Titans’ season a success, insists departing Cruse

By The Newsroom
Published 12th May 2015, 07:00 BST
Dejected Titans players trudge off at the end of the game.Dejected Titans players trudge off at the end of the game.
Dejected Titans players trudge off at the end of the game.
OUTGOING Rotherham Titans captain Tom Cruse insists the club can be proud of a “very successful” season despite missing out on the Championship play-off final.

Sunday’s semi-final defeat versus Bristol means Titans’ admittedly faint hopes of promotion to the Premiership were ended again.

In all reality, though, for a squad with such a small budget compared to some in the Championship, reaching the last four for a second successive year is a feat in itself.

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Hooker Cruse, who will reach the top flight having signed for London Irish, told The Yorkshire Post: “The chat at the start of the campaign was to get in the top-four again.

Dejected Titans players trudge off at the end of the game.Dejected Titans players trudge off at the end of the game.
Dejected Titans players trudge off at the end of the game.

“We said we’d take it game by game, but at the same time the plan was always to back up what we did last year.

“As we said in the huddle at the end of Sunday’s game, we’ve done that and got ourselves some silverware, too, by making ourselves the best team in the county (Yorkshire Regiment Trophy).

“That means a lot to the fans and us, too, so all in all it’s been a very successful year.”

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