2013 North Wales Crusaders season

Welsh rugby league 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

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### Pre-season

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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

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Main article: 2013 Championship 1

#### Table

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2013 Championship 1

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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

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| 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

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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

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Main article: 2013 Championship Cup

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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

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Main article: 2013 Challenge Cup

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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

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### Statistics

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Main article: North Wales Crusaders statistics and records

### Squad

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2013 North Wales Crusaders Squad  First team squad  |  | Coaching staff

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* 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

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* 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

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* 27  Jamie Clark – SR

* 28  Andrew Oakden – WG

* 29  Stephen Bannister – SR, LF

* 30  Owain Brown – PR

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Head coach

* Clive Griffiths

Assistant coach

* John Fieldhouse

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Legend:

* (c) Captain(s)
* (vc) Vice-captain(s)

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

### Transfers

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#### Gains

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Player  | Previous club  | Date signed

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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

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Player  | New club  | Date

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Anthony Morrison | Old Bar Beach Pirates | October 2012
Iwan Brown |  |
Danny Hulme |  |
Dave Orwell | Released |
Alex Trumper | Released |

## References

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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.

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*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Games played
*[W]: Won
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*[L]: Lost
*[PF]: Points for (total points scored)
*[PA]: Points against (total points conceded)
*[PD]: Points difference (points scored minus points conceded)
*[Bns]: Bonus points
*[Pts]: Competition points