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CONTENTS AND INFO 

04 WELCOME 

06 KNIGHTS OF THE CITY OF YORK 

08 YORK PREVIEW 

10 CLUB DIRECTORY 

12 KNIGHTS ARE IN TOWN 

14 ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS 

16 WEST OF ENGLAND UPDATE 

18 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

20 SQUAD LINE-UPs 

CLUB INFORMATION 

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WELCOME TO THE ALL GOLD 

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON 

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York is a place like Cheltenham in 

many ways. Picturesque, historic 

and a tourist magnet for the area. It 

is also on the edge of the heartland 

of rugby league – though less on 

the edge than Gloucestershire 

of course. Founded in 1868, the 

club has been through much and 

George Cowburn’s article on page 

six gives an insightful flavour of 

that journey. 

Their struggles at the end of last 

season and into the off-season 

were well documented with the 

lack of a home venue striking 

a chord with the All Golds who 

themselves are working towards 

establishing a home base from 

which they can operate. 

York, of course contested the 

League 1 Cup Final last season 

after defeating us in the semi 

and we were disappointed not to 

make the final this time after last 

week’s defeat by the Crusaders. 

Hopefully, the players will be able 

to make up for that loss and take 

the league points today. 

Aside from George’s piece, this 

issue of the All Gold extends 

the Flame of the West page, 

geographically at least, into Wales 

where Ian Golden outlines the 

changes in the structure of the 

Welsh game following the demise 

of the Conference League South 

and return of the three Welsh 

clubs that competed there. 

The summer really starts this 

weekend as the west of England 

league kicks off with the annual 

9s tournament in Swindon. Next 

week the league campaign begins 

in earnest and we wish every 

team good luck and an enjoyable 

season. 

International RL is in focus this 

weekend with the mid-season 

international between England 

and Samoa featuring on a triple 

bill with Fiji playing Tonga and 

PNG facing the Cook Islands on 

the undercard. Fixtures like these 

are arguably more important for 

the Pacific nations as they aim 

to strengthen their ‘brand’ and 

reduce the lure of the Kangaroo 

and Kiwi jerseys to their better 

players. 

How much of a benefit to England 

is a point much argued over in the 

UK. The RFL are streaming the 

game on their website (for a fee) 

as they recognise the requirement 

to broadcast the national team’s 

matches. 

A strong international game is 

essential for the growth of rugby 

league as a national sport so 

maybe the penny has dropped 

with the powers that be? Could 

this be the start of a realisation 

that 

However, Super League clubs 

have already voiced concerns 

about losing players for a game 

and the risk of injuries, though the 

England side has lost both its likely 

starting halfbacks even before 

they got to the airport. 

Next step would be to rationalise 

the season by ditching the Super 

8s and having top four play-offs 

after each team plays the other 

home and away and plays a game 

in a Magic weekend. But again the 

clubs would bemoan the loss of 

revenue from the shorter calendar. 

A shorter season could leave 

the way open for end of season 

tours and scheduled international 

tournaments like the Four Nations, 

European Championships and 

World Cup to further increase the 

growth of the game. 

Indoors, it’s good to see the Severn 

Stars Netball side finding its feet in 

the Vitality Netball Superleague. 

After two consecutive victories 

including a 66-62 win over 

champions Surrey Storm, they 

were brought down to earth with 

a 59-33 loss to Team Bath. 

The Stars’ hopes of ending the 

season in the top four play off 

positions were dented by that 

result and at the time of writing 

the eighth-placed Stars were 

preparing for a trip to the Ricoh 

Arena to face second-placed 

Wasps Netball. Their next home 

match is Saturday 6 May, at the 

University of Worcester Arena , 

7.30pm centre-pass as they say. 

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KNIGHTS OF THE CITY OF YORK 

WRITTEN BY GEORGE COWBURN 

Although originally founded in 1868 as a joint 

Association and Rugby Football Club it was to 

be the 1901/2 season before York were admitted 

to the Northern Union - the predecessor of 

today’s RFL. 

For the first few seasons the club did not have 

a ground but had portable goal posts which 

they would put up wherever they found a pitch. 

Finally, a permanent pitch was secured on 

Knavesmire. 

Their early years were fairly uneventful and it 

took them three years for the club to record 

their first victory, and that was in an association 

football match against York Training College. 

Results picked up in the mid-1870s as the club 

attracted a higher standard of player. In 1877, 

York was among several leading Yorkshire clubs 

who inaugurated the Yorkshire Challenge Cup. In 

the first season 16 teams battled it out for the 

T’owd Tin Pot, with York eventually losing out to 

Halifax in the final 

However, financial problems forced the club 

to merge with York Melbourne and as their 

fortunes improved, they acquired a plot of land 

at Clarence street in the City and gradually 

developed it into a neat and compact stadium. 

Still members of the RFU, the club was eventually 

by financial necessity forced into joining the 

Northern Union and played their first game on 

30 April 1898 but it was not until 1901 that they 

were finally admitted. 

There were some highlights in the club’s early 

years with a 5-3 win over the famous All Golds 

at Fishergate and a 5-5 draw against the first 

Australian touring side in 1908/9 at Clarence 

Street. Success over a touring side came again 

with a 9-3 victory against the 1921/2 Kangaroo 

tourists. The first silverware followed in the 

1922/3 season when York beat Batley 5-0 to win 

the Yorkshire Cup earning the nickname “the 

Dreadnoughts” during this period. 

The 1930s was York’s finest period with a 

losing appearance by 22-8 to Halifax in the 



1931 Challenge Cup Final at 

Wembley and three Yorkshire 

Cup Finals (two wins) plus a 

highest ever league position 

of third in the 1932/3 season. 

The team was packed with 

Welshmen such as Norman 

Fender, Dai Prosser, Arthur 

Lloyd, Mel Rosser, Billy Thomas 

and winger Harold Thomas 

the scorer of both York’s tries 

at Wembley. (Many Welshmen 

“came north” in the 1930s as 

the economic depression of 

the 1920s and 1930s hit South 

Wales badly). A gradual decline 

in fortunes was punctuated 

only by two losing Yorkshire 

Cup Finals in 1957/8 and 1978/9. 

From the 1973/4 season the 

league was split into firstly two 

and later three divisions which 

gave some of the less famous 

clubs a chance of silverware. 

York duly won the 2nd Division 

in 1980/81 finishing three points 

above Wigan in the famous 

Lancashire club’s only season in 

a lower division. 

Sadly York were relegated back 

to the 2nd Division the season 

after from where the club 

reached the semi finals of the 

Challenge Cup in 1984, gallantly 

losing to Wigan 14-8. 

1989 was a landmark year for 

the wrong reasons when the 

York v Wigan - 1984 Challenge Cup Semi Final 

club had to sell its old Clarence 

Street ground and move out 

of the city to Monk’s Cross in 

the Ryedale district, changing 

their name to Ryedale York. On 

the advent of summer rugby 

league in 1996 they changed 

their name to York Wasps but 

this had little effect on their 

fortunes. 

In the 2000s things went 

from bad to worse as the 

club suffered a 10-6 defeat 

to amateurs West Hull in the 

Challenge Cup and in March 

2002 the club folded, resigning 

from the league that month. 

Happily, the club returned 

the next season as York City 

Knights with new colours of 

blue and white and a mix of 

success and failure, promotions 

and relegations, a League 2 

(third tier) Grand Final win and 

the disappointment of finishing 

top of the third tier in 2014 but 

losing out on promotion in the 

play offs. 

Homeless in 2015 having 

moved out of Monk’s Cross, 

the threat of closure once more 

loomed over York with doubts 

as to their participation in the 

2017 season. Thankfully the 

club made it to the starting 

line with new owners, reverting 

back to their traditional amber 

and black colours and with 

respected coach James Ford 

at the helm and settled at the 

Bootham Crescent Ground 

shared with the local football 

club. 

York in all its many guises has 

been a nursery for up and 

coming players. The likes of 

Kevin Harkin and Graeme 

Steadman graced their colours 

while latterday Super League 

stars Greg Miniken at Castleford 

and Kris Brining at Salford owe 

their current success to the 

club. 

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entertaining newcomers Fulham in 1981 

Hopefully, better times will soon 

be round the corner for the club 

from the wonderful city of York. 


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ALL GOLDS vs. KNIGHTS 

MATCH PREVIEW 

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON 

ineligible to play in last week’s League 1 Cup 

semi-final defeat. Both players extended 

their loan deals last week, with Nield signing 

a month’s extension and Lobwein agreeing 

a deal for the rest of the season. Jordan 

Andrade could also make a return, after also 

missing out last week. 

The All Golds play host to York City Knights 

on Sunday in the sixth round of League 1 

fixtures. Steven Nield and Jay Lobwein are 

both in line to return to the squad, after being 

Coach Lee Greenwood will be looking for 

a big response from his players, after what 

was a very disappointing performance 

against North Wales Crusaders. Despite the 

poor showing, however, he says the side can 

still take the fact that they only lost on goalkicks 

as a positive: “I don’t know whether or 

not they thought they were already in the 

final, but the attitude of how they’ve turned 

up there is really annoying. 

“For us to be good we need to do all the little 

things right and need to be tough and get 



stuck in and if we don’t do that then we’re 

very limited and not good enough. Mentality 

wise, we weren’t smart enough and came 

with a poor attitude, so I’m pretty disgusted 

with the first half. We tried to come up with 

a response in the second half but once you 

leave yourself chasing a 

game like that, it only takes 

a couple of small things 

to upset your rhythm and 

there were a lot of those in 

the second half. 

“That’s probably over the 

course of the game the 

worst 80 minutes we’ve 

put together and we’ve 

only lost on goal kicks so as 

down as I am I’m not feeling 

too bad cause we probably 

won’t play worse than that.” 

Looking ahead to the York 

game, Lee also said that 

while they will target the 

game as a win, it is down 

to the players to come 

with the right mindset: “We 

target every game as a win. We’ve done that 

for two seasons previous and we’ll continue 

to do that. We as coaching staff will put the 

effort in behind the scenes to put a plan in 

place. We’ll do the right things in training 

that should help the team win but we 

obviously need the players 

to do their part as well. But 

the way we are, we need 

the whole squad to commit 

and turn up with the right 

attitude.” 

The visitors are boosted 

with the addition of former 

Hull FC winger Callum 

Lancaster, who could be in 

line for a debut against the 

Golden Fern. The 20-yearold, 

who stormed onto 

the Super League back 

in 2014 with eight tries in 

five games, has signed on 

a trial basis with a view for 

a permanent contract. Hull 

centre Nick Rawsthorne 

also extended his loan deal 

this week. 

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All Golds v York City Knights - May 2015 - Highlights 



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TODAYS OPPONENTS 

YORK CITY KNIGHTS 

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON 

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The Knights have had a relatively hit and 

miss season so far, which is particularly 

surprising for a side with so much potential. 

Early losses to North Wales Crusaders and 

Barrow were balanced out by consecutive 

wins, firstly against South Wales Ironmen, 

before a Challenge Cup upset over 

Championship outfit Rochdale. They have, 

however, only won one out of their last 

four and seem unable to get a firm grip on 

any sort of form. They visit the Prince of 

Wales on the back of a second heavy loss 

to Barrow, and will be looking to turn their 

fortunes around and make a push to get in 

the mix for promotion. 

1 Ash Robson 

2 David F-Johnston 

3 Nev Morrison 

4 Tommy Brierley 

5 Tommy Saxton 

6 Danny Sowerby 

7 Harry T-Wilson 

8 Bobby T-Wilson 

9 Pat Smith 

10 Chris Siddons 

11 Joe Batchelor 

12 Ed Smith 

13 Tim Spears 

14 Harry Carter 

15 Liam Thompson 

16 Ronan Dixon 

FORM 

SQUAD 

17 Brad Hey 

19 James Haynes 

20 Adam Robinson 

21 Ben Dent 

23 Jonny Presley 

24 Adam Swift 

25 Joe Porter 

26 Andy Ellis 

27 Brad Clavering (DR) 

Nick Rawsthorne (loan) 

Kieran Moran (DR) 

Liam Harris (DR) 

George Milton (DR) 

Will Jubb (DR) 

Callum Lancaster (trial) 

BACKS 

York’s back division are their most lethal 

weapon, with a good mix of experience 

and flair. Harry Tyson-Wilson has been a 

consistent feature in the halves throughout, 

however, James Ford has struggled when it 

comes to finding him a permanent partner. 

Jonny Presley, Danny Sowerby and Liam 

Harris have all been tried in that position, 

with limited success so far. Should the ball 

fall to the outside backs, however, then the 

threats are endless. Former Warrington flyer 

David Foggin-Johnston and veteran Tommy 

Saxton are both proven finishers, while Nick 

Rawsthorne, former All Gold Nev Morrison 

and James Haynes are all proven providers. 

Ash Robson also consistently offers himself as 

an option in attack. The Knights also this week 

announced the capture of former Hull winger 

Callum Lancaster on a month’s trial. He is yet 

another proven try-scorer with eight tries in his 

first five Super League matches as a 17-yearold. 

Limited opportunities on Humberside 

forced him to look elsewhere, however, and 

James Ford will undoubtedly be instrumental 

in reigniting his career. 

FORWARDS 

York’s pack is full of power, with former 

Featherstone stalwart Tim Spears leading 

the line. Combined with former Halifax prop 

Adam Robinson, he will inject some muchneeded 

experience into what is otherwise a 

very young pack. Former Wakefield Academy 

forward Ronan Dixon and one-time BARLA 

tourist Chris Siddons give plenty of punch 



going forward, while there is an extra ounce 

of experience from the Championship in 

the shape of Hull KR trio George Milton, 

Kieran Moran and Brad Clavering, all on dual 

registration. The side were given an extra 

boost in March, when James Ford managed 

to pull off a massive coup in signing former 

Harlequins and Wakefield hooker Andy Ellis, 

who will be sure to add an extra element in 

both attack and defence. 

ONE TO WATCH 

KEY MAN 

York pulled off one of the signings of the 

season, recruiting Castleford fullback Ash 

Robson for their 2017 campaign. The 21-yearold 

could arguably still compete at Super 

League level, and would most likely be 

understudy to Zak Hardaker, had injury not 

plagued his professional career so far. After a 

strong preseason last year, Robson was touted 

to challenge Luke Dorn for the Tigers’ number 

one 

jersey, but his season was ended after rupturing 

a kneecap in a friendly against Bradford. The 

former Leeds Rhinos Academy star is back 

this season, though, and looking for a strong 

season with the Knights. His ability to slot in at 

halfback means he has a sensational handling 

game, and regularly injects himself into their 

attack. A strong runner and an aggressive 

defender, Robson is a huge threat for James 

Ford’s side. 

York certainly aren’t lacking in Super League 

experience, and three-quarter Nick Rawsthorne 

is just beginning his journey in the top flight. 

The former Rugby Union convert is on loan at 

York from Hull FC, where he signed a one-year 

contract after previously being on the books 

at Halifax RLFC, Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire 

Carnegie. Still only 21, Rawsthorne is tipped 

for big things in the future, and has already 

established himself at the Knights, scoring two 

tries in as many games. His size and athleticism 

means he is at home playing at fullback as well 

as in the centres and on the wing, while he has 

plenty of pace and a good offload. Also keep 

an eye out for young forward Brad Clavering 

who is on dual registration with Hull KR. 

Clavering has plenty of size, especially for an 

18-year-old, and is a strong ball runner as well 

as having great handling skills. 

STATS 

HIGHEST SCORE: 

132-0 v Northumbria University, 6/3/2011 

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST: 

0-98 v Rochdale, 8/4/2001 

MOST APPEARANCES: 

449 – Willie Hargreaves 1952-65 

HIGHEST POINT SCORER: 

92159 – Vic Yorke 1954-67 

HIGHEST TRY SCORER: 

167 – Peter Foster 1955-67 

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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORT 

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON - IMAGES BY RICHARD LONG 

CRUSADERS GIFTED 

FINAL PLACE 

ALL GOLDS 28-37 CRUSADERS 

SUNDAY 30 TH APRIL 

PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM 

The All Golds handed the Crusaders their 

ticket into the final with a “really poor” first 

half performance according to coach Lee 

Greenwood. “You can’t expect to beat a side 

like the Crusaders if you do what we did in the 

first 40.” 

Greenwood was left fuming as his side 

produced an error-ridden, disjointed first 

half performance almost literally handing the 

Crusaders five tries and a 30-10 lead at the 

break. 

After a Brad Kislingbury converted by Kieran 

Hyde try gave the All Golds the lead, Jack 

Mitchell dropped the restart and former 

All Gold Alex Davidson went over from the 

resulting possession. 

Danny Price then struck for his first try 

hacking the ball almost the length of the field 

before scoring. A needless penalty gave the 

Crusaders field position and Luke Warburton 

scored. 

Price then picked off a Phil Cowburn pass to 

run the length of the field again to score before 

Cowburn found the mark this time to send Mo 

Agoro over for his 13th try of the season. 

Tries either side of the break snuffed out 

any realistic hope as Graham O’Keeffe first 

misjudged the restart from Agoro’s score 

before Simon Atherton went over and then 

lost possession at the play the ball after 

the break and Tommy Johnson ended up 

cantering between the posts. 



“As bad as we’ve played we’ve lost by 9 points. 

It’s very disappointing though, we wanted to 

make the final.” 

Harrison Elliott summed up the mood of the 

players when he tweeted: “That performance 

will hurt for a while. Lost opportunity but have 

to move on and focus on the league.” 

Unrealistic hope was raised as Steve Parry 

burrowed over and then Hyde connected with 

Chris Barlow twice with pinpoint kickes for the 

winger to acrobatically cross. 

ALL GOLDS: Jack Mitchell; Mo Agoro (t), Phil 

Cowburn, Brad Kislingbury (t), Chris Barlow 

(2t); Josh Ward, Kieran Hyde (2g); Ollie Purslow, 

Steve Parry (t), Harry Kidd (t); Chris Worrall, 

Joe McClean; Billy Brickhill; INTERCHANGE: 

Danny Fallon, Graham O’Keeffe, Harrison 

Elliott, Malikhi Lloyd-Jones 

Ryan Smith dropped a goal to ease Crusaders’ 

nerves and Harry Kidd’s powerful drive to the 

line was much too late to matter. 

Greenwood added: “I’m very disappointed. 

Probably the worst 80 minutes we’ve put 

together all season. Credit to the Crusaders, 

though. 

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Gloucestershire All Golds v North Wales Crusaders - Tries 


INAUGURAL SOUTH 

WALES PREMIER LEAGUE 

TO DEBUT IN 2017 

WRITTEN BY IAN GOLDEN 

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Wales Rugby League has rebranded its 

flagship domestic competition in South 

Wales to the “South Wales Premier League”. 

This brings the competition name in line 

with similar competitions in football and 

rugby union in Wales. 

The 2017 South Wales Premier League 

sees the return to Wales of three successful 

community clubs who have previously 

played in English competitions – Valley 

Cougars from Treharris, West Wales Raiders 

from Llanelli and Torfaen Tigers from 

Cwmbran. 

They will join the new League alongside 

established domestic clubs Bridgend Blue 

Bulls, who play out of Pyle RFC, and a 

relocated renamed Cardiff Blue Dragons 

who will now play out of the historic 

Glamorgan Wanderers’ Memorial Ground. 

Rhondda Outlaws will field an open-age 

side for the first time after a few years of 

youth development, and will play out of 

Sardis Road in Pontypridd, a former home 

of Valley Cougars who they host in their first 

home game on May 20th. 

The Cougars are unable to use their pitch 

for the first few weeks so their initial three 

rounds are away from home. 

There will also be domestic six-team 

competitions run at under 13, 15 and 17 level 

with four of the Premier League sides – 

Cardiff, Torfaen, Bridgend and West Wales 

– fielding sides at every age group, setting 

up the possibilty of quadruple headers or 

weekend long festivals of Rugby League as 

some of the fixtures have been arranged to 

accommodate this. 

The Grand Finals are all scheduled to take 

place on Sunday 13th August at a venue to 

be announced. 

WRL’s National Development Manager, 

Idris Evans, said: “We’re delighted with this 



ebranding and this has 

been strongly supported by 

all of our member clubs. 

“We have called our 

competitions ‘Conference’ 

for many years as we were 

originally affiliated with the 

English Conference system. 

As we are now independent, 

we felt that we had to go in 

line with Welsh association 

football and rugby union 

who have called their 

domestic competitions 

that sit under their major 

professional sides (ours of 

course being South Wales 

Ironmen and North Wales 

Crusaders) “Premier” for 

some time. You’ll also find 

that the attendances we 

have in the summer are 

comparable with many 

domestic Welsh clubs in the 

other two codes. 

“It’s fantastic that Valley 

Cougars, West Wales 

Raiders and Torfaen Tigers 

have returned to Wales, 

giving strength and support 

to our domestic competition. 

The Cougars reached the 

last three finals of the now 

defunct RFL Conference 

South competition, West 

Wales got to the semifinals 

last year and Torfaen 

were close to the top four 

up until the final month of 

the season. They’ll prove to 

be big competition for last 

season’s Welsh Conference 

champions Bridgend Blue 

Bulls, as well as Cardiff Blue 

Dragons and Rhondda 

Outlaws. 

“I’m also delighted that 

the League are playing 

matches out of some 

fantastic and historic stadia. 

West Wales Raiders are 

of course established in 

Stebonheath Park in Llanelli 

and with Cardiff moving to 

the Glamorgan Wanderers’ 

Memorial Ground and 

Rhondda into Pontypridd’s 

Sardis Road, it shows how 

well our clubs are building 

partnerships in their local 

area. 

“I think that for the first time 

ever, fans will be able to say 

that any one of the six sides 

is capable of winning the 

league. 

“We do also hope to run a 

merit league underneath 

the Premier, where other 

aspiring clubs, led by names 

like Blaenau Gwent Sharks, 

Newport Titans and Neath 

Port Talbot Steelers, can 

play competitive friendly 

matches. 

“In addition, the fact that 

most of our clubs will also 

field junior sides just shows 

how well we’re progressing 

at all levels. There were times 

when we would see one 

named team at one level and 

one at another, but we’re 

now building clubs rather 

than teams and long may 

that continue.” 

A new website and 

branding for the League 

will be launched soon. 

The complete fixture list is 

available to download here 

and will soon be available 

on the new Wales Rugby 

League calendar at www. 

tinyurl.com/wrlcalendar. 

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COMPETITION CLUB LIST 2017 

Aber Valley Wolves – Welfare Park, Senghenydd (U17, U15, U13) 

Bridgend Blue Bulls – Beach Road, Pyle (Premier, U17, U15, U13) 

Cardiff RL – Memorial Ground, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC (Premier, U17, U15, U13) 

DC Wildcats – Dowlais RFC and Cefn Coed RFC (U13) 

Rhondda Outlaws – Sardis Road, Pontypridd (Premier, U17, U15) 

South Wales Rabbitohs – Mill Fields, Pontyclun (U17) 

Torfaen Tigers – Cwmbran RFC (Premier, U17, U15, U13) 

Valley Cougars – The Bull Ring, Treharris (Premier) 

West Wales Raiders – Stebonheath Park, Llanelli (Premier, U17, U15, U13) 


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) 

Sun May 14 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (KPL1) 

Sun May 21 15:00 A Coventry Bears (KPL1) 

Sun Jun 4 15:00 H Newcastle Thunder (KPL1) 

Sun Jun 11 14:00 A Whitehaven (KPL1) 

Sun Jun 18 14:00 A Hemel Stags (KPL1) 

Sun Jun 25 15:00 H Oxford (KPL1) 

Sat Jul 1 18:30 A Barrow Raiders (KPL1) 

Sat Jul 8 12:00 A Toronto Wolfpack (KPL1) 

Sun Jul 16 15:00 H Doncaster (KPL1) 

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 


ALL GOLDS 

HEAD COACH: 

LEE GREENWOOD 

YORK CITY KNIGHTS 

HEAD COACH: 

JAMES FORD 

20 

MO AGORO 

CHRIS BARLOW 

BILLY BRICKHILL 

PHIL COWBURN 

HARRISON ELLIOTT 

DANNY FALLON 

KIERAN HYDE 

HARRY KIDD 

BRAD KISLINGBURY 

MALIKHI LLOYD-JONES 

JOE MCCLEAN 

JACK MITCHELL 

STEVEN NIELD 

GRAHAM O’KEEFFE 

STEVE PARRY (C) 

OLLIE PURSLOW 

JOSH WARD 

CHRIS WORRALL 

JOE BATCHELOR 

RONAN DIXON 

ANDREW ELLIS 

DAVID FOGGIN-JOHNSTON 

LIAM HARRIS 

BRADLEY HEY 

WILL JUBB 

CALLUM LANCASTER 

NEVILLE MORRISON 

JOSEPH PORTER 

JONATHAN PRESLEY 

NICK RAWSTHORNE 

ASHLEY ROBSON 

TOM SAXTON 

CHRISTOPHER SIDDONS 

EDWARD SMITH 

TIMOTHY SPEARS 

HARRY TYSON-WILSON 

ROBERT TYSON-WILSON 

REFEREE: G. DOLAN | RESERVE: T. ARNOLD 

TOUCH JUDGES: R. SNELSON, S. HOUGHTON | MATCH COMMISSIONER: R. CONNOLLY 


Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW 


Tel: 01242 715332 | Official Website: www.allgoldsrugby.com

All Golds v York City Knights KPL1 2017 Final

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