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SEASON 2007/08

*NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2008*
*Southern Conference*		*South-Southern Division*
*CHAMPIONS 2008*		*CHAMPIONS 2008*

STANDINGS 2007/08

Southern Conference \| Southern Division
Team		P	W	L	T	W%	PS	PC
	[1]	8	8	0	1	1.000	462*	20
RHU	*VIKINGS*[5]	8	6	2	0	0.750	155	137
READING	*KNIGHTS*[7]	8	5	3	0	0.625	117	127
PORTSMOUTH	*DESTROYERS*	8	3	5	0	0.375	60	138
BRIGHTON	*TSUNAMI*	8	2	6	0	0.250	63	169
SURREY	*STINGERS*	8	0	8	0	0.000	12	278
* NEW LEAGUE RECORD: POINTS SCORED (Regular Season)
Previous Best: 423 ( 2006 National Champions)
Post-Season		4	4	0	-	1.000	151	40
*SEASON*		12	2	0	0	1.000	613**	60
** NEW LEAGUE RECORD: POINTS SCORED (Whole Season)
Previous Best: 603 ( 2006 National Champions)

RESULTS 2007/08

Wk		Away	Pts		Pts	Home
03	G1		60	-	0	STINGERSSURREY
04	G2		21	-	0	DESTROYERSPORTSMOUTH
05	G3	RHUVIKINGS	8	-	84
06	G4		45	-	0	TSUNAMIBRIGHTON
07	G5		38	-	6	KNIGHTSREADING
15	G6	BRIGHTONTSUNAMI	0	-	58
16	G7	SURREYSTINGERS	6	-	87
17	G8	PORTSMOUTHDESTROYERS	0	-	69
19	CQ	GREENWICHMARINERS[8]	0	-	43	[1]
20	CS	BATHKILLER BEES[4]	13	-	35	[1]
21	CF	HERTSHURRICANES[2]	7	-	19	[1]
22	NCG	STAFFSSTALLIONS[N2]	20	-	54	[S1]
22	08	STAFFSSTALLIONS[N2]	20	-	54	[S1]

FULL STORY

Game Preview 07/08 Archive|STAGS.org.uk|04Mar08

PREVIEW Southern Conference Semi-Final

GAME CS PREVIEW

WEEK 20

BUAFL 2007/08

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Bath		Southampton
KILLER BEES [4]		STAGS [1]

Venue: The Cage\|Wide Lane Southampton\|SO50 5PE	KO 1400, Sunday
	9th March 2008

The Stags are undefeated this season going 9-0 and scoring a record 505 points whilst conceding only 20.

Bath finished top of the South-West division (7-0-1) scoring 182 and conceding 48 and are ranked #4 in the South. Last round they knocked out the #5 Royal Holloway Vikings 39-0.

Win and the Stags move on to the Southern Conference Final, lose and they're out.

It's all or nothing. (Again.)

With the Southern Conference Quarter-Finals all going with the rankings:

#1 STAGS solid performance (43-0) against the #8 Greenwich MARINERS

#2 Hertfordshire HURRICANES ousted the post-season debutants #7 Reading KNIGHTS 51-7

#3 Birmingham LIONS took a close one (14-6) versus the defending National Champs #6 UWE BULLETS

#4 Bath KILLER BEES cruised past the play-off rookies #5 Royal Holloway VIKINGS 39-0)

...all the winners are undefeated in BUAFL 07/08. So Southern Conference Semi-Final weekend will see two teams defeated for the first time this season. But not before some cracking Football has been played.

Bath have emerged from (arguably) the most competitive division in the league, the South Western with a zero in the L column. Their regular season has been a stop-start affair with the weather playing havoc with the schedule and resulting in the need for a double header match and an unplayed fixture. It also included victories home and away versus the defending National Champions BULLETS and post-season perennials Cardiff COBRAS.

In the regular season Bath averaged a 39-8 scoreline at home (including 2 shutouts in 3.5* games). Away from home in 2.5* games they averaged 18-8 and a shutout. (* the half games were part of the double-header and actually played at the same venue. Or something.)

The STAGS have a relatively long and closely competitive rivalry with the KILLER BEES up until the STAGS were taken out of the South Western Division. The last time the two teams met was a ding-dong (dooberry?) battle in which the STAGS returned home victorious 31-18 in the 2002/03 season.

The year Bath joined the league was during the STAGS second Championship Year (season 92/93) and they were visited with a 70-0 defeat. But by the following season an (almost) entirely new STAGS side came away from the West Country after a 18-6 defeat. 94/95 saw the KILLER BEES turn round a 12-6 home defeat to a 24-8 victory away. Similarly, the STAGS flipped a 32-6 away loss to a 2-0 home win the following year.

Continuing the trend the STAGS took the one match up in 96/97, 6-0 at home. 97/98 was possibly when the teams were most evenly matched with the home leg finishing 0-0 (OT) and the visit to Bath finishing 13-12 in the STAGS favour. 98/99 saw the STAGS take the regular season honours 30-15 at home but miss out 6-0 in the Southern Plate competition.

Lean times followed for the STAGS, with two away defeats (99/00 30-7 & 01/02 29-8) and yet another Tie game 6-6 (OT) in Southampton (00/01). Although, in 01/02 the return leg ended with a STAGS win 14-0.

Curiously in all these years the two teams have never met in the post-season (not including Plate Competitions).
In the regular season head-to-head the STAGS record stands as:
P 15|W 9|L 4|T 2|W% 0.667|PS 235|PC 174|Avg 16-12

With an eye on Sundays game - at home the STAGS are undefeated in 7 fixtures with Bath (W 5|L 0|T 2|W% 0.857|PS 82|PC 29|AS 12-4) but 5 years is a long time and both organisations have moved on a great deal (including a National Championship in 05/06 for the STAGS) and present a very different prospect.

Based on this year’s form (average scores) the game could finish:
~ 56-32 in an Offensive battle
~ 7-2 if the Defenses take control
~ 68-3 if the tie goes with STAGS home form
(all in the STAGS favour)
~ 8-19 to the KILLER BEES based on their away form
[~ 35-14 as the average of the above four scores|Ed:10Mar08]
But who knows what the pressure of the playoffs will do to either team and what results may occur?

Should the STAGS take the honours, next week they will be hosting a team that figured in the STAGS’ post-season last year - Either the HURRICANES (who’ll be looking for pay-back after the last-gasp quarter-final STAGS win) or the LIONS (who knocked out the undefeated, defending National Champions STAGS in the Southern Conference Semi-Finals). Should the KILLER BEES take the honours they face a road trip to the victor of above teams.

One team will lose for the first time this season and it will be the all they have to think about over the long off-season. Glory will be only two games away for the team that holds their nerve in this Winner-Takes-All match-up. Who will it be?

Find out for yourself by coming along and supporting the STAGS and KILLER BEES at the Cage Wide Lane, Southampton SO50 5PE on Sunday 9th March, Kick Off at 2.00pm.

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GAME REPORTS 2007/08

Game Report 07/08 Archive|President|25Mar08

'Perfect' STAGS Back On Top

The undefeated Southampton STAGS faced the undefeated Staffordshire STALLIONS in the inaugural BUAFL Championship Game.

The STAGS had won the National Title 2 seasons previously in a year when they had set the points record and greatest final victory in college history, the 07/08 side had an offence just as potent and a defence that conceded only 4 touchdowns all season.

They faced a Staffordshire STALLIONS side led by the rushing attack of #34 Ed Goka, top in rushing yards and touchdowns league-wide.

STALLIONS 20 - 54 STAGS (National Champions 2008)