Plymouth Albion-v- Pertemps Bees

 

26/02/2005

 

Brickfields, Plymouth

 

Pertemps Bees Position Plymouth Andy LeChevalier  1    Matt Miles 2    Martin O'Keefe 3   Rob Hurrell 4   Alex Davidson 5   Ben Hughes 6    Nathan Carter 7   Jim Jenner 8   Paul Knight  9   Tim Walsh  10   Aaron Takarangi  11    Mike Davies 12    Shaun Woof 13    Nick Baxter 14    Dave Knight 15   Matt Long  16    Rob Merritt 17   Ben Hughes  18   Tom Jordan 19   Simon Hunt 20    Tom Richardson 21    Scott Williams-G 22

 

Bees will be on damage limitation when they visit Plymouth Albion tomorrow. Considering the men from Devon’s position, Bees will be very unlikely to get anything from the game. However, last weeks performance was quite heartening and will give hope for Phil Maynard and the boys. The defence last week in particular was outstanding and the forwards will most certainly be looking to take the game to their counterparts. Unfortunately, the game might all rest on fitness, or rather the lack of it. Bees have struggled with fitness of late mostly due to injuries. Albion, on the other hand, are professional and will have a fitness greater than Bristol’s. Their rolling maul style, similar to Bristol’s last week, may tire the Bees forwards early on.

 

Bees will be without Ed Orgee, Jim Thorp and Simon Martin who are all injured. Both Luke Narraway and Ryan Lamb have left for Gloucester and unless we sign them before Tuesday’s deadline, we will not see them back at Sharmans Cross for the rest of the season.

 

Steve McCormack’s Preview:

Plymouth Albion, still close enough to finish top of the league, welcome Pertemps Bees, more or less resigned to finishing in ninth place, to Brickfields on Saturday.

 

Never-say-die Plymouth did it again on Saturday. Losing 25-13 at Coventry, they scored two tries in stoppage time to share the points 25-25. They stay in third place, three points behind Bristol and six points behind Exeter, but they are still capable of overtaking both of them. They maintained the longest unbeaten run in the league, stretching 11 matches to last October. They have played eight matches at Brickfields this season and are unbeaten, although Otley came away with an 11-11 draw in December.

 

Pertemps Bees did not put up much resistance to Bristol and lost 23-0 at Sharmans Cross Road on Saturday. They stay detached in ninth position in the league, 12 points ahead of 10^th placed Sedgley Park and 11 points behind Coventry in eighth. After a great start to the season, they have really slumped, and only beaten the bottom three teams at home in their last 12 matches. They have played ten away matches this season and only won three, again at Orrell, Henley and London Welsh.

 

Pertemps Bees pulled off their best league victory this season when beating Plymouth at Sharmans Cross Road in October. Plymouth will gain their revenge on Saturday.

 

  

Steve's Prediction: Plymouth by 14

My prediction: Plymouth 34-12 Bees

 

Form Guide:

Pertemps Bees: w w l l l

Plymouth: w w w w d

 

Comparisons:

	Discipline	Kicker's Strike Rate	Leading Try Scorer	Total Tries	Home/Away Tries
Bees	8 0	68% Walsh	Backo (10)	50	27
Plymouth	2 1	62% Prichard	Ward-Smith/Pritchard (10)	60	29

 

Other Matches:

Rotherham                        v                  Coventry      

London Welsh                    v                  Orrell  

Plymouth Albion                  v                  Pertemps Bees        

Penzance/ Newlyn              v                  Otley  

Sedgley Park                      v                  Bedford        

Exeter                               v                  Nottingham   

                                               

Sunday

Exeter                               v                  Otley  

         

 

 

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