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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 />
CLUB INFORMATION<br />
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />
Home Ground: The Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham<br />
Offices:<br />
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Telephone: 01242 714468<br />
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ADVISORY BOARD<br />
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GENERAL MANAGER<br />
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HEAD COACH<br />
Lee Greenwood<br />
ASSISTANT COACHES<br />
Anthony Murray,<br />
Dan Poulton<br />
S&C COACHES<br />
Nick Lane, Joe Festa<br />
TEAM MANAGER<br />
Martin Lovegrove<br />
KIT AND LOGISTICS<br />
David Friend<br />
CLUB DOCTOR<br />
Phil Cox<br />
HEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST<br />
James Clapp<br />
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Patrick Baines, Jack Conlon<br />
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WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
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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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it all together. I hope you enjoy<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 />
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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 long term certainty surrounding Alex<br />
Gaskell’s ankle injury sustained against Toronto,<br />
however he will be ruled out of this game along<br />
with Courtney Davies. Chris Barlow could be<br />
back in contention after missing out last week<br />
due to Hamstring injury. Brad Hargreaves and<br />
Kadeem Williams could also feature after missing<br />
the trip to Canada due to 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 />
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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 />
REFEREE: C. STRAW | RESERVE: W. HEYWOOD<br />
TOUCH JUDGES: E. MCCARTHY, C. WORSLEY | M COM: A. BARNBY<br />
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />
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