2012 North Wales Crusaders season

2012 North Wales Crusaders season
2012 Championship 1	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	Andy Moulsdale
Stadium	Racecourse Ground
Avg. Attend.	927
High. Attend.	1,513 v Barrow Raiders (11/03/12)
Top scorers
Tries	Rob Massam 11
Goals	Johnson 41
Points	Johnson 94
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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.

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.

Pre-Season

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Friendly	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
Friendly	20/1/2011	Leigh East	Won	12-34	Away	Leigh Sports Village	Hudson, Sheen (3), Mouladale, Massam,	Smith (5)
Friendly	29/1/2012	Rochdale Hornets	Won	50-22	Home	Racecourse Ground	Oakden, Massam (2), Mouladale (2), Brennan, Griffiths, Wilkes, Hulme & Kinsey	Smith (5)	751
Friendly	5/2/2012	Halifax U23s	Won	62-0	Home	Halton Stadium	Morison, Massam(2), Smith, Roets, C. Walker, Hayes, Durbin (2), Wilkes, Broadbent, Sheen, Walsh	Smith (3), Brennan (1), Broadbent (1)	263
Friendly	18/2/2012	Milford Marlins	Won	22-54	Away	Leeds Rhinos training ground	Brennan, Oakden, Smith, Roets, C. Walker (3), Other scorers unknown	Unknown
Friendly	26/2/2012	Thatto Heath	Won	60-28	Home	Eirias Park	Wilkes, Smith (2), Sheen (2), Morison, Walsh, Massam, Tyrer, Hulme, Brown, Roets	Smith (1), Brennan (4), Sheen (1)	396

2012 Table

2012 Championship 1
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Bns	Pts
1	Doncaster RLFC (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 RLFC (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 Roughyeds (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.

Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.
(P) - Promoted, (Pl) - Qualified for Playoffs

2012 Championship 1 Fixtures and Results

Fixtures and Results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
11/03/12	2012 Championship 1	1	Barrow Raiders	H	Racecourse Ground	Lost	24-26	Moulsdale, Durbin, Massam (2), Brennan	Brennan (2)	1,513
18/03/12	2012 Championship 1	2	London Skolars	A	New River Stadium	Lost	66-16	D. Hulme (2), Hudson	Johnson, Brennan	535
01/04/12	2012 Championship 1	3	Rochdale Hornets	H	Racecourse Ground	Lost	18-54	Wilkes, Massam, D. Hulme	Smith	1,047
09/04/12	2012 Championship 1	4	South Wales Scorpions	H	Racecourse Ground	Won	34-22	Moulsdale, Johnson(2), Brennan (2), Smith, I. Brown	Smith (2), Cross	1,204	Premier Sports
22/04/12	2012 Championship 1	5	Workington Town	A	Derwent Park	Lost	58-0			776
06/05/12	2012 Championship 1	6	Oldham Roughyeds	A	Whitebank Stadium	Won	32-36	Clay, Moulsdale, Broadbent, Clark, Morrison, Cross, Massam	Cross (4)	580
13/05/12	2012 Championship 1	7	Whitehaven RLFC	H	Racecourse Ground	Lost	10-17	Sheen (2)	Broadbent	804
27/05/12	2012 Championship 1	9	Doncaster RLFC	H	Racecourse Ground	Lost	28-41	Stephens, Sheen, Moulsdale, Massam, Clay	Broadbent (4)	705
10/06/12	2012 Championship 1	10	Oldham Roughyeds	H	Racecourse Ground	Won	30-28	Brennan (3), Sheen, Clay, Smith	Broadbent, Johnson (2)	802
24/06/12	2012 Championship 1	11	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park	Lost	40-24	Gorski (2), Smith, Brennan	Johnson (4)	1,238
01/07/12	2012 Championship 1	12	Workington Town	H	Racecourse Ground	Lost	20-30	Wilkes, Massam, D. Hulme, McConnell	Johnson (2)	733
08/07/12	2012 Championship 1	13	Gateshead Thunder	H	Racecourse Ground	Won	46-18	D. Hulme (2), Gorski, Clark, Durbin, L. Hulme, Smith, McConnell	Johnson (7)	719
15/07/12	2012 Championship 1	8	Gateshead Thunder	A	Thunderdome	Won	10-60	Moulsdale (3), Sheen (3), Adamson, Brennan, J. Walker, L. Hulme	Johnson (10)	336
22/07/12	2012 Championship 1	14	Rochdale Hornets	A	Spotland	Lost	34-6	Sheen	Johnson	648
05/08/12	2012 Championship 1	15	South Wales Scorpions	A	The Gnoll	Won	24-36	Gorski, Durbin, Massam, Clay (2), L. Hulme, Smith	Johnson (4)	687
12/08/12	2012 Championship 1	16	London Skolars	H	Racecourse Ground	Won	40-22	Brennan, J. Walker, Massam, Weaver, Moulsdale, Smith, Clay	Johnson (6)	800
19/08/12	2012 Championship 1	17	Doncaster RLFC	A	Keepmoat Stadium	Lost	48-12	Moulsdale, Brennan	Johnson (2)	891
02/09/12	2012 Championship 1	18	Whitehaven RLFC	A	Recreation Ground	Lost	58-20	Massam (2), Gorski	Johnson (2)	701

2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup Fixtures and Results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
24/3/12	Challenge Cup	Round 3	Toulouse Olympique	H	Racecourse Ground	Won	28-10	Hulme (3), Johnson, Massam, Morrison, Moulsdale		567
15/4/12	Challenge Cup	Round 4	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	Lost	98-4	Owain Brown		4,198

Stats

For all stats,

Appearances

Rank	Name	Nationality	Appearances
1	Tommy Johnson		20
=	Andy Moulsdale		20
=	Johnny Walker		20
4	Rob Massam		19
5	Lee Hudson		18
6	Leon Brennan		17
7	Jono Smith		16
8	Anthony Morrison		15
9	Owain Brown		14
=	Billy Sheen		14
=	Simon Stephens		14

As of 2/9/12 ^[6]

Points

Rank	Name	Nationality	Points
1	Tommy Johnson		94
2	Leon Brennan		46
3	Rob Massam		44
4	Andy Moulsdale		40
5	Danny Hulme		36
6	Billy Sheen		32
7	Jono Smith		30
8	Adam Clay		24
9	Andy Gorski		20
10	Sam Broadbent		16

As of 2/9/12 ^[6]

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 ^[6]

Goals

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

As of 2/9/12 ^[6]

All players

List 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
	Name	First Game	Last Game	Played	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
1	Danny Hulme	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	South Wales Scorpions 5/8/2012 [8]	9	9	0	0	36
2	Adam Walsh	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [9]	3	0	0	0	0
3	Christiaan Roets	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	11	0	0	0	0
4	Rob Massam	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	19	11	0	0	44
5	Chris Walker	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	1	0	0	0	0
6	Andy Moulsdale	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	20	10	0	0	40
7	Jamie Durbin	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Doncaster 19/8/2012 [11]	13	3	0	0	12
8	Chris Tyrer	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 13/5/2012 [12]	9	0	0	0	0
9	Lee Hudson	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	18	1	0	0	4
10	Jonny Walker	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	20	2	0	0	8
11	Leon Brennan	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	17	10	3	0	46
12	Mark Hamon	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [9]	2	0	0	0	0
13	Jono Smith	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	16	6	3	0	30
14	Owain Brown	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	14	1	0	0	4
15	Iwan Brown	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Barrow Raiders 24/6/2012 [13]	12	1	0	0	4
16	Tommy Johnson	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	20	3	41	0	94
17	Billy Sheen	Barrow Raiders 11/3/2012 [7]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	14	8	0	0	32
18	Kriss Wilkes	London Skolars 18/3/2012 [14]	Rochdale Hornets 03/7/2012 [15]	9	3	0	0	12
19	Anthony Morrison	London Skolars 18/3/2012 [14]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	15	2	0	0	8
20	Aaron McCloskey	London Skolars 18/3/2012 [14]	London Skolars 18/3/2012 [14]	1	0	0	0	0
21	Ian Cross	London Skolars 18/3/2012 [14]	Doncaster RLFC 27/5/2012 [16]	7	1	5	0	14
22	Craig Lawton	Toulouse Olympique XIII 24/3/2012 [17]	Toulouse Olympique XIII 24/3/2012 [17]	1	0	0	0	0
23	Kurt Haggerty	Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [18]	Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [18]	1	0	0	0	0
24	Chris Lunt	Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [18]	Whitehaven RLFC 13/5/2012 [13]	2	0	0	0	0
25	Gareth Frodsham	Rochdale Hornets 1/4/2012 [18]	Oldham Roughyeds 6/5/2012 [19]	2	0	0	0	0
26	Jamie Clark	South Wales Scorpions 9/4/2012 [20]	Rochdale Hornets 03/7/2012 [15]	11	2	0	0	8
27	Sam Broadbent	Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [9]	Oldham Roughyeds 10/6/2012 [21]	5	1	6	0	16
28	Owain Griffiths	Wigan Warriors 15/4/2012 [9]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	8	0	0	0	0
29	Adam Clay	Workington Town 22/4/2012 [22]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	10	6	0	0	24
30	Simon Stephens	Workington Town 22/4/2012 [22]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	14	1	0	0	4
31	Andy Gorski	Doncaster RLFC 27/5/2012 [16]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	10	5	0	0	20
32	Alex Trumper	Doncaster RLFC 27/5/2012 [16]	Barrow Raiders 24/6/2012 [13]	3	0	0	0	0
33	Toby Adamson	Oldham Roughyeds 10/6/2012 [21]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	8	1	0	0	4
34	Dave McConnell	Workington Town 1/7/2012 [23]	London Skolars 12/8/2012 [24]	5	2	0	0	8
35	Liam Hulme	Gateshead Thunder 8/7/2012 [25]	Doncaster 19/8/2012 [11]	6	3	0	0	12
36	Dave Orwell	Gateshead Thunder 15/7/2012 [26]	Rochdale Hornets 03/7/2012 [15]	2	0	0	0	0
37	Lewys Weaver	London Skolars 12/8/2012 [24]	Whitehaven RLFC 2/9/2012 [10]	2	1	0	0	4

Last updated on 2 September 2012.^[27][28]

2012 Squad

Provisional squad

As 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.^[29] Crusaders decided to let supporters apply to become part of the provisional squad whilst they continued to sign players.^[30]

North Wales Crusaders Provisional Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Victor Hughes 2 Daniel Williams-Tully 3 Peter Brown 4 Andy Mitchell 5 Adam Smith 6 Andrew Hughes 7 Gary Jones 8 Ian McMahon 9 Kyle Jones 10 James Morris 11 Dylan Jones 12 Sam Mitchell 13 Carl Renshaw		14 Phillip Ford 15 Danny Speed 16 Neil Edwards 17 Kristy Stephenson 18 Laura Clint 19 Gareth Laugharne 20 Chris Jennings 21 Sandra Walker 22 Richard Isaacs 23 Chris Zacharek 24 Richard Hughes 25 Jamie Flett 26 Martin Williams		27 Simon Jones 28 Stephen Spires 29 Mark Williams 30 Ioan Jones 31 Simon Reece 32 Gareth Parry 33 Phillip Schoonjans 34 Andrew Searson 35 Barry Williams 36 Jac Griffiths 37 Catherine Jones 38 Geraint Jones 39 Chris Jones		40 Fraser Savage		Head coach Clive Griffiths Source:[30] Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain

Playing squad

2012 North Wales Crusaders Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
Toby Adamson - CE Leon Brennan - SR Sam Broadbent - CE Owain Brown - PR, SR Iwan Brown - SR Jamie Clark - SR Adam Clay - WG Ian Cross - CE Jamie Durbin - SH Andy Gorski - SR Owain Griffiths - HK, LF Mark Hamon - SR Lee Hudson - HK		Danny Hulme - FB Tommy Johnson - FB Craig Lawton - PR Chris Lunt - HK Rob Massam - WG Aaron McCloskey - PR Anthony Morrison - SR, LF Andy Moulsdale (c) - SO Andrew Oakden - PR Christiaan Roets - SR, CE Billy Sheen - HB Jono Smith - LF, SR Simon Stephens - FB		Alex Trumper Chris Tyrer - PR Jonny Walker - PR Lewys Weaver - SO Kriss Wilkes - WG				Head coach Clive Griffiths Assistant coach John Fieldhouse Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain

2012 transfers

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Date Signed
Owain Brown	Leigh East	December 2011 [31][32]
Iwan Brown	Halton Simms Cross	December 2011 [31][32]
Rob Massam	Chester Gladiators	January 2012 [33][34]
Danny Hulme	Widnes Vikings	January 2012 [35][36]
Lee Hudson	Widnes Vikings	January 2012 [35][36]
Chris Lunt	Widnes Vikings	January 2012 [35][36]
Jamie Durbin	Leigh Centurions	January 2012 [37][38]
Carl Leach	Warrington Bank Quay Bulls	January 2012 [37][38]
Adam Walsh	Thatto Heath Crusaders	January 2012 [37][38]
Jonny Walker	Leigh East	January 2012 [37][38]
Andy Moulsdale	Warrington Ryland's Sharks	January 2012 [39]
Chris Tyrer	Swinton Lions	January 2012 [39]
Billy Sheen	Leigh Centurions	January 2012 [39]
Anthony Morrison	Saddleworth Rangers	January 2012 [39]
Jono Smith	Leigh East	January 2012 [39]
David Hoctor	Ince Rose Bridge	January 2012 [39]
Andrew Oakden	North Wales Crusaders juniors	January 2012 [39]
Tommy Johnson	St Helens RLFC	January 2012 [39]
Kriss Wilkes	Rochdale Hornets	January 2012 [39]
Sam Broadbent	Chester Gladiators	January 2012 [39]
Chris Kinsey	Widnes Vikings	January 2012 [39]
Mark Harmon	Warrington Wolves	January 2012 [39]
Leon Brennan	Leigh Miners Rangers	February 2012 [40]
Christiaan Roets	South Wales Scorpions	February 2012 [41]
Rob Hayes	Woolston Rovers	February 2012 [42]
Craig Lawton	Wingham Tigers	February 2012 [43]
Chris Walker	Oulton Raiders	February 2012 [44]
Ben Mellor	Leigh Centurions	February 2012 [45]
Owain Griffiths	Unatatched	February 2012
Jamie Clark	Unatatched	April 2012
Simon Stephens	Leigh East	April 2012 [46]
Alex Trumper	Thatto Heath Crusaders	May 2012 [47]
Toby Adamson	Salford City Reds	June 2012 [48]
Lewys Weaver	London Wasps	July 2012 [49]
Dave Orwell	Huddersfield Giants	July 2012

Loanees

Player	Parent Club	Date
Aaron McCloskey	St Helens RLFC	March 2012 [50]
Ian Cross	St Helens RLFC	March 2012 [50]
Kurt Haggerty	Widnes Vikings	March 2012 [51]
Gareth Frodsham	Batley Bulldogs	2012 [52]
Adam Clay	Leigh Centurions	2012 [53]
Andy Gorski	Swinton Lions	May 2012 [54]
Dave McConnell	Swinton Lions	June 2012 [55]
Liam Hulme	Warrington Wolves	July 2012 [56]

Losses

Player	New Club	Date
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

End of season awards

Awards were presented at the end of season dinner.^[57]

Top Scorer of the Year

• Rob Massam (11)

Try of the Year

• Danny Hulme v Toulouse Olympique

Nominations for 'Try of the year' were on the Official website after the final game.^[57]

Smash of the Year

• Christiaan Roets v South Wales Scorpions

Nominations for 'Smash of the year' were on the Official website after the final game.^[57]

Coaches player of the Year

• Jonny Walker

Voted for by coaching staff.

Fans player of the Year

• Rob Massam

Voted for on the official website

Players player of the Year

• Tommy Johnson

Voted for by the playing staff

Most contributed to the club award

• Karen and Graham Wiseman ^[58]

Supporters club Player of the Year

• Rob Massam

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

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