This article details the North Wales Crusaders Rugby League Football Club's 2012 season. This was the club's first ever season after reforming after the former Super League club Crusaders Rugby League folded.
2012 North Wales Crusaders season | ||||
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2012 Championship 1 Rank | 8th | |||
Challenge Cup | 4th Round Lost to Wigan Warriors | |||
2012 record | Wins: 8; losses: 12 | |||
Points scored | For: 460; against: 628 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Jamie Thomas | |||
Head coach | Clive Griffiths | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Racecourse Ground | |||
Avg. attendance | 927 | |||
High attendance | 1,513 v Barrow Raiders (11/03/12) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Rob Massam 11 | |||
Goals | Johnson 41 | |||
Points | Johnson 94 | |||
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The club was founded in late 2011 and officially joined Championship 1, the third tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom, on 11 October 2011. Their name, which continues the Crusaders branding, was selected in a fan contest.[1][2] Clive Griffiths was confirmed as North Wales Crusaders Head Coach on 23 November[3] and started his search for players. The club held open trials for any new players to attend,[4] as well as scouring the local amateur game and signing players from Super League academies.
Results
editPre-season
editW Win D Draw L Loss
Date | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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20 January | Leigh East | A | Leigh Sports Village | W | 34–12 | Hudson, Sheen (3), Mouladale, Massam | Smith (5) | ||
29 January | Rochdale Hornets | H | Racecourse Ground | W | 50–22 | Oakden, Massam (2), Mouladale (2), Brennan, Griffiths, Wilkes, Hulme & Kinsey | Smith (5) | 751 | NWC[usurped] |
5 February | Halifax U23s | H | Halton Stadium | W | 62–0 | Morison, Massam(2), Smith, Roets, C. Walker, Hayes, Durbin (2), Wilkes, Broadbent, Sheen, Walsh | Smith (3), Brennan, Broadbent | 263 | |
18 February | Milford Marlins | A | Leeds Rhinos training ground | W | 54–22 | Brennan, Oakden, Smith, Roets, C. Walker (3), Other scorers unknown | Unknown | NWC[usurped] | |
26 February | Thatto Heath Crusaders | A | Eirias Stadium | W | 60–28 | Wilkes, Smith (2), Sheen (2), Morison, Walsh, Massam, Tyrer, Hulme, Brown, Roets | Smith, Brennan (4), Sheen | 396 | NWC[usurped] |
2012 Championship 1
editTable
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Bns | Pts |
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1 | Doncaster (P) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 717 | 347 | +370 | 1 | 46 |
2 | Barrow Raiders (P) | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 617 | 383 | +234 | 3 | 45 |
3 | Workington Town (P) | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 617 | 330 | +287 | 4 | 43 |
4 | Whitehaven R.L.F.C. (P) | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 549 | 421 | +118 | 1 | 37 |
5 | Rochdale Hornets (Pl) | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 496 | 462 | +34 | 1 | 28 |
6 | Oldham (Pl) | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 465 | 485 | -20 | 5 | 28 |
7 | London Skolars | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 558 | 560 | -2 | 2 | 26 |
8 | North Wales Crusaders | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 460 | 628 | −168 | 3 | 24 |
9 | South Wales Scorpions | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 365 | 680 | -315 | 4 | 16 |
10 | Gateshead Thunder | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 276 | 824 | −548 | 2 | 5 |
Teams qualifying for promotion to 2013 Co-operative Championship and Champions play-offs[5] | |
Teams qualifying for Champions play-offs[5] |
This table is correct as of 2 September 2012.
Source: cooperativechampionship.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
(P) - Promoted, (Pl) - Qualified for Playoffs
Championship 1 results
editW Win D Draw L Loss
Carnegie Challenge Cup
editW Win L Loss
Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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24 March | 3 | Toulouse Olympique | H | Racecourse Ground | W | 28–10 | Hulme (3), Johnson, Massam, Morrison, Moulsdale | 567 | ||
15 April | 4 | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | L | 4–98 | Owain Brown | 4,198 | BBC |
Players
editStatistics
editList of players with appearance number. If two players made their debut during the same game shirt numbers will decide which player comes first.
North Wales Crusaders Players | |||||||||||||
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Name | First Game | Last Game | Played | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points | ||||||
1 | Danny Hulme | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | South Wales Scorpions 5/8/2012 [7] | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
2 | Adam Walsh | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [8] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
3 | Christiaan Roets | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
4 | Rob Massam | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||||
5 | Chris Walker | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
6 | Andy Moulsdale | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||
7 | Jamie Durbin | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Doncaster 19/8/2012 [10] | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
8 | Chris Tyrer | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 13/5/2012 [11] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
9 | Lee Hudson | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
10 | Jonny Walker | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
11 | Leon Brennan | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 46 | |||||
12 | Mark Hamon | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [8] | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||
13 | Jono Smith | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | |||||
14 | Owain Brown | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
15 | Iwan Brown | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Barrow Raiders 24/6/2012 [12] | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
16 | Tommy Johnson | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 20 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 94 | |||||
17 | Billy Sheen | Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [6] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||||
18 | Kriss Wilkes | London Skolars 18/3/2012 [13] | Rochdale Hornets 03/7/2012 [14] | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
19 | Anthony Morrison | London Skolars 18/3/2012 [13] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
20 | Aaron McCloskey | London Skolars 18/3/2012 [13] | London Skolars 18/3/2012 [13] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
21 | Ian Cross | London Skolars 18/3/2012 [13] | Doncaster RLFC 27/5/2012 [15] | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |||||
22 | Craig Lawton | Toulouse Olympique XIII 24/3/2012 [16] | Toulouse Olympique XIII 24/3/2012 [16] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
23 | Kurt Haggerty | Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [17] | Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [17] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
24 | Chris Lunt | Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [17] | Whitehaven RLFC 13/5/2012 [12] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
25 | Gareth Frodsham | Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [17] | Oldham R.L.F.C. 6/5/2012 [18] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
26 | Jamie Clark | South Wales Scorpions 9/4/2012 [19] | Rochdale Hornets 03/7/2012 [14] | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
27 | Sam Broadbent | Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [8] | Oldham R.L.F.C. 10/6/2012 [20] | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |||||
28 | Owain Griffiths | Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [8] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
29 | Adam Clay | Workington Town 22/4/2012 [21] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
30 | Simon Stephens | Workington Town 22/4/2012 [21] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
31 | Andy Gorski | Doncaster RLFC 27/5/2012 [15] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
32 | Alex Trumper | Doncaster RLFC 27/5/2012 [15] | Barrow Raiders 24/6/2012 [12] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
33 | Toby Adamson | Oldham R.L.F.C. 10/6/2012 [20] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
34 | Dave McConnell | Workington Town 1/7/2012 [22] | London Skolars 12/8/2012 [23] | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
35 | Liam Hulme | Gateshead Thunder 8/7/2012 [24] | Doncaster 19/8/2012 [10] | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
36 | Dave Orwell | Gateshead Thunder 15/7/2012 [25] | Rochdale Hornets 03/7/2012 [14] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
37 | Lewys Weaver | London Skolars 12/8/2012 [23] | Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [9] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated on 2 September 2012.[26][27]
Squad
editPlaying squad
editFirst team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coach
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Provisional squad
editAs part of the 'Operational Guidelines' set out by the Rugby Football League, North Wales Crusaders were instructed to submit a provisional squad of 30 players for Championship 1 2012. Due to the club recruiting players they weren't in a position to do so.[28] Crusaders decided to let supporters apply to become part of the provisional squad whilst they continued to sign players.[29]
Transfers
editGains
editLoanees
editPlayer | Parent club | Date |
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Aaron McCloskey | St Helens R.F.C. | March 2012 [49] |
Ian Cross | St Helens R.F.C. | March 2012 [49] |
Kurt Haggerty | Widnes Vikings | March 2012 [50] |
Gareth Frodsham | Batley Bulldogs | 2012 [51] |
Adam Clay | Leigh Centurions | 2012 [52] |
Andy Gorski | Swinton Lions | May 2012 [53] |
Dave McConnell | Swinton Lions | June 2012 [54] |
Liam Hulme | Warrington Wolves | July 2012 [55] |
Losses
editPlayer | New club | Date |
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Carl Leach | Released | 2012 |
Adam Walsh | Thatto Heath Crusaders | 2012 |
Chris Tyrer | Released | 2012 |
David Hoctor | Released | 2012 |
Chris Kinsey | Released | 2012 |
Rob Hayes | Released | 2012 |
Craig Lawton | Released | 2012 |
Chris Walker | Released | 2012 |
Ben Mellor | Released | 2012 |
Chris Lunt | Released | 2012 |
Mark Harmon | Released | 2012 |
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