye on the site for news. 

21st Nov: St.Peters U-11's beat Pentyrch at the Harlequins ground by 50 - 14, tries were scored by Will Beeching(2), Steve Mbanza(2), Alex Strange, Owen Barry, Hamed Malik and James Grindell, while Tom Shorey(2), James Grindell(2) and Mbanza added the conversions. St.Peter's U-12's won a very hard fought game against Pontypridd by 7 - 0, Connor Meehan scoring the decisive try and Callum Sheedy adding the conversion.  (Report by Matthew Sweeney)

15th Nov: Second team fixture announced for Saturday. Seconds to face Llanrumney 1st XV at the Harlequins Playing Field.

13th Nov: Rocks currently second place to Bedlinog Division 3 SE. <<more>>

12th Nov: Da Iawn! Ardderchog!! First and Second XV both start slow but remember its not over till .... sings. Starting slowly the first XV only manage a small lead at half time, but a solid second half performance allow a bonus point romp. Second team pack leave Old Illts reeling. From the first -8 man shove - scrum to the last - under the post - shove the seconds provide a good lesson in forward play. The four-foot-five half back pairing do the rest!  Great day out!!

JUNIOR NEWS
St.Peters U-12 won by 74 - 0 at Glamorgan Wanderers. Tries were scored by Joe Baras(3), Joe Sweeney, Andre Fideli, Joe Peckham, Owen Davies, Muntasser Al-Habsi, Ryan Hill,Jack Pattison, Andrew Corfield and Jack Beere, with Callum Sheedy(5), Corfield and Beere adding the conversions.
St.Peters U-13 beat visitors Ynysybwl 42 - 22, tries were scored by Arran Reid, Danny Wardle, Will Baird, Matthew Corfield, Cobi Flowers and Jack Huntley, with Huntley adding all the conversions.

7th Nov: Good  turn out for Under 8s. Thanks to Smudger for this report...

4th Nov: Good wins for the two senior sides this weekend at Heol Y Ciw (3-22) <<Photos>> and Pentyrch (13-15) where Macca nabbed a last minute winning try, but not so for the youth who went down 12-45 also to Pentyrch.
First XV have drawn Ton Mawr from the ASDA League One West in the second round of the KM Cup. To be played on 17th Nov at the Harlequins.

2nd Nov: Youth Fixtures now on available here. November 3rd - Pentyrch away 2.30 kick off.
28th Oct: Mixed fortunes at St. Peters this weekend. Seconds ut in a brave performance going down 13-20 at the hands of the students of UWIC, whilst Treorchy youth beat St. Peters youth by 33-0. BUT... FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE!!!Following the narrow win over Treorchy away at the start of the season we were told to wait until the next game when they will have their full team available. Well yesterday Treorchy came to Cardiff and talk was cheap. The Rocks put together a near perfect performance leading by 30 with no answer at half time and adding a further 15 in the second half. Superb performances from the whole team - eclipsed by a hat-trick of tries by captain Luke Reardon and electric, length-of-the-field, unselfish counter-attacking by Sean O'Brien. <<Photos>>

23rd Oct: Second Team and Youth fixtures confirmed for Saturday 27th. Seconds to play UWIC at Blackweir. Youth to play Treorchy Youth at the Harlequings. All meet at the club - 12.30.

21st Oct: Rocks win well in a hard fought game full of incident <<photos>>. 16-5. Seconds win, beating Llandaff North II comfortably 41-7 with another cracking performance.

15th Oct: Rocks all have a good day at the office. First team win 10-13 at Tylorstown. <<photos>> Second team notch up a convincing 44-10 victory at Rhiwbina.

11th Oct: Rocks Draw Treorchy at home in the next round of the Konika Minolta Cup.

1st Oct: St. Peters start their Konika Minolta campaign with a 28-10 win away at Welshpool. Match report thanks to Gary Williams of Welshpool RFC.

Junior News

27th Sept: 8s - Match Report from Lee Smudger Smith... The boys and girl (megan manley) ran out at the arms park to a great welcome from the six thousand crowd. The competition was Dowlias. After a very tight seven minutes Ioan Lloyd picked the ball up and ran in to score the only try of the game.As the teams left the pitch they enjoyed the ovasion of the crowd and return the thanks by waving as they left the pitch. 5  :  0 win

26th Sept: Team bus travelling to Welshpool will leave on Saturday at 8.30am. There is room available for some on the bus, but note that the bus will not be returning until Sunday. If you wish to travel, please contact Chunky for more details.

22nd Sept: Team talk from Dobbin before the thirds game: Its a 40 minute game and there's only 12 of us. So we'll all play 80 minutes cos we'll have to run twice as fast as them!!

19th Sept: The under 8s will be playing at the Arms Park Friday 21.9.07 at Half time at the Cardiff Blues V Glasgow  Celtic league game. They are coached by Lee (Smudger) Smith and this will be their very first competitive game.

18th Sept: First XV to play Old Illts on Saturday at home at the Harlequins in the first home tie of the season. Meanwhile, and following the successful visit to CHSOB last week, the rocks Seconds and thirds will face Rogerstone 1s and 2s at Blackweir on Saturday. Good effort!!!!

13th Sept: Seconds perform well at CHSOB with an away victory of 5-10.

St Peters in second place of div. 3 SE after two games. <<full round up>>

10th Sept: 'It wasn't good and it wasn't pretty - but we won!' CC after the game. Firsts win 15 - 20 in a hard game at Treorchy. <<Photos>> Seconds overcome an underpar Taffs Well Seconds 3 - 35 away.

3rd Sept: RWC hospitality Package. St. Peter's RFC are pleased to be able to offer 10 Hospitality Packages for the Wales v Australia fixture on Saturday 15th September.

2nd Sept: New Season. New Kit. New Players. Same old result!! Rocks start the season off with a good win at Gilfach Goch. Gilfach Goch 20, St Peters 27. <<Photos>>

Seconds lose narrowly to Bargoed 5-8.

31st Aug: Second XV fixture arranged for Saturday 1st September. Seconds to play Bargoed at the harlequins playing field. 2.30 kick off.

29th Aug: Senior Team fixtures available on site. <<more>>

27th Aug: Junior Fixtures for season 2007-8. Print it off. Stick it to the fridge!! <<fixtures>>

25th Aug: August Beer offer!!! <<more>>

2nd Aug: August matches:

Treorchy 10s on 11th August at Treorchy.

18th August - Rumney at home 12.30 kick off, followed by Abertilleri away on 25th August.

28th July: Preseason friendly. 18th August v Rumney. Details to follow.

27th July: Congratulations to honours winners awarded at the Club Dinner...

Player of the Year - Luke Reardon

Most Improved Player - Neil Parsons

Clubman of the Year - Mike Thomas

8th July: Club Dinner tickets now available. Contact Chunky for details or email <<here>>

7th July: Full list of fixtures available at the WRU. <<more>>

5th July: 2007-8 season fixtures announced. Rocks start the season away at Gilfach Goch on 1st September, with the first home league game on 22nd Sept against Old Illts.

4th June: Congratulations and good luck to Artus (Archie), who travels to Georgia next weekend to play for Latvia in Stage 5 of the FIRA European Sevens Tournament.

31st May: Pre-Season Dates announced. Click here for all dates.

10th May: 3rd XV Win Ninian Stuart Cup Final. They beat Caerau 19-14 with a good all round performance, in dreadfully wet conditions at Glamorgan Wanderers. Matthew Murphy scored late in the game to secure the win. Well done lads!

6th May: Rocks finish with a big win over struggling Hirwaun. A brace of tries from left wing Jason Ahmed contributed to a 74-10 win.

Congratulations to Donkey and the new Mrs Donkey on their wedding yesterday (Saturday 5th May).

Last game of the season for the thirds on Thursday in the final of the Ninian Stuart.

2nd May: 3rd XV Cup Final date announced: Final v Caerau will be played on Thursday 10th May. 5.30pm kick off at Glamorgan Wanderers.
2nd May: Rocks roll over Fairwater 20-7. Only one game to go now. Saturday 5th May - St. Peter's v Hirwaun at Home. Followed by Karaoke in the Club house then all over to Donkey's wedding (and possibly then onto Jowie's Stag). 2.30pm kick off.

CLUB DINNER

21st July

7th May: St. Peter's are promoted to Division 3. Following a nail-biting match at Nantyglo which unfortunately did not go our way. St. Peters RFC are promoted. That's the news we've been waiting for all week.

NHSOB, St. Peter's and Garndiffaith have all ended the season on points, so the league title has, in line with the laws of the league, been settled on try count. at the start of play prior to the game at Nantyglo, NHSOB were on 105 tries, whilst St. Peters and the Garn were on 91 and 90 respectively. A win at Nantyglo would have seen St. Peter's win the league and promotion, however due to our try count supremacy over other second placed teams in Division 4 promotion was already guaranteed. This information however, was not passed onto the players, who battled hard, leading 28 points to 12 at the midway point. A strong performance by Nantyglo finished the game in their favour 35-31.

Well done to all the players and staff involved and thank you to the large number of supporters who made their way to an uncharacteristically sunny Nantyglo.

23rd April: St. Peters Seniors and Youth still on track. A good win for the seconds against Old Howardians a the Harlequins was matched by the first team on the same park. Four tries from James Spackman led the way to a 42 - 5 victory against Trinant. With two more games to the end of the season the Rocks lead Division Four East by three clear points. Still a lot of hard work with Trinant again next week followed by Nantyglo.

The Youth claimed a 10 all draw against Fairwater. If the boys can beat St. Joseph's next week they will win their league. Before that the boys have a semi final of the Cardiff and District cup against Rumney at St. Albans - 6pm Kick off.

19th April: Dazza kicks for victory! The second team fought hard against a solid Fairwater to earn their place in the semi final of their East District Cup. A solid performance from the whole team was eclipsed by golden boots Priday who slotted home four penalties to seal the game 12 - 8.

2nd April Mixed emotions at the club this weekend. Firsts team went down 29-30 to touring side Barking in Essex, but Garndiffaith lost.

Considering Barking and the Rocks boys teams had been out till the the early hours of the morning the previous night both teams played some cracking rugby. Barking were out because they are on tour - that's fair. The Rocks are out 'well Bombhead's home isn't he!'(K.Barry: April '06). The Home team took the lead initially with the wind in their favour and on the turn around the Barking team used the wind to good effect woofing the ball down field regularly. The lead changed hands regularly during the second half, with Barking coming out victors at the final whistle. The Seconds visited Chepstow and were heavily defeated.

The news of the day however was up at Garndiffaith where NHSOB, on of two clubs who have defeated the rocks this season, defeated the home team 21-16. This throws the top of Division Four East Wide open. Had Garndiffaith won they would have opened a 6 point gap at the top of the table with St. Peters one game in hand. Now with the cat seriously among the pigeons the table is as follows.

Saturday April 15th: Garndiffaith (H)

Saturday April 22nd: Trinant (H)

Saturday April 29th: Trinant (A)

Saturday May 6th: Nantyglo (A)

Make a note in your diary. "Support the Rocks!!"

The French will be arriving in Cardiff on Thursday evening and will be staying in Town in a secret location. (Call Vince - he'll tell you).

Friday afternoon - all meet at 2pm for a 3pm kick off. Bar should be open on Friday from 12 noon if you wish to part-take prior to the game. After all - its a social event!

Singer booked at the club for Friday evening and also Saturday evening.

A PLEA!!!! If you have any spare tickets for Saturday's International, please contact Vince on 07876131838. We are trying to get as many tickets for our French Barbarian tourists as possible.

Current league tables from the WRU put St.Peters on top. The league tables as produced by the echo and icwales.co.uk always use the statistics of points for and points against. The WRU however use the tries for and tries against as their marker to decide league positions. The statistics below clearly show that the rocks are 6 tries ahead. With 6 games to go its still all to play for. Come on the Rocks!!!

1. St Peter's RFC P15 W13 D0 L2 F364 A213 Tr59 Pts39

2. Garndiff RFC P15 W13 D0 L2 F354 A222 Tr53 Pts39

28th January.

The boys from Worthing are coming back!! Social game next Saturday - Kick off 11am. If you fancy a run out and earn your beer before watching the England v Wales game, contact Danny or Kevin to make yourself available.

Junior section continues to go from strength to strength. Thanks to all players and coaches. WELL DONE!! <<Pictures and reports>>

10th December

New shirts are presented to club captain, Paul McCarthy, by Lyndon Edwards; Senior Quantity Surveyor MIDAS.

Formal Team Photo

Back Row: Wayne Parsons, James Churcher, Mike Baldwin, Luke Egan, Michael Holloway, Kris Barry, Chris Newton, Matthew Davies, Paul Sussex, Kevin O'Brien, Chris Churcher

Front Row: Jimmy Charles, Neil Parsons, Paul Thomas, James Mullane, Paul McCarthy (capt), Owen Evans, James Spackman, Tim Carless, Gary Snook.

4th December

A deluge of rain during the last 72 hours prevented the matches from going ahead this weekend. The next home game for the firsts will be on Saturday 10th December; the last home game before Christmas. Come on along! 

Players: training as usual Tuesday. If its raining we'll be indoors. See you there 6.30.

13th November

Rocks show Tredegar Ironsides their metal.

St. Peter's traveled to Tredegar this weekend for a tough clash against the Ironsides. St.Peter's, wearing their new strip of the true colours of the rocks successfully defeated the Gwent side 19-23. Match report

8th November

Guess the Score: Congratulations to Hilary Thorn, who won the 'Guess the Score' for the Wales-New Zealand game. Hilary wins £50. Also to Janet Mathews who won the Bonus Ball. 

Next guess the score will be for the Wales-Australia game on 26th November. See Paul Ring with your £1 to enter the draw. All proceeds to the youth fund.

5th November

The friendly match against Senghennydd is now to be played on 24th November and not as previously arranged on 25th. The game is still to be played at Senghennydd under floodlights.

12th October: Vets game Sunday. Contact Adrian at the club for details. Followed by Karaoke. Playing legs and singing voices required. If not bring your singing legs and playing voices. 

22nd September: Youth away to Llantwit Major on Saturday (best youth side in the East District last year). Should be interesting. Meet at 1pm.

21st September: 

Third team fixture announced for Saturday 24th against Canton. All available players please contact Phil Carr (Dobbin) or Kevin to let us know. (Thirds! That's a first this season for a second.)

19th September:

CONGRATULATIONS: Tom Nolan. Tom has been selected to play hooker for East Wales Schools U19 against New South Wales at Caerphilly on Thursday evening 6pm kick off.  Another jersey for the club. Great News and well deserved. best wishes to Tom from all at the club.

18th September: 

Sundays at the Club. From Next Sunday, 24th,  Sunday lunches will once again be served. Followed by live entertainment mid afternoon, its an opportunity to relax and enjoy the community feel of the club. contact Adrian at the club for more information. More to follow when available.

Taffs Well: Contrary to previous information given on this site, next week's Konika Minota cup fixture against Taffs Well is at the Harlequins (home fixture), kick off 2.30pm. Apologies to anyone who may have booked a weekend in Taffs Well as a short break or as part of their autumn holidays on the strength of false information contained within.  What can I say? A mistake... will try to do better from now on. 

If you want your child's birthday noted on the site. I'll try and keep up with them all. Please email me at the site and I'll try and include them in either the newsletter or on the site. Cheers Kevin

12th September: Next First team fixture at Oakdale 17th September. Players to meet at the club for 12.45. Supporters meet at the club for 12.00... bar open!! Seconds play at home against Old Penarthians

30th August: Another development at the club house. Thanks to the hard work of the committee last weekend, the clubhouse is starting to look a little bit more like a rugby club. Not only do we have all the captains boards downstairs, but the photos of old are back along with shirts and jus t little information about that great day at Cardiff Arms Park. Well worth a visit. Go on force yourself! You may as well have a pint whilst your there.

25th August: Youth XV draw St. Albans at home in the Cardiff and District Youth Cup to be played on 10th September. Venue to be announced.

20th August: Another development at the ground. At last we have a section of the Harlequins marked out for a cricket square. Soil samples are being taken at the moment and we'll know soon, how soon the square will be up and running. Over.

18th August: Bar Promotions this weekend, 19th - 21st August. Guinness: £2.00 a pint. Reef - BOGOF: or Buy One Get One Free. I prefer BOGOF!

11th August: Vets game v Mountain Ash 11th Sept. Now we're talking! Time for the over 35's to show their stuff. 1pm Kick off. Keep yourself informed. check the site regularly. Please contact Paul Ring 07976 847595 or Kevin O'Brien to make yourself available. 

10th August: Dinas Powys game off for Saturday. Unfortunately Dinky Poo couldn't raise a side for Saturday. Let's wish them better for the season. Our first game against St. Joseph's on Thursday is till looking healthy. Get yourself down to training on Tuesday. 

10th August: Fun day at the Club, bank holiday Sunday. One opportunity not to miss. Club open all day. Stalls, activities, etc. If you can help, please contact Jo Sweeney on 07812 136468. Come on make yourself useful!

8th August: Youth Match 20th August at the Harlequins. An old firm match to start the season. St. Peter's Youth v Old Illtydian's Youth. 2.30 KO. The senior teams have no match that day, as they are in a sevens tournament in Taffs Well. If you can't get to Taffs Well, make a date at the Harlequins - Club open all day!

6th August: Another good weekend at the club. Open gain next weekend. The club will be open as usual this weekend. Friday from 5.30, then Saturday and Sunday from 12.30 till closing. Make an effort. come to the club and get yourself seen.