All Golds v NW Crusaders L1Cup 2017 Final

a lot of good players. We need to make sure
we deal with the threats they carry.
“It would be massive for the club, and great
for southern rugby league, if we could
win.
“I thought we were really
good early on against South
Wales last time out but
the injury to Steven Nield
disrupted our momentum
and we had to switch players
about. We weren’t at our
best after that but we got
the win. We’ve got a number
of injury doubts for Sunday
so there might be a few
changes. It doesn’t concern
me really though because the
players that could come in are
more than capable, they showed
that in the last round at Workington.”
Alex Gaskell will definitely miss the game
through injury. Half back Ben Stead, injured
in the opening league fixture at Hunslet,
won’t play but is confident of returning from
his knee injury in the next fortnight. Front
rower James Walter is also expected to miss
the game but Harry Kidd and Malikhi Lloyd-
Jones could return after they missed the
South Wales game on international duty.
Since losing 36-18 to the All
Golds in the Challenge Cup
the Crusaders have steadied
the ship and have picked up
several impressive victories.
If you take out their defeat
to champions elect Toronto
Wolfpack last time out they
come into Sunday’s game
on the back of three straight
wins. Their first league
points came with a 26-22
win at York and they followed
that up a week later with a 24-
16 triumph at Newcastle in the
League 1 Cup quarter final. They
made it three in a row a week later
when they took care of Newcastle by an
impressive 30-14 scoreline.
The victors will play the winners of Barrow
v Oxford.
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Joe McCleantalks to Patrick Baines pre Crusaders
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