2015 Conference League South

October 2017 2015 Conference League South Conference League South 9 2015 season Nottingham Outlaws Valley Cougars Valley Cougars Adrian Chaima 25 Matthew Cummins 61 Matthew Cummins 198 2014 Conference League South 2016 Conference League South The 2015 Conference League South saw the competition increase to 10 clubs. The new clubs were Gloucestershire Warriors who were promoted from the West Of England Rugby League as champions, Torfaen Tigers who moved up from the South Wales Conference and two new clubs Raiders RL and Coventry Bears Reserves. Unfortunately on 10 April Bristol Sonics after postponing their first two games, announced that they would have to withdraw from the league due to player problems and drop down to the West Of England Rugby League. The league season ran from March to September. The teams would play each other home and away with the top four contesting the end of season play-offs to decide the champions Clubs Club Country Ground Coach Coventry Bears Reserves ENG Xcel Leisure Centre James Carter Gloucestershire Warriors ENG Oxstalls Sports Park Richard Jones Leicester Storm ENG Brooksby Melton College Dean Thomas Nottingham Outlaws ENG Highfields Sports Ground Joe Shepherd Oxford Cavaliers ENG Brookes University Sports Centre William Brewer Raiders RL WAL Stebonheath Park Jon Ellis Sheffield Hallam Eagles ENG Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park Adam Hughes Torfaen Tigers WAL Kings Head Ground, Cwmbran Jamie Williams Valley Cougars WAL Treharris RFC Dafydd Hellard League season 20 Jan - Gloucestershire Warriors appoint Gloucestershire All Golds player Richard Jones as their head coach for their debut season 2 Feb - Valley Cougars beat Leicester Storm 27-22 in the first round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup 9 Feb - Nottingham Outlaws are beaten heavily at home 4-50 by Blackbrook in the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup first round 14 Feb - Valley Cougars are knocked out of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup by Oulton Raiders 48-0 in the second round 23 Mar - Opening round of matches sees wins for Gloucestershire Warriors, Leicester Storm, Sheffield Hallam Eagles and Raiders RL 30 Mar - Sheffield Hallam Eagles go top after winning 28-16 at Nottingham Outlaws 10 Apl - Bristol Sonics after postponing their opening two games announce that they will have to withdraw from the competition 13 Apl - Sheffield Hallam Eagles retain top spot with a 54-22 victory at home to new boys Raiders RL 20 Apl - Valley Cougars end Sheffield Hallam Eagles' unbeaten run in the league stretching back 741 days, 16-14 at Treharris RFC 27 Apl - Nottingham Outlaws defeat league leaders Coventry Bears Reserves 20-6 11 May - Valley Cougars beat Gloucestershire Warriors 44-10 scoring 28 unanswered second half points 18 May - Valley Cougars go top after coming from 0-12 down to beat Leicester Storm 32-24 1 Jun - Cougars remain top beating Raiders RL 34-16 in a classic Welsh derby, Torfaen Tigers pick up first win against Oxford Cavaliers 8 Jun - A crowd of 257 watch Torfaen Tigers beat former champions Sheffield Hallam Eagles and move off the foot of the table 22 Jun - Valley Cougars move four points clear of Coventry Bears Reserves following their 48-12 win in the top of the table clash 29 Jun - Leaders Valley Cougars beaten for the first time in nine matches as they went down 22-28 at Nottingham Outlaws 6 Jul - Coventry Bears Reserves moved up to second by beating Raiders RL, Valley Cougars remain top after winning at Sheffield 20 Jul - Nottingham Outlaws set new club and league record by beating Gloucestershire Warriors 102-6 27 Jul - In form Raiders RL beat third placed Nottingham Outlaws 35-20 to join race for the play-offs 3 Aug - Nottingham won a hugely important clash against play-off rivals Coventry 18 Aug - Coventry secure their top four place with a hard fought win at Torfaen Tigers ending the hosts play off hopes 24 Aug - Torfaen Tigers set new club and league record when beating Gloucestershire Warriors 110-6 2 Sep - Valley Cougars confirm top two finish after win against Oxford Cavaliers 7 Sep - Nottingham Outlaws confirmed as runners up after hard fought win at Leicester Storm 34-14 11 Sep - Valley Cougars reach Grand Final 14 Sep - Nottingham Outlaws power their way to the Grand Final beating Raiders RL 36-8 21 Sep - Nottingham Outlaws wrestled the Conference League South title away from holders Valley Cougars 39-16 at AFC Corsham in Bath. League table Pos Team Pld W D L F A Pts 1 Valley Cougars 16 12 1 3 620 344 25 2 Nottingham Outlaws 16 12 0 4 654 299 24 3 Raiders RL 16 10 0 6 634 402 20 4 Coventry Bears Reserves 16 10 0 6 536 388 19 5 Sheffield Hallam Eagles 16 9 0 7 613 357 17 6 Torfaen Tigers 16 6 1 9 582 579 13 7 Gloucestershire Warriors 16 5 0 11 320 754 10 8 Leicester Storm 16 4 0 12 362 618 8 9 Oxford Cavaliers 16 3 0 13 284 864 6 1 point deducted-Coventry Bears Reserves and Sheffield Hallam Eagles Source:http://www.conferenceleaguesouth.co.uk/match_day/league_table Conference League South: League table: 2016 Conference League South https://web.archive.org/web/20151117205716/http://www.conferenceleaguesouth.co.uk/match_day/league_table 17 November 2015 Play-offs Semi-final Grand final 1 Valley Cougars 24 4 Coventry Bears Reserves 0 2 Nottingham Outlaws 36 3 Raiders RL 8 Valley Cougars 16 Nottingham Outlaws 39 Grand final Venue - AFC Corsham, Bath Pts Valley Cougars No Nottingham Outlaws Pts Danyl Davies 1 Adam Cunliffe 1 try Lewis Phillips 2 Adrian Chaina 2 tries 1 try Mike Hurley 3 Adam Simm Scott Greggs 4 Jimmy Goodwin 2 tries Suliman Yousif 5 Jon Christie 1 try Lee Goddard 6 Dan Smith 4 goals 1 goal Marcus Webb 7 Alex Whittle Scott Giles 8 Chris Prime Dean Higgs 9 Simon Morton Gethin King 10 Joe Barton Ethan Coombes 11 Garyn Ward Lewis Wilkes 12 Oliver Dale Scott Britton 13 George Strachan 1 try 1 goal Ben Jones sub Oliver Crick 1 try Dafydd Hellard sub Will Ephraim 1 try Craig Lewis sub Paul Calland 1 goal, 1 field goal Adam Morgam sub Pat Crummay Grand final mini report Nottingham Outlaws lifted their first Conference League South title by beating holders the Valley Cougars at AFC Corsham in Bath 39-16. Ill discipline cost the Valley Cougars who at one point were down to ten men. By the half hour the Outlaws were 18-0 up thanks to tries by John Christie, Jimmy Goodwin and Adrian Chaima all scored a goal by Dan Smith but the holders hit back with two tries in the final five minutes through Craig Lewis and Mike Hurley the first converted by Ben Jones leaving the score 18-10 at half time. At the start of the second half the first Valley Cougars sin binning cost them an immediate try from George Strachan, again scored a goal by Smith. A second sin binning soon after led again to an immediate try for the Outlaws this time from Goodwin, his second try of the match, Smith on this occasion missing his first conversion to leave the score at 28-10. Amazingly while down to 10 men following another sin binning, player coach Dafydd Hellard scored and with a conversion from Marcus Webb the Valley Cougars reduced the arrears to 12 points. But the lack of numbers eventually made the difference as Nottingham scored two more tries through Chaima, his second, and Adam Cunliffe. Player coach Paul Calland kicking one conversion to go with his field goal Results Teams Cov Glou Leic Nott Oxf Raid Sheff Torf Vall Coventry Bears Reserves x 0-24 62-18 16-28 72-0 32-24 32-20 56-26 20-68 Gloucestershire Warriors 10-56 x 26-32 24-20 46-22 0-84 10-54 12-40 20-62 Leicester Storm 22-36 32-26 x 18-47 20-26 22-30 4-62 28-16 24-32 Nottingham Outlaws 20-6 102-6 34-14 x 68-8 44-20 16-28 86-20 28-22 Oxford Cavaliers 6-50 12-56 42-44 4-56 x 36-28 10-58 40-36 26-48 Raiders RL 24-30 84-20 45-24 35-20 78-18 x 38-22 34-26 34-6 Sheffield Hallam Eagles 24-12 0-24 50-32 16-23 76-12 54-22 x 71-4 38-54 Torfaen Tigers 26-44 110-6 56-28 42-32 56-22 14-28 48-26 x 24-28 Valley Cougars 48-12 44-10 28-0 20-30 72-0 34-26 16-14 38-38 x Player statistics Top try scorers Pos Player Team Tries 1 Adrian Chaima Nottingham Outlaws 25 2 Matthew Cummins Torfaen Tigers 19 3 James Goodwin Nottingham Outlaws 16 3 Donald Kudangirana Sheffield Hallam Eagles 16 5 Daniel Fox Raiders RL 15 Top goal kicker Pos Player Team Goals 1 Matthew Cummins Torfaen Tigers 61 2 Daniel Smith Nottingham Outlaws 58 3 Kieran Smith Sheffield Hallam Eagles 41 4 Luke Williams Raiders RL 36 5 Alex King Raiders RL 34 5 Lewis Chapman Leicester Storm 34 Top point scorer Pos Player Team Points 1 Matthew Cummins Torfaen Tigers 198 2 Daniel Smith Nottingham Outlaws 136 3 Alex King Raiders RL 108 4 Adrian Chaina Nottingham Outlaws 100 5 Kieran Smith Sheffield Hallam Eagles 90 References Sources statistics External links Conference League South Website Coventry Bears websiteNovember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Raiders RL websiteNovember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Nottingham Outlaws website Leicester Storm website Torfaen Tigers websiteSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Oxford Cavaliers websiteNovember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Gloucestershire Warriors websiteNovember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Sheffield Hallam Eagles websiteSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Wales Rugby League websiteSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 2015 Category:2015 in Welsh rugby league Category:2015 in English rugby league