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#Post#: 11646--------------------------------------------------
Team to face Dings Crusaders
DIR By: Watto
Date: January 24, 2025, 7:02 am
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Round seventeen of National 1 sees Rotherham Titans travel to
the Frenchay area of Bristol to take on Dings Crusaders at
Shaftesbury Park; kick-off on Saturday is 3pm.
Following the winter break and a postponed fixture Titans
finally began their 2025 last week with a hard-fought 23-17 win
over a motivated Sale FC side at Clifton Lane.
The South Yorkshire outfit thought they’d secured the bonus
point over Sale with a try in the final play, but unfortunately
for them the referee spotted an infringement in the build-up.
Nevertheless, it was another impressive win and one which keeps
Rotherham in touch at the business end of the table.
The tough games keep on coming however and this week assignment
away to Dings Crusaders will test Rotherham to the limit.
Dings have already this term showed their capabilities and, on
their day, can go toe-to-toe with the best in the division;
their narrow 26-17 loss away at Rams last week is testament to
that.
Dings have also secured wins this season over Sedgley Park (home
and away) and at Shaftesbury Park further wins over Plymouth
Albion, Darlington Mowden Park, Sale FC and Bishop’s Stortford,
whilst also notably securing a draw against league leaders
Richmond.
When the sides met earlier in the season at Clifton Lane
Rotherham ran out 45-19 winners with John Okafor standing out
with a hat trick of tries; Callum Bustin and Loma Kivalu also
dotted down with Lloyd Hayes adding 20 points from the tee.
Going into this week’s match Rotherham have made four changes to
their starting XV.
In the front row hooker Luke Cole comes in for Jack Bergmanas
and he is flanked by props Charlie Capps at loosehead and Andrew
Foster at tighthead.
The second row sees Harry Gilson-Fox come in for Curran Maguire
and Ellis Thomas come in for Zak Poole.
The back row remains the same with John Okafor at blindside,
Travis Gordon on the openside with Callum Bustin at number 8.
Across the backline scrum half JB Bruzulier is again accompanied
in the half back positions by Rob Povey, with Lloyd Hayes and
Jamie Cooke maintaining their partnership in midfield.
The back three sees Jack Townend at full back, with Tomasi
Tanumi coming in for Cuchulain Livingstone on one wing and
Ronnie Du Randt on the other.
Titans: 15 Jack Townend, 14 Tomasi Tanumi, 13 Lloyd Hayes, 12
Jamie Cooke, 11 Ronnie Du Randt, 10 Rob Povey, 9 JB Bruzulier, 1
Charlie Capps ©, 2 Luke Cole, 3 Andrew Foster, 4 Harry
Gilson-Fox, 5 Ellis Thomas, 6 John Okafor, 7 Travis Gordon, 8
Callum Bustin.
Replacements: 16 Jack Bergmanas, 17 Zach Toerien, 18 Rikki
Stout, 19 Zak Poole ©, 20 James Naylor
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Re: Team to face Dings Crusaders
DIR By: Jim Garbutt
Date: January 24, 2025, 10:49 am
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Can't wait. Another tough contest but I fancy us for 4 or 5.
Does anyone know what the parking is like at Dings?
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Re: Team to face Dings Crusaders
DIR By: Duncang
Date: January 25, 2025, 10:59 am
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Great win for the boys down there and good news with Richmond
losing too ;D
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Re: Team to face Dings Crusaders
DIR By: Jim Garbutt
Date: January 25, 2025, 11:23 am
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Great win. Nice place to visit. Now having a celebration are
Pizza with Chris before the long drive back.
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Re: Team to face Dings Crusaders
DIR By: Rothman2
Date: January 25, 2025, 12:09 pm
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Absolutely fantastic win 45-26 (7 tries to 4) on a 4G pitch too.
Some incredible results too:
Leicester 19 Rams 36.
Sale 32 Richmond 18.
Birmingham Mose 32 Plymouth 33.
Bishops Stortford 19 Sedgley Park 22.
Esher 54 Rosslyn Park 42.
Dings got their bonus with the last play of the game.
We are now locked together with Richmond on 63 pts, both 4
points behind Rams.
Incredible season.
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