This Weekend

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Albion v Saints
Saturday 15th arch
K.O. 3 pm

This could could be the most important match of the season for Albion and on a super Saturday when all 6 countries are in action  the the 6 nations. The England/Ireland match kicks off at the same time as our match but will be recorded and played back after the match.

Also this weekend Cornwall host Devon at Polson Bridge in the Tamar Cup. KO on Sunday is at 2:30 and we can expect to see a number of Plymouth players in the Devon squad! This fixture has in been in the passed been played after the end of the season as part of the County Championship, I think, but since Cornwall were relegated two seasons ago it has been played separately. Entrance is £5 or £8 for grandstand with under 16s free.

Squad as released on This is Plymouth

George

James

Scott

Kyle

Colin

Tom

Brett

Jannie

Nigel

Brad

Nic

Keni

Arran

Ed

Nat

Bench from

Ross

Ross

Emyr

Gareth

Richard

Adam

Chris

Mike

Both sides have yet to play  home game in this competition and this must have been to the disadvantage of many of the smaller clubs, 40% of a 11,000 gate in Northampton would be a lot of money. Albion for one club must have lost money on this competition so far. 

Albion have had a number of matches this season they could have won and Saints have had  few that they have under estimated the opposition and almost lost.

With Albion not getting the results they should, having said that they still seem to be playing well in the EDF so could this be the week that Saints get a surprise??  With the 16th player in the crowd we could do it.

Dawsey could put the Kettle on, but will he start or come in from the bench? Mike Denbee is again playing for England Students on Friday but will he be fit enough to take any real part at Brickfields?

We now seem to be making tactical replacements, something we have not done for most games this seasons.  It is sure that Saints will use tactical subs so we had better!

National League One Data

This table shows the for and against for each team. eg Tries 74/17 is 74 tries scored and 17 conceded. Con Rate is the percentage tries converted.

Side by side

National Trophy
Henley 3 - 27 Albion Bees 3 - 23 Albion Titans 8 - 19 Albion	Cornish Pirates 3 - 15 Saints Donny 3 - 17 Saints Bedford 8 - 32 Saints
NL1 facts for 2007/8
Gate 3526avg 6381max	Gate 11235avg 13464max
Form home l l l w l w w w l w w l away l l l l l l w w l l l w w	Form home w w w w w w w w w w w w away w w w w w w w w w w w w w
Best home game 50 - 7 All Blacks Best away game Bees 11 - 35	Best home game 96 - 3 Tigers Best away game All Blacks 7 - 72
Worst home game 5 - 44 Saints Worst away game Nott'ham 31 - 9	Worst home game 24 - 23 N Blues Worst away game Nott'ham 10 - 16
Most points in a match 15 Ross Laidlaw Bees 11 - 35 Albion Albion 15 - 0 Titans	Most points in a match 36 Bruce Reihana Saints 96 - 3 Tigers
Most tries in a match 2 Liam Gibson Albion 50 - 7 All Blacks Nic Sestaret Albion 50 - 7 All Blacks	Most tries in a match 5 Paul Diggin Saints 96 - 3 Tigers
Recent results Titans 34 - 22 Albion Albion 11 - 15 Knights Cov 29 - 10 Albion Albion 6 - 13 B Blues All Blacks 17 - 16 Albion Albion 5 - 44 Saints	Recent results Bees 17 - 27 Saints All Blacks 7 - 72 Saints Saints 73 - 0 Titans Esher 10 - 41 Saints Knights 10 - 36 Saints Saints 96 - 3 Tigers Albion 5 - 44 Saints
TRIES 6 Ed Lewsey 5 Liam Gibson Adam Kettle James Owen 4 Emyr Lewis Nic Sestaret 3 Tommy Hayes 2 Arran Cruikshanks Brad Davies Wihan Neethling 1 Steve Barretto Jannie Bornman Nigel Cane Richard Oxley Nat Saumi	TRIES 31 Chris Ashton 24 Bruce Reihana 14 Paul Diggin 9 Stephen Myler 8 Carlos Spencer 7 Neil Starling 6 Mark Easter Darren Fox 4 Paul Shields Dave Ward 3 Joe Ansbro James Downey Dylan Hartley Robbie Kydd Mark Robinson Tom Smith Paul Tupai 2 Damien Browne Barry Everitt Mark Hopley Ben Lewitt Christian Short Ian Vass Tim Visser 1 Chris Budgen Jon Clarke Simon Emms Will Harries Johnny Howard Sean Lamont Matt Lord Euan Murray Rae Stewart Soane Tonga'uiha
Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Ross Laidlaw 27 - 40 174 Brad Davies 3 - 6 24 Wihan Neethling 1 - - 2	Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Stephen Myler 47 1 12 133 Bruce Reihana 39 - 3 87 Barry Everitt 19 - 13 77 Carlos Spencer 6 1 - 15
Discipline SinBin Steve Barretto Ben Gulliver Tommy Hayes (2) Adam Kettle (3) Tim Mathias James Owen Brett Stroud (2)	Discipline Red Card Simon Emms SinBin Chris Ashton (4) Chris Budgen Mark Easter Barry Everitt Dylan Hartley

Weather forecast

Current forecast is heavy rain  max temp 12^oC with  strong south easterly winds.

Officials for the day

 Referee: ??

Visiting Fans

Tickets are available on the gate but please arrive early to avoid the rush

Car park - £3 per car

48 page programme £2

Good selection of hot food such as pasties, Hog roast and curry as well as plenty of beverage outlets. 

Arrive early to get  space in the car park and take advantage of the £2 a pint in the Ryearch Bar.

Please note that the burger bar outside the ground is nothing to do with Albion and you will not be allowed to bring food into Brickfields!

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