Police Dares Cowrie Rugby Club

The Police Rugby Football Club currently sitting in second position on the on-going “Friends of Rugby” Lagos Rugby Union League table will on Saturday 23 June 2012 try to upturn the table against defending champions Cowrie Rugby Football Club & puncture their unbeaten run in the League when they square up against each other in the opener & star match of the day at 12 noon in the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Police Rugby Football Club who have won all of their three matches played so far in the 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League with 15 points and sitting behind Cowrie Rugby Football Club who have also won all its matches so far with 17 points will be daring the champions who are just two points adrift of each other on the table. The match will certainly be a crunchy encounter & a must watch local derby for all rugby lovers.

The second match of the day will feature Lagos Rugby Football Club trading tackles with new comers & giant killers Ilorin Rugby Football Club at 2pm. Lagos Rugby Football Club will want to return to winning ways after suffering two straight defeats in a raw!

The last match of the day will be another exciting encounter between bottom teams Young Lions Rugby Football Club & the AJ City boys – Gosar Rugby Football Club at 4pm. Both teams will be trying each other for size to secure their first win of the season or a possible draw!

RUGBY LEAGUE TABLE

At the end of the third League matches played over a fortnight ago, defending champions Cowrie Rugby Football Club are still topping the table with 17 points, closely followed by Police Rugby Club with 12 points. New comers Ilorin Rugby Football Club climbed to the 3^rd position on the table with 12 points displacing Lagos Rugby Football club who are now 4^th on the table with 7 points. Gosar Rugby FC & Young Lions Rugby FC are in 5^th & 6^th position & with no points yet. This weekend certainly promises to give either teams some points on the table.

·               TABLE

·               TEAMS       P      W     D    L   PF   PA   PD    PTS

·               COWRIE     3       3      -    -    105    21   84      17

·               POLICE      3       3      -    -     68     10   58      15

·               ILORIN        3      2      -    -     70     19   51      12 

·               LAGOS       3       1      -    -    37      29   08        7

·               GOSAR      3       -       -    -     12     87   (-75)     -

·               Y. LIONS    3       -       -    -      0      97   (-97)     -  

HIGHEST POINTS SCORER

A total of 104 points was scored in the third matches of the ongoing 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League program played a fortnight ago, being 4 more points from the ^2nd weeks encounter.

HIGHEST POINT SCORER

The highest points table in the on going Lagos Rugby Union League have changed after the third week league matches with Ilorin Rugby Football Club Ibitaye Ifeoluwa toping the scorers chart with 29 points. He is followed by John Sylvanus & Azezz Ladipo of Cowrie RFC with 15 & 14 points respectively.  Policeman Sulymon Oyebola is now in 5^th position with 13 points, while 8 other players have 10 points each.

Meanwhile a total of 34 players have scored some points in the first three matches of the ongoing 2012 Lagos Rugby Union League as listed below.

HIGHEST POINTS SCORER TABLE

NAMES -                                   CLUB -             POINTS

1. IBITAYE IFEOLUWA         -  ILORIN     = 29 POINTS

2. JOHN SILVERNUS           – COWRIE   = 15 POINTS

3. HABIB I.                            – POLICE    = 15 POINTS

4. AZEEZ LADIPO                -  COWRIE   = 14 POINTS

5. SULAIMON OYEBOLA      - POLICE    = 13 POINTS

6. COKER MORAKINYO       – LAGOS    =  10 POINTS

7. TUNJI ODUTAN                -  COWRIE  =  10 POINTS

8. JOHN OLAWALE              - COWRIE   = 10 POINTS

9. WASIU AYANGBEMI       –  COWRIE   = 10 POINTS

10. ABUBAKAR TAHIRU        - POLICE     = 10 POINTS

11. SIMON JOSEPH               – COWRIE    = 10 POINTS

12. STEPHEN ADEYEMI        – ILORIN       = 10 POINTS

13. TUNJI FASIMOYE             - COWRIE    =  10 POINTS

14. CLEMENT DENIS              - COWRIE    =   8 POINTS

15. AKPAM                              – LAGOS     =   7 POINTS

16. MUYIDEEN MUBARAQ     - ILORIN      =   7 POINTS

17. LANRE FAMIMI                  - ILORIN      =  6 POINTS

18.OLA MUYIWA                      - POLICE     = 5 POINTS

19.JOJO JAFAR                       - COWRIE   =  5 POINTS

20. ADEBOMBO ADEREMI   – COWRIE    =  5 POINTS

21. FRANK ADEDEJI              - COWRIE    =  5 POINTS 

22. AKIN BIODUN                   – LAGOS     =  5 POINTS

23. TALEEB ADEYEMI           – LAGOS      =  5 POINTS

24. STEVEN AKPANWA         - POLICE     =  5 POINTS

25. ADETUNJI DANIEL            - ILORIN     =  5 POINTS

26. HABEEB ISSIAKA              - ILORIN    =  5 POINTS

27. EMMANUEL AYEWE         -  PLOICE   = 5 POINTS

28. JOHN KURA                      -  LAGOS    = 5 POINTS

29. EMEKA AJONYE                - GOSAR   = 5 POINTS

30. OLAWALE DIPO                 - COWRIE  = 5 POINTS

31. CHRISTIAN OKOJI              -ILORIN    =  5 POINTS

32. FELIX SALAMI                    - GOSAR   =  5 POINTS

33. ADEBAYO T.                      –POLICE    = 5 POINTS

34. PATRICK MBAMARA        - GOSAR     = 2 POINTS

Issued by

Ntiense O. Williams