Crusaders' coach Carl makes another case for the defence
The second half of the League One season gets underway on Sunday as Crusaders, the league leaders, host second-placed Midlands Hurricanes.
Following the first nine games of the campaign, North Wales boast the most potent attack, while 104 points conceded means they have the best defence.
Head coach Forster told CruCast: 'Defence wins games, that's the common phrase said. But, we've really prided ourselves on our defence this year.
'We've been giving ourselves a number on an average defence what wins you a league and, at the minute, we're well under that and, obviously, we just want to stay on track on that, and it's just a sort of reminder in the middle of a game that this particular number, that we pass the message on and it kind of just gives the lads that little bit of head space to switch on and we just never want to surpass that number.
'I think we've done it twice this year in nine games where they've got past that number. So, I think that speaks volumes in terms of how good we've been without the ball.'
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