Nickname: Crusaders
Ground: Shaftesbury Park (2,250 – 250 seated)
This season: 14th (P1 W0 D0 L0 TB0 LB0 Pts 0)
Last season: 10th (P26 W9 D1 L16 TB17 LB1 Pts 56)
Previous games Vs. Rams:
Rams 26-17 Dings Crusaders (January, 2025)
Dings Crusaders 36-44 Rams (September, 2024)
Dings Crusaders 19-48 Rams (March, 2019)
Rams 33-15 Dings Crusaders (November, 2018)
Recent Form
Dings ran into a red-hot Rosslyn Park as their National One campaign began with a 45-10 reverse at last season’s runners-up.
However, there was plenty to like in pre-season for the Bristolians, who played three Anglo-Welsh clashes and a local derby.
They ended with a 31-19 home loss to Newport, having previously beaten Old Redcliffians 44-22 and Pontypool 35-31 in high-scoring home clashes.
Dings lost their opening warm-up 49-19 at Bargoed.
Players to Watch:
Will Thompson – Powerful second row joined the club from Walcot in the summer of 2022, and has gone onto score nine tries in 69 appearances.
Made a sensational midfield break to help set-up a try in Crusaders’ 26-17 defeat at Old Bath Road last January.
Alex Bilton – Back row is closing in on a century of caps having arrived from Corsham in 2019, racking up five tries in 91 games and helping his side to promotion two seasons ago.
Tom Foot – Exeter University graduate enjoyed a prolific try-scoring streak at the back end of last season, bagging five in his last six outings including a brace against Esher.
Joined Dings post-Covid and crossed the whitewash four times in 27 matches in the 2021/22 season, and despite missing the following term, has 12 in 57 overall.
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