| 2015 Conference League South | |
|---|---|
| League | Conference League South |
| Teams | 9 |
| 2015 season | |
| Champions | Nottingham Outlaws |
| League leaders | Valley Cougars |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Matthew Cummins 198 |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Adrian Chaima 25 |
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
| 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
| Semi-final | Grand final | ||||||||
| 1 | Valley Cougars | 24 | |||||||
| 4 | Coventry Bears Reserves | 0 | |||||||
| Valley Cougars | 16 | ||||||||
| Nottingham Outlaws | 39 | ||||||||
| 2 | Nottingham Outlaws | 36 | |||||||
| 3 | Raiders RL | 8 | |||||||
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 |
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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
