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hunslet hawks - Gloucestershire All Golds Rugby League
INSIDE THIS ISSUE >> ASH HAYNES >> TODAY’S OPPOSITION >> JUNIOR GOLDIES
ALL GOLDS
Vs.
HUNSLET HAWKS
PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM
KICK OFF - 3PM | 22/03/2015
OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS
SEASON 2015 PRICE £2.00
ALL GOLD
CONTENTS AND INFO
04 WELCOME
05 GAFFER’S NOTES
06 CLUB DIRECTORY
07 ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS
08 HUNSLET HAWKS
12 RLIF ANNOUNCE NEW CEO
14 CLUB SHOP
15 JUNIOR GOLDIES
16 A PARTNERSHIP FORGED
THROUGH THE AGES
18 ASH HAYNES
08
HUNSLET
HAWKS
20 HUNSLET HAIL HALF CENTURY
30 FIXTURES & RESULTS
CLUB INFORMATION
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS
Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW
CLUB CONTACT
Tel: 01242 715332
Official Website:
www.allgoldsrugby.com
MEDIA DEPARTMENT
Adam Blackmore, Patrick
Baines, Ollie Williams, Hallam
Bickell & Elliot Owens
PRESIDENT
Lionel Hurst LL.B
HEAD OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Daniel Garbutt
DIRECTOR OF SPORT
Dr Andrew Pitchford
ALL GOLDS OFFICER
Robert Webber
COACH
Lee Greenwood
ASSISTANT COACH
Dan Garbutt
MATCH DAY MANAGER
Chris Chatten
PHOTOGRAPHY
Lewis Mitchell
& Heather Stanley
ALL GOLDS TV CREW
Jeremy Power, Tim
Sanderson, Dan Smith,
Richard Walker, Tom CokerJones, Liam Taylor, Jess
Taylor, Billy Hendle, Billy
Kendall & Jack Suttie
STADIUM MANAGER
Matthew Clapham
VIP LIAISON
Nicola Stewart, Sarah Grocott
& Kelly Conibere
GROUND SAFETY
OFFICER
Peter House
PROGRAMME DESIGNER
Craig Paul Design Ltd
S&C COACH
Patrick Evans
DISABLED
SUPPORTERS LIAISON
Robert Webber
MEDICAL COORDINATOR
Chris Blake
CLUB WELFARE OFFICER
David Friend
DOCTOR
Dr Richard Gale
TEAM MANAGER
Joe Gill
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Angela Sells
MATCH DAY OPERATIONS
Martin Lovegrove
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DAVID
COLLIER
MATCH DAY CATERING
Lisa’s Kitchen
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MEET ASH
HAYNES
The views expressed in this programme are not
necessarily those of the University of Gloucestershire
All Golds, the Editor, or Craig Paul Design Ltd.
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WELCOME FROM
THE DIRECTOR
OF SPORT
Welcome to
the Prince of
Wales Stadium
for this exciting
Fourth Round
clash in the
Ladbrokes
Challenge Cup.
In particular welcome to
the players, management,
directors and supporters of
Hunslet Hawks. We enjoyed
some great matches
against them last year
and hope they’ve enjoyed
their promotion to the
Championship. We will be
watching their progress
with great interest this
season.
I know our staff and
players are really up for this
game and we’re hoping
that the magic of the cup
will help deliver some
excellent entertainment this
afternoon. Get behind Lee
and the boys and I’m sure
they will deliver a great
performance for you today.
We may only have a short
history but the All Golds
now have supporters across
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the length and breadth of
Britain and we now even
have some who follow
our progress from foreign
shores as well. This may
make regular attendance
at the Prince of Wales
a bit of a challenge but
“JUST SHY OF
1000 PEOPLE
WATCHED
THE RECENT
SKIRLAUGH
GAME LIVE
ONLINE”
thanks to a series of new
innovations we are now
able to share the matchday
experience via Craig Paul
Design’s outstanding www.
allgoldsrugby.com. The
new Matchday Centre
offers minute by minute
updates on each game,
with Patrick Baines at the
helm. Just shy of 1000
people watched the recent
Skirlaugh game live on
line and our audience is
building for every match.
Post match we have the
amazing All Golds TV with
highlights packages and
interviews, and we have
to thank Jeremy Power
and the students from the
University’s TV Production
course for the superb
coverage they are able to
generate for us.
We are committed to
building the experience for
all supporters and hope
that you can take the time
to enjoy these new media
initiatives. Let’s hope we
can see a few tries for the
home team on the next
highlights package, which
should hit the website on
Monday.
Enjoy the game today and
we hope to see you all in
the next round...
#COYAG
Andy Pitchford
Director of Sport
at the University of
Gloucestershire
#COYAG
@AllGolds
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WELCOME FROM
LEE GREENWOOD
HEAD COACH
Welcome
to Hunslet
Hawks this
afternoon
for what will
hopefully
be a classic
Challenge
Cup tie.
Barry Eaton has built up a
strong squad this year and
they are playing well in the
Championship. They have
some very good individual
players that I know
personally and we will need
to be strong in everything
we do to compete.
As a club we want to gain
promotion over the next
few years though, so games
like today will show us how
far we are away from that
level. We were thoroughly
professional in the last
round against Skirlaugh,
which was pleasing. We
played some nice rugby
and scored some great
tries, with Courtney Davies
grabbing the first hat-trick
in All Golds history! Steve
Parry wasn’t far behind
though as he became the
second player to do it later
in the game.
Since that game we’ve
added Mark Bowen from
“WE WERE
THOROUGHLY
PROFESSIONAL
IN THE LAST
ROUND AGAINST
SKIRLAUGH,
WHICH WAS
PLEASING”
joined from Newport RFC.
Both will be great additions
to the squad and will go
straight into contention for
being selected. Joe Martin
is also available today
after missing the Skirlaugh
game. Other than that,
we are just without James
Walter and Rory Sharratt,
who are carrying longer
term injuries.
Enjoy the game!
Lee Greenwood
Coach University of
Gloucestershire All Golds
South Newcastle (Australia)
and Jamie Murphy has
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THE OPPOSITION
HUNSLET HAWKS
HAWKS
CLUB INFO
FIRST FOUNDED: 1883
NICKNAME: The Hawks
GROUND: S Leeds Stadium
ON TWITTER
@HunsletHawksRL
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The refrains of
arguably the
most famous
and celebrated
club song in
Rugby League
were first heard
in 1892, nine
years after
Hunslet had
been formed as
a club “run by
working men for
working men”.
The occasion was the return
to south Leeds of the team
following the 21-0 victory over
Leeds at Fartown, Huddersfield,
in the final of the Yorkshire
Rugby Union Cup (Tow’d Tin
Pot). Hundreds of supporters who
had been whiling away the time,
waiting for the side’s arrival, by
singing songs of the day such as
`Bicycle made for Two’, eventually
ran out of tunes.
A former sailor, who had taken part
in the siege of Sevastapol during
the Crimean War, burst into a
Russian sea-shanty, “We’ve Swept
the Seas before Boys, and So we
Shall Again”. The song was taken
up by the crowd, and by the
players, and continues to be the
club song to this day.
Three years later, in 1895, Hunslet
were founder members of the
Northern Union, losing their
opening game, at Warrington
(where they have never won), 5-4
when the `Great Split’ became
reality.
Hunslet’s decision to support
the Northern Union may have
been helped by the fact that their
ground, Parkside, had been closed
following an attack by spectators,
the previous season, on a referee
which led to 21 policemen being
called.
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HEAD COACH
BARRY EATON
The Parksiders, however, quickly
became a real power. Hunslet
lost to Oldham in the 1898-99
Challenge Cup Final, before
winning their first major trophy
in the Northern Union era by
accounting for Halifax 13-3 in the
1905-06 Yorkshire Cup Final.
Two seasons later, Hunslet
became the first team to win All
Four Cups and, in early 1909, the
Athletic News reflected: “Hunslet
and Leeds have met in 29
league and cup matches; Hunslet
have won 20 game, and Leeds
seven, the other two have been
drawn. The superiority of Hunslet
which these figures convey is
unmistakable.”
Hunslet saw off the Loiners again
that March, in a Challenge Cup
tie, but the Parksiders were about
to hit hard times, surviving in
the 1920s through a supporters’
appeal which led to them
becoming known as the `Jam-Jar’
club.
The team, with a young Jack
Walkington at fullback, reached
the Yorkshire Cup Final in 1929-
30, losing to Hull KR but the
Yorkshire League was won in
1931-32, setting the agenda for
a successful decade in which
Widnes were beaten in the
1933-34 Challenge Cup Final, and
Leeds seen off 8-2 in the 1937-38
Championship Final – played
at Leeds United’s Elland Road
before a 54,000 crowd.
Hunslet remained a power during
the 1940s and 1950s, albeit losing
four Challenge Cup semi-finals,
but the Parksiders were back in
the limelight in 1958-59, reaching
the Championship Final – only
to see an early 12-4 lead turned
into a 44-22 defeat by St Helens,
whose recovery was inspired by
a great long-range try by Tom
Van Vollenhoven.
The south Leeds side won the
Yorkshire Cup, under player/
coach Fred Ward, as a Division
Two side in 1961-62, upsetting
Division One favourites Hull KR at
Headingley.
Three years later, Hunslet played
their part in the Wembley classic
against Wigan, losing 20-16
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Barry Eaton joined the club
from Celtic Crusaders at
the start of the 2012 season
where he was assistant
head coach. Barry had a
glittering playing career
playing for clubs such as
Wakefield, Dewsbury, Batley
and Widnes. Barry has had
success as a coach as well
leading Keighley Cougars to
promotion in 2010, before
leaving to join Iestyn Harris
at Crusaders.
with honour, before spiralling
backwards as the then-directors
began to focus on selling
Parkside.
The club folded in 1973,
immediately re-emerging as New
Hunslet at the Leeds Greyhound
Stadium under stalwarts including
the fine second row Geoff
Gunney. A spell playing home
games at Batley was followed
by a memorable stint at Elland
Road – 13,000 turning up for
a Challenge Cup quarter-final
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Hunslet continued...
against Castleford in 1983 after
Hull KR had been beaten in the
first round.
denied their place in the top
flight by the RFL.
The side, under coaches David
Ward and Peter Jarvis, won the
Division Two title in 1986-87,
and were a shade unlucky to
come straight back down the
following
season.
The club’s most recent
success was the League 1
Championship Final last year
which resulted in promotion to
the Championship. Hunslet met
the All Golds twice last year
with each side winning away
from home.
Moving to their present ground,
the South Leeds Stadium, in
1995, after a stint at Bramley,
Hunslet – now known as the
Hawks – earned promotion to
Super League in
1998 by beating Dewsbury
in the Northern Ford Grand
Final, only to be controversially
The club, though, despite
having lost hugely supportive
chairman Grahame Lyles,
has consolidated in recent
years under what is in effect a
supporters’ co-operative, falling
in line with the founding fathers’
aim of “a club run by working
men for working men.”
HAWKS
KEY MEN
club
records
• Biggest Win:
86-16 v Gateshead
Thunder,
Championship 1,
25th July 2010
• Most Points
Scored in a game:
46 by Albert
Goldthorpe v
Dudley Hill, YRU
Cup, 1st March
1890
• Biggest defeat
10-84 v Celtic
Crusaders,
National League
2, 11th August
2007
• 24,700 v Wigan,
Challenge Cup 3,
15 March 1924
one to watch
• Most Tries in a
Season: 34 by
Allan Snowden,
1956/57
Andy Kain – half back
Andy is a 29 year old half back who joins the club on a 2 year
deal from Featherstone Rovers. He joined Featherstone from
Widnes on loan in 2007, a deal which was then made permanent
in 2008. He has scored over 100 tries for Featherstone in his
career at the club and his signing is a tremendous boost as
the club look to consolidate in the Championship following
promotion in 2014.
Kain made 26 appearances for Rovers in 2014 scoring 12 tries
and was a losing Grand Finalist as Leigh Centurions took the
spoils the same day the Hawks won promotion via Golden point
extra time. He was under contract with the Featherstone club for
2015 but both parties have agreed a release.
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Brad Brennan - prop forward
Brad is an aggressive prop forward who has joined the club
on a 1 year contract from Batley Bulldogs. He is a former
Warrington Wolves player who enjoyed great success
whilst on dual registration at Barrow Raiders in 2012, his
performances on dual registration earned him a permanent
move to Craven Park in 2013. He was snapped up by Batley
Bulldogs ahead of the 2014 season and had an impressive
start to his Bulldogs career before falling out of favour and
ended up on loan at York City Knights.
Danny Maun - Centre
Danny has joined the club from Batley Bulldogs on a 1 year
contract. He is a 32 year old centre who played in the 2013
Championship Grand Final defeat to Sheffield Eagles and
leaves the Bulldogs having started his career at Wigan; he
has had 2 spells at Mount Pleasant having also appeared
for both the Dewsbury Rams and Featherstone Rovers.
He is a powerful three-quarter with excellent defensive
capabilities with a knack for being in the right place at
the right time to finish off moves. He is a major signing
for the Hawks who beat off competition from several
Championship clubs for his signature.
Lee Brickwood - Wing
Lee is a 22 year old winger who has signed a 12 month
contract extension for 2014. He joined the club on a 1 year
contract from Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He was a regular
performer for the Wildcats senior academy side in 2011
and is a good finisher with an eye for the try line. His pace
and his illusiveness are strong points of his game and he
cemented a regular place in the Hawks backline in his
debut season in 2012 making 25 appearances scoring 5
tries.
In 2013 he made 21 appearances scoring 3 tries and his
utility value made him a key figure featuring in the back
row as well as centre and wing.
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RLIF
ANNOUNCES
NEW CEO
DAVID COLLIER OBE ANNOUNCED
AS NEW CEO OF RLIF
The Rugby
League
International
Federation is
delighted to
announce the
appointment of
David Collier OBE
as its CEO with
effect from 1 April
2015 to be based
in London.
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David Collier is a graduate
of Loughborough
University reading Sports
Science and Recreation
Management and he was
awarded an Honorary
Doctorate in 2014 by the
University for his services
to sport . He completed his
studies in managing multinational corporations at
Insead Paris and Wharton
Business School USA .
David has experience
in serving on two world
governing bodies of
sport , the International
Cricket Council and the
International Hockey
Federation , as well as
being a Tournament
Director at the
Commonwealth Games
in Delhi . He has senior
executive management
experience in the airline
and computer systems
industries including
responsibility for operations
in 103 countries . For the
past 10 years he has served
as the CEO of the England
and Wales Cricket Board
where he was credited with
transforming the finances
and structure of the sport.
Chairman of RLIF Nigel
Wood commented : “ The
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RLIF is delighted to have
appointed a CEO with
30 years’ experience of
leading a number of the
world’s leading sports
organisations . David has
the highest reputation
in the world of sport
and brings a wealth of
international experience
as the RLIF seeks to build
upon the success of the
2013 World Cup and the
exciting prospects for
the Rugby League World
Cup in Australia and New
Zealand in 2017 . The Board
were unanimous in their
decision to appoint David
and we look forward to
working with our new CEO
to ensure the success of
the global expansion of our
sport .”
David Collier commented
: “ I am honoured by
the opportunity to lead
the RLIF and the sport
of Rugby League and
thank the Chairman and
the Board for their trust
in me . My first priority
will be to meet with the
broadest possible range of
“DAVID HAS
EXPERIENCE
IN SERVING ON
TWO WORLD
BODIES OF
SPORT, THE
INTERNATIONAL
CRICKET
COUNCIL
AND THE
INTERNATIONAL
HOCKEY
FEDERATION.”
stakeholders , to develop
and commence delivery
of our strategic plan and
to create an international
calendar which builds upon
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the strength of our Club
competitions throughout
the world and the success
of the World Cup. Rugby
League is one of the most
exciting sports in the world
and the enthusiasm of
the crowds and television
audiences at the recent
World Cup demonstrates
the great opportunity
which we have to further
expand and develop our
sport . “
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ALL GOLDS TRIVIA QUIZ
1. Who is the new CEO of the RLIF?
6. Who did Hunslet play 50 years ago
in May in the Wembley Cup Final?
2. Who did the All Golds beat in the
last round of the Challenge Cup?
7. What was the score?
3. Who did Hunslet beat last week in
the Championship?
8. Which legendary player of Hunslet
played in the Great Match in
Cheltenham in 1908?
4. Who did the New Zealand Warriors
beat in the NRL last week?
9. What is the ‘player of the match’
trophy called in the Wembley final?
5. How many times did the All Golds
Coach, Lee Greenwood, play for
England?
10.Which famous player starred for
New Zealand All Golds in their 1908
victory in Cheltenham?
SPOT THE
DIFFERENCE
There are four
differences
between these two
images, can you
spot them all?
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FORGED
THROUGH THE
AGES
WRITTEN BY PHIL HODGSON OF LEAGUE EXPRESS
Less than two
months before
the New Zealand
All Golds beat
the Northern
Union, here in
Cheltenham, on
15 February 1908
(thereby winning
the first-ever Test
Series 2-1) the
tourists had played
arguably their
toughest game of
the trip.
That match, on Boxing
Day, had been at Parkside,
the home of south Leeds
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outfit Hunslet, who that
season were to become the
first of only three teams
(Huddersfield, in 1914-15,
and Swinton, in 1927-28
are the others), to pull off
the astonishing `All Four
Cups’ feat of winning the
Championship and the
Challenge Cup, together
with either the Lancashire
or Yorkshire League and
County Cup.
Two men – winger Billy
Batten and second row
Harry Wilson – played in
the games at Parkside and
Cheltenham, experiencing
an 8-5 defeat in the
international and an 11-11
draw with Hunslet, of
whom the Leeds Mercury’s
Flaneur observed at
the close of the historic
campaign: “I would pit
Hunslet against the rest
of the Northern Union at
Parkside, and expect them
to win.”
Batten, the “Forceful
Youth from Kinsley” - who
was later transferred to
Hull, who paid him the
astronomical sum of £14
per week - was a blockbusting runner with a
penchant for leaping over
fullbacks (a ploy copied by
his son Eric, of Bradford
Northern, prior to the tactic
being banned) while Wilson
was a key member of the
fearsome Hunslet pack
dubbed the `Terrible Six’,
behind whom halfback and
captain Albert Goldthorpe,
a master tactician and a
great exponent of the drop
goal, wreaked havoc.
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together with the stillcheering crowd. The crush
was so dense in Boar Lane
“I WOULD
PIT HUNSLET
AGAINST THE
REST OF THE
NORTHERN
UNION AT
PARKSIDE AND
EXPECT THEM
TO WIN”
Hunslet’s standing was
such that they had been
given the honour of
meeting and entertaining
the All Golds to the north
of England. The Yorkshire
Post reported: “There was
a tremendous crowd in City
Square. The Hunslet Club
had driven to the railway
station in a decorated
char-a-banc, which bore
the emblem, `Hunslet
welcome the New Zealand
team’. When the players
appeared the crowd burst
into tremendous cheering,
which continued until
the men got into their
char-a-banc. Then Wright,
the New Zealand captain,
called for `three cheers
for the people of Leeds’,
which were followed by
the stirring Maori war cry
and further cheering. The
players were escorted to
the Grand Central Hotel
by the Hunslet char-abanc and Northern Union
officials in carriages,
and Briggate as to cause
a stoppage of all traffic.
Outside the hotel the team
were again prevailed upon
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to give a rendition of the
Maori war cry, while as they
made their way into the
hotel they were greeted
by further cheering and
the strains of `God Save
the King’. It was a stirring
scene.”
When the teams met
again – on the pitch, this
time - Wilson denied the All
Golds victory with a late try
which Goldthorpe, who had
already kicked four goals,
was unable to convert. New
Zealand, who had led 9-0
at half-time, closed with
a try and a goal by Edgar
Wrigley and three goals
by the legendary Dally
Messenger, who was on the
opposite wing to another
immortal, Lance Todd.
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ASH
HAYNES
It is with great
pleasure that I
get to welcome
the players,
guests and
supporters of
Hunslet Hawks
to the Prince of
Wales Stadium,
the home of the
All Golds.
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We well and truly earned
a place in today’s match
after a strong performance
against a good amateur
Skirlaugh side. Now we face
a different type of beast in
Championship outfit, the
Hunslet Hawks.
Hunslet are proving they are
a great side and have been
picking up some fantastic
victories, but I think that we
have the potential to cause
an upset. The home crowd
will be a big advantage we
have the ability within us to
win the match.
We have made some really
good additions to the
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squad and in particular
Courtney Davies and Ollie
Purslow have answered
“WE WELL AND
TRULY EARNED
A PLACE IN
TODAY’S
MATCH AFTER
A STRONG
PERFORMANCE
AGAINST A
GOOD AMATEUR
SKIRLAUGH
SIDE”
some questions that we
had identified. They were
the missing links and have
brought a great deal to the
club.
The appointment of Lee
(Greenwood) has been a
breath of fresh air this year
and the relationship and
influence that Lee and Dan
(Garbutt) have over the
squad has been outstanding.
I am enjoying training
and playing under their
leadership.
It has been an intriguing
pre-season campaign for us
and we weren’t focused on
results but more on gelling
as a team. We started with a
huge squad and initially we
progressed very well. Our
improvements were shown
by our narrow loss to Barrow
Raiders in the iPro Cup (16
– 14) at the beginning of
March.
After this match Lee made
the decision to cut the
squad and there has been
a dramatic improvement in
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both the quality of training
and performance on the
field since.
And now it is crunch time,
time to take on the Hunslet
Hawks in a game that
everybody will enjoy. The
players will enjoy the step up
and it is a real test for us to
see how far off the mark we
are. #COYAG
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HUNSLET
HAIL HALF
CENTURY
WIGAN V HUNSLET - 1965 CHALLENGE CUP FINAL.
SATURDAY 8TH MAY 1965. KICK OFF 3:00PM
AT WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON.
At the time of the
1965 Cup Final
Hunslet were big
underdogs and
not expected to
give Wigan any
problems having
finished the
season mid table.
Wigan though were also
going through a lean period
in their history. They hadn’t
won a trophy since winning
the league in 1960, although
they had just finished the
league season in 2nd place
behind St Helens. However
in the first round of the
Championship play offs they
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suffered an embarrassing
15-8 home defeat to
Featherstone who had
finished the season 15th (a
top 16 play off operated in
those days).
The Wigan team was full
of legends though. The
great Billy Boston’s record
of 478 tries in 488 Wigan
appearances speaks for
itself. Boston’s three quarter
partner was Eric Ashton, 14
years a Wigan player despite
being from St Helens. He
was also player-coach at
the time of this final. Other
legends in the side that day
included Phil Clarke’s dad
Colin at Hooker and big prop
Brian McTigue.
Matchday weather was
great, sunny and warm.
89,016 made the trek down
to Wembley for what would
turn out to be a classic final.
It took Wigan less than a
minute to take the lead.
Hunslet’s kick off had gone
out on the full and Laurie
Gilfedder kicked a penalty
goal from half way to make
it 2-0. Hunslet soon levelled
up with a penalty of their
own. Local Wigan lad Roy
Evans was penalised for
tackling off the ball and
Bill Langton kicked over to
make it 2-2.
Three minutes after Hunslet
had controversially had a
try chalked off for being
in touch, Wigan took the
lead. Hunslet had again
failed to find touch from a
penalty and Wigan made
them pay. Pressure down
the right from Gilfedder
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and Ray Ashby sent Keith
Holden away for the score.
It was three points for a try
in those days so Wigan led
5-2. The sides exchanged
penalties again, first Hunslet
then Wigan, making it 7-4
with 30 minutes gone.
The South Leeds side
was doing well to keep
Billy Boston and Eric
Ashton quiet but the other
wing-centre partnership
of Holden and Trevor
Lake was proving more
difficult. They combined
for Wigan’s second try with
Lake finished off the move.
Gilfedder converted to give
Wigan a 12-4 lead which
they hoped to take into half
time.
passed out wide to Lake.
Lake raced away and just
evaded a desperate tackle
to score in the corner. Lake,
born in Rhodesia, had
finished off a classic cup
final try. The conversion was
missed but 20-9 up with 20
to play, the game looked
won.
Hunslet though didn’t give
up. In the 65th minute they
scored under the posts
through John Griffiths and
the conversion made it
20-14. A penalty with four
minutes to go made it 20-16
and with them being well on
top now, one converted try
was all they needed to steal
the win. Wigan managed
to hang on and bring the
trophy home for the 7th
time.
Hunslet had other ideas and
scored two minutes before
the break. Half back Brian
Gabbitas produced a bit of
magic to send centre Geoff
Shelton under the posts.
Langton’s conversion made
it 12-9 at half time and all to
play for.
Into the second half and
Wigan scored work. Hard
work up the middle from
McTigue and Evans sent
Gilfedder on the breakaway.
He managed to evade two
defenders to score in the
corner and make it 17-9,
with a brilliant touchline
conversion from Ashton.
Wigan had a try disallowed
for double movement before
they scored the match
winner on the hour. Full back
Ray Ashby had the ball well
inside his own half. He took
on three defenders, beat
them, and on half way he
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ALL GOLDS FIXTURES & RES
DATE
K.O.
OPPONENTS
RES
FULLBACK
WING
CENTRE
CENTRE
WING
STAND OFF
Sun Mar 1
15:00
A
Barrow Raiders (IC)
16-14
MARTIN 1T
MULKEEN 1T
REECE
COWBURN 1T
PYWELL
DAVIES
Sun Mar 8
15:00
H
Skirlaugh ARLFC (LCCR3)
66-4
MULKEEN
REECE
PYWELL 1T
DAVIES 3T
Sun Mar 22
15:00
H
Hunslet Hawks (LCCR4)
Fri Apr 3
15:00
H
South Wales Scorpions (KPL1)
Sat Apr 11
15:00
H
Rochdale Hornets (KPL1)
Sun Apr 19
15:00
A
London Skolars (KPL1)
Sun Apr 26
15:00
H
Swinton Lions (KPL1)
Sun May 3
15:00
A
Oldham (KPL1)
Sat May 9
15:00
H
York City Knights (KPL1)
Sat May 16
15:00
H
Coventry Bears (KPL1)
Sun May 31
15:00
A
Oxford (KPL1)
Sat Jun 6
15:00
H
Hemel Stags (KPL1)
Sat Jun 13
15:00
A
Newcastle Thunder (KPL1)
Sat Jun 20
15:00
A
Barrow Raiders (KPL1)
Sat Jun 27
15:00
H
Oldham (KPL1)
Sun Jul 5
15:00
A
South Wales Scorpions (KPL1)
Sun Jul 12
15:00
A
York City Knights (KPL1)
Sun Jul 19
15:00
H
Oxford (KPL1)
Sat Jul 25
15:00
H
London Skolars (KPL1)
Sun Aug 2
15:00
A
North Wales Crusaders (KPL1)
Sat Aug 8
15:00
H
Newcastle Thunder (KPL1)
Sun Aug 16
15:00
A
Hemel Stags (KPL1)
Sun Aug 23
15:00
A
Swinton Lions (KPL1)
Sun Sep 6
15:00
H
Keighley Cougars (KPL1)
Sun Sep 13
15:00
A
Coventry Bears (KPL1)
COWBURN 1T 2C CLARIDGE 2T
THE KEY | Home games appear in bold | KPC = Kingstone Press Championships | LCC = Ladbrokes Challenge Cup | IC = iPro Cup
Sin-binned Red Card (Sent Off) | T = Try | C = Conversion | P = Penalty | DG = Drop Goal
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SULTS 2015
SCRUM HALF
PROP
HOOKER
PROP
2ND ROW
2ND ROW
LOOSE FWD
SUB 1
SUB 2
SUB 3
SUB 4
BRADLEY 1C
DUFFY
PARRY
PURSLOW
WHITTEL
HAYNES
VITALINI
TOPHAM
CROWTHER
MCCLEAN
RAINER
BRADLEY 7C
DUFFY
PARRY 3T
PURSLOW 1T
WHITTEL
HAYNES
VITALINI
TOPHAM 1T
CROWTHER
MCCLEAN
RAINER
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ALL GOLDS
HUNSLET HAWKS
HEAD COACH:
LEE GREENWOOD
PHIL COWBURN
SCOTT CLARIDGE
LEWIS REECE
JAMIE CROWTHER
YANNIC PARKER
TOBY TOPHAM
MATT BRADLEY
OLLIE PURSLOW
STEVE PARRY ©
IZAAK DUFFY
ASH HAYNES
CHRIS VITALINI
JOE MCCLEAN
CASEY CANTERBURY
BRAD ADAMS
JAMES WALTER
CALLUM MULKEEN
BRETT SCRIVEN
COURTNEY DAVIES
RORY SHARRATT
BRADLEY MAIS
TIM STEVENSON
LUKE KELL
IAN CLARK
DANNY FALLON
RYAN PYWELL
JOEL THOMAS
EMMERSON WHITTEL
NATHAN RAINER
BRAD KISLINGBURY
HANLEY DAWSON
JAMIE MURPHY
MARK BOWEN
JOE MARTIN
REFEREE: J. ROBERTS
RESERVE: J. JONES
TOUCH JUDGES: R. DOLAN & N. WALKER
MATCH COMMISSIONER: D. MILBURN
TIME KEEPER: A. BARNBY
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS
Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW
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HEAD COACH:
BARRY EATON
JIMMY WATSON
MO AGORO
LEE BRICKWOOD
DANNY MAUN
VINNY FINIGAN
SIMON BROWN
DANNY ANSELL
MICHAEL HALEY
JACK LEE ©
JAMES HOUSTON
CALLUM CASEY
AARON LYONS
DANNY GRIMSHAW
MATTHEW TEBB
LIAM MACKAY
LEWIS REED
MARK CASTLE
BROOKE BROUGHTON
BRAD BRENNAN
LUKE HARDBOTTLE
RYAN BACKHOUSE
MATTHEW COOK
ELLIOT COSGROVE
RITCHIE BARNETT
BRANDON CONWAY
MARCUS ELLIOTT
JORDAN GALE
MUFARO MVUDUDU
JAMAINE AKAIDERE
GEORGE FLANAGAN
ANDY KAIN
NATHAN DARBY
JAMES DUCKWORTH
LUKE BRISCOE
ROB MULHERN
ROBBIE WARD
JOSH WALTERS
ANDY YATES
JIMMY KEINHORST
BRETT DELANEY