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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS<br />
WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />
14<br />
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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