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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 />
Oxstalls Campus, Longlevens, Gloucester. GL2 9HW<br />
Telephone: 01242 714468<br />
Email:<br />
allgolds@glos.ac.uk<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 />
Kane Krlic<br />
BUSINESS AND SPONSORSHIP<br />
Sophia Wood-Jenkins<br />
MATCHDAY CO-ORDINATOR<br />
Bethany Dixson<br />
MEDIA MANAGER/EDITOR<br />
Chris Wilson<br />
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Patrick Baines, Jack Conlon<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 />
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the <strong>All</strong> Gold and to Craig at<br />
CPD for burning the midnight<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 />
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Tel: 01242 715332 | Official Website: www.allgoldsrugby.com<br />
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