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CONTENTS AND INFO 

04 WELCOME 

06 THERE’S NO SUCH GAME AS RUGBY 

08 OXFORD PREVIEW 

10 CLUB DIRECTORY 

12 TODAY’S OPPONENTS 

14 ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS 

16 FLAME OF THE WEST 

18 WEST OF ENGLAND LIONHEARTS 

20 LEWIS REECE 

22 FIXTURES & RESULTS 

24 SQUAD LINE-UPs 

CLUB INFORMATION 

UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS 

Home Ground: The Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham 

Offices: 

Oxstalls Campus, Longlevens, Gloucester. GL2 9HW 

Telephone: 01242 714468 

Email: 

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PRESIDENT 

Lionel Hurst LL.B 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Krista Woodman, Ken Stone, 

Kevan Blackadder 

GENERAL MANAGER 

Patrick Evans 

HEAD COACH 

Lee Greenwood 

ASSISTANT COACHES 

Anthony Murray, 

Dan Poulton 

S&C COACHES 

Nick Lane, Joe Festa 

TEAM MANAGER 

Martin Lovegrove 

KIT AND LOGISTICS 

David Friend 

CLUB DOCTOR 

Phil Cox 

HEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST 

James Clapp 

SPORTS THERAPIST 

Katy Stephens 

NUTRITION PARTNER 

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COMMUNITY MANAGER 

Kane Krlic 

BUSINESS AND SPONSORSHIP 

Sophia Wood-Jenkins 

MATCHDAY CO-ORDINATOR 

Fee Cragg 

MEDIA MANAGER/EDITOR 

Chris Wilson 

SOCIAL MEDIA & JOURNALIST 

Patrick Baines, Jack Conlon 

PHOTOGRAPHERS 

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THERE’S NO 

SUCH GAME 

AS RUGBY 

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OXFORD 

PREVIEW 

14 

MATCH 

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WELCOME TO 

THE ALL GOLD 

WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON 

4 

If the rumours are to be 

believed, this meeting of 

the All Golds and Oxford 

will be the last between the 

clubs who will be merging 

and playing in Bristol next 

season. 

Hopefully we’ll have some 

more news by the time the 

All Golds take on Hemel 

Stags in a couple of weeks 

but in the meantime, let 

us savour this local derby 

and pay tribute to the 

hard work from all those 

connected with both clubs 

who have established the 

game in their respective 

areas. 

There have been a number 

of players who have played 

for both clubs and many 

who have graced the 

Community game and we 

pay tribute to their efforts 

as well. 

With both sides having 

enjoyed a week’s break 

thanks to the Ladbrokes 

Challenge Cup Final last 

week, the players should 

be fresh – well as fresh 

as you can be after six 

months of hard slog – and 

looking forward to getting 

stuck in, so we should be in 

for a no holds barred derby 

to remember. 

At this time of the year, the 

medals are being handed 

out and it is congratulations 

to Castleford Tigers who 

have deservedly won the 

League Leaders Shield 

having put in a string of 

scintillating performances 

this summer. 

Also congratulations go to 

Hull FC who are well and 

truly at home at Wembley 

having retained the 

Challenge Cup with a hard 

fought win over Wigan, 

who of course won the 

World Club Challenge way 

back in February. 

In the West of England, 

it is congratulations to 

Swindon St George who 

won their first League title 

with a win over Oxford. 

There is a report and a link 

to highlights of the game 

elsewhere in this issue. 

However, their second 

team were unable to do 

a remarkable double as 

they were defeated by the 

Gloucestershire Warriors in 

the Plate Final. 

So, can the All Golds get 

their own silverware? Well, 

they need to win today 

and defeat the Skolars next 

week as well as overcoming 

the Stags in a fortnight and 

perhaps hope a couple of 

results go their way as well. 

They can do it and I’m sure 

Lee Greenwood will be 

aiming to guide the boys 

to success. 

On to this issue of the 

All Gold. We have a neat 

story of the origins of 

rugby league from George 

Cowburn, coverage of the 

West of England Finals 

and a look towards the 

new-look Harry Jepson 

Trophy as well as the 

usual previews for today’s 

game and a look at our 

opponents. 

As always, it’s thanks to 

George, to Patrick Baines 

and to Jack Conlon for 

their contributions and to 

Craig Mitchell of Craig Paul 

Design for stitching it all 

together – hope you had a 

good holiday, Craig! 

And it’s thanks to you for 

reading and for supporting 

the All Golds and the great 

game of rugby league. 

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THERE’S NO SUCH GAME AS RUGBY 

(IT’S A PLACE IN WARWICKSHIRE) 

WRITTEN BY GEORGE COWBURN 

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What the All Golds have been playing for the 

last five seasons is Rugby (Football) League. 

Add two flank forwards and it becomes Rugby 

(Football) Union. 

So how come there are two similar sports with 

the same pitches, goalposts and oval shaped 

balls run by two separate and completely 

different organisations? 

Put at its most simplistic it all boils down to 

six shillings - thirty pence to anyone born after 

15th February 1971. But there’s more to it than 

that. 

“Football” as an unregulated free-for-all, often 

played by a whole village on public holidays, 

existed in this country from medieval times 

but it was the public schools, particularly 

Rugby, and the Universities that created a 

relatively disciplined game from these early 

knockabouts. 

Incidentally, the legend that William Webb 

Ellis in some way invented the game of rugby 

is a complete myth which surfaced long after 

Webb Ellis’s death. 

The Old Rugbeians Society (ex pupils of 

the school) examined the claim, including 

interviewing surviving old boys from the 

period, and could find no concrete evidence to 

back the claim up from any source. 

It didn’t stop them deciding it was probably 

true, however, in a classic example of wishful 

thinking. 

The early rules of “football” at Rugby school 

included being able to catch the ball on the full 

and kick it back out of your hands as gradually, 

the game emerged into something akin to the 

game of Rugby Union now played. 

During Victorian times, the game began to 

spread from the schools and universities 

propelled in part by a piece of Parliamentary 

legislation. The 1850 Factory Act decreed 

that work had to cease by no later than 2pm 

on Saturday afternoon; so what better way 

for the miner, docker, foundryman or factory 

labourer to spend his Saturday afternoon than 

in a game of rugby? 

By 1871 the RFU was formed to run the game 

based then, as now, at Twickenham - a source 

of annoyance to clubs in the north who found 

travel to London to attend meetings and 

influence matters very difficult. 

County Cup competitions began in the 1870s 

and, in the north in particular, became very 

popular, drawing large crowds for the matches. 

Naturally, ambitious clubs wanted the best 

players and were prepared to pay for their 

services enticing them from other clubs with 

cushy job offers and/or cash payments - a 

useful source of income in those hard times. 

This change from the original social and 

amateur ethos alarmed the RFU and its allies 

and at the 1886 AGM of the RFU all payments 

to players were outlawed - the game was to be 

purely amateur. 

Generally speaking, the northern clubs (and 

some in other areas - the Gloucester club 

itself was found in breach of regulations in the 

1890s) ignored this rule and rumours regarding 

payments were 



ife. As competitions grew 

and clubs had to travel further, 

they needed their players to 

take Saturday mornings off 

work. 

Even if they could get the time 

off, most players could not 

afford to lose their Saturday 

pay and to get round this 

the clubs would make “off 

the record” payments to 

compensate. 

In Yorkshire a campaign by 

the Reverend Frank Marshall 

to expose the ‘evils of 

professionalism’, as he saw it, 

led to clubs and players being 

suspended (some players 

were even banned for life) 

and the game was thrown into 

chaos. 

Fearful of a split, Yorkshire RFU 

official James Miller proposed 

at the 1893 RFU AGM that 

clubs be allowed to make a 

“broken time” payment of no 

more than six shillings (30p) 

to compensate players who 

lost earnings. 

The resolution was defeated 

by 282 votes to 136. The RFU 

secretary had 120 proxy votes 

at his disposal - no prizes for 

guessing which way he voted. 

A split was becoming 

inevitable as the northern clubs 

also wanted a greater say in 

the running of their affairs. In a 

deliberately provocative move 

the RFU later decreed that 

all clubs or players accused 

of professionalism would 

now be automatically found 

guilty unless they could prove 

their innocence. Once the 

Lancashire RFU became as 

enthusiastic as their Yorkshire 

counterparts in pursuit of 

professionalism the die was 

cast. 

Having had separate meetings 

previously, delegates from 22 

Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs 

met on 29th August 1895 at the 

George Hotel in Huddersfield 

- chosen as a halfway point 

between the eastern and 

western extremities of Hull 

and Widnes and opposite 

the town’s railway station. 

There they voted to form a 

Northern Rugby Football 

Union, playing under existing 

laws but allowing broken time 

payments of six shillings to 

players. 

The rebels were joined by 

two Cheshire clubs who also 

resigned from the RFU and 

the first games were played 

just over a week later. The 

Northern Union was up and 

running! 

Over the next dozen seasons 

many of the differences 

between the two codes 

emerged as the northern 

union sought to make their 

game more attractive to 

paying spectators. 

Lineouts were abolished (in 

1897), full professionalism 

allowed (1898), the points 

system changed (1905) and 

in 1906, the play the ball 

rule introduced and teams 

reduced to thirteen a side 

with the loss of the two flank 

forwards. 

Fearful of further losses, the 

rugby union authorities tried 

to kill off the new organisation. 

They were justified in their fears 

as it was to be fifteen years 

after the split before England 

won the Home international 

Championship again. The new 

game prospered, albeit mainly 

contained within its northern 

heartlands. 

7 

One hundred and twenty 

three years later we are still 

playing two separate games 

of rugby (football). Dewsbury 

vs Manningham 1901 - 

https://www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=DDJ5RUoXO7Y 


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ALL GOLDS vs. OXFORD 

MATCH PREVIEW 

WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES 

The All Golds play their penultimate home 

game of the season on Sunday against 

Oxford. 

With the chance of finishing in the Shield 

final all but over Lee Greenwood says he 

wants to see his players bounce back from 

the 32-18 defeat at Hunslet a fortnight 

ago. He said: “We were disappointed with 

the game at Hunslet and we want to put 

things right against Oxford. We were 

leading at half time but in the second 

half we weren’t good enough and Hunslet 

punished us. It’s another tough game for 

us against Oxford and we’ll need to be at 

our best to win. 



good, close games against them and we’re 

looking forward to another on Sunday. 

“It’s important we turn up and show 

the right attitude. We want to finish the 

season strongly so Sunday is important 

for us. We’ve had more wins this season 

than any other and we’ve got three more 

games to add to the tally.” 

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Full back Alex Gaskell returns to the 

squad and could be in line for his first 

appearance since the game out in Toronto. 

Props Richard Jones and Ross Price could 

also return having missed the game 

against Hunslet. Scotland international 

Joe McClean misses out for the first time 

this season. 

“We beat Oxford 38-10 earlier in the 

season but the game was close up until 

the 65 minute mark. They’ve had some 

good wins this season so we know they 

can be a threat. Obviously they’ve had 

a tough run of late but we know games 

against southern teams are always close. 

In my three years here we’ve had some 

Oxford, who caught the eye early in the 

season with impressive wins over York 

and Hunslet, are enduring a nightmare 

run of form and haven’t won a game since 

their 38-18 win over South Wales on May 

20. They opened their League 1 Shield 

campaign with a narrow 32-26 defeat at 

Hemel before going down 36-10 on home 

soil to Hunslet. They were demolished 

66-0 by London Skolars the weekend 

after but did manage to avoid defeat 

last time out when they drew 22-22 with 

South Wales Ironmen, 



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TODAY’S OPPONENTS 

OXFORD 

WRITTEN BY JACK CONLON 

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FORM 

Oxford come into Sunday’s game on the 

back of a run of just one draw in their last 

dozen matches. Their early season wins 

over York and Hunslet must be a distant 

memory for Tim Rumford’s men as they 

have endured a horror run. Worryingly 

for the All Golds, however, Oxford are 

due a win, as the sides generally split the 

victories each season. Defence seems to 

be the main issue at the minute, with a 

number of their defeats being by 31 points 

or more, the worst of those being a 66-0 

trouncing by London Skolars. Rumford’s 

side currently sit in 5th place in the League 

1 Shield table and while they cannot catch 

the All Golds in fourth, a win would keep 

them ahead of the Bears, Stags and 

Ironmen. 

BACKS 

Oxford’s halves have been their main 

source of chances this year, with Tim 

Rumford able to tie down a consistent 

and settled combination in the creative 

positions. Oxford’s spine this year has 

mainly been made up of Scott Fleming 

and Bradford Academy graduate Callum 

Windley in the halves, with centre-turnedfullback 

Kane Riley offering himself as 

an extra option. With great ball players 

feeding them, the Oxford outside backs 

have flourished, with experienced finishers 

Josh Atkinson and Jordan Gill picking up 

plenty of tries, aided by the likes of Harvey 

Burnett, Will Cooke and Marcus Brooker 

on their inside. 

FORWARDS 

Former All Gold Casey Canterbury is the 

one mainstay in a very changeable pack. 

Like in the rest of his squad, Tim Rumford 

has plenty of depth in the forwards and 

is bolstered by having the likes of Jordan 

Crowther, Lewis Bienek and Callum Bustin 

on dual-registration from Wakefield and 

London Broncos respectively. Young 

Bronco Dan Hindmarsh and Trinity 

rookie Bradley Moules have also been 

given a good opportunity at Iffley Road 

this season and have both been regular 

features in the squad. 

Former London Skolars prop Anthony 

Cox has been a key feature in the side 

since joining in the off-season, his size and 

strength mixing well with that of Stuart 

Biscomb, Jake Joynt and Jordan Siddons. 

Mid-season signing Jonny Payne has also 

been a welcome addition to the forward 

pack, after spending some time out of the 

professional game following stints with 

the Castleford Academy and Newcastle 

back in 2011. 

Tom Alexander 

Josh Atkinson 

Stuart Biscomb 

Marcus Brooker 

Harrison Brough 

Harvey Burnett 

Casey Canterbury 

Tommy Chipchase 

Doug Chirnside 

Connor Clayton 

Will Cooke 

SQUAD 

Anthony Cox 

James Cryer 

Matt Davies 

Sam Druce 

Luke Evans 

Scott Fleming 

Adam Flintham 

Luke Gardiner 

Jordan Gill 

Charlie Greene 

Harry Griffiths 



Jack Harbidge 

Mark Hayes 

Andrew Hoggins 

Kieran Hyde 

Dan Jamieson 

Jake Joynt 

Josh Kittrick 

Lee Land 

George Lenton-Hall 

Clark McAllister 

Curtis MacDonald 

Dwaine McRae 

Tommy Newbould 

Aaron Nicholson 

Liam O’Callaghan 

Jonathan Payne 

Jack Pickles 

Kane Riley 

Jesse Sheriffe 

Jordan Siddons 

Callum Windley 

Craig Wright 

Bradley Moules 

Jordan Crowther 

Max Jowitt 

Ashley Gibson 

Alex Foster 

Lewis Bienek 

Callum Bustin 

Sadiq Adebiyi 

Daniel Hindmarsh 

ONE TO WATCH 

Oxford have a plethora of talent in the 

outside backs, but former London Broncos 

centre Harvey Burnett adds a wealth of 

experience and skill. Still only 21-years-of- 

STAR MAN 

While he may not be the most experienced, 

hooker Casey Canterbury is certainly one of 

Oxford’s most influential players and has become 

a key part of their side this season. The former 

Castleford Academy and Hunslet rake will be 

a familiar face to All Golds fans, having spent 

a period on loan at the Golden Fern in 2014. He 

spent almost a full year out of the professional 

game in 2015, playing just one game for York 

City Knights, before moving back down south to 

Oxford at the start of 2016 where his game has 

gone from strength to strength. 

A deceptive and quick dummy half, Canterbury 

has enjoyed a fruitful 2017 campaign so and 

establishing himself as one of the best hookers 

in League 1. His pace out of the ruck combined 

with his smart decision making make him a 

nightmare to defend against and with the likes of 

Callum Windley, Scott Fleming and Josh Kittrick 

playing off his back, this Oxford side have a very 

dangerous and creative spine. 

age, Burnett is now in his third full season in 

League 1, having come into the competition 

as an 18-year-old at London Skolars, on loan 

from London Broncos. After finishing 2015 

playing Rugby Union, he switched back to 

League and signed for Oxford, where he has 

come on in leaps and bounds. He can play 

in either the three-quarters or as a secondrower, 

with his athletic frame allowing him 

to be effective in either position, while he is 

also an accomplished goalkicker. At such a 

young age he’s still got plenty in his game to 

improve, but with more experience, Burnett 

could become one of League 1’s biggest 

talents. 

STATS 

HIGHEST SCORE: 

46-10 v Hemel, 7/8/2016 

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST: 

4-96 v Swinton, 12/7/2015 

MOST APPEARANCES: 

76 – Andrew Hoggins 2013-present 

HIGHEST POINT SCORER: 

204 – Nathan Kitson 2015-2016 

HIGHEST TRY SCORER: 

64 – Nathan Kitson 2015-2016 

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ALL GOLDS MATCH REPORTS 


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MITCHELL’S 

THE MAN 

ALL GOLDS 30 – 28 BEARS 

SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2017 

PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM 

Trailing 28-12 with 15 minutes remaining, the All 

Golds were in a hole. The Bears were looking at 

a second consecutive win in Cheltenham but 

Jack Mitchell stepped up to cross for a try five 

minutes from the hooter and add the decisive 

goal from the touchline. 

It took almost 20 minutes for the first score to 

arrive and Matthew Reid powered over from 

close range. Brad Delaney added the extras. 

Paul Emanuelli then made it 10-0 with a length 

of the field interception before Chris Barratt 

crossed with Delaney adding the extras for 16-0. 

The All Golds were enjoying plenty of possession 

but they lacked the killer instinct in attack. 

Five minutes into the second half, Steve Parry 

got the All Golds on the board but the Bears 

responded immediately through Michael Russell 

to keep their three score advantage. 

Parry then set up Harry Kidd but again they lost 

the momentum straight away when Hayden 

Freeman touched down and the Bears looked 

on course for their first win on the road this 

season. 

Then came the comeback. Parry burrowed 

over from dummy half for his second try of the 

game then just three minutes later Joe McClean 

touched down. Mitchell converted both scores 

as the home side moved within four points of 

the Bears. 

Then Mitchell stepped up. He ran a great line to 

touch down in the corner and converted from 

the narrowest of angles for good measure. 

Amazingly, the Bears were given two chances to 

snatch a draw in the final few minutes. Delaney 

put an inviting penalty wide before the Bears got 

a second chance but chose to run what would 

have been a straightforward two points and 

came up empty. 

ALL GOLDS: Phil Cowburn, Mo Agoro, Kadeem 

Williams, Lewis Reece, Chris Barlow, Jack Mitchell 

(t, 5g), Danny Fallon, Malikhi Lloyd-Jones, Steve 

Parry (2t), James Walter, Chris Worrall, Joe 

McClean (t), Billy Brickhill: INTERCHANGE: Brad 

Hargreaves, Ross Price, Harry Kidd (t), Harrison 

Elliott 



HUNSLET 

TOO GOOD 

HUNSLET 32 – 18 ALL GOLDS 

SATURDAY 19 AUGUST 2017 

SOUTH LEEDS STADIUM 

Three tries by full back Jimmy Watson in twelve 

devastating minutes midway through the 

second half secured two vital points for Hunslet 

in their quest for a place in the League 1 Shield 

Final. 

They had made an indifferent start to the game 

allowing the All Golds to open the scoring 

through former Hunslet favourite Mo Agoro, 

but cancelled that out with two tries from Joe 

Sanderson who also added four goals. 

Joe McClean responded for the All Golds who 

took a narrow 12-10 lead into the interval thanks 

to a penalty from inside his own half by Ben 

Stead one of his three successful attempts at 

goal. 

However, even with captain George Flanagan in 

the sin-bin for dissent, Hunslet created space for 

Dean Roberts to score three minutes into the 

second half to edge into a lead they never lost. 

Flanagan’s returned heralded Watson’s solo blitz 

as he crossed on 50, 59 and 62 minutes before 

the All Golds recovered to have the better of the 

final 15 minutes, though Steve Parry’s 22nd try of 

the season was only a consolation effort. 

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

Cowburn, Brad Kislingbury, Chris Barlow; Danny 

Fallon, Ben Stead (3g); Chris Worrall, Steve Parry 

(t), Malikhi Lloyd-Jones; Harrison Elliott, Joe 

McClean (t); Billy Brickhill; INTERCHANGE: Brad 

Hargreaves, Lewis Reece, Harry Kidd, James 

Walter 

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FLAME OF THE WEST 

WEST of ENGLAND FINALS 


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Swindon St George beat Oxford Cavaliers 36- 

18 in the West of England Grand Final at the 

Portway Rugby Development Centre, Bristol 

thanks to a try and six goals by man of the 

match Connor Tomley. 

A Charles Burnett try gave Swindon an early 

lead but the Cavaliers responded through 

Freddie Myatt and Ross Lewis to lead 10-6. 

Though Myatt scored his second of the game 

for the Cavaliers, Grieg O’Brien went over for 

Swindon’s sixth try after good work from 

Tomley to earn St George their first title from 

their fourth Grand Final in seven years. 

HIGHLIGHTS: Click here to watch YouTube 

highlights 

Andreas Bonicelli’s try edged Swindon in 

front again but Harry Gillett powered over to 

give the Cavaliers a 14-12 advantage. 

However, Ben Bridson scored to put Swindon 

18-14 ahead at the interval before tries from 

Tomley and his halfback partner Tommy 

White took St George out to a three score 

lead. 



Swindon St George were 

unable to make it an 

historic double as their A 

team went down 42-10 to 

Gloucestershire Warriors in 

the Plate Final prior to their 

title triumph. 

St George went in front 

through a Declan Labrosse 

try converted by Matthew 

Moulton but the Warriors 

built a 20-6 lead at the 

interval with tries from 

Darren Collier, Matt Jones, 

Josh Llewelyn and Jake 

Thompson and two Ash 

Lewis goals. 

Ollie Cooper extended the 

lead early in the second half 

before Dan Bown scored 

a sensational length of the 

field try. 

However, that was all they 

could muster as the Warriors 

finished with tries from Ryan 

Tanner, Dean Cooper, who 

added a couple of goals, and 

man of the match Lewis who 

added his third goal of the 

game to seal the Warriors’ 

first silverware since 2014. 

HIGHLIGHTS: Click here to 

watch YouTube highlights 

SWINDON St George head 

coach Ben Whincup had 

tasted West of England 

Grand Final glory as a player 

for Gloucestershire Warriors 

in 2011 and three years 

later as a coach of the club. 

Ironically, both of those wins 

were against his current 

charges Swindon St George. 

So he was a proud man after 

his club’s first team earned 

their first silverware in their 

fourth West of England 

Grand Final. 

St George, who had only 

lost one game in the regular 

season were dominant 

almost throughout their 

36-18 win over last season’s 

Plate winners Oxford. 

Having missed out at 

the same stage last year, 

Whincup was delighted 

to see the club win some 

silverware for the first time 

in 10 years. 

“It was the best weekend 

of the year, the game went 

well and it pretty much all 

went to plan,” he told the 

Swindon Advertiser. 

“We controlled it throughout 

the 80 minutes. 

“It was a very complete 

performance and it’s 

fantastic we pulled out that 

performance in that kind of 

game. 

“We have been playing that 

well all season so we just 

kind of got on with it. We 

played the same way and 

nothing really changed. 

“It was great to see the club 

lift a trophy. I think it has 

been 10 years and we have 

never won anything. 

“So it was nice to see all the 

hard work that people have 

been putting in to the club 

over the years slowly get 

rewarded.” 

Whincup was pleased 

with the consistency in 

performance shown by his 

players, and says that was 

the main reason his team 

made it to the final. 

“We have only lost one 

game all season and that 

is down to us being able to 

put out a consistent side,” 

added Whincup. 

“Last year we reached the 

Grand Final and lost so I was 

hoping to reach this stage 

again, but I didn’t think it 

would be in the manner that 

we have done it. 

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“With the results that we put 

in over the season I didn’t 

think we would do it this 

convincingly to be fair. 

Swindon St George A v Gloucester Warriors 

“It showed real 

professionalism from 

the players to still play in 

that kind of occasion and 

pressure, then play so well.” 


WEST OF ENGLAND LIONHEARTS 

EXCITING NEW FORMAT 

FOR HARRY JEPSON TROPHY 


in the Harry Jepson regional 

competition. 

“Planning for this competition 

started during pre-season when 

club coaches were asked to 

nominate the top three players 

from each league fixture which 

helped to inform invites. 

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For the first time, this year’s 

Harry Jepson Trophy will be 

contested by four regional 

representative teams. The 

West of England, Midlands, 

East, and London & South East 

representative teams have been 

undertaking selection trials as 

their regular season draws to 

a conclusion for the Trophy 

clashes, which are due to start 

at the beginning of September. 

The Trophy is named in 

recognition of one of the 

sport’s greatest administrators 

and a passionate expansionist, 

Harry Jepson MBE, who passed 

away a year ago. Each region 

will play the other once and 

the top two will then contest 

the final at Hemel Stags on 

Sunday, 24 September (kick 

off, 2pm). “I had the privilege 

of participating in the Harry 

Jepson Trophy with Wests 

Warriors last year, and am very 

excited to be part of the brand 

new structure this year,” said 

Shun Tamura, senior manager of 

the London & South East side. “I 

was thrilled to see not only the 

top clubs competing in London 

Premier coming forward, but a 

lot of Merit League players and 

staff putting their hand up to be 

part of it too. 

“We have had a healthy amount 

of player nominations and I am 

very excited to see how the 

squad shapes up over the next 

couple of weeks. Tamura added: 

“The intention is to showcase 

how much London has to offer 

in terms of the calibre of Rugby 

League played in the region 

and the passion our players 

have for the sport. 

“This is the first time in my 

experience that London clubs 

have come together in this form 

and there have already been 

very positive conversations 

and discussions among the 

management group.” Chris 

Chatten, Chairman of the West 

of England Representative 

programme, added: “We are 

excited to be participating 

“The regional squad have 

now had two training sessions 

together with around 80 players 

taking part.” Dave Raybould, 

competition manager at the 

Rugby Football League, noted: 

“There is a real appetite for 

regional representative Rugby 

League in England and the 

2017 Harry Jepson trophy is 

seen as an ideal opportunity to 

showcase it. 

“Preparations have begun 

in earnest for what should 

be an exciting climax to the 

community season in these 

regions.” 

The format was effectively 

launched in 2016 by West of 

England club administrators 

Will Brewer (Oxford Cavaliers), 

Glenn Tyreman (Southampton 

Spitfires) and Chris Chatten 

(Bath). 

Chatten, who is now chairman 

of the programme, said: “Last 

year was all about getting a 

relatively large pool of players 

an opportunity to play at a 

higher level and then go on tour. 



“During warm-up fixtures in 2016, the West 

of England regional side played the East 

representative side, a Wales President’s XIII 

and the South Wales Ironmen (then the 

Scorpions) development side, but it was all 

building towards tour success when we went 

to Ireland and beat Ireland Under 19s in a close 

encounter Ashbourne RFC.” 

This season, preparations for the Trophy 

competition culminated in a trial match 

between teams representing the West of the 

region and the East of the region at Oxford 

RFC. 

The East side won an entertaining and wellcontested 

game 48-22 thanks to a dominant 

second half performance. 

From that game, a squad for the opening 

Harry Jepson Trophy game against London 

was chosen. The match will be played at 

Oxford RFC on Saturday 2 September, kick 

off 1pm 

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HARRY JEPSON TROPHY 2017 - FIXTURES 

WEEKEND OF SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER - ROUND 1 

West of England v London and South East (Oxford RFC 1pm Saturday) 

Midlands v East RL 

WEEKEND OF SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER - ROUND 2 

London and South East v Midlands 

East RL v West of England 

WEEKEND OF SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER - ROUND 3 

Midlands v West of England 

East RL v London and South East 

THE HARRY JEPSON TROPHY FINAL 

Sunday 24th September 2017 (Pennine Way, Hemel) 


LEWIS REECE: WORLD CUP 

SELECTION WOULD BE A 

DREAM COME TRUE 


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LEWIS REECE SAYS HE’S WORKING AS HARD 

AS HE CAN TO BOOK A PLACE IN THE WALES 

SQUAD AT THIS YEAR’S WORLD CUP. 

After being named in the 38 man train-on 

squad, along with his All Golds team mates 

Steven Parry and Courtney Davies, Reece 

says he’ll do everything he can to book a 

place on the plane to Australia. He said: 

“There’s nothing better than playing for 

your country, I’ve been lucky enough to play 

seven times for Wales and I’ve loved every 

minute. I’m a proud Welshman so to get the 

chance to play in a World Cup would mean 

everything to me. We’ve got a very strong 

squad so competition for places is going to 

be tough. All I can concentrate on is playing 

well and fingers crossed I make it. 

Reece, who played his 100th professional 

game in the 32-18 loss at Hunslet last week, 

says the decision to re-join the All Golds 



21 

was the right one. “I’ve really 

enjoyed being back at the 

club. For me the main thing 

is that I get on so well with 

everyone – the players and 

the staff, I’ve become good 

friends with a lot of them. A 

lot of the players have been 

here a few seasons now and 

we all know each other. 

“We’ve had some really 

good wins this season. We 

had a good shot at getting 

inside the top eight which 

for a club as young as ours 

was some achievement. My 

favourite game this season 

was the 36-28 win over 

North Wales Crusaders. 

It was a real close game 

against a good side and 

personally I had one of my 

best games, scoring two 

tries. The second try came 

when we were winning by 

just two points with a few 

minutes left so it was a really 

important one. We all got 

together after the game 

and had a good night. It was 

great to be back with the 

boys.” 

Despite being on the wrong 

end of a 62-10 scoreline 

Reece says the game in 

Toronto last month was 

one of the highlights of the 

season. Playing the full 80 

minutes against full-time 

opposition Reece capped 

off a fine performance with 

the try of the game. “It was a 

great trip, not just the game 

but seeing a bit of Canada 

as well. We all had a great 

time, it was a real thrill to 

test yourself in front of a 

big crowd against some big 

name players. 

“The great thing about 

our sport is that it gives 

you an opportunity to visit 

other countries. I’ve had 

some great experiences 

all through playing rugby 

league. Toronto was 

an amazing city and I’ll 

remember the game fondly. 

To score a try was great but 

I have to give all the credit to 

Joe McClean who did all the 

hard work with that break 

through the middle. All I 

had to do was keep up with 

him and Luke Stephens who 

gave me a great pass.” 


ALL GOLDS FIXTURES & RESU 

DATE K.O. OPPONENTS RES FULLBACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING STAND OFF 

Sun Feb 19 14:00 A Hemel Stags (L1CupR1) 12-48 GASKELL 1T AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 2T BARLOW STEAD 1G 

Sun Feb 26 14:00 H North Wales Crusaders (LCCR3) 36-18 GASKELL 1T AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 2T BARLOW HOUGHTON 

Sun Mar 5 15:00 A Hunslet (KPL1) 10-06 HOUGHTON AGORO BRICKHILL WILLIAMS KISLINGBURY STEAD 1G 

Sun Mar 12 15:00 H Keighley Cougars (KPL1) 46-22 GASKELL AGORO 4T COWBURN KISLINGBURY BARLOW MITCHELL 1T 

Sun Mar 19 15:00 A Doncaster (LCCR4) 48-22 GASKELL AGORO COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 1T MITCHELL 

Sun Mar 26 15:00 A Workington Town (KPL1) 54-22 GASKELL AGORO 1T COWBURN 1T KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T MITCHELL 

Sun Apr 2 14:30 A Workington Town (L1CupQF) 22-30 MITCHELL AGORO WILLIAMS COWBURN 2T BARLOW 1T FALLON 

Sun Apr 9 15:00 H London Skolars (KPL1) 22-24 COWBURN AGORO 2T BRICKHILL NIELD BARLOW FALLON 

Fri April 14 15:00 A South Wales Ironmen (KPL1) 30-36 NIELD AGORO 3T COWBURN 1T KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW WARD 

Sun April 30 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (L1CupSF) 28-37 MITCHELL AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 2T WARD 

Sun May 7 15:00 H York City Knights (KPL1) 10-56 NIELD AGORO COWBURN KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW WARD 2G 

Sun May 14 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (KPL1) 36-28 MITCHELL AGORO 1T NIELD KISLINGBURY BARLOW STEAD 6G 

Sun May 21 15:00 A Coventry Bears (KPL1) 18-26 MITCHELL 1T AGORO 1T NIELD 1T KISLINGBURY 1T BARLOW 1T STEAD 3G 

Sun Jun 4 15:00 H Newcastle Thunder (KPL1) 10-56 MITCHELL AGORO WILLIAMS KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T STEAD 1G 

Sun Jun 11 14:00 A Whitehaven (KPL1) 62-6 MITCHELL AGORO 1T NIELD KISLINGBURY BARLOW DAVIES 1G 

Sun Jun 18 14:00 A Hemel Stags (KPL1) 20-32 NIELD AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T DAVIES 4G 

Sun Jun 25 15:00 H Oxford (KPL1) 38-10 COWBURN AGORO 1T REECE KISLINGBURY BARLOW 1T DAVIES 5G 

Sat Jul 1 18:30 A Barrow Raiders (KPL1) 36-6 MITCHELL 1T AGORO COWBURN REECE BARLOW DAVIES 1G 

Sat Jul 8 12:00 A Toronto Wolfpack (KPL1) 62-10 MITCHELL 1G AGORO COWBURN REECE 1T CARTER OWENS 

Sun Jul 16 15:00 H Doncaster (KPL1) 04-42 MITCHELL AGORO 1T WILLIAMS REECE BARLOW OWENS 

Sat Jul 29 15:00 A South Wales Ironmen (KPL1S) 28-20 COWBURN 1T AGORO KISLINGBURY 1T REECE CARTER DAVIES 

Sat Aug 5 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (KPL1S) 40-22 COWBURN 2T AGORO WILLIAMS 1T REECE BARLOW 1T MITCHELL 6G 

Sat Aug 12 15:00 H Coventry Bears (KPL1S) 30-28 COWBURN AGORO WILLIAMS REECE BARLOW MITCHELL 1T 5G 

Sat Aug 19 15:00 A Hunslet (KPL1S) 32-18 MITCHELL AGORO 1T COWBURN KISLINGBURY BARLOW FALLON 

Sun Sep 3 15:00 H Oxford (KPL1S) 

Sat Sep 9 15:00 A London Skolars (KPL1S) 

Sun Sep 17 15:00 H Hemel Stags (KPL1S) 

THE KEY | Home games appear in bold | KPL1 = Kingstone Press League 1 | KPL1S = Kingstone Press League 1 Shield 

LCC = Ladbrokes Challenge Cup | L1Cup = League 1 Cup | Sin-binned Red Card (Sent Off) | T = Try | G = Goal | DG = Drop Goal 



LTS 2017 

SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP 2ND ROW 2ND ROW LOOSE FWD SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4 

HYDE 5G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN 1T ELLIOTT 1T HOUGHTON WILLIAMS 1T LLOYD-JONES KIDD 

HYDE 2G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL MITCHELL ANDRADE LLOYD-JONES KIDD 1T 

HYDE PURSLOW PARRY (C) KIDD JONES McCLEAN ELLIOTT MITCHELL ANDRADE 1T LLOYD-JONES WALTER 

HYDE 5G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T KIDD WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL WILLIAMS ELLIOTT 1T FALLON 2G WALTER 

HYDE 3G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T KIDD McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL WILLIAMS ELLIOTT ANDRADE WALTER 

HYDE 3G PURSLOW PARRY (C) ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL LLOYD-JONES ANDRADE WALTER KIDD 

HYDE 5G KIDD 1T PARRY (C) 1T WALTER ELLIOTT McCLEAN WORRALL STEPHENS O’KEEFFE PURSLOW LLOYD-JONES 

HYDE 3G KIDD PARRY (C) 1T WALTER ELLIOTT McCLEAN 1T WORRALL LOBWEIN JONES PURSLOW LLOYD JONES 

HYDE 6G ELLIOTT 1T PARRY (C) PURSLOW MCCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL LOBWEIN O’KEEFFE WALTER ANDRADE 

HYDE 2G PURSLOW PARRY (C) 1T KIDD 1T WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL FALLON O’KEEFFE ELLIOTT LLOYD-JONES 

HYDE PURSLOW PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT O’KEEFFE McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL REECE KIDD LLOYD-JONES 

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) WALTER REECE 2T McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL 1T ELLIOTT LLOYD-JONES KIDD 2T 

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) WALTER REECE McCLEAN WORRALL BRICKHILL HARGREAVES ELLIOTT KIDD 

FALLON PURSLOW PARRY (C) ELLIOTT REECE WORRALL BRICKHILL WARD HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES KIDD 1T 

PARRY (C) PURSLOW BRICKHILL KIDD REECE McCLEAN WORRALL HARGREAVES ELLIOTT LLOYD-JONES STEPHENS 

MITCHELL 1T WALTER PARRY (C) 2T KIDD 1T WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL STEPHENS HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES 

MITCHELL WALTER 1T PARRY (C) 2T KIDD WORRALL McCLEAN ELLIOTT 1T BRICKHILL 1T HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES 

FALLON ELLIOTT PARRY (C) WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL OWENS HARGREAVES LLOYD-JONES JONES 

FALLON ELLIOTT PARRY (C) 1T WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL GASKELL STEPHENS JONES LLOYD-JONES 

FALLON WALTER PARRY (C) ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN BRICKHILL CARTER PURSLOW LLOYD-JONES JONES 

STEAD 2G WALTER PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL KIDD LLOYD-JONES PRICE JONES 

PARRY (C) 1T ELLIOTT BRICKHILL LLOYD-JONES 1T HARGREAVES McCLEAN WORRALL FALLON PRICE WALTER KIDD 1T 

FALLON LLOYD-JONES PARRY (C) 2T WALTER WORRALL McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL HARGREAVES PRICE KIDD 1T ELLIOTT 

STEAD 3G WORRALL PARRY (C) 1T LLOYD-JONES ELLIOTT McCLEAN 1T BRICKHILL HARGREAVES REECE KIDD WALTER 


ALL GOLDS 

HEAD COACH: 

LEE GREENWOOD 

OXFORD 

HEAD COACH: 

TIM RUMFORD 

24 

MO AGORO 

CHRIS BARLOW 

BILLY BRICKHILL 

PHIL COWBURN 

HARRISON ELLIOTT 

DANIEL FALLON 

ALEX GASKELL 

RICHARD JONES 

HARRY KIDD 

MALIKHI LLOYD-JONES 

JAMES MASON 

JACK MITCHELL 

STEVE PARRY (C) 

ROSS PRICE 

LEWIS REECE 

BEN STEAD 

LUKE STEPHENS 

JAMES WALTER 

CHRIS WORRALL 

STUART BISCOMBE 

MARCUS BROOKER 

HARRISON BROUGH 

HARVEY BURNETT 

CASEY CANTERBURY 

TOMMY CHIPCHASE 

JAMES CRYER 

MATTHEW DAVIES 

SAM DRUCE 

JORDAN GILL 

JACK HARBIDGE 

DANIEL HINDMARSH TAKJI 

KIERAN HYDE 

JAKE JOYNT 

LEE LAND 

BRADLEY MOULES 

JONATHAN PAYNE 

FRANCIS WELSH 

CALLUM WINDLEY 

REFEREE: M. ROSSLEIGH | RESERVE: O. MADDOCK 

TOUCH JUDGES: N. WOODWARD, T. ARNOLD | M COM: A. BARNBY 


Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW 


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