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04 WELCOME<br />
06 THE RUGBY LEAGUE ATLAS<br />
08 BEARS PREVIEW<br />
10 CLUB DIRECTORY<br />
12 TODAY’S OPPONENTS<br />
14 ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />
16 FLAME OF THE WEST<br />
18 WEST OF ENGLAND LIONHEARTS<br />
22 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
24 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 />
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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 />
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 />
SPORTS THERAPIST<br />
Katy Stephens<br />
NUTRITION PARTNER<br />
Nutrition X<br />
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BUSINESS AND SPONSORSHIP<br />
Sophia Wood-Jenkins<br />
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Chris Wilson<br />
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Patrick Baines, Jack Conlon<br />
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WELCOME TO<br />
THE ALL GOLD<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
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Welcome to this issue of<br />
the <strong>All</strong> Gold. It has certainly<br />
been a busy week since we<br />
played so well against the<br />
Crusaders.<br />
Just prior to the Crusaders<br />
match, the news broke<br />
that our Head coach Lee<br />
Greenwood would be<br />
leaving at the end of the<br />
season. Lee has been with<br />
us since 2015 and he has<br />
put his mark on the club<br />
as it makes its way in the<br />
professional game.<br />
He can certainly look back<br />
with pride at the work<br />
he has done in instilling<br />
values throughout the<br />
organisation and his<br />
services will no doubt be in<br />
demand in the future.<br />
Former Parramatta and<br />
Wigan coach John Monie<br />
always used to say that a<br />
coach’s life at a club was<br />
three years and while there<br />
are obvious exceptions<br />
(Arsene Wenger and Sir<br />
Alex Ferguson to name<br />
but two) Lee has clearly<br />
felt that he has given all he<br />
could to set the club in the<br />
right direction in his three<br />
years at the helm.<br />
Lee has put in the mileage<br />
(literally) travelling the<br />
motorway to and from<br />
Yorkshire and with a young<br />
family to consider, he felt<br />
the time is right to seek<br />
opportunities closer to<br />
home.<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> have much to<br />
thank Lee for and we wish<br />
him every success in the<br />
future<br />
The players rewarded him<br />
with a performance against<br />
the Crusaders but these<br />
have been all too rare. The<br />
demolition of Keighley at<br />
the start of the season<br />
seemed to be the herald of<br />
a brighter <strong>2017</strong> but there<br />
have been too few repeats<br />
of that performance. The<br />
club has, though achieved<br />
a record 10 wins during<br />
the season and, with five<br />
games still to play, ought<br />
to increase that tally before<br />
season’s end.<br />
Lee has been a positive<br />
advocate for links with<br />
the community game and<br />
though it is not as strong or<br />
robust as that in the north<br />
it is an important element<br />
in the growth of the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> as a professional<br />
club.<br />
In this issue of the<br />
<strong>All</strong> Gold, we have an<br />
interesting reflection from<br />
George Cowburn on the<br />
geographic spread of the<br />
game over its 122 years and<br />
a preview of the West of<br />
England Finals which take<br />
place this Saturday.<br />
The Gloucestershire<br />
Warriors take on Swindon<br />
St George’s reserve side<br />
in the Plate Final while<br />
Oxford Cavaliers (who<br />
beat Cheltenham Phoenix<br />
in their semi final) take on<br />
Swindon’s first team. Good<br />
luck to all involved.<br />
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our contributors and to<br />
Craig at Craig Paul Design<br />
for crafting the disparate<br />
parts into a coherent<br />
whole.<br />
I hope you enjoy our<br />
offering and here’s hoping<br />
that the boys can carry<br />
last week’s form into this<br />
weekend’s game.<br />
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THE RUGBY<br />
LEAGUE ATLAS<br />
WRITTEN BY GEORGE COWBURN<br />
6 When the Northern Union broke away from<br />
the RFU in 1895 it was, as the name implies,<br />
purely a northern organisation.<br />
<strong>All</strong> the 22 founder clubs were from Lancashire,<br />
Yorkshire and Cheshire, seven of whom are no<br />
longer with us, namely Manningham – who<br />
were the first winners of the league and later<br />
became Bradford City association football club<br />
– Runcorn, Brighouse, Tyldesley, Liversedge,<br />
Stockport and Broughton Rangers.<br />
Quite early on, efforts were made to break<br />
out of the northern boundaries and in 1908<br />
there were six teams from South Wales in the<br />
Northern Union, enough to form a small Welsh<br />
league within the organisation.<br />
Merthyr and Ebbw Vale were the first to join<br />
in 1907 followed by Mid Rhondda, Treherbert,<br />
Barry and Aberdare in 1908.<br />
Sadly, by the end of the 1912, season all had<br />
gone. A perceived lack of support from up<br />
north, lack of funds and the ability of the RFU<br />
to turn a blind eye to remaining Welsh clubs<br />
paying their players spelt the end of expansion<br />
in Wales at the time.<br />
It is not the first time our opponents today,<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>Bears</strong>, have had a rugby league club<br />
in their city either.<br />
In 1910 <strong>Coventry</strong> joined the Northern Union.<br />
Based at the Old Bull Fields (locally known<br />
as ‘the Butts’) they bumped along around the<br />
bottom of the league for three seasons, giving<br />
up the ghost after the 1912 season when they<br />
finished last with no wins and just one draw in<br />
27 matches.<br />
Their only claim to fame was the one<br />
international cap won by their player J Tomes.<br />
Starved of success and money the club<br />
collapsed after 1912 and later reformed as a RU<br />
club who now play alongside the <strong>Bears</strong> at the<br />
Butts Arena.<br />
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Further efforts in Wales<br />
(Pontypridd in 1927 and 1928<br />
plus Cardiff in 1951) came to<br />
nought but in the 1930s an<br />
attempt was first made to<br />
establish the game in London<br />
following the success of the<br />
Challenge Cup Final which had<br />
moved to the capital in 1929.<br />
Wigan Highfield moved to<br />
London for the 1934 season to<br />
be known as London Highfield.<br />
Despite a respectable mid<br />
table finish they only lasted one<br />
season, returning north and<br />
reforming as Liverpool Stanley.<br />
Businessman and Greyhound<br />
Stadium owner Sydney Parkes<br />
dipped his toe in the water in<br />
1935 when the Streatham and<br />
Mitcham club was founded<br />
along with the Acton and<br />
Willesden club. Acton were<br />
“one season wonders” and<br />
Streatham barely lasted much<br />
longer, disbanding after 26<br />
games of their second season.<br />
Despite the attraction of star<br />
players such as New Zealand<br />
<strong>All</strong> Blacks international George<br />
Nepia, London, it seemed,<br />
wasn’t ready for a rugby league<br />
club of its own.<br />
After the Second World War,<br />
the entry into the league of<br />
Workington Town in 1945 and<br />
Whitehaven in 1948 raised<br />
the profile of the game in<br />
Cumberland, as it then was,<br />
particularly after Town won the<br />
1952 Challenge Cup final.<br />
They were followed by our<br />
friends from Doncaster in 1951<br />
and Blackpool in 1954 (though<br />
they are sadly no longer with us)<br />
after which the league settled<br />
down to a 30 club format.<br />
The entry of Fulham in 1980,<br />
now of course London Broncos,<br />
heralded a plethora of new<br />
clubs, mostly short-lived apart<br />
from 1984 newcomers Sheffield<br />
Eagles and the Broncos<br />
themselves.<br />
Who remembers Carlisle<br />
or Cardiff Blue Dragons/<br />
Bridgend and Kent/Southend<br />
Invicta, Mansfield Marksmen/<br />
Nottingham City and<br />
Scarborough Pirates (though a<br />
club by that name still exists)?<br />
They were mainly isolated clubs<br />
who foundered partly because<br />
of their isolation and partly due<br />
to a lack of a coordinated effort<br />
to grow the game in those areas.<br />
Now there are people with<br />
sincerely held views (sometimes<br />
known as flatcappers) who feel<br />
the game should concentrate all<br />
its efforts, and be firmly based,<br />
in the North although there are<br />
also many people who welcome<br />
the expansion the game has<br />
seen in recent years.<br />
London now has two teams,<br />
the Broncos and the Skolars, as<br />
does Wales with the Crusaders<br />
and the Ironmen, and France is<br />
represented by Catalan Dragons<br />
and Toulouse Olympique despite<br />
the earlier failures of Paris St<br />
German and Toulouse.<br />
Newcastle Thunder are well<br />
established in the North East<br />
despite two unsuccessful<br />
seasons for a Newcastle team<br />
in the 1930s and the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>,<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>Bears</strong>, Hemel Stags<br />
and Oxford continue to fly the<br />
flag in their areas.<br />
Fingers crossed the game will<br />
take root in Canada and North<br />
America spearheaded by<br />
Toronto Wolfpack and that’s<br />
just in the Northern Hemisphere.<br />
In the Southern Hemisphere the<br />
divisive Super League war of<br />
the mid-1990s saw mergers (St<br />
George and Illawarra and the<br />
disastrous North Sydney and<br />
Manly) and a reduction of clubs<br />
in the Sydney area. The Gold<br />
Coast finally has a (just about)<br />
viable club after the failure of<br />
the Seagulls while the town of<br />
Gosford is often mentioned<br />
as a base for a new club or a<br />
relocated North Sydney <strong>Bears</strong><br />
‘franchise’.<br />
Matches are played on the road<br />
in Perth and New Zealand as<br />
the Warriors there continue<br />
to under-achieve given the<br />
talent pool they have access to,<br />
though the lure of the Australian<br />
dollar creams of much of it.<br />
Interestingly, four states were<br />
represented in the semi finals<br />
of the NRL last season. New<br />
South Wales (by Cronulla),<br />
Victoria (Melbourne Storm), the<br />
ACT (Canberra Raiders) and<br />
Queensland (the Cowboys).<br />
To paraphrase our President<br />
Lionel Hurst - Mars versus Venus<br />
at rugby league anyone?<br />
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ALL GOLDS vs. BEARS<br />
MATCH PREVIEW<br />
WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />
The Golden Fern are on home soil again<br />
this Saturday when they entertain<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>Bears</strong>.<br />
With just four games left of the Shield this<br />
looks another must win game for the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> who are aiming to finish inside the<br />
top two, to set up a place in the Shield<br />
final. Currently lying in fourth and with<br />
upcoming games against second placed<br />
London and top of the table Hunslet the<br />
clash with <strong>Coventry</strong> could prove pivotal in<br />
their quest to reach the final next month.<br />
After a confidence boosting 40-22 win<br />
over North Wales Crusaders head coach<br />
Lee Greenwood is looking for a similar<br />
level of performance against a rapidly<br />
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improving <strong>Coventry</strong> side. He said: “I<br />
thought we did well for most of the game<br />
last week. Our start wasn’t great but we<br />
dug in and didn’t let the game get away<br />
from us. That game is history now though<br />
and we go again on Saturday against<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong>.<br />
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“I’ve said before I admire the way <strong>Coventry</strong><br />
operate. Both on and off the field they are<br />
doing things the right way. They’ve added<br />
a number of players since we beat them<br />
earlier in the season so they’ll be coming<br />
here to win. I think both teams are of a<br />
similar quality, they’ve lost a lot of close<br />
matches this season which shows how<br />
competitive they are. We know we’ll have<br />
to be on our game otherwise we’ll get<br />
beat. We’ve had some good battles with<br />
them in the three seasons that I’ve been<br />
here so we’re looking forward to another<br />
on Saturday. They’ve got a number of<br />
dangerous players that we’ll need to keep<br />
quiet.<br />
“The players who came in against<br />
Crusaders did well so I’d imagine our<br />
squad will look similar to last week. I say<br />
it over and over again but attitude is a big<br />
part of this game. The players have shown<br />
how good they can be this season, it’s up<br />
to them to show it again on Saturday.”<br />
Despite winning only three of their<br />
seventeen league games so far this season<br />
the <strong>Bears</strong> are not to be underestimated.<br />
Just a few weeks ago they came within a<br />
whisker of holding Workington Town to a<br />
draw only to lose out to a last minute drop<br />
goal. Tom Tsang’s side edged past Hemel<br />
last weekend so they arrive in Cheltenham<br />
in confident mood.<br />
The last time the two sides met was on<br />
April 30 and it proved to be a fantastic<br />
encounter. The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> raced into a<br />
10-0 lead playing a fantastic brand of<br />
attacking rugby but the <strong>Bears</strong> fought<br />
back and lead 12-10 just before the break.<br />
Three tries in eight second half minutes<br />
from Chris Barlow, Steven Nield and Brad<br />
Kislingbury gave the Golden Fern a 26-12<br />
lead but the <strong>Bears</strong> made it interesting late<br />
on when they added another six points to<br />
their tally. Lee Greenwood’s men hung on<br />
though to record an important win.<br />
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TODAY’S OPPONENTS<br />
COVENTRY BEARS<br />
WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON<br />
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FORM<br />
<strong>Coventry</strong> currently have a 50% record in<br />
the League 1 Shield, losing to Hunslet in<br />
round one before just edging out Hemel<br />
29-26 last week. That was their first win in<br />
almost two months after a horror run of six<br />
consecutive losses, including thrashings at<br />
the hands of Hunslet, Newcastle and North<br />
Wales. Last week’s win is a step in the right<br />
direction, though, as they managed to just<br />
about control a Hemel side who are on the<br />
up and even gave us a scare a few weeks<br />
ago.<br />
Coach Tom Tsang will be hoping his side<br />
kick on now, and use it as a catalyst to<br />
finish the season strongly.<br />
BACKS<br />
Arguably, <strong>Coventry</strong>’s biggest threat<br />
comes in the halves, with Tsang having a<br />
plethora of talented playmakers to choose<br />
from. Brad Delaney and Billy Gaylor have<br />
been the most used combination, but<br />
the recent signings of Jordan Gale, Paul<br />
Emanuelli and Sheffield loanee James<br />
Kelly have created plenty of competition.<br />
They lead what is otherwise a rather<br />
youthful backline, consisting of the likes<br />
of Jason Bass, Harry Chapman, Hayden<br />
Freeman and Charlie O’Mara, who are all<br />
younger than 21. Bass recently returned<br />
from the Student World Cup, where he<br />
represented England alongside our very<br />
own Harry Kidd, Ben Stead and James<br />
Mason. Fan favourite Jamahl Hunte<br />
completes the options out wide, alongside<br />
recent acquisition and former NRL Rookie<br />
contestant Luke Frixou.<br />
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FORWARDS<br />
Like in the backs, <strong>Coventry</strong> have used<br />
mid-season recruiting to strengthen their<br />
pack. Towering prop Brad Brennan and<br />
versatile forward Paddy Jones have both<br />
arrived on loan from Barrow and Rochdale<br />
respectively, adding to the already bulky<br />
front row of James Geurtjens and Jack<br />
Morrison.<br />
Alongside them, halfbacks Billy Gaylor<br />
and James Kelly have filled in at hooker,<br />
but are backed up Lewis Lord and former<br />
South Wales Ironman Zak Williams. Lord<br />
and back rower Kieron Sherratt have<br />
also just returned from England Students<br />
World Cup duty. Captain Matt Reid and<br />
club record appearance holder Chris<br />
Barratt are mainstays in the second row,<br />
while John Aldred will be sure to add<br />
impact off the bench.<br />
John Aldred<br />
Chris Barratt<br />
Jason Bass<br />
Alex Beddows<br />
Brad Brennan<br />
Harry Chapman<br />
Brad Delaney<br />
Paul Emanuelli<br />
Hayden Freeman<br />
Luke Frixou<br />
Jordan Gale<br />
Billy Gaylor<br />
James Geurtjens<br />
Dan Gover<br />
Elliot Hall<br />
SQUAD<br />
Richie Hughes<br />
Jamahl Hunte<br />
Paddy Jones<br />
Harry Kaufman<br />
James Kelly<br />
Lewis Lord<br />
Eddie Medforth<br />
Jack Morrison<br />
Charlie O’Mara<br />
Joe Prior<br />
Matt Reid<br />
Michael Russell<br />
Kieron Sherratt<br />
Zak Williams<br />
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STAR MAN<br />
The <strong>Bears</strong> have a number of big men leading<br />
their line, but Aussie-Welsh prop James<br />
Geurtjens has been a real enforcer since<br />
arriving at the club in 2015. The 31-yearold<br />
came over from Queensland Cup side<br />
Norths Devils to add bulk and experience to<br />
their young squad and has become a firm<br />
favourite with fans.<br />
Geurtjens was part of the Wales squad<br />
for the 2013 World Cup but didn’t actually<br />
debut for the national side until October<br />
2015, which capped off a successful first<br />
season in the English game. Since then he’s<br />
established himself as a constant leader<br />
at the <strong>Bears</strong>, with his tough attacking and<br />
aggressive defence laying a great platform<br />
for the halves to play off. He’s found himself<br />
starting on the bench in recent weeks, and<br />
so will add a huge impact when introduced<br />
today.<br />
ONE TO WATCH<br />
Despite having played just four games of<br />
professional Rugby League in his career,<br />
Luke Frixou may be one of the more<br />
recognisable names in the <strong>Coventry</strong> lineup.<br />
Only last year, Frixou was featuring on<br />
prime time television over in Australia, when<br />
he competed in the reality series The NRL<br />
Rookie. He was cut from the show in week<br />
six due to his limited Rugby League skills,<br />
but playing for the <strong>Bears</strong> gives him a great<br />
opportunity to enhance his abilities and<br />
showcase what he’s capable of.<br />
With his strong but athletic frame, the former<br />
GB bobsledder played at prop during his<br />
time on the show but has been used as a<br />
centre by Tom Tsang. He’s deceptively quick<br />
and so is effective as a wide runner, but is yet<br />
to completely find his position. Even Tsang<br />
has admitted that Frixou could easily end up<br />
as forward in the near future. Regardless of<br />
his position, the 22-year-old only knows one<br />
way to play – and that’s hard. He carries the<br />
ball well and is solid in defence, making him<br />
a real handful for any opposition.<br />
STATS<br />
HIGHEST SCORE:<br />
52-16 v Hemel, 19/4/2015<br />
HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST:<br />
8-78 v Swinton, 14/6/2015<br />
MOST APPEARANCES:<br />
64 - Chris Barratt 2015-present<br />
HIGHEST POINT SCORER:<br />
128 – Joel James 2015-<strong>2017</strong><br />
HIGHEST TRY SCORER:<br />
24 – Jamahl Hunte 2015-present<br />
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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />
WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />
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ALL GOLDS<br />
TOO GOOD FOR<br />
CRUSADERS<br />
ALL GOLDS 40 – 22 CRUSADERS<br />
SATURDAY 05 AUGUST <strong>2017</strong><br />
PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> put an end to their four match<br />
losing streak with a 40-22 victory over North<br />
Wales Crusaders.<br />
This was the fourth time the teams have met in<br />
Cheltenham this season and it’s safe to say the<br />
Crusaders will be hoping it’s the last time, having<br />
lost three of the four encounters. The scoreline<br />
might suggest this was a comfortable win but<br />
it was anything but. Like several games this<br />
season the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> finished strongly in the final<br />
quarter, in fact it wasn’t until Malikhi Lloyd-Jones<br />
crashed over in the 73rd minute that the home<br />
side felt comfortable. The Crusaders, missing<br />
several big names, used only 15 players so it was<br />
understandable they tired late on.<br />
“I felt we deserved the win in the end”, said Lee<br />
Greenwood. “First half we had to do plenty of<br />
defending because we were making so many<br />
mistakes, we must like defending! Crusaders<br />
broke through the middle a couple of times<br />
which was worrying but credit to our lads, they<br />
defended their line well.<br />
“We finished the game strongly which was<br />
pleasing. We’ve done it a lot this season which<br />
shows all the work we did during pre-season is<br />
working. I can’t fault the effort and determination<br />
that the players have shown this season. It’s<br />
another win against a good northern side so we<br />
have to be happy.”<br />
Both sides, obviously low on confidence after<br />
poor performances the week before, were guilty<br />
of making mistakes in a first quarter which saw<br />
three times as many scrums as completed sets.<br />
After winning a penalty for interference at the<br />
play-the-ball the Crusaders scored the first<br />
try of the game at the end of the first quarter<br />
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he strolled through. Price<br />
converted to make it a six point<br />
game again.<br />
The next score looked likely to<br />
be the winner, thankfully for the<br />
home supporters it was their<br />
team that got it. Parry, who<br />
covered every blade of grass<br />
in another fine performance,<br />
fed Malikhi Lloyd-Jones who<br />
smashed his way through the<br />
Crusaders defence to score his<br />
first try of the season. Mitchell<br />
converted to give his side a 34-<br />
22 lead with five minutes left.<br />
when Ryan Millington broke the<br />
line and touched down. Danny<br />
Price added the extras to give<br />
the visitors a 6-0 lead.<br />
The Golden Fern responded in<br />
fine style and were soon 12-6<br />
ahead. Joe McClean popped<br />
up a superb offload for Phil<br />
Cowburn to gather and touch<br />
down before the impressive<br />
Kadeem Williams ran onto a<br />
Jack Mitchell pass to crash<br />
over. Both tries were converted<br />
by Jack Mitchell who had a<br />
great afternoon with the boot,<br />
missing only one of his seven<br />
conversions.<br />
Crusaders levelled it up at 12-12<br />
soon after when, off the back of<br />
a penalty, Alex Whalley found a<br />
gap in the home defence and<br />
scored.<br />
with him over the white wash.<br />
Price’s conversion slid wide<br />
which meant the home side<br />
had a narrow two point lead.<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> responded with<br />
a brace of quick-fire tries. Steve<br />
Parry sent Chris Barlow over<br />
in the corner before the Welsh<br />
international scored a superb<br />
solo try after weaving his way<br />
through the Crusaders defence.<br />
Twelve points ahead it looked<br />
like the home side had done<br />
enough but the visitors hit back<br />
to set up a tense final quarter.<br />
Matt Davies collected the ball<br />
20 metres out before throwing<br />
a dummy which opened up<br />
a gap in the defence which<br />
Phil Cowburn, superb from the<br />
first minute to the last, scored<br />
his second of the game with<br />
just two minutes remaining<br />
after he collected a clever inside<br />
pass from Danny Fallon. Jack<br />
Mitchell made no mistake with<br />
the conversion as the home<br />
side could finally relax, knowing<br />
the game was won.<br />
ALL GOLDS: Phil Cowburn,<br />
Mo Agoro, Kadeem Williams,<br />
Lewis Reece, Chris Barlow, Jack<br />
Mitchell, Steve Parry, Harrison<br />
Elliott, Billy Brickhill, Malikhi<br />
Lloyd-Jones, Brad Hargreaves,<br />
Joe McClean, Chris Worrall;<br />
INTERCHANGE: Danny Fallon,<br />
Ross Price, James Walter, Harry<br />
Kidd.<br />
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It looked like that might be that<br />
as far as the first half went but<br />
just before the hooter Harry<br />
Kidd received a pass from<br />
Steve Parry and rolled his way<br />
over the whitewash. Mitchell<br />
converted to give the hosts an<br />
18-12 half-time lead.<br />
The see-saw nature of the<br />
game continued in the second<br />
half, Crusaders were back in<br />
it again after Kenny Baker did<br />
well to drag three defenders<br />
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FLAME OF THE WEST<br />
WEST of ENGLAND <strong>FINAL</strong> PREVIEWS<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
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With the semi finals now complete in the<br />
West of England league, the double header<br />
finals day will take place at Portway Rugby<br />
Development Centre, Bristol this Saturday (12<br />
August).<br />
Having beaten Cheltenham Phoenix 44-28 in<br />
their semi final encounter, Oxford Cavaliers<br />
will meet the Pool 2 winners Swindon St<br />
George in the Championship final at 3pm.<br />
The final brings together last season’s plate<br />
winners in the Cavaliers and the championship<br />
runners up from 2016 Swindon who will be<br />
contesting their fourth Grand Final having<br />
also lost in 2011 and 2014 both times to the<br />
Gloucestershire Warriors.<br />
The Cavaliers will be in their third title decider<br />
having lifted the crown in 2012 before<br />
being demolished 94-12 by Cheltenham the<br />
following year.<br />
Swindon will go into the game as favourites<br />
as they defeated the Cavaliers twice in the<br />
regular season, 36-28 at home and more<br />
emphatically 54-8 in Oxford. Having gone<br />
through to the final without playing they<br />
have had a fortnight to prepare and will be<br />
desperate to earn some reward for what has<br />
been a phenomenally successful season for<br />
the club.<br />
Prior to that (1pm kick off), the Plate<br />
competition will be fought out between<br />
Gloucestershire Warriors and Swindon St<br />
George A.<br />
The sides have met twice in the league when<br />
100 points were shared in each game. The<br />
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Warriors secured their first<br />
win of the season 60-40<br />
at Swindon’s Supermarine<br />
ground in Round 3 of the<br />
competition but were more<br />
emphatic 82-18 winners on<br />
home soil last month.<br />
The Warriors saw off a stern<br />
challenge from Bath RL in<br />
the semi-final, coming back<br />
from an early 20-0 deficit<br />
and then playing most of<br />
the second half with 12 men<br />
following the dismissal of<br />
Ash Kocerhan in the opening<br />
minutes of the period.<br />
Both sides scored eight tries<br />
but it was the goal-kicking<br />
of halfback Ash Lewis that<br />
was the difference as he<br />
hit seven goals to the four<br />
mustered by Bath’s Alex<br />
Burns and Josh Frost in the<br />
46-40 win.<br />
Trailing 28-10 going into<br />
the final few minutes of the<br />
first half, the Warriors struck<br />
twice through Sean Roberts<br />
and Jordan Smith to add to<br />
earlier scores from Roberts<br />
and Matt Jones and trailed<br />
by only 28-22 at the whistle.<br />
Frost (2), Cieran Chester,<br />
Ryan Willcox, Tom Plance<br />
and Burns had crossed<br />
for Bath in their first half<br />
onslaught but somehow<br />
the Warriors stayed in touch<br />
when it looked as though a<br />
cricket score was possible.<br />
After Kocerhan’s departure<br />
for a dangerous tackle,<br />
the Warriors ran riot and<br />
posted four unanswered<br />
tries through Jones, Kirk<br />
Lewis, Ryan Tanner and Ash<br />
Lewis but the Bath side hit<br />
back through Burns and<br />
Chester leaving the game<br />
in the balance for the final<br />
dozen or so minutes before<br />
the Warriors could celebrate<br />
victory.<br />
Having overcome a difficult<br />
schedule which included<br />
a narrow 38-30 win in<br />
Somerset, the Warriors will<br />
be favourites to take the<br />
Plate for the first time. They<br />
will however be wary of a<br />
Swindon side<br />
that is well capable of<br />
scoring points and caused<br />
them plenty of problems in<br />
the game at Swindon before<br />
the Warriors’ superior<br />
firepower won the day.<br />
It certainly should be an<br />
open and entertaining<br />
encounter.<br />
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Gloucestershire Warriors v Bath Rugby League (West of England Plate Semi-Final <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
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WEST OF ENGLAND<br />
LIONHEARTS<br />
NEW DEPARTURE FOR THE HARRY JEPSON TROPHY<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
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In a new departure for the Harry Jepson<br />
Trophy, which celebrates its 20th<br />
anniversary this year, the competition will be<br />
contested by regional rather than club sides<br />
this season.<br />
The West of England Lionhearts will join<br />
sides from the East, London and the<br />
Midlands in a four way tussle for the trophy<br />
that has been competed for since 1997<br />
when the North London Skolars carried<br />
off the trophy as the best of the Southern<br />
Conference.<br />
Following trial matches and a successful<br />
tour to Ireland last season, the West of<br />
England management team have been<br />
monitoring the progress of players playing<br />
in the league this year and have identified<br />
around 40 candidates for the squad to take<br />
part in the competition.<br />
There will be a trial match next Sunday<br />
(20 August) to identify the final squad for<br />
the opening game in September between<br />
the East (players from Bath, Oxford,<br />
Southampton, Portsmouth and Swindon)<br />
and the West (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,<br />
Bristol, Forest Bulldogs, Somerset Vikings<br />
players).<br />
The Venue is yet to be announced but<br />
the West of England twitter account (@<br />
WestofEngRL) should give details when<br />
they are available.<br />
The Squads are as follows:<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 (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 (L1CupQF) 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 Crusaders (L1CupSF) 28-37 MITCHELL AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 2T WARD<br />
Sun May 7 15:00 H York City Knights (KPL1) 10-56 NIELD AGORO COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW WARD 2G<br />
Sun May 14 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (KPL1) 36-28 MITCHELL AGORO 1T NIELD KISLINGBURY BARLOW STEAD 6G<br />
Sun May 21 15:00 A <strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>Bears</strong> (KPL1) 18-26 MITCHELL 1T AGORO 1T NIELD 1T KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 1T STEAD 3G<br />
Sun Jun 4 15:00 H Newcastle Thunder (KPL1) 10-56 MITCHELL AGORO WILLIAMS KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T STEAD 1G<br />
Sun Jun 11 14:00 A Whitehaven (KPL1) 62-6 MITCHELL AGORO 1T NIELD KISLINGBURY BARLOW DAVIES 1G<br />
Sun Jun 18 14:00 A Hemel Stags (KPL1) 20-32 NIELD AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T DAVIES 4G<br />
Sun Jun 25 15:00 H Oxford (KPL1) 38-10 COWBURN AGORO 1T REECE KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T DAVIES 5G<br />
Sat Jul 1 18:30 A Barrow Raiders (KPL1) 36-6 MITCHELL 1T AGORO COWBURN REECE BARLOW DAVIES 1G<br />
Sat Jul 8 12:00 A Toronto Wolfpack (KPL1) 62-10 MITCHELL 1G AGORO COWBURN REECE 1T CARTER OWENS<br />
Sun Jul 16 15:00 H Doncaster (KPL1) 04-42 MITCHELL AGORO 1T WILLIAMS REECE BARLOW OWENS<br />
Sat Jul 29 15:00 A South Wales Ironmen (<strong>KPL1S</strong>) 28-20 COWBURN 1T AGORO KISLINGBURY 1T REECE CARTER DAVIES<br />
Sat Aug 5 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (<strong>KPL1S</strong>) 28-20 COWBURN 2T AGORO WILLIAMS 1T REECE BARLOW 1T MITCHELL 6G<br />
Sat Aug 12 15:00 H <strong>Coventry</strong> <strong>Bears</strong> (<strong>KPL1S</strong>)<br />
Sat Aug 19 15:00 A Hunslet (<strong>KPL1S</strong>)<br />
Sun Sep 3 15:00 H Oxford (<strong>KPL1S</strong>)<br />
Sat Sep 9 15:00 A London Skolars (<strong>KPL1S</strong>)<br />
Sun Sep 17 15:00 H Hemel Stags (<strong>KPL1S</strong>)<br />
THE KEY | Home games appear in bold | KPL1 = Kingstone Press League 1 | <strong>KPL1S</strong> = 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 />
FALLON WALTER PARRY (C) ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL CARTER PURSLOW LLOYD-JONES JONES<br />
STEAD 2G WALTER PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL KIDD LLOYD-JONES PRICE JONES<br />
PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT BRICKHILL LLOYD-JONES 1T HARGREAVES McCLEAN WORRALL FALLON PRICE WALTER KIDD 1T<br />
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ALL GOLDS<br />
HEAD COACH:<br />
LEE GREENWOOD<br />
BEARS<br />
HEAD COACH:<br />
TOM TSANG<br />
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MO AGORO<br />
CHRIS BARLOW<br />
BILLY BRICKHILL<br />
ERROL CARTER<br />
PHIL COWBURN<br />
HARRISON ELLIOTT<br />
DANIEL FALLON<br />
BRADLEY HARGREAVES<br />
HARRY KIDD<br />
MALIKHI LLOYD-JONES<br />
RICHARD JONES<br />
BRAD KISLINGBURY<br />
JOE McCLEAN<br />
JAMES MASON<br />
JACK MITCHELL<br />
STEVE PARRY (C)<br />
ROSS PRICE<br />
LEWIS REECE<br />
BEN STEAD<br />
JAMES WALTER<br />
KADEEM WILLIAMS<br />
CHRIS WORRALL<br />
JASON BASS<br />
ALEX BEDDOWS<br />
BRADLEY BRENNAN<br />
HARRY CHAPMAN<br />
BRADLEY DELANEY<br />
PAUL EMANUELLI<br />
HAYDEN FREEMAN<br />
JAMES GEURTJENS<br />
DANIEL GLOVER<br />
JAMAHL HUNTE<br />
PATRICK JONES<br />
JAMES KELLY<br />
MATTHEW REID<br />
MICHAEL RUSSELL<br />
KIERAN SHERRATT<br />
ZAK WILLIAMS<br />
BILLY GAYLOR<br />
JACKMORRISON<br />
CHRIS BARRATT<br />
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TOUCH JUDGES: L. SPEARS, T. AMBLER | M COM: A. BARNBY<br />
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