Crusaders (UK) News

[scott17]

i hope the crusaders win

 

[sharks195]

go the crusaders. nash will be celebrating all night if they win.

 

[scott17]

dont blame him

 

[Nash the Shark]

Cant have to much "Pop" at ground as i have a 80 minute journey back home ...but then may have a few

Crusaders (from): Paul Ballard, Chris Beasley, Anthony Blackwood, Neil Budworth, Tom Burnell, Mark Dalle Cort, Geraint Davies, Gareth Dean, Tony Duggan, Luke Dyer, Ben Flower, Philippe Gardent, Josh Hannay, Jamie I'Anson, Mark Lennon, Darren Mapp, Terry Martin, Damien Quinn, Aaron Summers, David Tangata-Toa, Jace Van Dijk, Chris Vitalini, Ian Webster, Neale Wyatt

the squad for tonights game ...

 

[peachey]

mark lennon, he will go great guns...he is a great player

hope darren mapp isnt a turnstile still...

 

[scott17]

David Tangata-Toa, that name rings a bell

 

[Nash the Shark]

Morning one and all and what a fine morning it is last night the mighty Crusaders beat Super League team Harlequins by 29 - 6 in a fine show by us we were under the cosh for the first ten minutes on the first quarter then seem to grow in confidence and stature but saying that we were the first to conceed points when henry Paul converted a Scott Hill try but within five mins we were level when Anthony Blackwood went over for the Crusaders, with Van Dijk converting.We wnt in at half time with a 12 - 6 lead thanks to a Paul Ballard end to end try again converted by van Dijk.In the second half it was much the same story with Crusaders soaking up all Quins could throw at us and scoring more tries through Chris Vitalini and Blackwoods second and a try and goal from Damien Quin so all in all a good performance by us and stands us in good stead for the start of the season on Friday with a trip to Sheffield Eagles in the Northern Rail cup

CELTIC CRUSADERS

1. Tony Duggan
2. Paul Ballard
3. Luke Dyer
4. Mark Dalle Cort
5. Anthony Blackwood
6. Mark Lennon
7. Jace Van Dijk
8. Gareth Dean
9. Neil Budworth
10. David Tangata-Toa
11. Jamie I'Anson
12. Darren Mapp
13. Chris Beasley

Subs (all used)
1. Rod Peake
4. Chris Vitalini
10. Philippe Gardent
12. Geraint Davies
14. Ian Webster
15. Damien Quinn
16. Aaron Summers
17. Terry Martin
18. Ben Flower
19. Tom Burnell

Tries: Blackwood (25, 66), Ballard (35), Vitalini (48), Quinn (59)
Goals: Van Dijk 3/3, Quinn 1/2

HARLEQUINS RLFC

1 Mark McLinden
2 Jon Wells
3 David Howell
4 Matt Gafa
5 Rikki Sheriffe
6 Scott Hill
7 Danny Orr
8 Karl Temata
9 Chad Randall
11 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
14 Danny Ward
20 Jon Grayshon
23 Henry Paul

Subs (all used)
12 Rob Thomas
15 David Williams
17 Julien Rinaldi
18 Joe Mbu
19 Tony Clubb
21 Dylan Skee
22 Dwayne Barker
24 Will Sharp
25 Lamont Bryan
26 Joe Walsh
27 Mike Worrincy
28 Jack Graves

Tries: Hill (18)
Goals: Paul 1/1

Attendance: 960
Men of the Match: Crusaders – Anthony Blackwood, Harlequins – Danny Orr
Half-time: 12-6
Referee: Jamie Leahy (Dewsbury)
Scoring Sequence: 0-6, 6-6, 12-6, 16-6, 22-6, 28-6

 

[zakspiders]

26 Joe Walsh

i thought he was touring with the eagles?

 

[peachey]

hannay didnt play....good result for our adopted team

mark dalle cort, i swear he use to play for souths lower grades..

 

[Cactus Jack]

mark dalle cort, i swear he use to play for souths lower grades..

Mark used to play alongside my Nephew in the Souths PL team.

 

[Nash the Shark]

Apparently Josh Hannay was injured for yesterdays game sorry but dont know any more than that ...as for Mark one of our unsung heroes from last season ans more importantly in this house my Daughters (11) favourite player has his pic on wall several times specially the official one of him and her when she was mascot last year

 

[scott17]

hannay injured....now way

 

[Nash the Shark]

1. Rod Peake

Any one know of this bloke played on sat as trialist thought he was from Manly ???? anyone have an idea

 

[sharks195]

yeah Rod Peake played jersey flegg for manly in 2006, also i found this link, says that the crusaders signed him up:

http://titans.leagueunlimited.com/news.php?newsid=15073

 

[Nash the Shark]

Well good morning all from a bloody freezin cold Wales ....we got our season off to a good start last night with a hard fought victory up at Sheffield Eagles by 22 - 12 , tries from Ballard 2, Duggan 2 and Dyer along with a conv by Van Dijk sealed the victory . We lloked good both in attack and defence in the first half and lead by 12 - 4 at the break but then with both Sheffield playing better and us playing a bit worse the Eagles got them selves back in the game and levelled at 12- 12. To be fair at this point Sheff were playing the better football but we managed to re group and edge our noses in front again 16 - 12 and thats the way it stayed until the dying minutes until we sealed the game and a hard fought victory on the road . So thats one game gone in the NRC next is a trip to the capital to face the London Skolars lets hope the victories continue , the teams from last night were as follows


Sheffield Eagles: Jonny Woodcock, Danny Mills, Grant Farrow, Mike Roby, Gred Hurst, Brendon Lindsay, Dominic Brambani, Jack Howieson, Michael Hill, Tom Buckenham, Craig Brown, Tommy Trayler, Adam Hayes. Subs: Dane McDonald, Nick Turnbull, Grant Edwards, Mitch Stringer.

Celtic Crusaders: Tony Duggan, Paul Ballard, Damien Quinn, Mark Dalle Cort, Luke Dyer, Ian Webster, Jace Van Dijk, Gareth Dean, Neil Budworth, David Tangata-Toa, Terry Martin, Darren Mapp, Chris Beasley. Subs: Jamie I’Anson, Aaron Summers, Chris Vitalini, Jordan James.

Referee: Ben Thaler (Wakefield)

 

[scott17]

go the crusaders!!

 

[sharks195]

i was wondering where terry martin went.

 

[Nash the Shark]

Well its that time of the week again just a quick note on who the "Mighty" Crusaders are mauling this week.
Sunday afternoon we are away in a NRC Group match against London Skolars from NL ...we should i repeat should turn them over as we did on 4 occasions last year but this year they say they have signed 2 players with NRL experience but have not said who it is ( could be the dragons and the eels bloody mascots lol ) so we wait with bated breath to see who it is that rolls out against us ....will post a report and teams on Sunday eve/Mon morn if you like ???

 

[Megashark]

Just out of interest Nash, what kind of a name for a footy club is "Skolars"?

 

[Nash the Shark]

Well Mega I believe that the name was choses because the club was set up for post-grd students at london Universities in about 1995 hence the name because if you brainy like wot i am not you are knick named a "scolar" so with a little bit of tweaking with the letters the Skolars were born ...