On Saturday Crusaders Masters return to action, this time at Blackpool as part of the National Masters Festival. Crusaders have been placed in session 2 for the popular event. This see’s them take on Chester Gladiators Masters and 2:30pm with a quick turn around to play Huddersfield Masters at 3pm. Both games are on Pitch 4. Crusaders again are putting out decent numbers despite a number of players being away on holiday and other commitments. Gold shorter Rich Kenny makes his debut for...

This Saturday saw some of our Masters players hit the road to get some Masters game time in. Our very own Club Chairman, Ben Smith, made the trip down south to play for United Kingdom Armed Forces (UKAF) against Medway Dragons at The Garrison Grounds, Chatham. On the way down the weather was looking ok but 10 minutes before kickoff the heavens decided to open up and it didn’t stop raining until the final whistle was blown. For the game Ben was put in at scrum half where he took command...

On Saturday Crusaders Masters made the trip over to Barrow, to take on Barrow Masters at Redwaters, the home of Roose Pioneers. The day started with a long awaited resurgence of the Breakfast Crew. Goadie, Jase, Gaz and Darren converged on Tebay Truckstop for some pre-match loading! A very pleasant surprise was that we were joined by our recent retiree, Don. Crusaders travelled light for the fixture due to holidays, other commitments and last minute drop outs, however this was never going to...