CO-OPERATIVE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE PREMIERSHIP, MIDLANDS DIVISION
Round 12 Summary 12 July 2008
Nottingham Outlaws maintained their undefeated record in the Midlands Premier division with a 42-10 win over Bedford Tigers at The Bay. The Outlaws opened an entertaining game strongly laying siege to the Bedford line and were rewarded with two unconverted tries from Ben Thornton and Will Thomas. The visitors held out until Paul Calland crossed for his 17th try of the season converted by Thornton for a 14-0 lead. Zander Peden maintained his try scoring run by pulling a score back for the Tigers but Oliver Crick crossed under the posts for Thornton to add the extras right on the whistle. The Outlaws soon got into gear in the second period, Thomas scoring his second try of the game goaled by Thornton and when Steve McKinney sped in under the posts after 55 minutes, again converted by Thornton for a 32-4 lead the home support began to celebrate victory. Tempers frayed as the match became scrappy and Thornton and Bedfords Cameron Allsop were sin binned for fighting. Two minutes later, loose forward George Strachan powered over followed after 73 minutes by Crick, Rob Brown converting, for a 42-4 lead. Bedford had the last word when Jake Wheeler scored just before the final whistle and Rob Ashton added the goal to give them some consolation.
Leicester Phoenix racked up their highest score of the season but it was not enough to avoid a 58-28 defeat by Derby City at Haslams. Mike Cody grabbed a hat-trick for the visitors while Darren Hersey did the same for the home side in a fast, open game that saw 17 tries scored. The hat-trick men exchanged tries in the opening few minutes but the rest of the half belonged exclusively to City who scored five tries in a 20 minute period from Bryan OGorman, Ian Gilmore, Dave Bussell, Harry Chmiel and Hersey. Daniel Polgieter replied for the Phoenix but Neil Collier crossed before the break to leave City 34-10 in front at oranges. Jamie Howe pulled a try back for the Phoenix at the start of the second period before Chris Buckley and Adam Wilson extended Citys advantage. Cody grabbed his second at three-quarter time and ten minutes later Hersey completed his treble as the scores continued to flow. Rick Davey for the Phoenix and player-coach Martyn Rothwell for City exchanged tries before Cody had the last word with his third try of the day just before the end. Lee Tague hit seven goals for City, Howe kicked one in reply for the Phoenix.
ROUND TWELVE
Birmingham Bulldogs 18 54 Coventry Bears
Match awarded to Coventry Bears as Birmingham Bulldogs were unable to raise a team
Derby City 58 28 Leicester Phoenix
Scorers:
City: Tries; Darren Hersey (3), Bryan OGorman, Ian Gilmore, Dave Bussell, Harry Chmiel, Neil Collier, Chris Buckley, Adam Wilson, Martyn Rothwell. Goals; Lee Tague 7 from 11.
Phoenix: Tries; Mike Cody (3), Daniel Polgieter, Jamie Howe, Rick Davey. Goals; Jamie Howe 1 from 6.
Nottingham Outlaws 42 10 Bedford Tigers
Scorers:
Outlaws: Tries; Ben Thornton, Will Thomas (2), Paul Calland, Oliver Crick (2), Steve McKinney, George Strachan. Goals; Ben Thornton 4 from 6, Paul Calland 0 from 1, Rob Brown 1 from 1.
Tigers: Tries; Zander Peden, Jake Wheeler. Goals; Rob Ashton 1 from 2.
Gloucestershire Warriors Bye
MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD WINNERS
Derby City v Leicester Phoenix
City: Martin Kent (prop)
Phoenix: Mike Cody (full back)
Nottingham Outlaws v Bedford Tigers
Outlaws: Will Thomas (full back)
Tigers: Matt Hughes (Loose forward)
ROUND TWELVE
MIDLANDS PREMIER DIVISION LEAGUE TABLE
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| Nottingham Outlaws | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 498 | 96 | 402 | 20 |
| Coventry Bears | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 540 | 181 | 359 | 18 |
| Bedford Tigers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 338 | 262 | 76 | 10 |
| Gloucestershire Warriors | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 270 | 317 | -47 | 10 |
| Derby City | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 281 | 392 | -111 | 8 |
| Birmingham Bulldogs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 276 | 373 | -97 | 4 |
| Leicester Phoenix | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 110 | 692 | -582 | 2 |
(NB: If tied, final positions decided by scores between tying teams not overall points difference)
TOP SCORERS (after 12 Rounds):
Tries:
17 Paul Calland (Nottingham Outlaws)
15 Ben Powis (Coventry Bears)
14 Matt Cooper (Coventry Bears)
14 Zander Peden (Bedford Tigers)
8 Stephan Fourie (Gloucestershire Warriors)
8 Mike Jones (Birmingham Bulldogs)
8 Will Thomas (Nottingham Outlaws)
8 Ben Thornton (Nottingham Outlaws)
7 Ian Gilmore (Derby City)
6 Lee Ashford (Coventry Bears)
6 Tanaka Chaunokara (Coventry Bears)
6 Ben Constantine (Gloucestershire Warriors)
6 Martin Edwards (Nottingham Outlaws)
6 Ben Radford (Nottingham Outlaws)
6 Adam Smith (Birmingham Bulldogs)
Goals:
52 Graham Healey (Coventry Bears)
43 Ben Thornton
21 Chris Gilmartin (Birmingham Bulldogs)
19 (incl 2 field goals) Paul Worthington
15 Rob Ashton (Bedford Tigers)
Points:
118 Ben Thornton (8 tries, 43 goals)
116 Graham Healey (3 tries, 52 goals)
84 Paul Calland (17 tries, 8 goals)
72 Zander Peden (14 tries, 8 goals)
60 Ben Powis (15 tries)
56 Matt Cooper (14 tries)
54 Chris Gilmartin (3 tries, 21 goals)
52 Paul Worthington (4 tries, 17 goals, 2 field goals)
46 Scott Clendenning-Fenton (Coventry Bears) (5 tries, 13 goals)
44 Stephan Fourie (8 tries 6 goals)
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