Thursday, May 24, 2012

Lagos Friends of Rugby 2012



Police vows to arrest Lagos Rugby Club


The 2012 lagos rugby league bankrolled by “Friends of Rugby” and started a forth night and rugby football teams are already talking tough with defending champions Cowrie Rugby football club toping the chart after one game played.
This weekend, the teams that lost their first games will hope to perform above expectations to appease their fans and those leading will hope to consolidate their grip of their spot or aim higher.
Young Lions Rugby FC will trade tackles with Ilorin Rugby FC at 12noon, to be followed by second placed Lagos Rugby FC facing the third spot Police Rugby Football Club at 2pm, while defending champions Cowrie Rugby FC will lock horns with Gosar Rugby FC at 4pm in the last match of the day.

RUGBY LEAGUE TABLE

At the end of the first league matches, defending champions Cowrie Rugby Football Club & Lagos Rugby Football Club are tied on top of the table with 6 points each, but Cowrie RFC has a superior points deference of 29, while Lagos rugby Football Club has 27 points, Police Rugby FC is in 3rd position with 8 points, while the trio of Gosar, Yong Lions & new comers Ilorin RFC are in 4th, 5th & 6th position respectively.

· TABLE
· TEAMS        P   W   D   L   PF   PA   PD   PTS
· COWRIE     1     1    -    -    43    14     29      6
· LAGOS        1     1    -    -    27     0      27      6
· POLICE       1     1    -    -    08     0      08      5
· GOSAR       1      -    -    -     0       8    (-08)    -
· Y. LIONS     1      -    -    -     0      27   (-27)    -
· ILORIN         1     -    -    -     14    43   (-29)    -


HIGHEST POINTS SCORER

A total of 92 points was scored in the 1st week matches of the ongoing 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League program played two weekends ago.

In first & second position are Lagos Rugby Football Clubs Coker Morakinyo & Tunji Odutan of Cowrie RFC, who are tied with 10 points each, while Akpam of Lagos RFC is in 3rd position with 7 points, while Azeez Ladipo of Cowrie RFC is in 4th position with 6 points. 13 other players have also recorded 5 points and below on the 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League top scorers chart.

HIGHEST POINTS SCORER TABLE

NAMES - CLUB - POINTS

1. COKER MORAKINYO – LAGOS = 10 POINTS
2. TUNJI ODUTAN - COWRIE = 10 POINTS
3. AKPAM – LAGOS = 7 POINTS
4. AZEEZ LADIPO - COWRIE = 6 POINTS
5. OLA MUYIWA - POLICE = 5 POINTS
6. JOHN SILVERNUS – COWRIE = 5 POINTS
7. WASIU AYANGBEMI – COWRIE = 5 POINTS
8. ADEBOMBO ADEREMI – COWRIE = 5 POINTS
9. SIMON JOSEPH – COWRIE = 5 POINTS
10. FRANK ADEDEJI - COWRIE = 5 POINTS
11. STEPHEN ADEYEMI – ILORIN = 5 POINTS
12. IFEOLUWA IBITOYE – ILORIN = 5 POINTS
13. AKIN BIODUN – LAGOS = 5 POINTS
14. TALEEB ADEYEMI – LAGOS = 5 POINTS
15. LANRE - ILORIN = 4 POINTS
16. SULAIMON OYEBOLA - POLICE = 3 POINTS
17. CLEMENT DENIS - COWRIE = 2 POINTS

HIGHEST TRY SCORER

Meanwhile Cowrie Rugby FC Odutan Tunji & Lagos RFC’s Coker Morakinyo are leading the Highest Try Scorer table with two Trys each. 13 other players have also scored 1 try each on the first League matches.

HIGHEST TRY SCORER TABLE

NAMES - CLUB - TRYS
1. COKER MORAKINYO – LAGOS = 2 POINTS
2. TUNJI ODUTAN - COWRIE = 2 POINTS
3. OLA MUYIWA - POLICE = 1POINTS
4. JOHN SILVERNUS – COWRIE = 1POINTS
5. WASIU AYANGBEMI – COWRIE = 1 POINTS
6. ADEBOMBO ADEREMI – COWRIE = 1 POINTS
7. SIMON JOSEPH – COWRIE = 1 POINTS
8. FRANK ADEDEJI - COWRIE = 1 POINTS
9. STEPHEN ADEYEMI – ILORIN = 1 POINTS
10. IFEOLUWA IBITOYE – ILORIN = 1 POINTS
11. AKIN BIODUN – LAGOS = 1 POINTS
12. TALEEB ADEYEMI – LAGOS = 1 POINTS
13. AKPAM – LAGOS = 1 POINTS


The ongoing "Friends of Rugby" organised Lagos Rugby Union League matches comes up on Saturday 26 May 2012 at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Lagos from 12 noon to 6pm with three matches on the cards.

My Take: I think Cowrie will successfully defend the title this year if they improve on last season’s performance.
And I hope debutant - Ilorin Rugby club will not end up being a training material for all the other teams. What were they doing losing to such a high margin?, well they played against the defending champion, Cowrie RFC.




Anyways, did I say that Cowrie RFC was in South Africa for winning the league last season? well, that story is for another day.

Story by
Ntiense O. Williams
a.k.a Mr. Rugby

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