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APRIL 30 th <strong>2017</strong> | KO 3pm<br />

PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM<br />

ALL GOLDS vs. NORTH WALES CRUSADERS<br />

BIGGEST GAME<br />

IN CLUB HISTORY<br />

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:<br />

• CRUSADERS PREVIEW<br />

• MATCH REPORTS<br />

• WEST OF ENGLAND<br />

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ALL GOLD<br />

CONTENTS AND INFO<br />

04 WELCOME<br />

06 ALL GOLD CRUSADERS<br />

08 CRUSADERS PREVIEW<br />

10 CLUB DIRECTORY<br />

12 CRUSADERS ARE IN TOWN<br />

14 ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />

16 WEST OF ENGLAND UPDATE<br />

18 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />

20 SQUAD LINE-UPs<br />

CLUB INFORMATION<br />

UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />

Home Ground: The Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham<br />

Offices:<br />

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Telephone: 01242 714468<br />

Email:<br />

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PRESIDENT<br />

Lionel Hurst LL.B<br />

ADVISORY BOARD<br />

Krista Woodman, Ken Stone,<br />

Kevan Blackadder<br />

GENERAL MANAGER<br />

Patrick Evans<br />

HEAD COACH<br />

Lee Greenwood<br />

ASSISTANT COACHES<br />

Anthony Murray,<br />

Dan Poulton<br />

S&C COACHES<br />

Nick Lane, Joe Festa<br />

James Clapp<br />

TEAM MANAGER<br />

Martin Lovegrove<br />

KIT AND LOGISTICS<br />

David Friend<br />

CLUB DOCTOR<br />

Phil Cox<br />

HEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST<br />

James Clap<br />

SPORTS THERAPIST<br />

Katy Stephens<br />

NUTRITION PARTNER<br />

Nutrition X<br />

SKY TRY AND<br />

COMMUNITY MANAGER<br />

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BUSINESS AND SPONSORSHIP<br />

Sophia Wood-Jenkins<br />

MATCHDAY CO-ORDINATOR<br />

Bethany Dixson<br />

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WELCOME TO THE ALL GOLD<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

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Welcome to this issue of the<br />

<strong>All</strong> Gold. After a while without<br />

a home game, we now have<br />

three in quick succession.<br />

We entertain the <strong>Crusaders</strong><br />

in the League 1 Cup today<br />

and again in the League<br />

in a fortnight, with a game<br />

against York next week as the<br />

filling in the sandwich.<br />

Both clubs are below us in<br />

the table and so, if that is<br />

to be believed, we should<br />

be looking to win all three<br />

games.<br />

Anyone who has seen Lee<br />

Greenwood’s side play this<br />

season would have noticed<br />

that they are capable of<br />

beating anyone. This point<br />

was noted by assistant coach<br />

Anthony Murray in League<br />

Express the other week: “We<br />

go into every game thinking<br />

we can win, and we’ve got<br />

the squad to do it,” he said. “If<br />

we do things right and stick<br />

to the game plan then we’re<br />

more than capable of beating<br />

anyone in this division.”<br />

The League 1 Cup marks a<br />

welcome opportunity for the<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> to reach a major<br />

final and a chance to win<br />

silverware as Lee said this<br />

week: “We’re still a relatively<br />

new club and there aren’t too<br />

many cup semi-finals we’ll be<br />

able to get to, so this is the<br />

best chance we’ll have to get<br />

to a final.” Let’s hope the boys<br />

take that chance this time.<br />

The last issue of the <strong>All</strong> Gold<br />

looked back at half a dozen<br />

significant games from the<br />

club’s previous 100 matches<br />

and today’s match could be<br />

featuring in a similar reflection<br />

when the double century<br />

appears in a few years’ time<br />

should the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> win<br />

and advance to the final at<br />

Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road<br />

ground on the late May bank<br />

holiday weekend.<br />

On behalf of the club I’d like<br />

to wish <strong>Crusaders</strong>’ prop John<br />

Cookson the very best for a<br />

full recovery from the heart<br />

attack he suffered after his<br />

side’s loss to Toronto on<br />

Good Friday. Thankfully,<br />

he is out of hospital and<br />

recovering at home with his<br />

family. Whether he will don<br />

the boots again is unclear<br />

and the <strong>Crusaders</strong> are of<br />

course providing whatever<br />

support they can. We add our<br />

good wishes to the many he<br />

has received from across the<br />

country.<br />

The fixtures for the West of<br />

England league are out and<br />

with the competition starting<br />

in a fortnight it is well worth<br />

getting to a game if you<br />

can. They are usually great<br />

entertainment and there are<br />

opportunities to get involved<br />

with your local team.<br />

On a personal level, I’d<br />

certainly encourage people<br />

to volunteer. It will help the<br />

game grow stronger here in<br />

Gloucestershire and bring<br />

some uniquely rewarding<br />

experiences to those putting<br />

in the time and effort.<br />

Of course I must say huge<br />

thanks once again to all have<br />

contributed to this issue of<br />

the <strong>All</strong> Gold and to Craig at<br />

CPD for burning the midnight<br />

oil to pull it all together into<br />

such a handsome package.<br />

And to you for reading:<br />

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ALL GOLD CRUSADERS<br />

WRITTEN BY GEORGE COWBURN<br />

In the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ recent Good Friday victory<br />

over the South Wales Ironmen, there were<br />

eight players who have turned out in the<br />

colours of both clubs.<br />

Although not as many have made the journey<br />

to and from North Wales there are three<br />

players who could make an appearance<br />

against their former club in this week’s match<br />

against the <strong>Crusaders</strong>. Billy Brickhill joined the<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> for the start of this season whilst Alex<br />

Davidson and Callum Mulkeen are former <strong>All</strong><br />

<strong>Golds</strong> in the <strong>Crusaders</strong> squad.<br />

Brickhill came to the Cru last season via<br />

Chester Gladiators and the Salford City Reds<br />

Academy and won the Welsh Club’s Young<br />

Player of the Year Award before moving to the<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> on the recommendation of our shy<br />

and retiring assistant coach Anthony Murray<br />

who was himself head coach of the <strong>Crusaders</strong><br />

before joining us.<br />

Alex Davidson spent a season and a half with<br />

the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>, debuting in a 46-6 home defeat<br />

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y York in 2015. The following year, he doubled<br />

up as coach of the BUCS student side and was<br />

also in charge of the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ Conference<br />

League South side last summer.<br />

The Bolton-born prop forward is in his second<br />

spell at Wrexham having played on loan for<br />

the <strong>Crusaders</strong> in 2014 prior to joining the <strong>All</strong><br />

<strong>Golds</strong>. Previously with the Salford City Reds<br />

Alex made three Super League appearances<br />

for them in 2011 as well as having a short loan<br />

spell with Oldham in 2014.<br />

Callum Mulkeen moved to the West Country<br />

with his mates Phil Cowburn and Matt Bradley<br />

to study at Hartpury College where they joined<br />

the Gloucestershire Warriors helping them to<br />

the 2011 West of England title. <strong>All</strong> three then<br />

joined the University of Gloucestershire and<br />

played for the student side in 2011 and 2012<br />

- the latter as part of the national University<br />

championship winners.<br />

Callum was a regular in the centre or on the<br />

wing in the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> inaugural season and<br />

scored the first ever try for the club in our<br />

opening match against Hemel Stags. After<br />

a season at Oxford he returned to the <strong>All</strong><br />

<strong>Golds</strong> for a further season before heading to<br />

Australia to play for country side Tumut Blues.<br />

Back home in Lancashire “Mulk” signed for<br />

the <strong>Crusaders</strong> in January this year and scored<br />

a try against his former teammates when<br />

the sides met in the Challenge Cup back in<br />

February. With a World Cup on the horizon,<br />

he will be keen to resume his career as an Irish<br />

international player.<br />

Three other players have also appeared for<br />

both clubs - prop forward Chris Tyrer (briefly<br />

on loan for both clubs), hooker Owain Griffiths<br />

(the son of former <strong>Crusaders</strong> coach Clive<br />

Griffiths) and Matt Bradley who played a<br />

couple of games on loan from Swinton for the<br />

<strong>Crusaders</strong>.<br />

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Matt is still the record goal- and points-scorer<br />

for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> from his three seasons playing<br />

for us and is currently at Sale FC playing<br />

Rugby Union.<br />

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ALL GOLDS vs. CRUSADERS<br />

MATCH PREVIEW<br />

WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />

The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> host the <strong>Crusaders</strong> at the<br />

Prince of Wales stadium with the winners<br />

progressing to the final of the League 1 Cup<br />

in Blackpool on May 27.<br />

Should his side win it would be their first<br />

appearance in a final and the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> coach<br />

says he hopes his players can perform to the<br />

standard that has seen them start the <strong>2017</strong><br />

season strongly. He said: “I gave the players<br />

a week off after the South Wales game so<br />

we’re looking forward to Sunday. It’s the<br />

biggest game in the history of the club.<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> head coach Lee Greenwood is<br />

anticipating a tough test from North Wales<br />

<strong>Crusaders</strong> on Sunday in a game he calls ‘the<br />

biggest in the club’s history’.<br />

“We’ve had some good wins for far this<br />

season and this is another big challenge.<br />

We’re looking forward to it but we know<br />

<strong>Crusaders</strong> will be a tough test. They’ve<br />

certainly improved since we knocked<br />

them out of the Challenge Cup a couple of<br />

months back. They’re a dangerous side with<br />

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a lot of good players. We need to make sure<br />

we deal with the threats they carry.<br />

“It would be massive for the club, and great<br />

for southern rugby league, if we could<br />

win.<br />

“I thought we were really<br />

good early on against South<br />

Wales last time out but<br />

the injury to Steven Nield<br />

disrupted our momentum<br />

and we had to switch players<br />

about. We weren’t at our<br />

best after that but we got<br />

the win. We’ve got a number<br />

of injury doubts for Sunday<br />

so there might be a few<br />

changes. It doesn’t concern<br />

me really though because the<br />

players that could come in are<br />

more than capable, they showed<br />

that in the last round at Workington.”<br />

Alex Gaskell will definitely miss the game<br />

through injury. Half back Ben Stead, injured<br />

in the opening league fixture at Hunslet,<br />

won’t play but is confident of returning from<br />

his knee injury in the next fortnight. Front<br />

rower James Walter is also expected to miss<br />

the game but Harry Kidd and Malikhi Lloyd-<br />

Jones could return after they missed the<br />

South Wales game on international duty.<br />

Since losing 36-18 to the <strong>All</strong><br />

<strong>Golds</strong> in the Challenge Cup<br />

the <strong>Crusaders</strong> have steadied<br />

the ship and have picked up<br />

several impressive victories.<br />

If you take out their defeat<br />

to champions elect Toronto<br />

Wolfpack last time out they<br />

come into Sunday’s game<br />

on the back of three straight<br />

wins. Their first league<br />

points came with a 26-22<br />

win at York and they followed<br />

that up a week later with a 24-<br />

16 triumph at Newcastle in the<br />

League 1 Cup quarter final. They<br />

made it three in a row a week later<br />

when they took care of Newcastle by an<br />

impressive 30-14 scoreline.<br />

The victors will play the winners of Barrow<br />

v Oxford.<br />

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Joe McCleantalks to Patrick Baines pre <strong>Crusaders</strong><br />

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UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />

CLUB DIRECTORY<br />

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OFFICIAL PARTNERS AND SPONSORS THAT HEAVILY SUPPORT THE CLUB AND, AS AN<br />

ALL GOLDS FAN, WE ARE SURE YOU WILL FIND THIS CLUB DIRECTORY VERY USEFUL.<br />

If you are interested in contacting any of our partners or sponsors but you feel that you need<br />

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OUR OPPONENTS TODAY<br />

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS<br />

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON<br />

FORM<br />

SQUAD<br />

The <strong>Crusaders</strong> had a shaky start to the<br />

season, losing 50-8 to Keighley and 44-8 to<br />

Doncaster, but seem to have really picked<br />

up their game as of late. They come into the<br />

game with some good wins under their belt,<br />

winning two out of their last three. After<br />

strong wins over York and Newcastle, Mike<br />

Grady’s men went down 80-0 to Toronto,<br />

the Wolfpack’s biggest winning margin<br />

so far. The Canadian outfit dominated the<br />

first half, going in 60-0 at the break, but<br />

a stubborn defensive performance in the<br />

second period was a real positive to be<br />

taken away from the game.<br />

1 Tommy Johnson,<br />

2 Corey Lee,<br />

3 Simon Atherton,<br />

4 Earl Hurst,<br />

5 Dale Bloomfield,<br />

6 Andy Moulsdale,<br />

7 Ryan Smith,<br />

8 Jonny Walker,<br />

9 Lee Hudson,<br />

10 Alex Davidson,<br />

11 Alex Thompson,<br />

12 Stephen<br />

Bannister,<br />

13 Ryan Millington,<br />

14 James Dandy,<br />

15 John Cookson,<br />

16 Luke Warburton,<br />

17 Kenny Baker,<br />

19 Dan Price,<br />

20 Andy Unsworth,<br />

21 Dean<br />

Thompson,<br />

22 Andrew Joy,<br />

23 Richard Joy,<br />

24 Jack Houghton,<br />

25 Matt Davies,<br />

26 Jack Hansen,<br />

27 Aaron Moore,<br />

28 Callum Mulkeen,<br />

29 Josh Simm,<br />

30 Blake Turner,<br />

31 Warren Thompson<br />

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BACKS<br />

The midfield trio of Tommy Johnson, Jack<br />

Hansen and Ryan Smith are North Wales’<br />

biggest threat. <strong>All</strong> three are good ballplayers<br />

and are constantly looking to provide<br />

opportunities for the men out wide. These<br />

include Earl Hurst and former <strong>All</strong> Gold Callum<br />

Mulkeen in the centres, and ex-Rochdale<br />

wingers Corey Lee and Dale Bloomfield. Back<br />

Rower Alex Thompson can also put in a shift in<br />

the centres if needed, making just as much of<br />

an impact as he does in the forwards.<br />

FORWARDS<br />

The North Wales forward pack can certainly<br />

make and impact, giving the side plenty of<br />

size and power. Alex Davidson is yet another<br />

familiar face to <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> fans, after spending<br />

two years at the Prince of Wales. He and<br />

Jonny Walker form a formidable front row<br />

pairing, while Lee Hudson and James Dandy<br />

interchange at dummy half. Ex-Widnes second<br />

rower Jack Houghton has made a huge impact<br />

since arriving at the club in November, scoring<br />

three tries in eight appearances, and earning a<br />

consistent starting spot.<br />

KEY MAN<br />

goal kickers in the competition. He put in an<br />

inspired performance in the club’s last win over<br />

Newcastle, and a repeat of that could cause<br />

some problems for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> in today’s<br />

game.<br />

ONE TO WATCH<br />

Left centre Earl Hurst is a real athlete out<br />

wide, boasting size and speed that make him<br />

a real handful for defenders. He is almost like<br />

a forward in the way he is built, with a strong<br />

upper body that allows him to drive forward<br />

and make yards in all areas of the field, while<br />

his burst of pace makes him a great threat. He<br />

caused problems for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> defence<br />

when the two teams last met in the Challenge<br />

Cup in February, even crossing for a try. And<br />

with proven try scorer Dale Bloomfield on his<br />

outside, <strong>Crusaders</strong>’ left flank pose a real threat<br />

in attack.<br />

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F o r m e r<br />

St Helens<br />

Academy<br />

fullback Tommy<br />

Johnson has<br />

become part of<br />

the furniture at<br />

the Racecourse<br />

Ground, after<br />

joining in their<br />

inaugural<br />

League 1 season in 2012. In just four years he<br />

has set the club record for appearances, and<br />

is just short of reaching 1,000 points for the<br />

<strong>Crusaders</strong>. As far as reliable fullbacks go, you<br />

can’t look too far past Johnson in League 1,<br />

additionally he is undoubtedly one of the best<br />

STATS<br />

HIGHEST SCORE:<br />

82-6 v West Hull, 6/4/2013<br />

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST:<br />

4-98 v Wigan, 15/4/2012<br />

MOST APPEARANCES:<br />

127 – Tommy Johnson 2012-present<br />

HIGHEST POINT SCORER:<br />

978 – Tommy Johnson 2012-present<br />

HIGHEST TRY SCORER:<br />

Rob Massam 2012-2016<br />

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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

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SKOLARS DROP<br />

ON A WIN<br />

ALL GOLDS 22-24 SKOLARS<br />

SUNDAY 9 TH APRIL<br />

PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM<br />

Putting back-to back wins together is one<br />

of the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ greatest challenges and so<br />

it has proved over the past couple of weeks.<br />

Not since the first two games of the season<br />

had they won consecutive matches and they<br />

returned to the Prince of Wales Stadium hoping<br />

to build on the tremendous performance at<br />

Workington when they reached the League<br />

1 Cup semi finals for the second year running.<br />

There the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> faced a London Skolars<br />

side that had won each of its four visits to<br />

Gloucestershire and had a couple of old<br />

friends in Josh <strong>All</strong>ison and Lamont Bryan in<br />

their ranks.<br />

The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> rode the positive vibe from<br />

Cumbria into the opening quarter and built<br />

a 16-4 lead with some great play. There were<br />

tries from Steve Parry – his 50th for the club –<br />

Mo Agoro from a superb Kieran Hyde kick and<br />

Joe McClean who supported Phil Cowburn’s<br />

coruscating break from halfway, but only led<br />

by 20-10 at the interval thanks to Agoro’s<br />

second touchdown engineered brilliantly by<br />

Jay Lobwein and Billy Brickhill.<br />

The second half was a vastly different story<br />

as the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> failed to cross the whitewash.<br />

The Skolars fought back with two converted<br />

tries to lead 22-20 and though Kieran Hyde<br />

knocked over a penalty to tie the scores, two<br />

late drop goals from Charlie Lawrence proved<br />

the difference.<br />

Lee Greenwood was unhappy with his side’s<br />

second half performance: “The second half<br />

was pretty poor really,” he said. “We know<br />

what Skolars are about and what they are<br />

good at and what they do and we couldn’t<br />

combat it at all.<br />

“I thought their middles totally got on top of<br />

ours in the second half and we weren’t smart<br />

enough to do anything about it really.”<br />

ALL GOLDS: Cowburn; Agoro (2t), Brickhill,<br />

Nield, Barlow; Fallon, Hyde (3g); Kidd, Parry<br />

(t), Walter; Elliott, McClean (t), Worrall;<br />

INTERCHANGE: Lobwein, Jones, Purslow,<br />

Lloyd-Jones.<br />

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ALL GOLDS<br />

SNEAK HOME<br />

IRONMEN 30-36 ALL GOLDS<br />

FRIDAY 14 TH APRIL<br />

MERTHYR RFC<br />

Again the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> wasted an excellent start to<br />

be clinging on at the end of an absorbing contest<br />

between two derby rivals. Tries from Mo Agoro<br />

and Harrison Elliott had the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> 10-0 up in<br />

just five minutes but the Ironmen got back into<br />

the game and the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> were thankful to<br />

take an 18-12 advantage into the dressing rooms<br />

following a 70-metre interception try from Agoro<br />

and a penalty each.<br />

The second half was forty minutes of mayhem.<br />

Both sides scored three tries and both had the<br />

advantage of an extra man so that by the time<br />

the final ten minutes arrived, there was barely a<br />

score between the sides.<br />

The fun began with Chris Vitalini having a ten<br />

minute rest and during that time the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />

added a penalty and a converted try from Phil<br />

Cowburn to seemingly take the game by the<br />

scruff of the neck leading 26-12.<br />

It wasn’t the case and the Ironmen piled on the<br />

pressure and added a try and two goals, with<br />

only a Brad Kislingbury try keeping the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />

32-20 ahead. The Ironmen scored again and with<br />

Chris Barlow in the sin-bin, Izaak Duffy crashed<br />

over to make the score 32-30. Amazingly,<br />

Courtney Davies hit the outside of the post with<br />

the conversion that would have levelled the score.<br />

A mistake at the restart handed the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> an<br />

opportunity and they took it, Agoro touching<br />

down for his tenth try in the league this season<br />

to make the score 36-30 with ten excruciating<br />

minutes still to play.<br />

It was tense, with the visitors’ line taking a<br />

pounding as the Ironmen pressed right up to the<br />

final hooter and beyond.<br />

But the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> rode out the storm – just – to<br />

record a much needed win.<br />

Unfortunately, a rib injury to the luckless Graham<br />

O’Keeffe took something of the shine from the<br />

side’s ninth straight win over the men from South<br />

Wales.<br />

ALL GOLDS: Nield; Agoro (3t), Cowburn (t),<br />

Kislingbury (t), Barlow; Ward, Hyde (6g); Elliott<br />

(t), Parry, Purslow; McClean, Worrall; Brickhill; I<br />

NTERCHANGE: Lobwein, O’Keeffe, Walter,<br />

Andrade.<br />

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FLAME OF THE WEST<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

WEST OF ENGLAND 9s TO KICK OFF SEASON<br />

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Next weekend the West of England kicks off<br />

the <strong>2017</strong> season with the annual 9s tournament<br />

in Swindon.<br />

The event is fast becoming a fixture in<br />

the calendar and an ideal way to kick off<br />

proceedings with all the clubs gathering in a<br />

competitive yet friendly atmosphere to look<br />

forward to the season ahead.<br />

The inaugural winners of the 9s were<br />

Cheltenham Phoenix who defeated Bath<br />

Romans in the final while the Phoenix reached<br />

the final again the following last year only to go<br />

down to Oxford Cavaliers in a thrilling final.<br />

The Swindon St George club have worked hard<br />

to establish the event with the Supermarine<br />

Sports Club an excellent venue for the<br />

competition.<br />

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OPENING FIXTURES<br />

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As last year, the West of England league is again split into two pools but<br />

this time there is an East-West geographical split, though Bristol Sonics<br />

agreed to make up the numbers in the East to ensure there were the<br />

same number of sides in each pool.<br />

The first week’s fixtures on 13 May are:<br />

Pool 1<br />

Swindon St George A vs. Cheltenham Phoenix<br />

Bath & Wiltshire Romans vs. Somerset Vikings<br />

Forest Bulldogs vs. Gloucestershire Warriors<br />

Pool 2<br />

Bath RL vs. Bristol Sonics<br />

Portsmouth Navy Seahawks vs. Swindon St George<br />

Oxford Cavaliers vs. Southampton Spitfires<br />

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ALL GOLDS FIXTURES & RESU<br />

DATE K.O. OPPONENTS RES FULLBACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING STAND OFF<br />

Sun Feb 19 14:00 A Hemel Stags (<strong>L1Cup</strong>R1) 12-48 GASKELL 1T AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 2T BARLOW STEAD 1G<br />

Sun Feb 26 14:00 H North Wales <strong>Crusaders</strong> (LCCR3) 36-18 GASKELL 1T AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 2T BARLOW HOUGHTON<br />

Sun Mar 5 15:00 A Hunslet (KPL1) 10-06 HOUGHTON AGORO BRICKHILL WILLIAMS KISLINGBURY STEAD 1G<br />

Sun Mar 12 15:00 H Keighley Cougars (KPL1) 46-22 GASKELL AGORO 4T COWBURN KISLINGBURY BARLOW MITCHELL 1T<br />

Sun Mar 19 15:00 A Doncaster (LCCR4) 48-22 GASKELL AGORO COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 1T MITCHELL<br />

Sun Mar 26 15:00 A Workington Town (KPL1) 54-22 GASKELL AGORO 1T COWBURN 1T KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T MITCHELL<br />

Sun Apr 2 14:30 A Workington Town (<strong>L1Cup</strong>QF) 22-30 MITCHELL AGORO WILLIAMS COWBURN 2T BARLOW 1T FALLON<br />

Sun Apr 9 15:00 H London Skolars (KPL1) 22-24 COWBURN AGORO 2T BRICKHILL NIELD BARLOW FALLON<br />

Fri April 14 15:00 A South Wales Ironmen (KPL1) 30-36 NIELD AGORO 3T COWBURN 1T KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW WARD<br />

Sun April 30 15:00 H North Wales <strong>Crusaders</strong> (<strong>L1Cup</strong>SF)<br />

Sun May 7 15:00 H York City Knights (KPL1)<br />

Sun May 14 15:00 H North Wales <strong>Crusaders</strong> (KPL1)<br />

Sun May 21 15:00 A Coventry Bears (KPL1)<br />

Sun Jun 4 15:00 H Newcastle Thunder (KPL1)<br />

Sun Jun 11 14:00 A Whitehaven (KPL1)<br />

Sun Jun 18 14:00 A Hemel Stags (KPL1)<br />

Sun Jun 25 15:00 H Oxford (KPL1)<br />

Sat Jul 1 18:30 A Barrow Raiders (KPL1)<br />

Sat Jul 8 12:00 A Toronto Wolfpack (KPL1)<br />

Sun Jul 16 15:00 H Doncaster (KPL1)<br />

THE KEY | Home games appear in bold | KPL1 = Kingstone Press League 1 | KPL1S = Kingstone Press League 1 Shield<br />

LCC = Ladbrokes Challenge Cup | <strong>L1Cup</strong> = League 1 Cup | Sin-binned Red Card (Sent Off) | T = Try | G = Goal | DG = Drop Goal<br />

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LTS <strong>2017</strong><br />

SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP 2ND ROW 2ND ROW LOOSE FWD SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4<br />

HYDE 5G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN 1T ELLIOTT 1T HOUGHTON WILLIAMS 1T LLOYD-JONES KIDD<br />

HYDE 2G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL MITCHELL ANDRADE LLOYD-JONES KIDD 1T<br />

HYDE PURSLOW PARRY (C) KIDD JONES McCLEAN ELLIOTT MITCHELL ANDRADE 1T LLOYD-JONES WALTER<br />

HYDE 5G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T KIDD WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL WILLIAMS ELLIOTT 1T FALLON 2G WALTER<br />

HYDE 3G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T KIDD McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL WILLIAMS ELLIOTT ANDRADE WALTER<br />

HYDE 3G PURSLOW PARRY (C) ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL LLOYD-JONES ANDRADE WALTER KIDD<br />

HYDE 5G KIDD 1T PARRY (C) 1T WALTER ELLIOTT McCLEAN WORRALL STEPHENS O’KEEFFE PURSLOW LLOYD-JONES<br />

HYDE 3G KIDD PARRY (C) 1T WALTER ELLIOTT McCLEAN 1T WORRALL LOBWEIN JONES PURSLOW LLOYD JONES<br />

HYDE 6G ELLIOTT 1T PARRY (C) PURSLOW MCCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL LOBWEIN O’KEEFFE WALTER ANDRADE<br />

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ALL GOLDS<br />

HEAD COACH:<br />

LEE GREE<strong>NW</strong>OOD<br />

CRUSADERS<br />

HEAD COACH:<br />

MIKE GRADY<br />

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MO AGORO<br />

JORDAN ANDRADE<br />

CHRIS BARLOW<br />

BILLY BRICKHILL<br />

PHIL COWBURN<br />

HARRISON ELLIOTT<br />

DANNY FALLON<br />

KIERAN HYDE<br />

HARRY KIDD<br />

BRAD KISLINGBURY<br />

MALIKHI LLOYD-JONES<br />

JOE MCCLEAN<br />

JACK MITCHELL<br />

GRAHAM O’KEEFFE<br />

STEVE PARRY (C)<br />

OLLIE PURSLOW<br />

LUKE STEPHENS<br />

JOSH WARD<br />

CHRIS WORRALL<br />

MATT DAVIES<br />

THOMAS JOHNSON<br />

COREY LEE<br />

SIMON ATHERTON<br />

EARL HURST<br />

ANDREW MOULSDALE<br />

RYAN SMITH<br />

JON WALKER<br />

LEE HUDSON<br />

ALEX DAVIDSON<br />

RYAN MILLINGTON<br />

JAMES DANDY<br />

LUKE WARBURTON<br />

DANIEL PRICE<br />

JACK HOUGHTON<br />

JACK HANSEN<br />

AARON MOORE<br />

CALLUM MULKEEN<br />

BLAKE TURNER<br />

REFEREE: J. ROBERTS | RESERVE: L. RUSH<br />

TOUCH JUDGES: C. WORSLEY, T. SCOTT | MATCH COMMISSIONER: B. LILLEY<br />

UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />

Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW<br />

www.allgoldsrugby.com<br />

Tel: 01242 715332 | Official Website: www.allgoldsrugby.com<br />

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