North Wales Crusaders head coach Carl Forster has named his 21-man-squad to travel to the North East this weekend where they will face Newcastle Thunder in the 1895 Cup.
Following a lack of pre-season friendlies due to weather related cancellations, Forster had already spoken of his need to rotate the squad in order to get valuable gametime into his players.
With that in mind, Ben Evans, Pat Rainford, Toby Hughes, Matt Reid, Ryan Ellis and Sam Wilde will all be in contention to make their first starts of the 2025 season this weekend.
Full Squad:
Lloyd Roby
Cole Oakley
Ryan Ellis
Sam Wilde
Joe Baldwin
Jamie Dallimore
Olly Davies
Jack Holmes
Matt Reid
Jake Spedding
Pat Rainford
Liam Cooper
Paddy Jones
Josh Eaves
Shaun Costello
Ben Evans
Chris Barratt
Ollie Brookes
Toby Hughes
Jordy Gibson
Jack Houghton