2013 North Wales Crusaders season

2013 North Wales Crusaders season
2013 Championship 1 Rank1st
Challenge CupRound 4
National League CupLast 16
Team information
CEOWales Jamie Thomas
Head coachWalesClive Griffiths
Captain
StadiumRacecourse 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 Win D Draw L Loss

Date Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Pre-season results
29 December 2012[a] Swinton Lions A Leigh Sports Village L 14-34 Gorski, Massam, Adamson Johnson (1/3) 645 [1]
13 January York City Knights A Huntington Stadium W 38-16 Weaver, Smith, Brennan, Massam, Moulsdale, Durbin, Reid Weaver (5/7) 312 [2]
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 [3]
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 [4]
  1. ^ Ian Watson Testimonial

Championship 1

Main article: 2013 Championship 1

Table

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

Championship 1 results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Championship 1 results
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 Win D Draw L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Northern Rail Cup results
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 [5]
10 March Group Gateshead Thunder A Thunderdome W 30-4 Reardon 2, Brennan, Massam, Moulsdale, Middlehurst Johnson (3/6) 228 [6]
17 March Group Rochdale Hornets H Racecourse Ground W 30-16 Johnson, McConnell, Massam 2, Stephens Johnson (5/5) 693 [7]
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 Win L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Challenge Cup results
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

Head coach

Assistant coach

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

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


Transfers

Gains

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

Losses

Player New club Date
England Anthony Morrison Old Bar Beach Pirates October 2012
Wales Iwan Brown
England Danny Hulme
England Dave Orwell Released
England 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.