# 2014 Conference League South

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

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

## League table

| 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

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

## Grand final

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

| 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
### Top Try Scorer

| 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

| 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

| 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

* statistics