North Wales Crusaders coach makes his case for the defence
Crusaders are sitting pretty at the head of League One ahead of their Sunday showdown at home to Rochdale Hornets.
While a tally of 261 points means North Wales are the biggest scorers so far, just as pleasing for head coach Forster is the 92 points conceded, which means his side boasts the best defensive record.
Crusaders shut Keighley Cougars out during the second half of last week's 30-6 victory and Forster told Cru TV: 'Apart from the Swinton second half, I think defensively all year we've been pretty outstanding.
'I think we're up there with one of the best defences in the league - I think we are the best defence now.
'It's a trait that we wanted to bring in this year and the lads have bought into how we want to defend and, ultimately, it's those boys on the field doing it.
'They turn up for each other and it's another 40 minutes where we don't concede, and even the six points we did concede was off a play five kick.'
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