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1st XV
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Sat 01 Mar 2025  ·  National League 1
Darlington Mowden Park
24
31
Dings Crusaders RFC
1st XV

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Baz Johnson28 Feb - 17:59

Dings head to the NorthEast tomorrow and face bottom of the table Darlington Mowden Park in round 20 of National League 1.
The Crusaders are currently in 11th and have much work to do.

Our home fixture against Darlington back in October was a hard battle, but the Crusaders came away with 5 points from the encounter, denying the visitors a losing bonus point, but the penalty count from the Dings was high, falling behind by 3 within 2 minutes of the game starting.

Players to watch
Scrum Half Ben Douglas is a mobile threat and a top try scorer for DMP with an impressive points tally so far this season, but they appear to be without their regular 10, as Junior Newton pulls on his boots for the home side.

The Crusaders have had a poor season on the road. It's a long way to travel and it's only the second time the 2 sides have met.
With a point behind, Esher have now brought up the deficit of games and sit in 12th.
One point ahead of the Dings in 10th is Sedgeley Park who we know are more than capable of an upset, having put Rosslyn Park to the sword in December.

Here's how the teams line up:
Darlington Mowden Park:

15 Huw Lloyd
14 Oliver Walker
13 Callum Trees
12 Ben Frankland
11 Callum Mackenzie
10 Junior Newton
9 Ben Douglas
1 Timur Gecer
2 Jacob Oliver
3 Carl Guest
4 Patrick Hogg
5 Joe Craggs
6 Dylan Thompson
7 William Jones
8 Reuben Parsons

Replacements:
Cameron Murphy; David Turner; Ethan Hall-Lyon; William Groves; Harvey Johnston

Dings Crusaders
15 Tom FOOT–Waylon Projects
14 Tom HARGAN–Hargans Gardens
13 Harry TARLING—Ginger Construction
12 George BOULTON©-Release Pilates
11 Max RIVERS
10 Jamie ELSWOOD–The Old Firm
9 Tom KNIGHT–FBW
1 Tom SIMS
2 Tomas GWILLIAM
3 Brian NCUBE-Stealth Media
4 Will THOMPSON–Buro Happold
5 Alex ASHTON
6 Matt BENNETT –Discovery Campers
7 Aaron TULL
8 Alex BILTON -Bybrook Community Concierge

Replacements:
16 Josh LLOYD-Hills Electrical
17 Nick ENGLISH
18 Pat ZINDI–Heron Project Management
19 Sam MORTON-SMITH–Squad Sports
20 Ollie SMITH-SN Scaffolding

National League 1 Fixtures

Sat 1 Mar 2025KO: 14:00
Rotherham Titans
28
Birmingham Moseley
27
Sat 1 Mar 2025KO: 15:00
Blackheath
22
Sedgley Park
25
Sat 1 Mar 2025KO: 15:00
Esher
21
Sale FC
37
Sat 1 Mar 2025KO: 15:00
Rams
33
Plymouth Albion
47
Sat 1 Mar 2025KO: 15:00
Richmond
38
Bishop's Stortford
21
Sat 1 Mar 2025KO: 15:00
Rosslyn Park
21
Leicester Lions
19

Head-to-Head

Sat 26 Oct 2024
Dings Crusaders RFC
Dings Crusaders
46
Darlington Mowden Park
20

Match details

Match date

Sat 01 Mar 2025

Kickoff

15:00

Competition

National League 1

League position

11
Dings Crusaders
14
Darlington Mowden Park
Further reading

Team Sponsors

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Main Sponsor - REACT
Kit and Board Sponsor - WAGO
Kit, Board and Matchday Sponsor - MJP Electrical
Club Sponsor - Thomas Davis Funeral Directors