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Pre-Season
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Robertinho
Cricketer Of The Year
Go the Scorpions 
By the way, Jamee, you're in the Crusaders..
By the way, Jamee, you're in the Crusaders..
Burpey
Cricketer Of The Year
Damn it, we lost. This series is interesting as this is the only times the two CW teams will actually get to play each other.
On the actual match, it looks like we tried but they were just too good on the day. Hopefully we improve as time goes on. Personally, happy to get a go in the starting side. I played a solid 70 minutes and scored our only try
GO THE SCORPIONS!!!
On the actual match, it looks like we tried but they were just too good on the day. Hopefully we improve as time goes on. Personally, happy to get a go in the starting side. I played a solid 70 minutes and scored our only try
GO THE SCORPIONS!!!
steds
Hall of Fame Member
Stevo Slams CW
Sky pundit Mike Stephenson told the world after the first ever CW derby that he "wouldn't be surprised if both teams finished bottom of their leagues."
"We've just seen a very poor game of Rugby League," said the ex-Great Britain Hooker "both sides looked average in attack, with far too many handling errors. Infact, I only got to use my catchphrase 'T-R-Y time!!!!' twice in the whole game. On top of that there was no discipline at all. 30 penalties in the game is a disgrace, never mind a whole 6 of them being for fighting. People say it's good to see them fired up for a derby game, but that was ridiculous.
"If they play like that against top quality opposition, they'll get slaughtered. I expect both teams to struggle and wouldn't be at all surprised if they finished bottom of the NRL and Superleague."
It is widely believed that Sky has no interest in the CW teams and is only covering the tournament because of their very own Phil Clarke's participation.
Stevo's fellow Sky Sports presenter, Warrington fan Eddie Hemmings, added "There's a difference between playing fair and playing dirty and a difference between playing dirty and playing the Yorkshire way. Both teams just crossed both lines." At which point Stevo punched him in the arm and Eddie changed his statement to "Southern."
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Blo*dy poms wouldn't know a good league match if smacked then in the face. 
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
a match won by virtue of kicking seems suspiciously like a yawnian match to me, are you sure you're not using Super12sim Sean?
The ref was appalling i'm hoping for a better standard of refereeing in future.
We'll be back Scorpions
The ref was appalling i'm hoping for a better standard of refereeing in future.
We'll be back Scorpions
lord_of_darkness
Cricket Web XI Moderator
Bring on game 2!!
We were just hungover..game 1.
We were just hungover..game 1.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
What about myself? I thought I was injured just before the end of the first half.steds said:
thewizard1o1
International Debutant
I think your 'match' that you will miss is the other mob vs the pig XIII....
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
Dissapointed to miss a game but rest assured i will be back stronger than ever!
steds
Hall of Fame Member
Brave Crusaders Go Down Fighting
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CW Crusaders Jamie Lyons Invitational XIII
1 Neil Pickup 1 Shaun Briscoe
2 Xavier Rose 2 Darren Albert
3 Alex Blackman 3 Jamie Lyon (C)
4 Andrew Cameron 4 Brent Tate
5 Gaurav Nayak 5 Nathan Blacklock
6 Jamee Gray 6 Trent Barrett
7 Alex Crampton 7 Chris Thorman
8 Sean Bennett 8 Danny Ward
9 Sriram Gurunathan 9 Micky Higham
10 Rich Langley 10 FuiFui MoiMoi
11 Dale Brumby (C) 11 Ben Kennedy
12 Thamba Mamesh 12 Vinnie Anderson
13 Tharmi Longanathan 13 Braith Anasta
++Interchange
14 Jack McNamara 14 Tommy Martyn
15 Rich Hingston 15 Frank Puletua
16 Nath Patrick 16 Mark Gleeson
17 Nick Borcich 17 Phil ClarkeThe Crusasders immediately felt what they were up against when, straight from the kick off, quick hands and inexperienced defending allowed the Invitational XIII to reach 32 metres from their own goal line for the first tackle and then glide over halfway, cutting the CW defence like a knife through butter. The Crusaders were only saved by Cameron managing to catch and hit his opposite number, Lyon, with enough force to knock the ball from the reigning Man Of Steel's grasp.
The Crusaders soon regained composure and hard working runs from the forwards, particularly the French duo Mamesh and Loganathan, and solid defence with Gray and Thorman exchanging kicks ensured the deadlock lasted 8 minutes, when whistle-happy Steve Ganson blew the Crusaders for offside. Jamie Lyon took the 2 and easily slotted the goal to give the Invitational's the lead.
The Crusaders replied exactly the right fashion, hunting the Invitational's down right from the restart, and with Thorman shaping to kick on the last, Crampton and captain Brumby shot out of the line and munched him to get the turnover. However, the CW team were unable to capitalise and Gray settled for a dab over the top which was easily collected by Blacklock. Then came some dazzling rugby, starting with Hull's Shaun Briscoe bursting through the defence before knocking on under pressure from fullback Pickup. From the next set, Cameron made Lyon look like a fool, used Nayak on the outside to throw Albert a dummy and offloaded to Hingston when Briscoe stopped him just short of the line. The South African union convert then put in a crossfield kick into the in-goal where Blackman met it leaping above Blacklock and Tate, but was adjudged by the Video Referee not to have grounded the ball properly. Six minutes later came the real action, when violence broke out and Nick Borcich broke Frank Puletua's jaw with a big right hook.
On 20 minutes, the video ref denied Blacklock a try, Rose's athletic tackle forcing him onto the corner flag was to thank, as the Invitational's turned up the pressure and on 23 minutes Jamie Lyon forced his way over in the corner but failed to convert. Just a minute later, he got another chance to get the 2 points when CW were caught offside. Luckily for CW he failed again. Yet minutes later, CW's line was threatened again, but Jamie Lyon knocked on, then two tackes into the Crusaders' first set in 5 Jamee Gray was dragged into touch by Tate and Clarke, and in the resulting set Puletua, broken jaw and all, scored his first try to give the JLI XIII a 10-0 lead.
A ray of hope for the Crusaders came just before half time, when Jamie Lyon was sin binned for a high shot on Patrick, and just after half time, Rose engineered himself some space on the wing and went over for the Crusaders' first points. Cool as you like, Gray slotted the convertion from the touchline and CW were back in it at 10-6.
However, in the 52nd minute St Helens legend Tommy Martyn showed he still had it when he capitalised on Mark "younger and less talented brother of Martin" Gleeson's scoot from dummy half to give JLI a 10 point lead again. Frank Puletua grabbed his second 5 minutes later and it was all over for the Crusaders, who never gave up trying and were denied a late consilation by the video ref when he decided captain Brumby had knocked on in-goal.
The Crusaders were not short of effort, but were outplayed by a classy outfit.
CW Crusaders 6 Jamie Lyons Invitational XIII 22
CW Crusaders
Tries: Xavier Rose Goals: Jamee Gray 1 ( 1 )
Jamie Lyons Invitational XIII
Tries: Tommy Martyn, Jamie Lyon, Frank Puletua x 2 Goals: Chris Thorman 2 ( 2 ), Jamie Lyon 1 ( 4 )
Player of the Match Awards
3 points : Vinnie Anderson (Jamie Lyons Invitational XIII)
2 points : Brent Tate (Jamie Lyons Invitational XIII)
1 point : Tommy Martyn (Jamie Lyons Invitational XIII)