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By Elliott Josypenko
October 22 2004
Bees are getting ready for their second big test of the season and the second part of their "big boys month". Last time out they lost to fellow title contenders Bristol, and on Saturday face Plymouth.

Pertemps Bees -v- Plymouth Albion

 

23/10/2004 3PM 

Sharmans Cross Road, Solihull

Possible Bees

Position

Albion

Matt Long

1

Ozdemir

Matt Miles

2

Dawe

Jim Thorp

3

Parkes

Dan Zaltzman

4

Luxton

Rob Hurrell

5

Perry

Hese Fakatou

6

Schusterman

Gavin Pfister

7

Thomas

Jim Jenner

8

Ward-Smith

Paul Knight

9

Martens

Tim Walsh

10

Barnes

Nick Baxter

11

Pritchard

Shaun Woof

12

Fisilau

Simon Martin

13

Gelderbloom

Lenny Woodard

14

Robinson

Dave Knight

15

Carrington

Martin O'Keefe

16

 

Rob Merritt

17

 

Duncan White

18

 

Nathan Carter

19

 

Ed Orgee

20

 

Aaron Takarangi

21

 

Tom Richardson

22

 

 

Bees are getting ready for their second big test of the season and the second part of their "big boys month". Last time out they lost to fellow title contenders Bristol, and on Saturday face Plymouth.

Albion are coached by former England hooker Graham Dawe who is also playing at his old age. They are well renowned for their "interesting" methods of play. At one time this year they managed to use a 13-man maul.

There are some big names in the Albion side in Gelderbloom, Fisilau, Pritchard (Canadian international), Hentie Martens, Schusterman and leading try scorer this year, Dan Ward Smith.

Bees will be hoping to beat off the Albion threat and will obviously have to cope with a very strong forward presence.

 

 

Steve McCormacks Preview

 

Match of the day in National One is undoubtedly the clash of top of the table Pertemps Bees against fourth placed Plymouth Albion, only separated in the league by a bonus point.

 

They might have bumped into each other last Saturday as they visited South Yorkshire neighbours Doncaster and Rotherham in the Powergen Cup and both came away with victories.

 

Last time in the league, Pertemps Bees were very disappointing in going down to their first defeat of the season at Bristol, but they have won both of their home games this season.

 

Plymouth reversed the recent league match result when pipping Rotherham by a point in the cup and the week before recorded an easy home win against Coventry.

 

These two teams have met four times in league rugby and the record stands at two wins each. In the most recent encounter on 10th April this year Plymouth won at Pertemps Bees 23-20 and the result might be similar on Saturday.

Steve's Prediction: Albion to win by 3 points

My prediction: 15-12 to Bees 

League Form Guide:

Pertemps Bees: w w w w l

Albion: w w w l w

 

Comparisons:

 

Discipline

Kicker's Strike Rate

Leading Try Scorer

Total Tries

Home/Away Tries

Bees

4 0

 Tim Walsh (61)

Aaron Takarangi (5)

27

8 

Albion

1 1

 Pritchard (54%)

Ward-Smith(6)

23

 8

 

Other Matches:

 

 

REMEMBER. THE PREDICTIONS LEAGUE IS NOW OPEN

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