All Golds v North Wales Crusaders LCC3 FINAL
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MATCH<br />
REPORT<br />
HEMEL STAGS 12-48 ALL GOLDS<br />
14<br />
SUNDAY 19 TH FEBRUARY<br />
PENNINE WAY SPORTS GROUND<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
There were a lot of positives to come from the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ comprehensive 48-12 demolition of<br />
Hemel Stags in the League 1 Cup last week.<br />
There was clear evidence that the work done<br />
in pre-season camps at Imjin Barracks and in<br />
Malta was worthwhile as the players put in a<br />
team effort both in attack and defence.<br />
The Stags had remained in their Yorkshire<br />
base and played three pre-season games with<br />
coach Troy Perkins being pleased with the way<br />
his side were progressing. The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> on the<br />
other hand, had declined to go down that<br />
route and after the initial cobwebs had been<br />
blown away, the side showed real promise for<br />
the season to come.<br />
There was the organisation and physical<br />
dominance of their defence that withstood<br />
a battering in the opening quarter and<br />
conceded just one try. There was also the way<br />
the players pulled together, were positive in<br />
recovering from mistakes and did not crumble<br />
as they have done so often in the past when<br />
under pressure.<br />
This gave them a platform to enjoy their game<br />
as they cut loose in the second period to score<br />
seven tries and the way they were celebrated<br />
was proof of their togetherness on the field.<br />
Perhaps the turning point of the game came<br />
after 20 minutes when, after the Stags had<br />
spent virtually the entire first quarter camped<br />
inside the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> 40-metre line with only<br />
one converted try and a penalty goal to show<br />
for their efforts, Lee Greenwood unleashed<br />
Harry Kidd and Malikhi Lloyd-Jones from the<br />
bench and the impact was immediate.<br />
Kidd powered up the field and the team took<br />
his lead. They were soon on the board through<br />
Harrison Elliott following a repeat set earned<br />
by a good chase to Kiran Hyde’s kick to the<br />
ingoal.<br />
Then Kidd lost the ball trying to score before<br />
strong defence forced a Stags error and Brad<br />
Kislingbury went in at the corner to give the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> a lead they never looked like losing.<br />
The second half was almost a procession<br />
as the Stags fell apart in the face of some<br />
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