North Wales Crusaders statistics and records

This page details statistics and records regarding the North Wales Crusaders Rugby League club. This includes competitive matches following their inception in 2012.

Team records

Seasons

Main article: List of North Wales Crusaders seasons

Year	Competition	Pos	Round	Points	Pld	H. Win	H. Draw	H. Loss	A. Win	A. Draw	A. Loss	For	Ag	Diff.	Win %
2012	Championship 1	8th		24	18	4	0	5	3	0	6	460	628	-168	38%
2012	Challenge Cup		4th		2	1	0	0	0	0	1	32	108	-76	50%

As of 2 September 2012, ^{[update] [1] [2]} where "Round" is the round reached in the competition.

Wins and losses

Criteria	Result	Opposition	Venue	Date
Biggest winning margin	10-60 [3]	Gateshead Thunder	Gateshead International Stadium	15/7/12
Biggest losing margin	98-4 [4] [5]	Wigan Warriors	DW Stadium	15/4/12
Most points scored	10-60	Gateshead Thunder	Gateshead International Stadium	15/7/12
Most points conceded	98-4	Wigan Warriors	DW Stadium	15/4/12
Longest winning run	2 matches (2 Occasions)	Gateshead Thunder x 2, South Wales Scorpions & London Skolars	Racecourse Ground & Gateshead International Stadium, The Gnoll & Racecourse Ground	8/7 - 15/7/2012, 5/8/12 - 12/8/12
Longest losing run	2 matches (5 Occasions)	Barrow Raiders & London Skolars, Wigan Warriors & Workington Town, Whitehaven & Doncaster, Barrow Raiders & Workington Town, Doncaster & Whitehaven	Racecourse Ground & New River Stadium, DW Stadium & Derwent Park, Racecourse Ground x2, Craven Park & Racecourse Ground, Keepmoat Stadium & Recreation Ground	11/3-18/3/2012, 15/4-22/4/2012, 13/5-27/5/2012, 24/6-1/7/2012, 19/8-2/9/2012

As of 2 September 2012 ^{[update] [6]}

Opposition

Team	Country	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win %
Barrow Raiders		2	0	0	2	48	66	0
Doncaster		2	0	0	2	40	89	0
Gateshead Thunder		2	2	0	0	106	28	100
London Skolars		2	1	0	1	56	88	50
Oldham		2	2	0	0	66	60	100
Rochdale Hornets		2	0	0	2	24	88	0
South Wales Scorpions		2	2	0	0	70	46	100
Toulouse Olympique		1	1	0	0	28	10	100
Whitehaven		2	0	0	2	30	75	0
Wigan Warriors		1	0	0	1	4	98	0
Workington Town		2	0	0	2	20	88	0

As of 2 September 2012 ^{[update] [7]}

Attendance

• Highest attendance: 1,513 V Barrow Raiders (11 March 2012) ^[8]

Year	Competition	Matches	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest
2012	Championship 1	9	8,347	927	1,513	705
2013	Championship 1

As of 12 August 2012 ^{[update] [9] [10] [11]}

Player records

For a list of North Wales Crusaders players,

Main article: North Wales Crusaders players

Player summary

Year	Top try scorer		Top goal scorer		Top points scorer
2012	Rob Massam	11	Tommy Johnson	41	Tommy Johnson	94 (3T+41G)
2013						( )

As of 2/9/12 ^[12]

Appearances

Rank	Name	Nationality	Appearances
1	Tommy Johnson		152
2	Johnny Walker		137
3	Rob Massam		112
4	Lee Hudson		109
5	Jono Smith		81
6	Andy Moulsdale		79
7	Christiaan Roets		70
8	Jamie Dallimore		68
=	Steve Wild		68
10	Gary Middlehurst		62

As of 10/4/18 ^[13]

Points

Rank	Name	Nationality	Points
1	Tommy Johnson		1206
2	Rob Massam		392
3	Jono Smith		186
4	Scott Turner		134
5	Leon Brennan		106
6	Jamie Dallimore		103
7	Ryan Smith		102
8	Andy Moulsdale		101
9	Gary Middlehurst		97
10	Alex Thompson		84

As of 10/4/18 ^[14]

Tries

Rank	Name	Nationality	Tries
1	Rob Massam		11
2	Leon Brennan		10
=	Andy Moulsdale		10
4	Danny Hulme		9
5	Billy Sheen		8
6	Adam Clay		6
=	Jono Smith		6
8	Andy Gorski		5
9	Jamie Durbin		3
=	Liam Hulme		3
=	Tommy Johnson		3
=	Kriss Wilkes		3

As of 2/9/12 ^[15]

Goals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Goals	Percentage	Years
1	Tommy Johnson		41 / 54	75%	2012
2	Sam Broadbent		6 / 9	66%	2012
3	Ian Cross		5 / 15	33%	2012
4	Leon Brennan		3 / 9	33%	2012
=	Jono Smith		3 / 6	50%	2012

As of 2/9/12 ^[16]

Firsts

Games

• First game: Friendly V Leigh East at Leigh Sports Village on 20/1/12. Won 12-34 ^[17]
• First competitive game: Championship 1 game V Barrow Raiders at Racecourse Ground on 11/3/12. Lost 24-26 ^[18]
• First Challenge Cup game: V Toulouse Olympique at Racecourse Ground on 24/3/12. Won 28-10 ^[19]
• First win: Challenge Cup game V Toulouse Olympique at Racecourse Ground on 34/3/12. Won 28-10 ^[20]

Players

• First try: Lee Hudson v Leigh East on 20/1/12. ^[21]
• First competitive try: Andy Moulsdale v Barrow Raiders on 11/3/12. ^[22]
• Most tries in a game: 3 Leon Brennan V Oldham, Andy Moulsdale V Gateshead Thunder & Billy Sheen V Gateshead Thunder
• Oldest player: Christiaan Roets 31 years, 11 months, 28 days - V Whitehaven 2/9/2012
• Youngest player: Lewys Weaver 18 years, 10 months, 29 days - V London Skolars 12/8/2012

Awards, honours and nominations

Year [23]	Criteria	Player
2012	Championship 1 Team of the Month (April) [24]	Leon Brennan
2012	Championship 1 Team of the Month (June) [25]	Leon Brennan
2012	Championship 1 Team of the Month (June) [25]	Tommy Johnson
2012	Championship 1 Team of the Month (August) [26]	Rob Massam
2012	Nominated for Championship 1 Coach of the Year [27]	Clive Griffiths

End-of-season awards

Awards are presented at the end of season dinner. ^[28]

Top Scorer of the Year
2012	Rob Massam (11)

Try of the Year
2012	Danny Hulme	v Toulouse Olympique

Nominations for 'Try of the year' were on the Official website after the final game. ^[29]

Smash of the Year
2012	Christiaan Roets	v South Wales Scorpions

Nominations for 'Smash of the year' were on the Official website after the final game. ^[30]

Coaches player of the Year
2012	Jonny Walker

Voted for by coaching staff.

Fans player of the Year
2012	Rob Massam

Voted for on the official website

Players player of the Year
2012	Tommy Johnson

Voted for by the playing staff

Most contributed to the club award
2012	Karen and Graham Wiseman

Supporters club Player of the Year
2010	Peter Lupton
2011	Tony Martin
2012	Rob Massam

Voted for by members of the Crusaders Rugby League Supporters Club.

Internationals

Players who have won international caps whilst playing for the Crusaders. Stats also include total caps during their career.

No.	Player	Nationality	Crusaders Years	International Years	Int. Apps	Int. Tries	Int. Goals	Int. Pts	Total Int. Apps	Total Int. Tries	Int Goals	Int Pts	First match	Last match
457 [31]	Christiaan Roets		2012	2009–2012	3	1	0	4	13	7	0	28	25/10/09 Vs Serbia [32]	27/10/12 Vs England [33]
481 [34]	Iwan Brown		2012	2012	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16/6/12 Vs France [35]	16/6/12 Vs France [36]
	Rob Massam		2012	2012	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20/10/12 Vs France [37]	20/10/12 Vs France [38]

Updated 22 October 2012.

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