Over the last
four months, arguably the best rugby league in Nigeria has been unfolding at
the Main Bowl of the National Stadium in Lagos. The participants this year have
been Cowrie RFC (Rugby Football Club), The Police Machine, Lagos RFC, Young
Lions RFC, Ilorin RFC and Gosar RFC.
So far, each of
the games has been well attended, with exceptional demonstrations of good
sportsmanship, an outstanding quality of rugby, and general high spirits. The
last round of this year’s league takes place on Sunday 18 November from
12:00noon till 6:00pm and promises to be an absolute ‘humdinger’. As all of the
matches have been very close affairs, the league positions are tight.
The afternoon’s
event is free to the general public, and would provide an excellent
introduction to those not familiar with this exciting physical game, though
possibly not for the faint-hearted.
The
first bout features Gosar RFC against Young Lions RFC, which kicks off at 12 noon.
This is followed by the battle between Lagos RFC versus Ilorin RFC at 2pm. The
remaining teams, however, (Cowrie RFC and The Police Machine) currently sit on
top of the league.
There can be
only one winner. Therefore, the tenacious Cowrie will face the formidable Police
Machine in the final match of the afternoon to decide the overall winner of the
league; this promises to be a contest of fireworks, and spectators can expect
to see a display of blood and guts. Both sides have the desire, tenacity and
ability to win the grand finale, but only one side will be crowned as champions.
Individual Prizes on Offer
The battle for
who wins the highest Try scorer will be fought for between Police Rugby
Football Club Fly-Half Samson Yahaya, Ilorin Rugby Football Club Percy-winger
Ibitaye Ifeoluwa, who have both scored 9 Trys respectively & John Olawale
of Cowrie Rugby Football Club who have scored 8 Trys.
Also the Highest
Points Scorer is keenly contested for by Azeez Ladipo of Cowrie Rugby Football
Club with 68 Points, and Samson Yahaya of Police Rugby Football Club who have
scored 65 Points respectively.
Meanwhile 72
Players have so far scored points during the 2012 “Friends of Rugby” League
program.
Police Rugby Football Club Vows to Arrest Cowrie RFC
The Police Rugby
Football Club have vowed to arrest the unbeaten run of the defending champions
Cowrie Rugby Football Club who have so far gone unbeaten in the last two
edition of the “Friends of Rugby” League.
The Police Rugby
Team have decided to play the game of their life at the finals against Cowrie
Rugby Football Club on Sunday by 4pm in the star match of the day. Even if the
win they will not win the league, but they have vowed to dent the 100% unbeaten
run of the back to back defending champions.
The winners of
the League have been guaranteed a trip to play in the prestigious Dubai 7’s
Rugby Tournament in two weeks time.
All rugby fans
and lovers of the beautiful game of rugby are cordially invited to this epic
finale come Sunday 18 November 2012 at the Main bowl of the National Stadium,
Surulere, Lagos.
Admission for
the public is free.
2012
“FRIENDS OF RUGBY” RUGBY LEAGUE
·TABLE
·TEAMS
P W D
L PF PA PD PTS
· COWRIE
9 9
- - 410 38
372 52
·POLICE
9 8
- 1 230
25 205 42
·LAGOS
9 5
- 4 128
88 40 28
·ILORIN
9 4 -
5 138 130 8
24
·GOSAR
9 1
- 8 42 253 (-211)
05
·Y. LIONS
9 -
- 9 17 391
(-374) -
HIGHEST POINTS SCORER TABLE
NAMES - CLUB - POINTS
1. AZEEZ LADIPO - COWRIE
=68 POINTS
2. YAHAHYA SAMSON
- POLICE =65 POINTS
3. IBITAYE IFEOLUWA
- ILORIN
=46 POINTS
4. JOHN OLAWALE - COWRIE =40
POINTS
5. FRANK ADEDEJI - COWRIE =30 POINTS
6. JOHN SYLVANUS
- COWRIE =30 POINTS
7. TUNJI ODUTAN -COWRIE
=27 POINTS
8. HAFIS ANYILA -COWRIE =25 POINTS
9. MALIK SALU - POLICE = 25 POINTS
10. STEVEN JAMES - LAGOS =24 POINTS
11. OLAWALE DIPO - COWRIE =22 POINTS
12.SIMON JOSEPH – COWRIE =20 POINTS
13.STEPHEN ADEYEMI
– ILORIN =20 POINTS
14. WASIU AYANGBEMI –COWRIE =20 POINTS
15. HABIB ISHOLA
– POLICE =15
POINTS
16. SOLOMON COCKERE
- LAGOS =15 POINTS
17. ADEBOMBO ADEREMI
– COWRIE =15 POINTS
18. CLEMENT DENIS -
COWRIE =15 POINTS
19. SANI HALILU - COWRIE =15 POINTS
20. OLATUNDE SAMUEL - ILORIN =15 POINTS
21. JOJO JAFAR
- COWRIE =15 POINTS
22. SULAIMON OYEBOLA - POLICE
=13 POINTS
23. MUYIDEEN MUBARAQ
- ILORIN =12 POINTS
24. AJIKOLE NUSHIDI - POLICE = 12 POINTS
25. KOLA AJAYI - ILORIN =11 POINTS
26. COKER MORAKINYO – LAGOS =10 POINTS
27. ABUBAKAR TAHIRU
- POLICE
=10 POINTS
28. TUNJI FASIMOYE - COWRIE =10 POINTS
29. CHUKA - GOSAR =10
POINTS
30. TALEEB ADEYEMI – LAGOS
=10 POINTS
31. SAMUEL EKPO - COWRIE =10 POINTS
32. SODIQ ODUOLA - COWRIE =10 POINTS
33. ADETUNJI DANIEL - ILORIN =10 POINTS
34. MAXWEL DAVID - LAGOS =10 POINTS
35. OLA MUYIWA
- POLICE =10 POINTS
36. DAVID OJO - POLICE = 10 POINTS
37. IKECHUKWU ELUAKA
- POLICE =10 POINTS
38. ISAAC BAYAKIDA - LAGOS =10 POINTS
39. HUHAMED SALISU - LAGOS = 9 POINTS
40. AKPAM – LAGOS = 7
POINTS
41. LANRE FAMIMI
- ILORIN = 6 POINTS
43. BIODUN - COWRIE = 5 POINTS
44. MOSHOOD AJIKANLE - POLICE = 5 POINTS
45. AKIN BIODUN
– LAGOS
= 5 POINTS
46. STEVEN AKPANWA - POLICE = 5 POINTS *
47. HABEEB ISSIAKA - ILORIN = 5
POINTS
48. EMMANUEL AYEWE -
PLOICE = 5 POINTS
49. JOHN KURA - LAGOS
= 5 POINTS
50. EMEKA AJONYE - GOSAR = 5
POINTS
51. CHRISTIAN OKOJI -ILORIN = 5
POINTS
52. FELIX SALAMI - GOSAR = 5
POINTS
53. ADEBAYO T.
– POLICE = 5 POINTS
54. SODIK AKANMI
- GOSAR = 5 POINTS
55. ISMAILA JIMOH
- ILORIN = 5 POINTS
56. MOSES THOMAS -COWRIE = 5 POINTS
57. SAMSON OKORO - GOSAR = 5 POINTS
58. HENRY ODOH - POLICE = 5
POINTS
59. DAVID OYEKANMI - POLICE = 5 POINTS
60. SHAKA SHEKE - POLICE = 5 POINTS
61. OBINNA ALAETO - COWRIE = 5 POINTS
62. FELIX -
GOSAR = 5 POINTS
63. RAZAK - GOSAR = 5 POINTS
64. MUHOOD - POLICE = 5 POINTS
65. MICHEAL MORDI - POLICE = 5 POINTS
66. TUNDE SHEHU - Y. LIONS = 5 POINTS
67. OLASEYE RUSAQ - LAGOS = 5 POINTS
68. DELE OMOYENI - LAGOS = 5 POINTS
69. AUSTIN OMOSOR - LAGOS = 5 POINTS
70. JONATHAN ERIMAKO - Y. LIONS = 5 POINTS
71. AZEEZ OLARENWAJU - POLICE = 5
POINTS
72. PATRICK MBAMARA - GOSAR
= 2 POINTS
HIGHEST
TRY SCORERS
1. YAHAHYA SAMSON
- POLICE =9 TRYS
2. IBITAYE IFEOLUWA
- ILORIN
=9 TRYS
3. JOHN OLAWALE - COWRIE =8
TRYS
4. FRANK ADEDEJI
- COWRIE =6 TRYS
5. JOHN SYLVANUS - COWRIE =6 TRYS
6. TUNJI ODUTAN -COWRIE
=5 TRYS
7. HAFIS ANYILA -COWRIE =5 TRYS
8. MALIK SALU - POLICE = 5 TRYS
9. AZEEZ LADIPO - COWRIE
=4 TYRS
10. STEVEN JAMES - LAGOS =4 TRYS
11. OLAWALE DIPO - COWRIE =4 TRYS
12.SIMON JOSEPH – COWRIE =4 TRYS
13.STEPHEN ADEYEMI
– ILORIN =4 TRYS
14. WASIU AYANGBEMI –COWRIE =4 TRYS
15. HABIB ISHOLA
– POLICE =3 TRYS
16. SOLOMON COCKERE
- LAGOS =3 TRYS
17. ADEBOMBO ADEREMI
– COWRIE =3 TRYS
18. CLEMENT DENIS -
COWRIE =3 TRYS
19. SANI HALILU - COWRIE =3 TRYS
20. OLATUNDE SAMUEL - ILORIN =3 TRYS
21. JOJO JAFAR
- COWRIE =3 TRYS
22. SULAIMON OYEBOLA - POLICE
=2 TRYS
23. MUYIDEEN MUBARAQ
- ILORIN =2 TRYS
24. AJIKOLE NUSHIDI - POLICE = 2 TRYS
25. KOLA AJAYI - ILORIN =1 TRYS
26. COKER MORAKINYO – LAGOS =2 TRYS
27. ABUBAKAR TAHIRU
- POLICE
=2 TRYS
28. TUNJI FASIMOYE - COWRIE =2 TRYS
29. CHUKA - GOSAR =2 TRYS
30. TALEEB ADEYEMI – LAGOS =2 TRYS
31. SAMUEL EKPO - COWRIE =2 TRYS
32. SODIQ ODUOLA - COWRIE =2 TRYS
33. ADETUNJI DANIEL - ILORIN =2 TRYS
34. MAXWEL DAVID - LAGOS =2
TRYS
35. OLA MUYIWA
- POLICE =2 TRYS
36. DAVID OJO - POLICE =2 TRYS
37. IKECHUKWU ELUAKA
- POLICE =2 TRYS
38. ISAAC BAYAKIDA - LAGOS =2 TRYS
40. AKPAM – LAGOS = 1 TRY
41. BIODUN - COWRIE = 1 TRY
42. MOSHOOD AJIKANLE - POLICE = 1 TRY
43. AKIN BIODUN – LAGOS
= 1 TRY
44. STEVEN AKPANWA - POLICE = 1 TRY
45. HABEEB ISSIAKA - ILORIN
= 1 TRY
46. EMMANUEL AYEWE -
PLOICE = 1 TRY
47. JOHN KURA - LAGOS
= 1 TRY
48. EMEKA AJONYE - GOSAR = 1 TRY
49. CHRISTIAN OKOJI -ILORIN = 1
TRY
50. FELIX SALAMI
- GOSAR = 1 TRY
51. ADEBAYO T.
– POLICE = 1 TRY
52. SODIK AKANMI - GOSAR = 1 TRY
53. ISMAILA JIMOH
- ILORIN = 1 TRY
54. MOSES THOMAS -COWRIE = 1 TRY
55. SAMSON OKORO - GOSAR = 1 TRY
56. HENRY ODOH - POLICE = 1 TRY
57. DAVID OYEKANMI - POLICE = 1 TRY
58. SHAKA SHEKE - POLICE = 1 TRY
59. OBINNA ALAETO - COWRIE = 1 TRY
60. FELIX -
GOSAR = 1 TRY
61. RAZAK - GOSAR = 1 TRY
62. MUHOOD - POLICE = 1 TRY
63. MICHEAL MORDI - POLICE = 1 TRY
64. TUNDE SHEHU - Y. LIONS = 1 TRY
65. OLASEYE RUSAQ - LAGOS = 1 TRY
66. DELE OMOYENI - LAGOS = 1 TRY
67. AUSTIN OMOSOR - LAGOS = 1 TRY
68. JONATHAN ERIMAKO - Y. LIONS = 1 TRY
69. AZEEZ OLARENWAJU - POLICE = 1 TRY
Courtesy: Ntiense
Williams
Secretary, Friends of Rugby
