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CONTENTS AND INFO 

04 WELCOME 

06 THE RUGBY LEAGUE ATLAS 

08 BEARS PREVIEW 

10 CLUB DIRECTORY 

12 TODAY’S OPPONENTS 

14 ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS 

16 FLAME OF THE WEST 

18 WEST OF ENGLAND LIONHEARTS 

22 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

24 SQUAD LINE-UPs 

CLUB INFORMATION 

UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS 

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THE RUGBY 

LEAGUE 

ATLAS 

08 

BEARS 

PREVIEW 

14 

MATCH 

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WELCOME TO 

THE ALL GOLD 

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON 

4 

Welcome to this issue of 

the All Gold. It has certainly 

been a busy week since we 

played so well against the 

Crusaders. 

Just prior to the Crusaders 

match, the news broke 

that our Head coach Lee 

Greenwood would be 

leaving at the end of the 

season. Lee has been with 

us since 2015 and he has 

put his mark on the club 

as it makes its way in the 

professional game. 

He can certainly look back 

with pride at the work 

he has done in instilling 

values throughout the 

organisation and his 

services will no doubt be in 

demand in the future. 

Former Parramatta and 

Wigan coach John Monie 

always used to say that a 

coach’s life at a club was 

three years and while there 

are obvious exceptions 

(Arsene Wenger and Sir 

Alex Ferguson to name 

but two) Lee has clearly 

felt that he has given all he 

could to set the club in the 

right direction in his three 

years at the helm. 

Lee has put in the mileage 

(literally) travelling the 

motorway to and from 

Yorkshire and with a young 

family to consider, he felt 

the time is right to seek 

opportunities closer to 

home. 

The All Golds have much to 

thank Lee for and we wish 

him every success in the 

future 

The players rewarded him 

with a performance against 

the Crusaders but these 

have been all too rare. The 

demolition of Keighley at 

the start of the season 

seemed to be the herald of 

a brighter 2017 but there 

have been too few repeats 

of that performance. The 

club has, though achieved 

a record 10 wins during 

the season and, with five 

games still to play, ought 

to increase that tally before 

season’s end. 

Lee has been a positive 

advocate for links with 

the community game and 

though it is not as strong or 

robust as that in the north 

it is an important element 

in the growth of the All 

Golds as a professional 

club. 

In this issue of the 

All Gold, we have an 

interesting reflection from 

George Cowburn on the 

geographic spread of the 

game over its 122 years and 

a preview of the West of 

England Finals which take 

place this Saturday. 

The Gloucestershire 

Warriors take on Swindon 

St George’s reserve side 

in the Plate Final while 

Oxford Cavaliers (who 

beat Cheltenham Phoenix 

in their semi final) take on 

Swindon’s first team. Good 

luck to all involved. 

As usual it is thanks to all 

our contributors and to 

Craig at Craig Paul Design 

for crafting the disparate 

parts into a coherent 

whole. 

I hope you enjoy our 

offering and here’s hoping 

that the boys can carry 

last week’s form into this 

weekend’s game. 

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THE RUGBY 

LEAGUE ATLAS 

WRITTEN BY GEORGE COWBURN 

6 When the Northern Union broke away from 

the RFU in 1895 it was, as the name implies, 

purely a northern organisation. 

All the 22 founder clubs were from Lancashire, 

Yorkshire and Cheshire, seven of whom are no 

longer with us, namely Manningham – who 

were the first winners of the league and later 

became Bradford City association football club 

– Runcorn, Brighouse, Tyldesley, Liversedge, 

Stockport and Broughton Rangers. 

Quite early on, efforts were made to break 

out of the northern boundaries and in 1908 

there were six teams from South Wales in the 

Northern Union, enough to form a small Welsh 

league within the organisation. 

Merthyr and Ebbw Vale were the first to join 

in 1907 followed by Mid Rhondda, Treherbert, 

Barry and Aberdare in 1908. 

Sadly, by the end of the 1912, season all had 

gone. A perceived lack of support from up 

north, lack of funds and the ability of the RFU 

to turn a blind eye to remaining Welsh clubs 

paying their players spelt the end of expansion 

in Wales at the time. 

It is not the first time our opponents today, 

Coventry Bears, have had a rugby league club 

in their city either. 

In 1910 Coventry joined the Northern Union. 

Based at the Old Bull Fields (locally known 

as ‘the Butts’) they bumped along around the 

bottom of the league for three seasons, giving 

up the ghost after the 1912 season when they 

finished last with no wins and just one draw in 

27 matches. 

Their only claim to fame was the one 

international cap won by their player J Tomes. 

Starved of success and money the club 

collapsed after 1912 and later reformed as a RU 

club who now play alongside the Bears at the 

Butts Arena. 



Further efforts in Wales 

(Pontypridd in 1927 and 1928 

plus Cardiff in 1951) came to 

nought but in the 1930s an 

attempt was first made to 

establish the game in London 

following the success of the 

Challenge Cup Final which had 

moved to the capital in 1929. 

Wigan Highfield moved to 

London for the 1934 season to 

be known as London Highfield. 

Despite a respectable mid 

table finish they only lasted one 

season, returning north and 

reforming as Liverpool Stanley. 

Businessman and Greyhound 

Stadium owner Sydney Parkes 

dipped his toe in the water in 

1935 when the Streatham and 

Mitcham club was founded 

along with the Acton and 

Willesden club. Acton were 

“one season wonders” and 

Streatham barely lasted much 

longer, disbanding after 26 

games of their second season. 

Despite the attraction of star 

players such as New Zealand 

All Blacks international George 

Nepia, London, it seemed, 

wasn’t ready for a rugby league 

club of its own. 

After the Second World War, 

the entry into the league of 

Workington Town in 1945 and 

Whitehaven in 1948 raised 

the profile of the game in 

Cumberland, as it then was, 

particularly after Town won the 

1952 Challenge Cup final. 

They were followed by our 

friends from Doncaster in 1951 

and Blackpool in 1954 (though 

they are sadly no longer with us) 

after which the league settled 

down to a 30 club format. 

The entry of Fulham in 1980, 

now of course London Broncos, 

heralded a plethora of new 

clubs, mostly short-lived apart 

from 1984 newcomers Sheffield 

Eagles and the Broncos 

themselves. 

Who remembers Carlisle 

or Cardiff Blue Dragons/ 

Bridgend and Kent/Southend 

Invicta, Mansfield Marksmen/ 

Nottingham City and 

Scarborough Pirates (though a 

club by that name still exists)? 

They were mainly isolated clubs 

who foundered partly because 

of their isolation and partly due 

to a lack of a coordinated effort 

to grow the game in those areas. 

Now there are people with 

sincerely held views (sometimes 

known as flatcappers) who feel 

the game should concentrate all 

its efforts, and be firmly based, 

in the North although there are 

also many people who welcome 

the expansion the game has 

seen in recent years. 

London now has two teams, 

the Broncos and the Skolars, as 

does Wales with the Crusaders 

and the Ironmen, and France is 

represented by Catalan Dragons 

and Toulouse Olympique despite 

the earlier failures of Paris St 

German and Toulouse. 

Newcastle Thunder are well 

established in the North East 

despite two unsuccessful 

seasons for a Newcastle team 

in the 1930s and the All Golds, 

Coventry Bears, Hemel Stags 

and Oxford continue to fly the 

flag in their areas. 

Fingers crossed the game will 

take root in Canada and North 

America spearheaded by 

Toronto Wolfpack and that’s 

just in the Northern Hemisphere. 

In the Southern Hemisphere the 

divisive Super League war of 

the mid-1990s saw mergers (St 

George and Illawarra and the 

disastrous North Sydney and 

Manly) and a reduction of clubs 

in the Sydney area. The Gold 

Coast finally has a (just about) 

viable club after the failure of 

the Seagulls while the town of 

Gosford is often mentioned 

as a base for a new club or a 

relocated North Sydney Bears 

‘franchise’. 

Matches are played on the road 

in Perth and New Zealand as 

the Warriors there continue 

to under-achieve given the 

talent pool they have access to, 

though the lure of the Australian 

dollar creams of much of it. 

Interestingly, four states were 

represented in the semi finals 

of the NRL last season. New 

South Wales (by Cronulla), 

Victoria (Melbourne Storm), the 

ACT (Canberra Raiders) and 

Queensland (the Cowboys). 

To paraphrase our President 

Lionel Hurst - Mars versus Venus 

at rugby league anyone? 

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ALL GOLDS vs. BEARS 

MATCH PREVIEW 

WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES 

The Golden Fern are on home soil again 

this Saturday when they entertain 

Coventry Bears. 

With just four games left of the Shield this 

looks another must win game for the All 

Golds who are aiming to finish inside the 

top two, to set up a place in the Shield 

final. Currently lying in fourth and with 

upcoming games against second placed 

London and top of the table Hunslet the 

clash with Coventry could prove pivotal in 

their quest to reach the final next month. 

After a confidence boosting 40-22 win 

over North Wales Crusaders head coach 

Lee Greenwood is looking for a similar 

level of performance against a rapidly 



improving Coventry side. He said: “I 

thought we did well for most of the game 

last week. Our start wasn’t great but we 

dug in and didn’t let the game get away 

from us. That game is history now though 

and we go again on Saturday against 

Coventry. 

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“I’ve said before I admire the way Coventry 

operate. Both on and off the field they are 

doing things the right way. They’ve added 

a number of players since we beat them 

earlier in the season so they’ll be coming 

here to win. I think both teams are of a 

similar quality, they’ve lost a lot of close 

matches this season which shows how 

competitive they are. We know we’ll have 

to be on our game otherwise we’ll get 

beat. We’ve had some good battles with 

them in the three seasons that I’ve been 

here so we’re looking forward to another 

on Saturday. They’ve got a number of 

dangerous players that we’ll need to keep 

quiet. 

“The players who came in against 

Crusaders did well so I’d imagine our 

squad will look similar to last week. I say 

it over and over again but attitude is a big 

part of this game. The players have shown 

how good they can be this season, it’s up 

to them to show it again on Saturday.” 

Despite winning only three of their 

seventeen league games so far this season 

the Bears are not to be underestimated. 

Just a few weeks ago they came within a 

whisker of holding Workington Town to a 

draw only to lose out to a last minute drop 

goal. Tom Tsang’s side edged past Hemel 

last weekend so they arrive in Cheltenham 

in confident mood. 

The last time the two sides met was on 

April 30 and it proved to be a fantastic 

encounter. The All Golds raced into a 

10-0 lead playing a fantastic brand of 

attacking rugby but the Bears fought 

back and lead 12-10 just before the break. 

Three tries in eight second half minutes 

from Chris Barlow, Steven Nield and Brad 

Kislingbury gave the Golden Fern a 26-12 

lead but the Bears made it interesting late 

on when they added another six points to 

their tally. Lee Greenwood’s men hung on 

though to record an important win. 



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TODAY’S OPPONENTS 

COVENTRY BEARS 

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON 

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FORM 

Coventry currently have a 50% record in 

the League 1 Shield, losing to Hunslet in 

round one before just edging out Hemel 

29-26 last week. That was their first win in 

almost two months after a horror run of six 

consecutive losses, including thrashings at 

the hands of Hunslet, Newcastle and North 

Wales. Last week’s win is a step in the right 

direction, though, as they managed to just 

about control a Hemel side who are on the 

up and even gave us a scare a few weeks 

ago. 

Coach Tom Tsang will be hoping his side 

kick on now, and use it as a catalyst to 

finish the season strongly. 

BACKS 

Arguably, Coventry’s biggest threat 

comes in the halves, with Tsang having a 

plethora of talented playmakers to choose 

from. Brad Delaney and Billy Gaylor have 

been the most used combination, but 

the recent signings of Jordan Gale, Paul 

Emanuelli and Sheffield loanee James 

Kelly have created plenty of competition. 

They lead what is otherwise a rather 

youthful backline, consisting of the likes 

of Jason Bass, Harry Chapman, Hayden 

Freeman and Charlie O’Mara, who are all 

younger than 21. Bass recently returned 

from the Student World Cup, where he 

represented England alongside our very 

own Harry Kidd, Ben Stead and James 

Mason. Fan favourite Jamahl Hunte 

completes the options out wide, alongside 

recent acquisition and former NRL Rookie 

contestant Luke Frixou. 


FORWARDS 

Like in the backs, Coventry have used 

mid-season recruiting to strengthen their 

pack. Towering prop Brad Brennan and 

versatile forward Paddy Jones have both 

arrived on loan from Barrow and Rochdale 

respectively, adding to the already bulky 

front row of James Geurtjens and Jack 

Morrison. 

Alongside them, halfbacks Billy Gaylor 

and James Kelly have filled in at hooker, 

but are backed up Lewis Lord and former 

South Wales Ironman Zak Williams. Lord 

and back rower Kieron Sherratt have 

also just returned from England Students 

World Cup duty. Captain Matt Reid and 

club record appearance holder Chris 

Barratt are mainstays in the second row, 

while John Aldred will be sure to add 

impact off the bench. 

John Aldred 

Chris Barratt 

Jason Bass 

Alex Beddows 

Brad Brennan 

Harry Chapman 

Brad Delaney 

Paul Emanuelli 

Hayden Freeman 

Luke Frixou 

Jordan Gale 

Billy Gaylor 

James Geurtjens 

Dan Gover 

Elliot Hall 

SQUAD 

Richie Hughes 

Jamahl Hunte 

Paddy Jones 

Harry Kaufman 

James Kelly 

Lewis Lord 

Eddie Medforth 

Jack Morrison 

Charlie O’Mara 

Joe Prior 

Matt Reid 

Michael Russell 

Kieron Sherratt 

Zak Williams 


STAR MAN 

The Bears have a number of big men leading 

their line, but Aussie-Welsh prop James 

Geurtjens has been a real enforcer since 

arriving at the club in 2015. The 31-yearold 

came over from Queensland Cup side 

Norths Devils to add bulk and experience to 

their young squad and has become a firm 

favourite with fans. 

Geurtjens was part of the Wales squad 

for the 2013 World Cup but didn’t actually 

debut for the national side until October 

2015, which capped off a successful first 

season in the English game. Since then he’s 

established himself as a constant leader 

at the Bears, with his tough attacking and 

aggressive defence laying a great platform 

for the halves to play off. He’s found himself 

starting on the bench in recent weeks, and 

so will add a huge impact when introduced 

today. 

ONE TO WATCH 

Despite having played just four games of 

professional Rugby League in his career, 

Luke Frixou may be one of the more 

recognisable names in the Coventry lineup. 

Only last year, Frixou was featuring on 

prime time television over in Australia, when 

he competed in the reality series The NRL 

Rookie. He was cut from the show in week 

six due to his limited Rugby League skills, 

but playing for the Bears gives him a great 

opportunity to enhance his abilities and 

showcase what he’s capable of. 

With his strong but athletic frame, the former 

GB bobsledder played at prop during his 

time on the show but has been used as a 

centre by Tom Tsang. He’s deceptively quick 

and so is effective as a wide runner, but is yet 

to completely find his position. Even Tsang 

has admitted that Frixou could easily end up 

as forward in the near future. Regardless of 

his position, the 22-year-old only knows one 

way to play – and that’s hard. He carries the 

ball well and is solid in defence, making him 

a real handful for any opposition. 

STATS 

HIGHEST SCORE: 

52-16 v Hemel, 19/4/2015 

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST: 

8-78 v Swinton, 14/6/2015 

MOST APPEARANCES: 

64 - Chris Barratt 2015-present 

HIGHEST POINT SCORER: 

128 – Joel James 2015-2017 

HIGHEST TRY SCORER: 

24 – Jamahl Hunte 2015-present 

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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS 

WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES 

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ALL GOLDS 

TOO GOOD FOR 

CRUSADERS 

ALL GOLDS 40 – 22 CRUSADERS 

SATURDAY 05 AUGUST 2017 

PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM 

The All Golds put an end to their four match 

losing streak with a 40-22 victory over North 

Wales Crusaders. 

This was the fourth time the teams have met in 

Cheltenham this season and it’s safe to say the 

Crusaders will be hoping it’s the last time, having 

lost three of the four encounters. The scoreline 

might suggest this was a comfortable win but 

it was anything but. Like several games this 

season the All Golds finished strongly in the final 

quarter, in fact it wasn’t until Malikhi Lloyd-Jones 

crashed over in the 73rd minute that the home 

side felt comfortable. The Crusaders, missing 

several big names, used only 15 players so it was 

understandable they tired late on. 

“I felt we deserved the win in the end”, said Lee 

Greenwood. “First half we had to do plenty of 

defending because we were making so many 

mistakes, we must like defending! Crusaders 

broke through the middle a couple of times 

which was worrying but credit to our lads, they 

defended their line well. 

“We finished the game strongly which was 

pleasing. We’ve done it a lot this season which 

shows all the work we did during pre-season is 

working. I can’t fault the effort and determination 

that the players have shown this season. It’s 

another win against a good northern side so we 

have to be happy.” 

Both sides, obviously low on confidence after 

poor performances the week before, were guilty 

of making mistakes in a first quarter which saw 

three times as many scrums as completed sets. 

After winning a penalty for interference at the 

play-the-ball the Crusaders scored the first 

try of the game at the end of the first quarter 



he strolled through. Price 

converted to make it a six point 

game again. 

The next score looked likely to 

be the winner, thankfully for the 

home supporters it was their 

team that got it. Parry, who 

covered every blade of grass 

in another fine performance, 

fed Malikhi Lloyd-Jones who 

smashed his way through the 

Crusaders defence to score his 

first try of the season. Mitchell 

converted to give his side a 34- 

22 lead with five minutes left. 

when Ryan Millington broke the 

line and touched down. Danny 

Price added the extras to give 

the visitors a 6-0 lead. 

The Golden Fern responded in 

fine style and were soon 12-6 

ahead. Joe McClean popped 

up a superb offload for Phil 

Cowburn to gather and touch 

down before the impressive 

Kadeem Williams ran onto a 

Jack Mitchell pass to crash 

over. Both tries were converted 

by Jack Mitchell who had a 

great afternoon with the boot, 

missing only one of his seven 

conversions. 

Crusaders levelled it up at 12-12 

soon after when, off the back of 

a penalty, Alex Whalley found a 

gap in the home defence and 

scored. 

with him over the white wash. 

Price’s conversion slid wide 

which meant the home side 

had a narrow two point lead. 

The All Golds responded with 

a brace of quick-fire tries. Steve 

Parry sent Chris Barlow over 

in the corner before the Welsh 

international scored a superb 

solo try after weaving his way 

through the Crusaders defence. 

Twelve points ahead it looked 

like the home side had done 

enough but the visitors hit back 

to set up a tense final quarter. 

Matt Davies collected the ball 

20 metres out before throwing 

a dummy which opened up 

a gap in the defence which 

Phil Cowburn, superb from the 

first minute to the last, scored 

his second of the game with 

just two minutes remaining 

after he collected a clever inside 

pass from Danny Fallon. Jack 

Mitchell made no mistake with 

the conversion as the home 

side could finally relax, knowing 

the game was won. 

ALL GOLDS: Phil Cowburn, 

Mo Agoro, Kadeem Williams, 

Lewis Reece, Chris Barlow, Jack 

Mitchell, Steve Parry, Harrison 

Elliott, Billy Brickhill, Malikhi 

Lloyd-Jones, Brad Hargreaves, 

Joe McClean, Chris Worrall; 

INTERCHANGE: Danny Fallon, 

Ross Price, James Walter, Harry 

Kidd. 

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It looked like that might be that 

as far as the first half went but 

just before the hooter Harry 

Kidd received a pass from 

Steve Parry and rolled his way 

over the whitewash. Mitchell 

converted to give the hosts an 

18-12 half-time lead. 

The see-saw nature of the 

game continued in the second 

half, Crusaders were back in 

it again after Kenny Baker did 

well to drag three defenders 


FLAME OF THE WEST 

WEST of ENGLAND FINAL PREVIEWS 


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With the semi finals now complete in the 

West of England league, the double header 

finals day will take place at Portway Rugby 

Development Centre, Bristol this Saturday (12 

August). 

Having beaten Cheltenham Phoenix 44-28 in 

their semi final encounter, Oxford Cavaliers 

will meet the Pool 2 winners Swindon St 

George in the Championship final at 3pm. 

The final brings together last season’s plate 

winners in the Cavaliers and the championship 

runners up from 2016 Swindon who will be 

contesting their fourth Grand Final having 

also lost in 2011 and 2014 both times to the 

Gloucestershire Warriors. 

The Cavaliers will be in their third title decider 

having lifted the crown in 2012 before 

being demolished 94-12 by Cheltenham the 

following year. 

Swindon will go into the game as favourites 

as they defeated the Cavaliers twice in the 

regular season, 36-28 at home and more 

emphatically 54-8 in Oxford. Having gone 

through to the final without playing they 

have had a fortnight to prepare and will be 

desperate to earn some reward for what has 

been a phenomenally successful season for 

the club. 

Prior to that (1pm kick off), the Plate 

competition will be fought out between 

Gloucestershire Warriors and Swindon St 

George A. 

The sides have met twice in the league when 

100 points were shared in each game. The 



Warriors secured their first 

win of the season 60-40 

at Swindon’s Supermarine 

ground in Round 3 of the 

competition but were more 

emphatic 82-18 winners on 

home soil last month. 

The Warriors saw off a stern 

challenge from Bath RL in 

the semi-final, coming back 

from an early 20-0 deficit 

and then playing most of 

the second half with 12 men 

following the dismissal of 

Ash Kocerhan in the opening 

minutes of the period. 

Both sides scored eight tries 

but it was the goal-kicking 

of halfback Ash Lewis that 

was the difference as he 

hit seven goals to the four 

mustered by Bath’s Alex 

Burns and Josh Frost in the 

46-40 win. 

Trailing 28-10 going into 

the final few minutes of the 

first half, the Warriors struck 

twice through Sean Roberts 

and Jordan Smith to add to 

earlier scores from Roberts 

and Matt Jones and trailed 

by only 28-22 at the whistle. 

Frost (2), Cieran Chester, 

Ryan Willcox, Tom Plance 

and Burns had crossed 

for Bath in their first half 

onslaught but somehow 

the Warriors stayed in touch 

when it looked as though a 

cricket score was possible. 

After Kocerhan’s departure 

for a dangerous tackle, 

the Warriors ran riot and 

posted four unanswered 

tries through Jones, Kirk 

Lewis, Ryan Tanner and Ash 

Lewis but the Bath side hit 

back through Burns and 

Chester leaving the game 

in the balance for the final 

dozen or so minutes before 

the Warriors could celebrate 

victory. 

Having overcome a difficult 

schedule which included 

a narrow 38-30 win in 

Somerset, the Warriors will 

be favourites to take the 

Plate for the first time. They 

will however be wary of a 

Swindon side 

that is well capable of 

scoring points and caused 

them plenty of problems in 

the game at Swindon before 

the Warriors’ superior 

firepower won the day. 

It certainly should be an 

open and entertaining 

encounter. 

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Gloucestershire Warriors v Bath Rugby League (West of England Plate Semi-Final 2017) 


WEST OF ENGLAND 

LIONHEARTS 

NEW DEPARTURE FOR THE HARRY JEPSON TROPHY 


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In a new departure for the Harry Jepson 

Trophy, which celebrates its 20th 

anniversary this year, the competition will be 

contested by regional rather than club sides 

this season. 

The West of England Lionhearts will join 

sides from the East, London and the 

Midlands in a four way tussle for the trophy 

that has been competed for since 1997 

when the North London Skolars carried 

off the trophy as the best of the Southern 

Conference. 

Following trial matches and a successful 

tour to Ireland last season, the West of 

England management team have been 

monitoring the progress of players playing 

in the league this year and have identified 

around 40 candidates for the squad to take 

part in the competition. 

There will be a trial match next Sunday 

(20 August) to identify the final squad for 

the opening game in September between 

the East (players from Bath, Oxford, 

Southampton, Portsmouth and Swindon) 

and the West (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 

Bristol, Forest Bulldogs, Somerset Vikings 

players). 

The Venue is yet to be announced but 

the West of England twitter account (@ 

WestofEngRL) should give details when 

they are available. 

The Squads are as follows: 



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ALL GOLDS FIXTURES & RESU 

DATE K.O. OPPONENTS RES FULLBACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING STAND OFF 

Sun Feb 19 14:00 A Hemel Stags (L1CupR1) 12-48 GASKELL 1T AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 2T BARLOW STEAD 1G 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sun Jul 16 15:00 H Doncaster (KPL1) 04-42 MITCHELL AGORO 1T WILLIAMS REECE BARLOW OWENS 

Sat Jul 29 15:00 A South Wales Ironmen (KPL1S) 28-20 COWBURN 1T AGORO KISLINGBURY 1T REECE CARTER DAVIES 

Sat Aug 5 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (KPL1S) 28-20 COWBURN 2T AGORO WILLIAMS 1T REECE BARLOW 1T MITCHELL 6G 

Sat Aug 12 15:00 H Coventry Bears (KPL1S) 

Sat Aug 19 15:00 A Hunslet (KPL1S) 

Sun Sep 3 15:00 H Oxford (KPL1S) 

Sat Sep 9 15:00 A London Skolars (KPL1S) 

Sun Sep 17 15:00 H Hemel Stags (KPL1S) 

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

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



LTS 2017 

SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP 2ND ROW 2ND ROW LOOSE FWD SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) WALTER REECE McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL HARGREAVES ELLIOTT KIDD 

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

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

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

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

FALLON ELLIOTT PARRY (C) WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL OWENS HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES 

FALLON ELLIOTT PARRY (C) 1T WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL GASKELL STEPHENS JONES LLOYD-JONES 

FALLON WALTER PARRY (C) ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL CARTER PURSLOW LLOYD-JONES JONES 

STEAD 2G WALTER PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL KIDD LLOYD-JONES PRICE JONES 

PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT BRICKHILL LLOYD-JONES 1T HARGREAVES McCLEAN WORRALL FALLON PRICE WALTER KIDD 1T 


ALL GOLDS 

HEAD COACH: 

LEE GREENWOOD 

BEARS 

HEAD COACH: 

TOM TSANG 

22 

MO AGORO 

CHRIS BARLOW 

BILLY BRICKHILL 

ERROL CARTER 

PHIL COWBURN 

HARRISON ELLIOTT 

DANIEL FALLON 

BRADLEY HARGREAVES 

HARRY KIDD 

MALIKHI LLOYD-JONES 

RICHARD JONES 

BRAD KISLINGBURY 

JOE McCLEAN 

JAMES MASON 

JACK MITCHELL 

STEVE PARRY (C) 

ROSS PRICE 

LEWIS REECE 

BEN STEAD 

JAMES WALTER 

KADEEM WILLIAMS 

CHRIS WORRALL 

JASON BASS 

ALEX BEDDOWS 

BRADLEY BRENNAN 

HARRY CHAPMAN 

BRADLEY DELANEY 

PAUL EMANUELLI 

HAYDEN FREEMAN 

JAMES GEURTJENS 

DANIEL GLOVER 

JAMAHL HUNTE 

PATRICK JONES 

JAMES KELLY 

MATTHEW REID 

MICHAEL RUSSELL 

KIERAN SHERRATT 

ZAK WILLIAMS 

BILLY GAYLOR 

JACKMORRISON 

CHRIS BARRATT 

REFEREE: G. POUMES | RESERVE: R. RHODES 

TOUCH JUDGES: L. SPEARS, T. AMBLER | M COM: A. BARNBY 


Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW 


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