Having finished the season before with the glory of winning the West Wales Bowl for the first time, expectancy was high at the start of the new 2011-12 Ystalyfera Rugby Football Club season. Unfortunately a lethargic performance away to Vardre coupled with a disappointing loss to Pencoed in the second away fixture, left a feeling of ‘something missed’ which in the end did prove somewhat true. At the end of the season these two defeats would turn out to be the only losses to sides that finished below Ystalyfera in the League. Much disruption throughout the season was caused by the Wales campaign in the World Cup Tournament, resulting in longer ‘gaps’ between games. Nevertheless, Ystalyfera did re-gain their form and very good performances in October saw an away victory at Seven Sisters and