Final Weekend!

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Albion v N Blues
Saturday 26 April
K.O. 3 pm

Three for the price of one!

Westcountry Warriors play their last match in the season against Newbury. The Warriors have already won the top league in the Canterbury Shield with Newbury that are at the bottom. The Warriors have limited availability but will be helped by the fact that this is a home fixture and will have more players available to call on. 

Pontyclun Youth are top of the Youth (Blues BG) league with three games in hand and have been reported as having a number of internationals so this will not be an easy match. Albion's apprentices have a small number of players that played in the match at the end of last season.  

Albion's first team will probably be glad that the season is over but a loss against Newbury could see them end up in the worst place they have in National league one since entry under the leadership of Graham Dawe.

Newbury have lost their last 8 matches away from home in the league and only won 8 matches this term, but then again Albion have only won 3 more. They have scored 10 more tries than Albion but then again have let in 30 more than Albion.

The Blues have already secured which league they will play in next season but a bonus point win could see they jump Esher if they don't collect anything from their trip to Moseley.

Whilst the promotion slot was claimed a few weeks ago relegation is far from set in stone and so as is the second place slot. Chiefs and Nottingham sit on the same points but Chiefs sit on top due to more wins and also points difference. Nottingham are away to Coventry and Exeter go to Doncaster if Nottingham collect more league points than Chiefs then they will finish in second place otherwise Exeter will keep their standing.

At the bottom it is even more mixed Lanson are away to Northampton and are unlikely to pick up any points, but in any case this will have little effect on their final position.  Sedgley Tigers play hosts to Titans and a win will secure their place in NL1 next season. Bees have the more difficult as they travel to Bedford a win would secure NL1 next season but this seems unlikely with current performances. 

In summary that whilst the promotion slot is secure this must be one of the most open finishes for a good many years with only 4 of the 16 positions secured!

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

Gate 3329avg 6381max	Gate 686avg 2250max
Form home l w l l l w l w w w l w w l away l d l l l l l l w w l l l w w	Form home l d l l w l w w w w l l l l l away l l l l l l l l w l l w w l
Best home game 50 - 7 All Blacks Best away game Bees 11 - 35	Best home game 20 - 6 Bees Best away game Moseley 21 - 27
Worst home game 5 - 44 Saints Worst away game Nott'ham 31 - 9	Worst home game 22 - 49 Knights Worst away game Titans 71 - 13
Most points in a match 15 Brad Davies Albion 25 - 19 Tigers Ross Laidlaw Bees 11 - 35 Albion Albion 15 - 0 Titans	Most points in a match 23 Tim Walsh Welsh 25 - 23 N Blues
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 2 Jonny Hylton N Blues 25 - 20 Chiefs Chris Morgan N Blues 24 - 35 Titans Martin Nutt N Blues 22 - 24 Moseley N Blues 12 - 20 Welsh David Rees N Blues 24 - 23 All Blacks Matt Styles N Blues 28 - 48 Pirates Tim Walsh Welsh 25 - 23 N Blues
Recent results Welsh 22 - 12 Albion Pirates 17 - 17 Albion Albion 13 - 16 Moseley Albion 25 - 19 Tigers Titans 34 - 22 Albion Albion 11 - 15 Knights	Recent results N Blues 22 - 40 Saints Titans 71 - 13 N Blues Bees 20 - 16 N Blues All Blacks 27 - 5 N Blues N Blues 7 - 7 Cov N Blues 19 - 39 Nott'ham Esher 20 - 15 N Blues N Blues 12 - 20 Welsh
TRIES 7 Ed Lewsey 5 Liam Gibson Adam Kettle James Owen Nic Sestaret 4 Emyr Lewis 3 Brad Davies Tommy Hayes 2 Jannie Bornman Arran Cruikshanks Wihan Neethling 1 Steve Barretto Nigel Cane Mike Denbee Keni Fisilau Richard Oxley Nat Saumi	TRIES 8 Martin Nutt 6 Tom Brown Jonny Hylton 4 Paul Fincken Gregor Hayter Chris Morgan Sebastian Perkins Tim Walsh 3 Douglas Abbott David Rees 2 Andrew Henderson Matt Styles Tom Tombleson 1 Isoa DamuDamu Alex Day Gregor Fidler Tom Payne Tom Radbourne Andy Raey Andy Reay Mark Simpson-Daniel
Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Ross Laidlaw 28 - 45 191 Brad Davies 6 - 10 42 Wihan Neethling 1 - - 2	Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Tim Walsh 19 4 11 83 Chris Ashwin 14 - 16 76 Nick Defty 1 - 5 17 Andrew Henderson 2 - - 4
Discipline SinBin Steve Barretto Mike Denbee Keni Fisilau Ben Gulliver Tommy Hayes (2) Adam Kettle (3) Tim Mathias James Owen Nic Sestaret Brett Stroud	Discipline SinBin Douglas Abbott Chris Ashwin Andrew Dalgleish Robert Faulkner Robert Graham Mark Irish Chris Morgan (2) Tom Radbourne Wayne Thompson

Final w/e Fixtures

Predictions

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Franks Prediction

I have to stay with the team that I have been supporting in the good time and the bad.  I think the team will raise their game in front of a vocal home crowd. Also the may be thinking of the supporters luncheon that they will all be at and having to explain their performance.  Many still have something to prove and some will be on their way to new clubs, some have been confirmed and some are still to declare. Albion will have a convincing win by more than 10 points.  Go for it guys, don't prove me wrong, please. 

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Weather forecast

Current forecast is cloudy  max temp a chilly 16^oC with  moderate South winds

Visiting Fans

Tickets available on the gate:

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. New for this season and could be popular if the temperature picks up is the sale of ice cream outside the club house.

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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