Crusaders up

[Deadcowboys1]

So it's Saturday night under floodlights this week for table topping Broncos. Be interesting to see if a Saturday night ko affects the attendance up or down.

Obviously a bit early in the week for news of any of the 5/6 that missed Swinton being available.

Crusaders have 2 wins & a defeat in their 3 games including a home win over Swinton 2 weeks ago 48-22. Let's hope any tries are close to the posts given the vagaries of our tee kicking!!

[St Reatham]

Looking at the main stand where I sit, lots of tickets still up for sale. Hopefully, lots will be sold this week.

[Deadcowboys1]

Doesn't look like many of the injured troops will be back for Friday. 

 

Edited February 25 by Deadcowboys1

[Deadcowboys1]

 

[the-bearded-lefty]

On 27/02/2026 at 07:14, Deadcowboys1 said:

 

Enough there to win I'd say.  Havili in but otherwise the same team?

[Deadcowboys1]

Thought we got a little slack last 15 mins but job done.

Have to say Jimmy Meadows has improved both his play & kicking from tee this season. You might think it's a different fella to the one whose inclusion in the team was met with a certain amount of hilarity in the past. Well done Jimmy. 

Edited March 1 by Deadcowboys1

[BigTime]

Not sure 7.30 on a Saturday really works and seems to have impacted on crowd size- some of the regulars not attending and a more muted atmosphere. However, against a side expected to be mid-table this was a really good performance. The fact the wingers only scored one between them suggests we carved Crusaders up pretty easily rather than having to really work for it. I was surprised Crusaders didnt offer more especially in the first 30 minutes. 
I agree with you DC about Meadows on both the hilarity and improvement points. He seems a decent fella and is playing with confidence although I did think his kicking on the last efforts were a bit hit and hope at times.

[Deadcowboys1]

52 minutes ago, BigTime said:

Not sure 7.30 on a Saturday really works and seems to have impacted on crowd size- some of the regulars not attending and a more muted atmosphere. However, against a side expected to be mid-table this was a really good performance. The fact the wingers only scored one between them suggests we carved Crusaders up pretty easily rather than having to really work for it. I was surprised Crusaders didnt offer more especially in the first 30 minutes. 
I agree with you DC about Meadows on both the hilarity and improvement points. He seems a decent fella and is playing with confidence although I did think his kicking on the last efforts were a bit hit and hope at times.

Yo BT, welcome to the new home of the Statler & Waldorf gang. 

Without Hawkins, we don't have much of a kicking game do we? Also it would be nice when getting a pen, the kick moved us more than 10 meters up the pitch but just quibbling. Now they have played a few games together, you can see the improvement. 

[Benny Profane]

49 minutes ago, Deadcowboys1 said:

Yo BT, welcome to the new home of the Statler & Waldorf gang. 

Another member of the gang checking in...

Very different experience supporting the Broncos this year.

[Deadcowboys1]

2 hours ago, Benny Profane said:

Another member of the gang checking in...

Very different experience supporting the Broncos this year.

Hi Benny, yes I don't know what I'll do if I can't moan too much. Lol

[BigTime]

I noticed the Reserves won against HKR. Sounds like the younger players like Porter and Davidson did well. I hope we are able to give these players a run out in some of the less competitive games. The more they play the better they will get.

[BigTime]

Good to see Huw Worthington, late of this parish, has been signed up by Crusaders. I thought both he and Davies did really well for us and I was surprised they didn’t get snapped up by a team nearer to where (I think) they live. Clearly decent standard Championship players. 

[BigTime]

Crusaders in a terrible spot now. Difficult to see them surviving the season. From a purely selfish point of view I wonder if that means the games they have played are wiped and with it our huge points difference.  I assume it’s too late in the day to give us a replacement team as they did when Fev went belly up. What a right old mess it all is.