2013 North Wales Crusaders season

2013 North Wales Crusaders season
2013 Championship 1 Rank	1st
Challenge Cup	Round 4
National League Cup	Last 16
Team information
CEO	Jamie Thomas
Head coach	Clive Griffiths
Captain	Andy Moulsdale
Stadium	Racecourse Ground
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This article details the North Wales Crusaders Rugby League Football Club's 2013 season. This is the club's second season after reforming following the former Super League club Crusaders Rugby League folding. The club will take part in Championship 1 for their second season. ^[1] The club will be also taking part again in the Challenge Cup, and the National League Cup (known as the Northern Rail Cup for sponsorship reasons) for the first time in their short history. ^[2]

Results

Pre-season

W WinD DrawL Loss

Pre-season results

Date	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
29 December 2012 [a]	Swinton Lions	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	14-34	Gorski, Massam, Adamson	Johnson (1/3)	645
13 January	York City Knights	A	Huntington Stadium	W	38-16	Weaver, Smith, Brennan, Massam, Moulsdale, Durbin, Reid	Weaver (5/7)	312
2 February	Thatto Heath Crusaders	A	Crusaders Park	W	50-10	Weaver, Walker, Smith, Reardon, Roets, Massam, Stephens (2), Kirby	Johnson (5/6), Weaver (2/3)	200
17 February	Coventry Bears	H	Racecourse Ground	W	64-22	Roets, Massam (2), Durbin, Braddish, Smith, Moulsdale (2), Stephens, Weaver, Johnson	Johnson (10/11)	429

1. Ian Watson Testimonial

Championship 1

Main article: 2013 Championship 1

Table

2013 Championship 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	North Wales Crusaders (P)	16	14	0	2	568	212	+356	1	43	Qualified for promotion
2	Oldham	16	12	1	3	508	289	+219	3	41	Qualified for play-offs
3	Rochdale Hornets	16	10	0	6	538	375	+163	2	32
4	London Skolars	16	9	1	6	489	468	+21	3	32
5	Hemel Stags	16	8	0	8	381	365	+16	4	28
6	Oxford RLFC	16	5	2	9	326	436	−110	4	23
7	Gateshead Thunder	16	4	1	11	356	542	−186	6	20
8	South Wales Scorpions	16	5	0	11	368	504	−136	4	19
9	Gloucestershire All Golds	16	2	1	13	286	629	−343	4	12

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2013. Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1 ^[3]
(P) Promoted

Championship 1 results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Championship 1 results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
1 April	1	South Wales Scorpions	A	The Gnoll	W	34-12
14 April	2	London Skolars	H	Racecourse Ground	W	44-6			741
28 April	3	Gateshead Thunder	H	Racecourse Ground	W	52-8			752
5 May	4	Rochdale Hornets	A	Spotland	W	35-18
12 May	5	Oxford Rugby League	A	Iffley Road	W	12-4
2 June	6	Gloucestershire All Golds	H	Racecourse Ground	W	66-4			851
9 June	7	Oldham R.L.F.C.	H	Racecourse Ground	W	22-20			962
16 June	8	Hemel Stags	A	Pennine Way	L	10-18
23 June	9	Gloucestershire All Golds	A	Gloucestershire University	W	58-16
30 June	10	Rochdale Hornets	H	Racecourse Ground	W	48-0			1084
28 July	11	Oldham R.L.F.C.	A	Whitebank Stadium	L	10-28
04 August	12	Gateshead Thunder	A	Filtrona Park, South Shields	W	24-20				BBC
11 August	13	Hemel Stags	H	Racecourse Ground	W	44-12			813	BBC
18 August	14	Oxford Rugby League	H	Racecourse Ground	W	54-10			805
23 August	15	London Skolars	A	New River Stadium	W	20-14				BBC
1 September	16	South Wales Scorpions	H	Racecourse Ground	W	35-22			1562

Northern Rail Cup results

Main article: 2013 Championship Cup

W WinD DrawL Loss

Northern Rail Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
3 March	Group	Oldham R.L.F.C.	H	Racecourse Ground	W	48-12	Smith 2, Durbin, Massam, Roets, Middlehurst, Brennan, Reardon	Johnson (8/8)	721
10 March	Group	Gateshead Thunder	A	Thunderdome	W	30-4	Reardon 2, Brennan, Massam, Moulsdale, Middlehurst	Johnson (3/6)	228
17 March	Group	Rochdale Hornets	H	Racecourse Ground	W	30-16	Johnson, McConnell, Massam 2, Stephens	Johnson (5/5)	693
21 March	Group	Hemel Stags	A	Pennine Way	W	36-24
19 May	Last 16	Swinton Lions	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	18-26				BBC
20 July	Bowl final	London Skolars	N	The Shay	W	42-24				BBC

Tetleys Challenge Cup results

Main article: 2013 Challenge Cup

W WinL Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
6 April	3	West Hull	N	Wilderspool Stadium	W	82-6			451	RLP
21 April	4	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	6-62			3,879	RLP

Players

Statistics

Main article: North Wales Crusaders statistics and records

Squad

2013 North Wales Crusaders Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Tommy Johnson – FB 2 Lewys Weaver – WG, FB 3 Christiaan Roets – CE, SR 4 Leon Brennan – CE 5 Rob Massam – WG 6 Andy Moulsdale (c) – SO 7 Jamie Durbin – SH 8 Jonny Walker – PR, SR 9 Lee Hudson – HK 10 Phil Braddish – PR 11 Andy Gorski – SR 12 Gary Middlehurst – SR, LF 13 Jono Smith – LF, SR		14 Dave McConnell – HK 15 Toby Adamson – CE, SR 16 Ryan MacDonald – PR 17 Stuart Reardon – FB, WG, CE 18 North Wales Crusaders Supporters 19 Adam Bowman – PR 20 Billy Sheen – HB 21 Simon Stephens – PR 22 Kriss Wilkes – WG, CE 23 Craig White – SR 24 Steve McDermott – HK, PR 25 Owain Griffiths – HK, LF 26 Matt Reid – SO		27 Jamie Clark – SR 28 Andrew Oakden – WG 29 Stephen Bannister – SR, LF 30 Owain Brown – PR				Head coach Clive Griffiths Assistant coach John Fieldhouse Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 21 February 2013 Source(s): 2013 Squad Numbers

Transfers

Gains

Player	Previous club	Date signed
Gary Middlehurst	Rochdale Hornets	October 2012
Phil Braddish	Rochdale Hornets	October 2012
Stuart Reardon	AS Carcassonne	October 2012 [4]
Dave McConnell	Swinton Lions	October 2012
Andy Gorski	Swinton Lions	October 2012
Adam Bowman	Rochdale Hornets	October 2012 [5]
Ryan MacDonald	Workington Town	October 2012 [6]
Steve McDermott	Rochdale Hornets	November 2012 [7]

Losses

Player	New club	Date
Anthony Morrison	Old Bar Beach Pirates	October 2012
Iwan Brown
Danny Hulme
Dave Orwell	Released
Alex Trumper	Released

References

1. "Championship One to feature nine clubs in 2013". therfl.co.uk. 2012-09-21. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
2. "Championship One to operate with nine clubs in 2013". code13rugbyleague.com. 2012-09-21. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
3. "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
4. "2013 Season". March 16, 2017.
5. "2012 Season". March 16, 2017.
6. "North Wales Crusaders capture experienced Workington Prop". mission2013.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
7. "Matchday Hospitality". March 16, 2017.