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04 WELCOME<br />

06 NO MORE BLOODY SUNDAYS<br />

08 DONCASTER PREVIEW<br />

10 CLUB DIRECTORY<br />

12 TODAY’S OPPONENTS<br />

14 ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />

16 FANTASTIC 50 CLUB<br />

18 FLAME OF THE WEST<br />

20 TON-UP PHIL<br />

22 TORONTO FEATURE<br />

24 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />

26 SQUAD LINE-UPs<br />

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WELCOME TO<br />

THE ALL GOLD<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

4<br />

Welcome to this issue of the<br />

<strong>All</strong> Gold – the last of the regular<br />

season before we embark on the<br />

League 1 Shield.<br />

The last game in the regular<br />

season sees us entertain<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> - a club who<br />

have known long periods of<br />

disappointment in the past. These<br />

were documented in a famous<br />

TV programme, “Another Bloody<br />

Sunday”. George Cowburn has<br />

written an entertaining potted<br />

history of the Dons for the <strong>All</strong><br />

Gold and the programme is well<br />

worth a watch on YouTube.<br />

With a tough conclusion to the<br />

regular season winding up with<br />

today’s game with a strong<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> side Lee Greenwood’s<br />

side could finish the season<br />

anywhere between ninth and<br />

12th depending on results<br />

elsewhere. Similarly, the Dons<br />

could finish fourth, fifth or sixth<br />

again depending on results, so it’s<br />

really all to play for.<br />

Keep in touch with the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’<br />

web site and twitter feed for<br />

the play-off fixtures due to be<br />

announced early next week.<br />

Last weekend was a big one<br />

for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>. The result was<br />

pretty much what the bookies<br />

predicted but the performance<br />

was full of character and<br />

determination. On at least half a<br />

dozen occasions, the Wolfpack<br />

were prevented from grounding<br />

the ball after crossing the<br />

whitewash, while Lewis Reece’s<br />

try was a superbly worked score.<br />

The scenes captured by Patrick<br />

Baines’ excellent twitter coverage<br />

revealed a group of people who<br />

embraced the trip positively and<br />

did themselves and the club<br />

great credit by their efforts both<br />

on and off the field.<br />

One sad note of the weekend<br />

was the minute’s silence prior to<br />

the match in memory of Adam<br />

Cooper, the Culcheth Eagles<br />

player who passed away during<br />

his team’s match. We extend our<br />

sympathies to his family and point<br />

out that there is a Just Giving<br />

page set up to raise funds for<br />

his young family at https://www.<br />

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Then we heard of another terrible<br />

tragedy to hit the game with<br />

the passing of Stanley Rangers<br />

youngster Evan Hawksworth<br />

who sustained a head injury<br />

during an U14s game. Stanley<br />

Rangers have also set up a<br />

Just Giving page (https://www.<br />

justgiving.com/fundraising/evanhawksworth)<br />

to support Evan’s<br />

family at this desperately sad<br />

time.<br />

A minute’s applause will take<br />

place before today’s game to<br />

celebrate Evan’s life.<br />

On a lighter note, Derrell Olpherts’<br />

transfer to Salford shows that,<br />

just occasionally, the League 1<br />

scene is noticed by the top clubs<br />

even though the media tends<br />

to ignore both League 1 and the<br />

Championship. This is a matter<br />

that Championship clubs were<br />

due to discuss at a meeting last<br />

week. However, nothing was<br />

decided according to League<br />

Express, though clubs were<br />

strongly in favour of ending the<br />

League 1 Cup while keeping the<br />

League 1 structure the same as it<br />

has been for the last two seasons.<br />

The RFL board will now consider<br />

the ‘indicators’ of Championship<br />

and League 1 clubs’ thinking<br />

before putting any final proposals<br />

to the Board.<br />

<strong>Final</strong>ly, unable to make the trip to<br />

Toronto, the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> Supporters<br />

club made their annual trek to<br />

Perpignan and managed to<br />

catch the Wigan Warriors’ win<br />

over Catalan Dragons. The result<br />

was a<br />

good one for Wigan who seem<br />

to be coming out of their worst<br />

run of results since 1903, while the<br />

Dragons are struggling to avoid<br />

the Middle 8s.<br />

This reminds us what a strange<br />

Super League season we have<br />

had so far with Castleford and<br />

Salford deservedly leading the<br />

way and Warrington and Wigan<br />

struggling to make the top four.<br />

It all makes for a fascinating last<br />

fortnight before the play-offs<br />

begin.<br />

Once again, it’s a big thank you to<br />

all our contributors to this issue of<br />

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NO MORE BLOODY<br />

SUNDAYS<br />

WRITTEN BY GEORGE COWBURN<br />

In 1980, Yorkshire TV aired a programme<br />

called Another Bloody Sunday chronicling<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong>’s 1979 season and their attempts<br />

over the last four matches of the season to<br />

finally win a league game.<br />

The title came from long-serving local<br />

winger Stuart Piper who said “You wake<br />

up on a Sunday morning and it’s there.<br />

Another bloody Sunday – it’s there.” Also<br />

featured heavily (literally) was Londoner<br />

Tony Banham who scored the winning<br />

try in <strong>Doncaster</strong>’s 6-3 victory over Geoff<br />

Fletcher’s Huyton team in the last game of<br />

the season at Tattersfield, the Dons home<br />

ground.<br />

The programme is still available on YouTube<br />

and makes grim watching at times - training<br />

in virtual darkness, a dilapidated stadium,<br />

tiny changing rooms with communal baths<br />

and defeat after defeat after defeat.<br />

The celebrations after the Dons finally got<br />

a win were something else, though, as was<br />

the warmth, comradeship and loyalty of the<br />

team and its faithful band of supporters.<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> joined the league in 1951 along<br />

with Cardiff who only lasted one season.<br />

Despite a respectable 11th place finish in<br />

the league, which consisted of all 31 clubs,<br />

life was a struggle for the Dons until the<br />

1990s.<br />

Starting off with a 10-3 win over Wakefield<br />

Trinity at the <strong>Doncaster</strong> Greyhound<br />

Stadium in front of a crowd of seven and<br />

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Money troubles were never<br />

far away however and new<br />

owner John Wright had<br />

to rescue the club in 1991<br />

before announcing in 1997<br />

that the club would have<br />

to be liquidated unless<br />

new owners were found<br />

who arrived in the shape<br />

of Shane Miller and Craig<br />

Harrison.<br />

In 2007 the club moved to<br />

the new Keepmoat Stadium<br />

on the edge of town and<br />

dropped their short lived<br />

‘Lakers’ moniker to be<br />

known as the Dons again.<br />

a half thousand the Dons<br />

moved to a new stadium<br />

on Bentley Road in 1953,<br />

which was later renamed<br />

Tattersfield in honour<br />

of former chairman Len<br />

Tattersfield.<br />

Success was elusive,<br />

however. Between 1956<br />

and 1961 <strong>Doncaster</strong> were<br />

bottom of the league every<br />

year, in the bottom three<br />

between 1963 and 1968<br />

and only twice out of the<br />

bottom three between 1970<br />

and 1985.<br />

The appointment of<br />

former Great Britain<br />

international Tony Fisher -<br />

a tough uncompromising<br />

Welshman - as coach<br />

heralded happier times in<br />

the 1990s. Promotion from<br />

Division 2 was achieved in<br />

the 1993/4 season when<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> finished second<br />

behind Workington Town.<br />

Overseas players such<br />

as Jamie Bloem (who<br />

later became a referee),<br />

Vila Matautia and Sonny<br />

Whakarau and stalwarts like<br />

Audley Pennant, Tony Miller<br />

and Robert ‘Rocky’ Turner<br />

formed the backbone of<br />

the team.<br />

A sensational start in the<br />

top division with wins over<br />

St Helens, Widnes and<br />

Wakefield Trinity saw the<br />

Dons briefly on top of the<br />

league. Sadly it did not<br />

last and <strong>Doncaster</strong> finished<br />

their only season in the top<br />

flight at the bottom, their<br />

last win coming against<br />

Hull on 15 January (winter<br />

rugby league in those days,<br />

of course).<br />

Relegation and liquidation<br />

followed but the club<br />

reformed as the <strong>Doncaster</strong><br />

Dragons in the bottom tier<br />

of the league in 1995/6.<br />

Tattersfield had been sold<br />

for housing and the club<br />

moved to the Meadow<br />

Court Greyhound Stadium<br />

then later shared the Belle<br />

Vue stadium with <strong>Doncaster</strong><br />

Rovers FC.<br />

After St John Ellis became<br />

coach in 1999 the club<br />

began to prosper again.<br />

Playing a tough, aggressive,<br />

physical style, their ground<br />

was referred to as “the<br />

House of Pain” by Ellis an<br />

ebullient larger than life<br />

character who sadly died<br />

all too soon on New Years’<br />

Eve 1995.<br />

With the legendary<br />

Ellery Hanley at the helm,<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> (with a young<br />

Luke Gale at scrum half)<br />

won the 2008 National<br />

League 2 play off final<br />

18-10 against Oldham at<br />

Warrington’s Halliwell Jones<br />

Stadium to earn promotion<br />

to the game’s second<br />

tier. Unfortunately Hanley<br />

resigned shortly after citing<br />

financial constraints and the<br />

club were relegated back<br />

to the third tier the next<br />

season.<br />

History repeated itself in<br />

2012 when player coach<br />

Paul Cooke led the Dons<br />

to another play-off victory<br />

in Warrington, 16-13 against<br />

Barrow, as well as winning<br />

the League Leaders Shield.<br />

Now back in the third tier<br />

and owned by the town’s<br />

football club, <strong>Doncaster</strong> are<br />

looking to newly-appointed<br />

coach Richard Horne to<br />

guide the club to better<br />

times ahead - a far cry from<br />

the days of “Another Bloody<br />

Sunday”. The Documentary<br />

is available on YouTube:<br />

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8<br />

ALL GOLDS vs. DONCASTER<br />

MATCH PREVIEW<br />

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON<br />

On the back of last week’s memorable game against<br />

Toronto, the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> face another tough test on<br />

Sunday, as we come up against <strong>Doncaster</strong> in our<br />

last game of the regular season.<br />

While the result didn’t go in our favour, the Golden<br />

Fern put up a real fight, even managing to come<br />

away with two impressive tries. It was the defensive<br />

performance, however, that really caught the eye, as<br />

we held the Toronto attack up over the line on seven<br />

occasions throughout the game.<br />

There were plenty of positives to take away and<br />

coach Lee Greenwood said that the game, as well<br />

as the whole trip, was a huge success: “I’m massively<br />

proud of every single player. To come out here was<br />

always going to be tough but the guys dug in and<br />

did themselves proud. We defended a fair few sets<br />

on our own line and kept them out which I haven’t<br />

seen many teams do.<br />

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“We scored two tries and could have had a<br />

couple more. It was disappointing to concede<br />

that one late on but things like that can happen.<br />

“We’re a young, inexperienced side so to come<br />

here and face players who have played at the<br />

very highest level will be a big learning curve for<br />

our players. We had some really good spells in<br />

the game and played right to the full time hooter<br />

so as a coach you can’t ask for more.<br />

“The players have embraced Canada and had a<br />

great time. We had a trip to Niagara Falls and<br />

saw a Blue Jays game. To play in front of such a<br />

big crowd is great. Toronto are a very good side<br />

and you’d expect them to be up at the top end<br />

of the Championship next season.<br />

“We suffered plenty of injuries during the game<br />

which wasn’t great. We’ll be hoping some of<br />

the players who came off might be available for<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> but we’ll have to wait and see.”<br />

The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> have yet to lose three consecutive<br />

matches this season and Lee Greenwood has<br />

plenty of selection options before he names his<br />

19-man squad for the game.<br />

Harry Kidd, Brad Kislingbury and Ben Stead are<br />

still unavailable despite finishing their World Cup<br />

duties with England Students on Friday. There’s<br />

still no certainty surrounding Alex Gaskell’s ankle<br />

injury sustained against Toronto, but Courtney<br />

Davies and Chris Barlow could be back in<br />

contention after missing out last week due to<br />

concussion and a leg injury respectively. Brad<br />

Hargreaves and Kadeem Williams could also<br />

feature after missing the trip to Canada due to<br />

work commitments.<br />

The Dons come into the game on the back of<br />

convincing wins over South Wales and Oxford in<br />

the past two weeks, with their 70-12 thrashing of<br />

the Ironmen being their second biggest<br />

win of the season. There’s no place in Richard<br />

Horne’s squad for former <strong>All</strong> Gold Jason<br />

Muranka, while they are also without Tom Carr,<br />

Jason Tali, Jordan Howden, Russ Spiers and Zac<br />

Braham.<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> squad: Aaron Jones-Bishop, Liam<br />

Welham, Sam Doherty, Jordie Hedges, Mark<br />

Castle, Kyle Kesik, Iafeta Palea’aesina, Peter<br />

Green, Charlie Martin, Connor Scott, Jack Miller,<br />

Ryan Wright, Mike Kelly, Kieran Cross, Louis<br />

Sheriff, Jamie Thackray, Reece Dean, Makali Aizue,<br />

Brad England<br />

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TODAY’S OPPONENTS<br />

DONCASTER RLFC<br />

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON<br />

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FORM<br />

Richard Horne will be looking for his third<br />

win since he took over as head coach last<br />

month. The Dons come into the game on the<br />

back of convincing wins over South Wales<br />

and Oxford in the past two weeks, with their<br />

70-12 thrashing of the Ironmen being their<br />

second biggest win of the season. Not too<br />

long ago they also managed to grab an<br />

impressive draw against Barrow, becoming<br />

only the second team, after Toronto, not to<br />

be defeated by the Cumbrian outfit. Recent<br />

losses to Whitehaven and Newcastle are the<br />

only worries for <strong>Doncaster</strong>, but they seem<br />

to have shrugged those poor performances<br />

off and will come to the Prince of Wales in<br />

confident mood.<br />

BACKS<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> have an explosive backline, with<br />

a good mix of pace, power and experience.<br />

Papua New Guinea centre Jason Tali is their<br />

biggest threat out wide, with his stocky<br />

build and burst of speed regularly troubling<br />

defences. Outside him is experienced<br />

three-quarter Richie Barnett who is a very<br />

competent finisher, as is Sam Doherty on<br />

the opposite flank.<br />

There’s plenty of depth in the halves, with<br />

Jack Miller forming good combinations<br />

with former South Sydney Rabbitoh, Jordie<br />

Hedges, and the recently-signed Reece<br />

Dean. Dean can also fill-in at fullback, but<br />

Tom Carr and former Hull KR junior Louis<br />

Sheriff are much more established in<br />

that position. The club also have a dualregistration<br />

agreement with Hull FC which<br />

could see Super League player Jack Logan<br />

line up in the centres.<br />

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FORWARDS<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> have one of the biggest forwards<br />

packs in League 1. Iafeta Palea’aesina and Zac<br />

Braham are the heaviest hitters and will be<br />

regularly rotated to ensure the Dons always<br />

have a big impact going forward. This system<br />

was very effective when we faced them in the<br />

Challenge Cup in March. Just as effective on<br />

that day was hooker Kieran Cross, who scored<br />

four tries, but it’s likely he’ll miss out if club<br />

captain Kyle Kesik is selected.<br />

Elsewhere up front, Richard Horne has a very<br />

versatile back row at his disposal, with Charlie<br />

Martin, and former <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> Brad England<br />

and Jason Muranka all capable of playing<br />

in the middle or in a wider role. Seasoned<br />

campaigners Jamie Thackray and Makali<br />

Aizue inject experience into the side, while the<br />

dual registration deal with Hull again bears<br />

fruit in the shape of young second rower Jack<br />

Downs.<br />

Tom Carr<br />

Aaron Jones-Bishop<br />

Liam Welham<br />

Jason Tali<br />

Sam Doherty<br />

Jordan Howden<br />

Jordie Hedges<br />

Mark Castle<br />

Kyle Kesik<br />

Iafeta Palea’aesina<br />

Peter Green<br />

Jason Muranka<br />

Charlie Martin<br />

Connor Scott<br />

Jack Miller<br />

SQUAD<br />

Russ Spiers<br />

Ryan Wright<br />

Mike Kelly<br />

Zac Braham<br />

Kieran Cross<br />

Louis Sheriff<br />

Jamie Thackray<br />

Richie Barnett<br />

Chris Heil<br />

Reece Dean<br />

Makali Aizue<br />

Brad England<br />

Jack Downs (DR)<br />

Jack Logan (DR)<br />

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STAR MAN<br />

ONE TO WATCH<br />

Scrum-half Jack Miller only joined in October,<br />

but has already made a big impact at the<br />

Keepmoat. The Huddersfield Giants Academy<br />

graduate arrived with plenty of pedigree,<br />

after two stellar seasons with Queanbeyan<br />

Kangaroos in the Canberra Raiders Cup in<br />

Australia. He even won the Les McIntyre Medal<br />

in 2015, which is awarded to the competition’s<br />

player of the year.<br />

His game time at Huddersfield was limited,<br />

with the likes of Danny Brough, Luke Robinson<br />

and former Don Kyle Wood never allowing<br />

him a first team opportunity. He made just the<br />

one senior appearance, kicking a conversion in<br />

the 58-6 loss to Bradford at Odsal when coach<br />

Paul Anderson rested most of his first team for<br />

the Challenge Cup final the following week.<br />

His organisation skills are the main strength in<br />

his game, with the rest of the team playing off<br />

the back of him. His kicking game is also really<br />

strong, while he also possesses great technical<br />

ability. The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> defence will need to close<br />

him down early to stop him dictating the<br />

<strong>Doncaster</strong> attack.<br />

Despite being only 24-years-of-age, Charlie<br />

Martin has already experienced Rugby League<br />

at all three levels in Britain. A powerful back rower,<br />

Martin started out at Castleford Tigers, making six<br />

senior appearances before moving on to Batley in<br />

2014. After a successful season at the Bulldogs, he<br />

tried his hand in the other code with Huddersfield<br />

RU but soon switched back to have spells with<br />

Hunslet and Keighley before joining <strong>Doncaster</strong> for<br />

<strong>2017</strong>.<br />

While he possesses great size and strength, it’s his<br />

deceptive speed and agility that make him a really<br />

rounded player. He can hit good lines at pace and<br />

compete with the big men in the middle, while<br />

also causing problems running out wide with his<br />

quick direction changes. His defence is solid as<br />

well and he hits hard, so it’s really a wonder why he<br />

isn’t playing at a higher level.<br />

STATS<br />

HIGHEST SCORE:<br />

96-0 v Highfield, 20/3/94<br />

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST:<br />

4-90 v Widnes, 10/6/2007<br />

MOST APPEARANCES:<br />

327 – Audley Pennant 1980-83; 1985-97<br />

HIGHEST POINT SCORER:<br />

1751 – David Noble 1976-77; 1980-89; 1992<br />

HIGHEST TRY SCORER:<br />

112 – Mark Roache 1985-97<br />

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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

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OXFORD<br />

BAGGED<br />

ALL GOLDS 38-10 OXFORD<br />

SUNDAY 25 JUNE <strong>2017</strong><br />

PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM<br />

After their big win against Hemel Stags, the<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> approached their game with Oxford<br />

with confidence but after an hour’s slightly<br />

uninspiring play, the sides were locked at 10-10.<br />

Not for the first time Steve Parry inspired his<br />

side with a vital contribution. Just minutes after<br />

Harvey Burnett had levelled the scores, his flat<br />

pass sent Harrison Elliott crashing over under<br />

the posts and from then on, the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> were<br />

in charge.<br />

Mo Agoro had first given the home side the<br />

lead in the second minute scoring from a<br />

Davies cross-kick but former <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> Marcus<br />

Brooker and Casey Canterbury had crossed<br />

for undonverted tries to edge the visitors in<br />

front.<br />

Lewis Reece had marked his 50th <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />

game with a spell in the sin-bin but Oxford<br />

failed to take advantage and on his return,<br />

the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> captain burrowed over for a try,<br />

Courtney Davies goalling for a 10-8 lead at the<br />

break.<br />

Once Elliott’s score had broken Oxford’s<br />

resistance, the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> made hay against a<br />

tiring side that had used their bench and had<br />

only 14 or 15 fit men available. Parry scored<br />

again before Chris Barlow trotted over in the<br />

corner and James Walter marked his 50th <strong>All</strong><br />

<strong>Golds</strong> appearance with a touchdown.<br />

Billy Brickhill finished the scoring with a superb<br />

team try created by powerful forward surges<br />

and slick hands.<br />

It was all a bit reminiscent of the Keighley<br />

game way back at the start of the season and<br />

another all-too-rare glimpse of what the team<br />

is capable of.<br />

ALL GOLDS: Phil Cowburn; Mo Agoro (t),<br />

Lewis Reece, Brad Kislingbury, Chris Barlow<br />

(t); Courtney Davies (5g), Jack Mitchell;<br />

James Walter (t), Steve Parry (2t), Harry Kidd;<br />

Chris Worrall, Joe McClean; Harrison Elliott<br />

(t); INTERCHANGE: Billy Brickhill (t), Brad<br />

Hargreaves, Malikhi Lloyd-Jones, Richard Jones<br />

RAIDERS<br />

MARCH ON<br />

BARROW 36-6 <strong>All</strong> GOLDS<br />

SATURDAY 1 JULY <strong>2017</strong><br />

CRAVAN PARK<br />

The first of two tough away trips against two<br />

of the top three sides in League 1 resulted in a<br />

30-point loss and a couple of injury worries to<br />

take into the long trip to Toronto.<br />

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Three Barrow tries in the opening ten minutes<br />

and two in the last ten gave the scoreline a<br />

lopsided look but the promotion-chasing<br />

Raiders were always in control.<br />

Head coach Lee Greenwood lamented the flat<br />

performance by his side on their fourth trip to<br />

Cumbria this season: “Credit to Barrow they<br />

were very good. In spells we looked dangerous<br />

but we came up with too many errors in<br />

possession,” he said.<br />

“Its hard enough coming up here but we gifted<br />

Barrow far too much field position and they<br />

punished us.<br />

“Conditions were awful so it didn’t make for<br />

a great game. We were well beaten and will<br />

work hard in training ahead of Toronto.”<br />

Barrow rattled off over a point a minute in the<br />

early stages with tries from Martin Aspinwall,<br />

Dec Hulme and Shane Toal and a Lewis<br />

Charnock goal with the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ only reply<br />

coming from a Jack Mitchell try converted by<br />

Courtney Davies.<br />

A second try from Toal and a Charnock<br />

penalty after the half time hooter made the<br />

interval score 20-6.<br />

A Nathan Mossop touchdown was the only<br />

score of the half until the final ten minutes<br />

when Hulme and Ryan Fieldhouse went over<br />

to keep the Raiders on the heels of the top two.<br />

ALL GOLDS: Jack Mitchell (t); Mo Agoro, Phil<br />

Cowburn, Lewis Reece, Chris Barlow; Courtney<br />

Davies (g), Danny Fallon; James Walter,<br />

Steve Parry, Harrison Elliott; Chris Worrall,<br />

Joe McClean; Billy Brickhill; INTERCHANGE:<br />

Shaun Owens, Brad Hargreaves, Malikhi Lloyd-<br />

Jones, Richard Jones<br />

ALL GOLDS PRIDE<br />

IN DEFEAT<br />

TORONTO 62 ALL GOLDS 10<br />

SATURDAY 8 JULY <strong>2017</strong><br />

LAMPORT STADIUM<br />

With Courtney Davies left at home injured and<br />

Chris Barlow failing a fitness test, coach Lee<br />

Greenwood gave Errol Carter his <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />

debut and Shaun Owens his first start after<br />

the half back debuted against Barrow. He was<br />

also able to select Alex Gaskell for the first time<br />

since late March.<br />

But the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> could hold their heads high<br />

after a committed performance which saw<br />

them battle hard for the full 80 minutes and<br />

score two tries, the second from Lewis Reece<br />

worthy of a place on any highlights reel after<br />

Joe McClean shrugged off two tackles in a<br />

40 metre surge before finding Luke Stephens<br />

in support, Reece looming at the youngster’s<br />

shoulder for the scoring pass.<br />

The Wolfpack continued their seemingly<br />

unstoppable march to the Championship with<br />

their 14th straight league victory achieved<br />

in the manner of many others by powerful<br />

forwards and exciting backs finishing clinically.<br />

Their 11 tries were shared between ten players<br />

but they could perhaps have had half a dozen<br />

more as time and again superb goalline<br />

defence from the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> prevented the<br />

Wolfpack from adding to their tally.<br />

Steve Parry had scored for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> in the<br />

first half but there were injuries to Danny Fallon<br />

and the luckless Gaskell to contend with as the<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> battled hard, making the Wolfpack<br />

work for their points.<br />

Despite the defeat it was a great day for the<br />

club who fully embraced the adventure of<br />

a game across the Atlantic and created a<br />

positive impression both on and off the field.<br />

ALL GOLDS: Jack Mitchell (g); Mo Agoro, Phil<br />

Cowburn, Lewis Reece (t), Errol Carter; Shaun<br />

Owens, Danny Fallon; James Walter, Steve<br />

Parry (t), Harrison Elliott; Chris Worrall, Joe<br />

McClean; Billy Brickhill; INTERCHANGE: Luke<br />

Stephens, Alex Gaskell, Malikhi Lloyd-Jones,<br />

Richard Jones<br />

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FANTASTIC<br />

16<br />

Cowburn<br />

McClean<br />

In our last home game against<br />

Oxford, Lewis Reece and James<br />

Walter became the sixth and<br />

seventh players to join the<br />

Golden Fern’s Fantastic 50 club.<br />

The members are:<br />

Phil Cowburn (101 appearances),<br />

Joe McClean (83), Steve Parry<br />

(81), Ollie Purslow (64), Matt<br />

Bradley (56), Lewis Reece (52),<br />

James Walter (52).<br />

Who will be next?<br />

Bradley<br />

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50 CLUB<br />

Parry<br />

Purslow<br />

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Reece<br />

Walter<br />

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FLAME OF THE WEST<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

18<br />

Following the half time break at the end of<br />

June, the West of England league got back<br />

into action a fortnight ago with big wins for<br />

the top two sides in both Pool 1 and Pool 2.<br />

In Pool 1, Cheltenham Phoenix maintained<br />

their 100% record with a 56-26 victory over<br />

winless Swindon St George A while Forest<br />

Bulldogs edged an exciting free-flowing<br />

encounter with Gloucestershire Warriors 60-<br />

44.<br />

The following week, the Phoenix beat the<br />

Warriors 58-26 to virtually assure themselves<br />

of a top four place while Somerset Vikings<br />

narrowly beat Swindon’s second string 34-32<br />

in a thriller at Supermarine.<br />

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Elsewhere, there was not good news as,<br />

according to a Facebook posting, it looks<br />

as though Bath & Wiltshire Romans have<br />

withdrawn from the competition having been<br />

unable to raise a side for their last four games.<br />

Their last match was a narrow 30-26 defeat<br />

by the Warriors last month and with injuries<br />

coupled with the usual holidays and stag do’s<br />

hitting player availability, they were finding it<br />

increasingly difficult to put together a side.<br />

There was also the small manner of a second,<br />

breakaway, club emerging this year (Bath<br />

RL) which has inevitably drained resources<br />

despite hopes to the contrary at the start of<br />

the season.<br />

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third, travel to second-placed Forest<br />

Bulldogs knowing that a defeat could allow<br />

Gloucestershire Warriors to sneak past them.<br />

The Warriors take on Swindon St George A<br />

at Cryptians looking for their first win at the<br />

venue but will be wary of a side desperate for<br />

their first win of the season.<br />

The Romans intend to rejoin the competition<br />

in 2018 and we all hope that the 2015<br />

champions are able to come back stronger<br />

to take their place in what is likely to be a<br />

revamped competition.<br />

Pool 2 is becoming increasingly competitive<br />

with Swindon St George consolidating their<br />

position at the top of the table with wins over<br />

Southampton Spitfires (38-28) and Bath RL<br />

(84-4).<br />

In Pool 2, the leaders Swindon St George<br />

travel to Oxford Cavaliers to face a side much<br />

improved from the team that lost 36-28 at<br />

Swindon in early June. St George were well in<br />

control of that game before a late comeback<br />

jangled the nerves somewhat.<br />

Bristol Sonics host Portsmouth in what<br />

should be a close contest while Bath RL<br />

will look to put last weekend’s thrashing by<br />

Swindon behind them against Southampton,<br />

though it will mean a reversal of a 62-10<br />

pounding they took in Hampshire last month.<br />

Hot on their heels are Oxford Cavaliers and<br />

Bristol Sonics who both made slow starts to<br />

the season but are finding form at the right<br />

time. The Sonics edged a tight midweek<br />

encounter with Bath 38-34 before going<br />

down 44-24 to the Cavaliers who then<br />

trounced Portsmouth 56-24 away from<br />

home.<br />

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This week’s fixtures see the focus on the<br />

battle for third and fourth place in Pool 1<br />

where Somerset Vikings, currently lying<br />

Pool 1 FIXTURES<br />

Forest Bulldogs vs Somerset Vikings<br />

Gloucestershire Warriors vs Swindon St George A<br />

Pool 2 FIXTURES<br />

Bath RL vs Southampton Spitfires<br />

Bristol Sonics vs Portsmouth Navy Seahawks<br />

Oxford Cavaliers vs Swindon St George<br />

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100 NOT OUT<br />

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />

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In stepping onto the Craven Park pitch on<br />

Saturday 1 July, Phil Cowburn became the first<br />

<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> player to reach 100 appearances for<br />

the club.<br />

When a 19-year-old Phil Cowburn headed to<br />

the West Country to study at Hartpury College<br />

along with his good friends Matt Bradley and<br />

Callum Mulkeen, he could hardly have envisaged<br />

being the first player to notch up a century of<br />

appearances for a local professional side.<br />

On reaching the unique milestone, he said: “It’s<br />

been a long, hard journey, the first game back in<br />

2013 seems ages ago. To be the first <strong>All</strong> Gold to<br />

reach 100 appearances is a big honour for me.”<br />

Although Phil’s club rugby was in the 15-a-side<br />

game he was no stranger to rugby league having<br />

played the game at school. He continued at<br />

Hopwood Hall College - North West champion<br />

college at the time - and for England Colleges<br />

in the Under 18s European Cup in the Czech<br />

Republic.<br />

Deep in the heartland of rugby union, it seemed<br />

unlikely that a rugby league career would<br />

blossom but, after a chance meeting with<br />

Steve Lee, then head coach at Gloucestershire<br />

Warriors, Phil’s destiny changed.<br />

Along with Matt and Callum, Phil was an integral<br />

part of the Warriors side that lost just once in the<br />

summer of 2011 winning the West of England<br />

title and reaching the semi final of the national<br />

Harry Jepson Trophy. Phil was a massive hit<br />

with the Warriors, scoring eight tries in just four<br />

matches for the side, including four on his debut<br />

against Bristol Sonics.<br />

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Sticking together, the three<br />

friends all transferred to the<br />

University of Gloucestershire<br />

on rugby league scholarships<br />

in 2011, playing for the BUCS<br />

side for two years before all<br />

three made their professional<br />

debuts for the senior <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />

side in their debut season as a<br />

League 1 club.<br />

Phil showed the toughness<br />

and durability he is renowned<br />

for by being an ever-present<br />

in the BUCS side of 2012<br />

that secured the national<br />

championship and was<br />

instrumental in their Challenge<br />

Cup win over Rochdale<br />

Mayfield, scoring twice in a 33-<br />

14 win. It is no surprise to learn<br />

that in his record-making run,<br />

Phil has missed just 11 games<br />

for the Golden Fern.<br />

He has also amassed 41 tries,<br />

including a hat-trick against<br />

Coventry Bears in 2016, and<br />

seven goals, earning himself a<br />

reputation as being one of the<br />

best finishers in the division.<br />

Having literally kicked off<br />

the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ rugby league<br />

adventure in their first game<br />

against Hemel Stags, Phil has<br />

been happy to re-sign each<br />

season and has played under<br />

three coaches at the club in<br />

Brad Hepi, Steve McCormack<br />

and, present incumbent, Lee<br />

Greenwood.<br />

“The first game was quite a<br />

shock to be honest, a massive<br />

step up from university<br />

rugby,” he said. “It probably<br />

took us a season to get used<br />

to the speed and intensity of<br />

the professional game.<br />

“As soon as we became<br />

more experienced we started<br />

winning more games. That<br />

month in the summer of 2014<br />

was fantastic, we beat York<br />

and Hunslet, who were two<br />

of the top teams in the league<br />

then.”<br />

Paying tribute, Lee<br />

Greenwood said: “Phil has<br />

been an excellent professional<br />

during my time at the club. He<br />

has played every position in<br />

the backline and given his best<br />

in each, no questions asked. It<br />

is a great achievement for him<br />

to become the first <strong>All</strong> Gold to<br />

reach 100 appearances and<br />

it is also fantastic for the club<br />

that these personal milestones<br />

are being reached on a regular<br />

basis now.”<br />

Now in his fifth season with<br />

the club, Phil has played in<br />

every position in the backs,<br />

starting off at full back, but<br />

prefers playing at centre and<br />

he has grown from a relatively<br />

inexperienced young player<br />

into one of the senior<br />

members of the squad who<br />

can always be relied upon to<br />

give nothing less than 100%.<br />

Playing against Oldham in<br />

each of the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ first three<br />

seasons has been a highlight<br />

for Phil as he supported the<br />

Roughyeds from a young<br />

age, was a ball boy there and<br />

played in the same school<br />

teams as prop forward<br />

Michael Ward who has made<br />

over 100 appearances for the<br />

Oldham club. But there have<br />

been other highlights as Phil<br />

explains<br />

“Obviously this season has<br />

been great as well. We’ve<br />

shown what we can do by<br />

beating great teams like<br />

Keighley and Workington (Phil<br />

is much too modest to add<br />

that he scored the winning<br />

try against Workington). No<br />

one gave us a chance in those<br />

two games so to come away<br />

with the win was incredible,<br />

there’s no better feeling. I’ve<br />

really enjoyed this season,<br />

playing at centre has been<br />

great, I’ve struck up a good<br />

partnership with Mo Agoro<br />

who is the leading try scorer<br />

in the division. To be honest I’ll<br />

play wherever I’m asked but I<br />

do prefer centre.”<br />

Almost a West Country native<br />

now, Phil has the dubious<br />

privilege of being a housemate<br />

of second row forward Joe<br />

McClean in Gloucester and<br />

a near neighbour of recently<br />

returned forward Richard<br />

Jones; so what price Phil<br />

being the first to reach 150 for<br />

the Golden Fern?<br />

“I’ve loved every minute of<br />

my time at the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>,” Phil<br />

said. “Of course there have<br />

been a few heavy defeats<br />

along the way but you tend<br />

to remember the great wins<br />

more than the losses.<br />

“Rugby League is a brutal<br />

game and playing alongside<br />

your best mates makes it<br />

easier.”<br />

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Four days in Toronto<br />

WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />

put into words what greets you<br />

when you walk around the corner<br />

and see Niagara Falls for the first<br />

time. The roar is the first thing you<br />

notice as the water from the river<br />

smashes down the falls. You stand<br />

there completely transfixed on the<br />

sheer volume of water that comes<br />

spilling over the vertical drop. Back<br />

home in Wales I always enjoyed<br />

visiting Llanrhaeadr waterfall, after<br />

visiting Niagara I’m not sure I’ll be<br />

able to take the trickle of the Welsh<br />

‘waterfall’ seriously after seeing the<br />

legendary Niagara Falls!<br />

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Well what a weekend that was!<br />

Niagara Falls, Toronto Blue Jays<br />

v Houston Astros at the iconic<br />

Rogers Centre, hours of fun in<br />

downtown Toronto but best of all –<br />

the Toronto Wolfpack v <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> at<br />

the Lamport stadium on Saturday<br />

afternoon.<br />

We departed Gatwick airport at<br />

midday on Thursday afternoon.<br />

The longest flight I’d been on<br />

before this was a three hour jaunt<br />

over to Malta so I was a little<br />

concerned as to how I’d find the<br />

long trek to Canada. I don’t enjoy<br />

sitting in the same place for too<br />

long so this eight hour journey was<br />

going to be a tough one. My main<br />

problem was my inability to fall<br />

asleep. No matter how hard I tried<br />

I couldn’t get off which meant the<br />

final couple of hours of our journey<br />

were’t too much fun. After what<br />

seemed like an eternity we were<br />

pulling up at Toronto airport. The <strong>All</strong><br />

<strong>Golds</strong> had arrived!<br />

After our eight hour flight we<br />

were collected by a bus at Toronto<br />

airport. A representative from<br />

the Wolfpack accompanied us<br />

on the 45 minute journey to our<br />

accommodation and handed us<br />

bottles of water and bananas for<br />

the journey. A small gesture but a<br />

very welcome one.<br />

We were based at the York<br />

University campus, 13 miles from<br />

the city centre. Our rooms were<br />

spacious and the beds comfortable.<br />

After a fantastic meal put on by<br />

the Wolfpack we headed for bed.<br />

Everyone would be rising early on<br />

Friday morning for our final training<br />

session before the big game.<br />

The 90 minute training session<br />

went well. We were all finished by<br />

midday and had the rest of the<br />

day to ourselves. Niagara Falls is<br />

just two hours from Toronto so we<br />

decided to rent a few vehicles and<br />

get on the road. My map reading<br />

skills aren’t the best and for some<br />

inexplicable reason I was handed<br />

the responsibility of sitting in the<br />

passenger seat and guiding our<br />

driver to the Falls. <strong>All</strong> was going<br />

well for about 30 seconds until I<br />

told him to turn off the motorway<br />

and drive in the wrong direction.<br />

After that initial mishap we made<br />

smooth progress and parked up<br />

right next to the Falls. It’s hard to<br />

On the way back we noticed that<br />

the Blue Jays – Toronto’s baseball<br />

team – were playing at the Rogers<br />

Centre. We queued for tickets and<br />

noticed that the home town team<br />

were already 9-0 down! With the<br />

game as good as over we were<br />

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told by some upset Blue Jays fans<br />

to save our money and not bother<br />

buying tickets but we’d come this<br />

far, we weren’t about to back down<br />

now. The Rogers Centre is a huge<br />

stadium and, like every other sport<br />

in the city, well supported by the<br />

Toronto natives. Baseball is the<br />

polar opposite to rugby league –<br />

slow and far less intense – but I can<br />

see the appeal. It’s nice to be able<br />

to just sit there and watch with a<br />

beer in hand.<br />

Saturday was game day – the day<br />

we’d been looking forward to for<br />

months. Toronto Wolfpack are a<br />

full-time team with players who<br />

have played at the very top of the<br />

rugby league tree. Our team was<br />

packed full of youngsters who train<br />

twice a week. We were up against<br />

it but I was confident the players<br />

would do themselves proud. We<br />

were missing a good six or seven<br />

players with injuries or who were<br />

playing for England at the student<br />

World Cup in Australia. The players<br />

who came in were good enough<br />

though so we wouldn’t be using<br />

any excuses.<br />

In the end we were well beaten 62-<br />

10 but every single <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> player<br />

did themselves proud. A result like<br />

that is to be expected when a fulltime<br />

side of experienced Super<br />

League and NRL players face off<br />

against a team that has only been<br />

going four seasons. Our head<br />

coach was more than satisfied with<br />

the effort and desire his players<br />

showed. Unfortunately the effort<br />

came at a cost with a number of<br />

players injured during the bruising<br />

encounter. Alex Gaskell, who was<br />

playing for the first time since his<br />

leg injury in March, left the field on<br />

crutches. Phil Cowburn suffered an<br />

injury to his knee, our captain Steve<br />

Parry’s game was also cut short<br />

after his ankle gave way in the<br />

tackle. Danny Fallon had his arm<br />

in a sling and Luke Stephens, who<br />

did so well to set up Lewis Reece<br />

for our final try, had concussion.<br />

Rugby league is a brutal sport.<br />

The scenes after the full-time<br />

hooter will stay with me for a<br />

long time. It’s worth noting that<br />

in League 1 the post match<br />

etiquette is – shake hands with<br />

the opposition, walk back to the<br />

changing rooms, get changed,<br />

have a plate full of pasta then pile<br />

onto the bus home. Toronto do<br />

things a little differently. The seven<br />

thousand spectators all vacate<br />

their seats and head to the pitch<br />

side to shake hands and take<br />

selfies with the players. The fans<br />

really appreciate the effort and the<br />

players, having run their blood to<br />

water in 25 degree heat, are all too<br />

happy to pose for photographs.<br />

The most pleasing thing, from a<br />

rugby league perspective, was the<br />

number of children and women<br />

in attendance. Children are the<br />

future of our sport and you have to<br />

applaud the Wolfpack for getting<br />

so many youngsters through the<br />

gate.<br />

The fun doesn’t stop there<br />

though. At the end of the pitch<br />

the Wolfpack have installed beer<br />

tents. What better way for players<br />

and fans to mingle after the game<br />

than over a couple of cold beers<br />

and a hotdog? On Saturday I<br />

was approached by countless<br />

Wolfpack fans who wanted to buy<br />

me a beer, I think they thought<br />

I was a player! Canadians have<br />

a reputation of being friendly<br />

and polite but the guys at the<br />

Lamport Stadium really do go<br />

out of their way to make you feel<br />

welcome. I’ve been to many of<br />

the biggest sporting events in the<br />

world – Wimbledon, the Open<br />

Championship, Premier League<br />

football and Test Match cricket<br />

and I’ve never felt more welcome<br />

than I was on Saturday evening in<br />

Toronto. I’d go back in an instant if<br />

travel wasn’t such an issue.<br />

After the game the players and<br />

staff headed into town for a few<br />

well earned beers. On Sunday<br />

morning we ventured back to the<br />

city centre and enjoyed a fine meal<br />

at the harbour. Then the dread<br />

started to set in – our Canadian<br />

adventure was almost over. We<br />

made our way back to camp and<br />

packed our suitcases ready for the<br />

flight home.<br />

Rugby league is a fantastic sport<br />

and it’s heartwarming to the<br />

people who care about its future<br />

to see the Canadians have taken<br />

to it so quickly. To get over 7000<br />

people to watch what is a brand<br />

new sport is nothing short of<br />

incredible and everyone at the<br />

Wolfpack should be very proud<br />

what they’ve achieved in such a<br />

short space of time.<br />

I’d like to finish by saying thank you<br />

to the fans who came to the game.<br />

You made us feel so welcome<br />

and all the players and staff were<br />

blown away by your generosity<br />

and warmth. Rugby league is the<br />

greatest game of them all, you’re<br />

in for quite a journey with the<br />

Wolfpack. I hope our paths cross<br />

again one day.<br />

23<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 (L1CupR1) 12-48 GASKELL 1T AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 2T BARLOW STEAD 1G<br />

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

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

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

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

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

Sun Apr 2 14:30 A Workington Town (L1CupQF) 22-30 MITCHELL AGORO WILLIAMS COWBURN 2T BARLOW 1T FALLON<br />

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

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

Sun April 30 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (L1CupSF) 28-37 MITCHELL AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 2T WARD<br />

Sun May 7 15:00 H York City Knights (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 10-56 NIELD AGORO COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW WARD 2G<br />

Sun May 14 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 36-28 MITCHELL AGORO 1T NIELD KISLINGBURY BARLOW STEAD 6G<br />

Sun May 21 15:00 A Coventry Bears (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 18-26 MITCHELL 1T AGORO 1T NIELD 1T KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 1T STEAD 3G<br />

Sun Jun 4 15:00 H Newcastle Thunder (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 10-56 MITCHELL AGORO WILLIAMS KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T STEAD 1G<br />

Sun Jun 11 14:00 A Whitehaven (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 62-6 MITCHELL AGORO 1T NIELD KISLINGBURY BARLOW DAVIES 1G<br />

Sun Jun 18 14:00 A Hemel Stags (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 20-32 NIELD AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T DAVIES 4G<br />

Sun Jun 25 15:00 H Oxford (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 38-10 COWBURN AGORO 1T REECE KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T DAVIES 5G<br />

Sat Jul 1 18:30 A Barrow Raiders (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 36-6 MITCHELL 1T AGORO COWBURN REECE BARLOW DAVIES 1G<br />

Sat Jul 8 12:00 A Toronto Wolfpack (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 62-10 MITCHELL 1G AGORO COWBURN REECE 1T CARTER OWENS<br />

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

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

LCC = Ladbrokes Challenge Cup | L1Cup = 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 />

HYDE 2G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 1T KIDD 1T WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL FALLON O’KEEFFE ELLIOTT LLOYD-JONES<br />

HYDE PURSLOW PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT O’KEEFFE McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL REECE KIDD LLOYD-JONES<br />

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) WALTER REECE 2T McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL 1T ELLIOTT LLOYD-JONES KIDD 2T<br />

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) WALTER REECE McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL HARGREAVES ELLIOTT KIDD<br />

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) ELLIOTT REECE WORRALL BRICKHILL WARD HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES KIDD 1T<br />

PARRY (C) PURSLOW BRICKHILL KIDD REECE McCLEAN WORRALL HARGREAVES ELLIOTT LLOYD-JONES STEPHENS<br />

MITCHELL 1T WALTER PARRY (C) 2T KIDD 1T WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL STEPHENS HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES<br />

MITCHELL WALTER 1T PARRY (C) 2T KIDD WORRALL McCLEAN ELLIOTT 1T BRICKHILL 1T HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES<br />

FALLON ELLIOTT PARRY (C) WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL OWENS HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES<br />

FALLON ELLIOTT PARRY (C) 1T WALTER WORRALL MCCLEAN BRICKHILL GASKELL STEPHENS JONES LLOYD-JONES<br />

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ALL GOLDS<br />

HEAD COACH:<br />

LEE GREENWOOD<br />

DONCASTER<br />

HEAD COACH:<br />

GARY THORNTON<br />

26<br />

MO AGORO<br />

CHRIS BARLOW<br />

BILLY BRICKHILL<br />

ERROL CARTER<br />

PHIL COWBURN<br />

HARRISON ELLIOTT<br />

DANIEL FALLON<br />

RICHARD JONES<br />

MALIKHI LLOYD-JONES<br />

JOE McCLEAN<br />

JACK MITCHELL<br />

SHAUN OWENS<br />

STEVE PARRY (C)<br />

OLIVER PURSLOW<br />

LEWIS REECE<br />

JAMES WALTER<br />

KADEEM WILLIAMS<br />

CHRIS WORRALL<br />

AARON JONES BISHOP<br />

LIAM WELHAM<br />

SAM DOHERTY<br />

JORDIE HEDGES<br />

LAFETA PALEAAESINA<br />

MARK CASTLE<br />

JASON MURANKA<br />

CHARLES MARTIN<br />

CONNOR SCOTT<br />

JACK MILLER<br />

MICHAEL KELLY<br />

RYAN WRIGHT<br />

KIERAN CROSS<br />

LOUIS SHERIFF<br />

JAMIE THACKRAY<br />

PETER GREEN<br />

REECE DEAN<br />

MAKALI AIZUE<br />

BRADLEY ENGLAND<br />

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TOUCH JUDGES: E. MCCARTHY, C. WORSLEY | M COM: A. BARNBY<br />

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