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2013 North Wales Crusaders season
2013 Championship 1 Rank 
Challenge Cup 
National League CupRound 2
2013 recordWins: 3; losses: 0
Team information
CEOWales Jamie Thomas
Head coachWalesClive Griffiths
Captain
StadiumRacecourse Ground
Avg. attendance707
High attendance721
Top scorers
TriesMassam - 4
GoalsJohnson - 16
PointsJohnson - 36
← 2012 List of seasons

This article details the North Wales Crusaders Rugby League Football Club's 2013 season. This is the clubs 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]

Pre-Season

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Report
29/12/2012 Ian Watson Testimonial Swinton Lions Away Leigh Sports Village L 34-14 Gorski, Massam, Adamson Johnson (1/3) 645 [1]
13/01/2013 Friendly York City Knights Away Huntington Stadium W 16-38 Weaver, Smith, Brennan, Massam, Moulsdale, Durbin, Reid Weaver (5/7) 312 [2]
02/02/2013 Friendly Thatto Heath Crusaders Away Crusaders Park W 10-50 Weaver, Walker, Smith, Reardon, Roets, Massam, Stephens (2), Kirby Johnson (5/6), Weaver (2/3) 200 [3]
17/02/2013 Friendly Coventry Bears Home Racecourse Ground W 64-22 Roets, Massam (2), Durbin, Braddish, Smith, Moulsdale (2), Stephens, Weaver, Johnson Johnson (10/11) 429 [4]

2013 Table

Main article: 2013 Championship 1
2013 Championship 1
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Bns Pts
1 North Wales Crusaders (P) 16 14 0 2 568 212 +356 1 43
2 Oldham 16 12 1 3 508 289 +219 3 41
3 Rochdale Hornets 16 10 0 6 538 375 +163 2 32
4 London Skolars 16 10 0 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
  Teams qualifying for promotion
  Teams qualifying for play-offs


This table is correct as of 1 September 2013. Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport.

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, (Pl) - Qualified for Playoffs

2013 Championship 1 Fixtures and Results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
01/04/2013 Championship 1 1 South Wales Scorpions A The Gnoll W 34-12 Premier Sports
14/04/2013 Championship 1 2 London Skolars H Racecourse Ground W 44-6 741
28/04/2013 Championship 1 3 Gateshead Thunder H Racecourse Ground W 52-8 752
05/05/2013 Championship 1 4 Rochdale Hornets A Spotland W 35-18
12/05/2013 Championship 1 5 Oxford Rugby League A Iffley Road W 12-4
02/06/2013 Championship 1 6 Gloucestershire All Golds H Racecourse Ground W 66-4 851
09/06/2013 Championship 1 7 Oldham R.L.F.C. H Racecourse Ground W 22-20 962
16/06/2013 Championship 1 8 Hemel Stags A Pennine Way L 10-18
23/06/2013 Championship 1 9 Gloucestershire All Golds A Gloucestershire University W 58-16
30/06/2013 Championship 1 10 Rochdale Hornets H Racecourse Ground W 48-0 1084
28/07/2013 Championship 1 11 Oldham R.L.F.C. A Whitebank Stadium L 10-28
04/08/2013 Championship 1 12 Gateshead Thunder A Filtrona Park, South Shields W 24-20
11/08/2013 Championship 1 13 Hemel Stags H Racecourse Ground W 44-12 813
18/08/2013 Championship 1 14 Oxford Rugby League H Racecourse Ground W 54-10 805
23/08/2013 Championship 1 15 London Skolars A New River Stadium W 20-14 Premier Sports
1/09/2013 Championship 1 16 South Wales Scorpions H Racecourse Ground W 35-22 1562

2013 Northern Rail Cup Fixtures and Results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
03/3/13 Championship Cup Round 1 Oldham R.L.F.C. H Racecourse Ground W 48-12 Smith 2, Durbin, Massam, Roets, Middlehurst, Brennan, Reardon Johnson (8/8) 721 [5]
10/3/13 Championship Cup Round 1 Gateshead Thunder A Thunderdome W 4-30 Reardon 2, Brennan, Massam, Moulsdale, Middlehurst Johnson (3/6) 228 [6]
17/3/13 Championship Cup Round 1 Rochdale Hornets H Racecourse Ground W 30-16 Johnson, McConnell, Massam 2, Stephens Johnson (5/5) 693 [7]
21/3/13 Championship Cup Round 1 Hemel Stags A Pennine Way W 36-24
19/5/13 Championship Cup Round 2 Swinton Lions A Leigh Sports Village L 18-26

2013 Tetleys Challenge Cup Fixtures and Results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
Challenge Cup Round 3 West Hull

Stats

For all stats,

Main article: North Wales Crusaders statistics and records

Appearances

Rank Name Nationality Appearances
1 Tommy Johnson England 3
= Stuart Reardon England 3
= Christiaan Roets Wales 3
= Leon Brennan England 3
= Rob Massam Wales 3
= Andy Moulsdale England 3
= Jamie Durbin England 3
= Jonny Walker England 3
= Gary Middlehurst England 3
= Jono Smith England 3
= Phil Braddish England 3
= Ryan MacDonald Scotland 3
13 Lee Hudson England 2
= Simon Stephens England 2
= Andy Gorski England 2
= Dave McConnell Scotland 2
17 Toby Adamson England 1
= Steve McDermott England 1
= Owain Brown Wales 1
= Matt Reid England 1
= Owain Griffiths Wales 1
= Lewys Weaver Wales 1
= Stephen Bannister England 1

Points

Rank Name Nationality Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Tries

Rank Name Nationality Tries
1 Massam Wales 4
2 Reardon England 3
3 Brennan England 2
= Middlehurst England 2
= Smith England 2
6 Durbin England 1
= Roets Wales 1
= Moulsdale England 1
= Johnson England 1
= McConnell England 1
= Stephens England 1

Goals

Rank Name Nationality Goals Percentage
1 Johnson 16 84%
2
3
4
5

2013 Squad

It was announced in October 2012 that Crusaders would be again holding open trials for the 2013 squad after very successful trials for the 2012 season.[4]

Playing squad

2013 North Wales Crusaders Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 21 February 2013
Source(s): 2013 Squad Numbers


2013 transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Date Signed
England Gary Middlehurst Rochdale Hornets October 2012 [6]
England Phil Braddish Rochdale Hornets October 2012 [7]
England Stuart Reardon AS Carcassonne October 2012 [8]
Scotland Dave McConnell Swinton Lions October 2012 [9]
England Andy Gorski Swinton Lions October 2012 [10]
England Adam Bowman Rochdale Hornets October 2012 [11]
Scotland Ryan MacDonald Workington Town October 2012 [12]
England Steve McDermott Rochdale Hornets November 2012[13]

Loanees

Player Parent Club Date

Losses

Player New Club Date
England Anthony Morrison Old Bar Beach Pirates October 2012 [14]
Wales Iwan Brown
England Danny Hulme
England Dave Orwell Released
England Alex Trumper Released

References

  1. ^ http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/26234/championship-one-to-feature-nine
  2. ^ http://www.code13rugbyleague.com/2012/09/21/championship-one-to-operate-with-nine-clubs-in-2013/
  3. ^ "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9521
  5. ^ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9516[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9571
  7. ^ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9607
  8. ^ http://www.mission2013.co.uk/reardon-returns-to-the-racecourse-for-2013/
  9. ^ https://www.facebook.com/#!/CelticCrusaders?fref=ts
  10. ^ https://www.facebook.com/#!/CelticCrusaders?fref=ts
  11. ^ http://www.mission2013.co.uk/adam-bowman-joins-from-rochdale-hornets/
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ http://www.mission2013.co.uk/another-hornet-snapped-up-by-north-wales-crusaders/
  14. ^ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=9571
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