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2014 Conference League South

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2014 Conference League South
LeagueConference League South
Teams6
2015 season
ChampionsValley Cougars
League leadersSheffield Hallam Eagles
Top point-scorer(s)Thomas Holt 118
Top try-scorer(s)James Goodwin 20

The 2014 Conference League South season saw two teams leave, St Albans Centurions dropped down to the South Premier while Northampton Demons returned to the Midlands Rugby League Premier Division. Replacing them were Oxford Cavaliers who moved up from the West of England Rugby League and Merthyr based Valley Cougars who rose from the South Wales Conference. The season ran from April to September. The teams would play each other three times during the regular season with the top four then contesting the play-offs

Clubs

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Club Country Ground Coach
Bristol Sonics England Landseer Avenue Aran Simm
Leicester Storm England Brooksby Melton College Dean Thomas
Nottingham Outlaws England Highfields Sports Ground Joe Shepherd
Oxford Cavaliers England Brookes University Sports Centre William Brewer
Sheffield Hallam Eagles England Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park Ged Corcoran
Valley Cougars Wales Treharris RFC Paul Emanuelli

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts
1 Sheffield Hallam Eagles 15 15 0 0 749 210 30
2 Valley Cougars 15 10 0 5 452 446 20
3 Nottingham Outlaws 15 9 0 6 506 320 18
4 Leicester Storm 15 4 0 11 396 437 8
5 Oxford Cavaliers 15 4 0 11 268 508 8
6 Bristol Sonics 15 3 0 12 254 704 6

Play-offs

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Semi-Final Grand Final
      
1 Sheffield Hallam Eagles 56
4 Leicester Storm 10
Sheffield Hallam Eagles 10
Valley Cougars 19
2 Valley Cougars 26
3 Nottingham Outlaws 12

Grand final

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Venue - Litchfield RU

Pts Sheffield Hallam Eagles No Valley Cougars Pts
1 try Mitch Vincent 1 Lee Goddard
Darren Forde 2 Danyl Davies 1 try
Thomas Ashton 3 Darryl Carter
Eddie Medforth 4 Dafydd Hellard
1 try Jordan Parry 5 Kevin James
1 goal Jack Mitchell 6 Paul Emanuelli 3 goals, 1 field goal
Tom Holt 7 Mike Hurley
Marcus Stock 8 Gareth Way
Scott Smith 9 Zak Williams 1 try
Connor Scott 10 Adam Morgan
Alex Palmer 11 Chris Speck
Santino Decaro 12 Gethin King
Jono Burns 13 Scott Britton
Jose Kenga sub Mikey Rowe 1 try
Alex Hobson sub Steven Bray
Shaun Roberts sub Rhodri Morris
Matthew Bloomer sub Louis Jones

Results

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Teams Bris Leic Nott Oxf Sheff Vall
Bristol Sonics x 30-24 12-44 / 6-76 46-18 14-46 / 0-60 18-48
Leicester Storm 46-16 / 82-22 x 12-30 44-30 / 24-0 24-26 16-30
Nottingham Outlaws 48-14 20-18 / 46-20 x 10-28 24-46 / 20-44 50-12 / 22-24
Oxford Cavaliers 44-18 / 0-24 20-18 16-58 / 0-24 x 20-44 46-26 / 0-24
Sheffield Hallam Eagles 66-4 40-12 / 57-20 26-24 80-18 / 24-0 x 120-6 / 34-20
Valley Cougars 50-14 / 52-16 28-18 / 42-18 42-10 44-28 4-36 x

Player statistics

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Top Try Scorer

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Pos Player Team Tries
1 James Goodwin Nottingham Outlaws 20
2 Wesley Newton Oxford Cavaliers 14
3 Donald Kudangirana Sheffield Hallam Eagles 11
4 Scott Smith Sheffield Hallam Eagles 10
5 Danyl Davies Valley Cougars 8

Top Goal Kicker

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Pos Player Team Goals
1 Thomas Holt Sheffield Hallam Eagles 49
2 Jonathon Shields Nottingham Outlaws 45
3 Andrew Winfield Oxford Cavaliers 23
4 Oliver Furniss Leicester Storm 22
5 Calum Butler Sheffield Hallam Eagles 14

Top Point Scorer

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Pos Player Team Points
1 Thomas Holt Sheffield Hallam Eagles 118
2 Jonathon Shields Nottingham Outlaws 110
3 James Goodwin Nottingham Outlaws 80
4 Andrew Winfield Oxford Cavaliers 62
5 Donald Kudangirana Sheffield Hallam Eagles 46

Sources

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