Llandaff Player Profiles & Coaching Staff

 

 

Steve Facey (Club Head Coach)

Nicky Roberts (Backs Coach)

 

Clemo (1st Team Manager)

 

 

Michael O'keefe (3rd Team Coach)

Name - Michael O'keefe
Position - Outside Centre / Coach
Height - 6ft 2 (when I was 12)
Weight - 14st (8% body fat)
Date of Birth - 08/09/77
Honours - Cardiff and District Youth Team, Member of Welsh College Student Squad, LLandaff 1st Team Member of League winning side of division 4 south east, 2003/2004 season.
Favourite Rugby Moment - Winning the League with Llandaff in 2003/2004. Wales winning the grand slam 2005.
Worst rugby moment - Being knocked out of the Welsh College/Schools Cup at the semi final stage in 1996 and any game in which I've played in where Barry Greenley has been outside half.
Favourite Rugby team - Llandaff RFC
Favourite Film - Blazing Saddles
Favourite Food - Steak.
Biggest Influence on Career - Len White and Tim Simms.
Rugby Ambition - To win a league title with Llandaff again.
Personal Ambition - To persuade Timmy Simms to come out of retirement for one more glorious season.
Number of Years at Llandaff - 11 wonderful years!!

Gareth Lomax

Player Name – Gareth Lomax
Position - Number 8
Height - 6"2
Weight - 17.5 stone
Date of Birth - 22/02/1982
Honours (if any) - North Wales under 11's - under 21's
Favourite rugby moment - Winning league in 2009 with Llandaff
Worst Rugby Moment - Being Relagated in 2010
favourite rugby team - Llandaff RFC
favourite film - She's all that
favourite food - .KFC
RUGBY AMBITION - To win league again with Llandaff and to never see Chris "Bambi" Woodman play in the second row ever again
PERSONAL AMBITION - To be happy
Number of years at Llandaff - 8
Previous Clubs - Mold RFC, UWIC RFC

Tom Green

Player Name - Thomas James Green
Position - Utility Back
Height - 5ft 4
Weight - 12st of Mutant Mass
Date of Birth - 11/05/1984
Honours (if any) - Too many to mention
Favourite rugby moment - Scoring a hat-trick against Machen from inside centre in a league winning season
Worst Rugby Moment - Having my head split open by Harri Griffiths (Aged 6) when I was 25
favourite rugby team - Llandaff RFC
favourite film - The Hangover
favourite food - Miss Millies Bun Strip Meal Deal
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - My Dad
RUGBY AMBITION - To win another league title with Llandaff
PERSONAL AMBITION - To have my dream career of being a Ghost Buster
Number of years at Llandaff - 20
Previous Clubs - Ping G15 Graphite Irons


James Johansen (Vice Capt)

Player Name – James Johansen
Position – Outside half/ Inside centre
Height – 6’’0
Weight – 13.2 st/ 83kg
Date of Birth – 29/12/87
Car Driven – Vauxhall Corsa
Honours (if any) – Cardiff Schools U 15’s
Favourite rugby moment – Whenever I play/ Captaining Llandaff on two tours
Worst Rugby Moment – Losing Welsh U 16’s and U 18’s Cup/ league Final
favourite rugby team – Cardiff Blues
favourite film – Enemy of the State
favourite food - Indian
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - Dad
RUGBY AMBITION – play at best a level I think I could play at and enjoy it PERSONAL AMBITION – acquire a good job later on down the road Number of years at Llandaff - 7 Previous Clubs – Old Illtydian’s

Barry Greenley

Player Name - Barry Greenley
Position - Outside Half / Wing / Fullback
Height 5"7"
Weight 13 Stone 5
Date of Birth 26/6/1983
Honours (if any) To Many to mention
Favourite rugby moment Grand slam win 2005 - best international day ever!
Worst Rugby Moment - Losing in the east district Cup Final
favourite rugby team - Cardiff Blues
favourite film - Top Gun
favourite food - Chicken Tika Masla
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - My old Man
RUGBY AMBITION - To get keefy playing again, coz he has no injury and its all in head
PERSONAL AMBITION - Keep healthy & succeed in what ever i do
Number of years at Llandaff - 20 Years
Previous Clubs - None

 

Chris Voyce

Player Name = Christopher Voyce, Aka Ripper Position = Back Row (sometimes utility Back) Height = 6’ 2”
Weight = 13.5 stone
Date of Birth = 17/05/1982
Honours (if any) = Loads
Car Driven = 1996 1.1 injection fiesta ‘classic’, still got original features.
Favourite rugby moment = Been to many to mention Worst Rugby Moment = Every game we loose (Been a lot) favourite rugby team = Llandaff RFC favourite film = Braveheart favourite food = King Prawns & Fillet steak BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER = Who ever is picking the team RUGBY AMBITION = Never loose a game.
PERSONAL AMBITION = Go on more Holidays
Number of years at Llandaff = 17 years
Previous Clubs = NONE

James Kelly

 

Stuart Orneck

Player Name - Stuart Ornek
Position - 9,11,14, ......2
Height - 5' 8"
Weight - 13 st soaking wet.
Date of Birth - 09/10/77.
Honours (if any) - have done the honours a few times.
Favourite rugby moment - Scott Gibbs, Wales 31 England 30.
Worst Rugby Moment - The same fixture the following year.
favourite rugby team - Pontypridd.
favourite film - Rocco does russia.
favourite food - uncooked offal & tripe pie after a game.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - Steve Davies (he is also slow and boaring).
RUGBY AMBITION - To get passed to this season.
PERSONAL AMBITION - To catch the above pass.
Number of years at Llandaff - 30 if you just count the 1st team (1 pair if you count the boys that use them)
Previous Clubs - Astoria, Liquid & the Tower lounge in Blackpool.

Paul Rees

>Player Name- paul rees
>Position- outside half/centre/and soon to be back row
>Height- 6ft
>Weight- 16stone
>Date of Birth - 26/10/76
>Honours (if any) cardiff and district schools and youth/ east wales
>clubs and youth and lots of trophies Favourite rugby moment- any time
>we beat the north/ and watching keefy run after an interception Worst
>Rugby Moment- losing semi final in my first year of youth favourite
>rugby team- llandaff favourite film- goodfellas favourite food-
>thai/chinese BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER- who ever plays scrum half on
>saturday RUGBY AMBITION- to retire PERSONAL AMBITION- to retire Number
>of years at Llandaff- 10years away for 5 then back for 5 years Previous
>Clubs- old illtydians/ kowloon (hong kong)

 

Andrew Fenlon

Ezra Huckle

James Rowlands

Geriant Nicholls

Player Name - Geraint Nicholls
Position - Scrum half/Outside half
Height – 5ft 5in
Weight – 64Kg
Date of Birth – 01/03/91
Honours (if any) – Cardiff Schools Rugby & Cardiff Blues development
Favourite rugby moment – Winning welsh schools league (Plasmawr)
Worst Rugby Moment – Experiencing the Heineken cup shoot out
favourite rugby team – Cardiff Blues
favourite film – The Mask
favourite food - Chinese
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER – Father & Jonathan Davies
RUGBY AMBITION – Reach highest level possible
PERSONAL AMBITION – Own a aston martin
Number of years at Llandaff – 9 years
Previous Clubs – Glamorgan Wanderers (1 Month)

 

 

Owen Mullis

Player Name - Owen Mullis
Position - Wing
Height - 5'7" / 1.70m
Weight - 10st 10lbs / 150lbs / 68kg (and growing)
Date of Birth - 29/03/1991
Honours (if any) - Errrr....what?
Favourite rugby moment - Winning the League twice with my school Plasmawr with some incredible games!
Worst Rugby Moment - 2007 in Welsh rugby, my history now goes 2005, 2006, 2008 .....
favourite rugby team - Wales and *gasp* Newport pre-2003, Dragons post-2003.
favourite film - Shawshank Redemption
favourite food - Quack Quack, Duck.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - Money
RUGBY AMBITION - To rise through the ranks at Llandaff.
PERSONAL AMBITION - To live up to my as yet unearned nickname I suppose.
Number of years at Llandaff - Not even 1 yet technically.
Previous Clubs - n/a

 


Dan Jones

Chris Woodman (Capt)

Player Name : Woody
Position : Winger / 2nd Row
Height : 6’ 3”
Weight : 15 Stone of Rippling Hulk
Date of Birth : October 1978
Honours (if any) : District Youth & Cardiff Schools
Favourite rugby moment : Wales Vs Ireland 2005 to win the Grand Slam – I’ve never been so drunk. My Gavin Henson fake tan was smudged something terrible!
Worst Rugby Moment : 1st XV Game CHSOB Vs Fairwater, I played on the wing and didn’t manage to catch a single pass all afternoon…aye!
Favourite rugby team : Cardiff Blues
Favourite film : True Romance, “I like you Clarence, always have, always will”!
favourite food : Thai Red Curry / Proper Clarke’s Pies / Venison (Bambi, for Minto)
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER : Niccolò Machiavelli – The Prince, an interesting read.
RUGBY AMBITION : To go the next few seasons without major surgery!
PERSONAL AMBITION : To move to Thailand
Number of years at Llandaff: 13 years then left, back this year
Previous Clubs : Llandaff / St Peters / Cardiff High School Old Boy’s

Daf Rees

 

Scott Kelly

Name - Scott Kelly
Position - Second Row
Height - 6ft 2
Weight - 14.5st (0% body fat)
Date of Birth - 14/10/74
Honours - The honour of being Club and First XV Captain and Youth Team Skipper before that.

Favourite Rugby Moment -
From My Youth: favourite was beating Llandaff North in Quarter Final replay at Haley Park, 5-3
thanks to a try from the dearly departed Jonny Parle
From seniors, Beating Dowlais by 50 to secure our place in Division Four

Worst rugby moment -
From my Junior days:- Listening to our coach, introducing the award to most improved player at
our annual awards and realising half-way through that he was talking about me: "when this lad
first joined us, he couldn't run, he couldn't pass, frankly, he was a bit of a joke"...Those
keen rugby brains amongst you will note that nothing much has changed on that front!!! (Last
laugh was mine as I managed to get him ousted as Coach following my elevation to the under 15
captaincy amid lurid allegations of alleged kiddy-fiddling. Billy, you got off lightly my
son)!!! note: I was never confused......
From Seniors:- Losing to Penallta in my first game as Captain


Favourite Rugby team - Pontypridd
Favourite Film - Mr Jolly lives next door
Favourite Food - Hairy Minge Pie
Biggest Influence on Career - What Career is that then?
Rugby Ambition - To lead the boys to next seasons Division Four title
Personal Ambition - Double the size of the clubhouse. Build a Windsor George "players only"
bar, (no kids or laydeez allowed), run four senior teams again, increase the size of Youth,
17's and juniors- lay the foundations for guaranteeing rugby at Llandaff for the next 100
years. And then to turn into the Len White of my generation.

Tom Clarke

Player Name - Tom Clarke
Position - Winger
Height - 5"11
Weight - 12st
Date of Birth - 16/09/90
Honours (if any) - Cardiff Schools
Favourite rugby moment - Touring Canada with the school team (Plasmawr)
Worst Rugby Moment - Losing in the quater finals of Rosslyn Park.
favourite rugby team - Cardiff Blues
favourite film - The Departed
favourite food - .Chicken
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - Family and friends
RUGBY AMBITION - Keep playing to my potential
PERSONAL AMBITION - To teach
Number of years at Llandaff - 13
Previous Clubs - Pentyrch for half a season.

 

Fraser

Player Name - Fraser Young
Position - Hooker
Height - 5ft7
Weight - 11.5st
Date of Birth - 29/07/87
Honours (if any) - Edinburgh Clubs U18, Scotland U18 development squad
Favourite rugby moment - Too many to pick just one
Worst Rugby Moment - Wales vs Scotland 6N 2010
favourite rugby team - Currie RFC & Edinburgh
favourite film - Inglourious Basterds
favourite food - Animal
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - Family
RUGBY AMBITION - To enjoy playing, stay injury free and smash c*nts!
PERSONAL AMBITION - To perform to the best of my abilities at everything I try
Number of years at Llandaff - 1st Season
Previous Clubs - Currie RFC, Aberdeen University

 

Craig Thomas

Richard Shelton

Adam Diablo

 

James Johansen

 

Matthew Stevens

 

Nathan Rees

Player Name - Nathan Rees
Position - Full Back
Height - 6ft 2inches
Weight - 13.7 stone
Date of Birth - 23/07/1986
Honours (if any) - East District U13s, U14s and U16s, Cardiff Schools U14s, U15s and U17s acadamy, County u16s&u17s.
Favourite rugby moment - Reaching the Welsh Schools Final in may 2000 and being the first school to play on the Millennium Stadium!
Worst Rugby Moment - Loosing the Welsh Schools Final and our unbeaten record of 3 seasons.
favourite rugby team - Cardiff Blues
favourite film - Dirty Dancing (No one puts Baby in the corner).
favourite food - Chinese/Big Mac meal (pre-match meal).
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER - My parents.
RUGBY AMBITION - Keep playing to the best of my ability.
PERSONAL AMBITION - Stay fit and score more trys than Barry!
Number of years at Llandaff - 9 months
Previous Clubs - St. Albans, Cardiff.

 

Matthew Cole

Player Name : Matthew Cole
Position : Second Row
Height 6ft 1
Weight 14stone
Date of Birth 6/9/81
Honours (if any)
Favourite rugby moment : 2005 Grand Slam Win
Worst Rugby Moment : Losing on debut for Llandaff against Penallta 2006
favourite rugby team :Llanelli RFC
favourite film :Zulu
favourite food: chicken Kalapori
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER : Iestyn Thomas aka The Rhino
RUGBY AMBITION :To begin coaching.
PERSONAL AMBITION : To retire very soon.
Number of years at Llandaff 2
Previous Clubs:
Tenby

Adrian Walsh

Anthony Thomas

 

Micheal Chekaj

 

Sam Coslett

 

 

Jonathan Rees