This Weekend

v
Leeds v Albion
Sunday 07 December
K.O. 3 pm
also
Warriors v London Scottish
Sat 2:30 @ Brickfields
and
OAS v Ladies
Sunday 2pm
and
Newquay v U15 & U18 girls
and
Warriors v Exeter United
Mon @ 7:15

Warriors will be at home as they take on the re arranged fixture against London Scottish Saturday. I do hope the fixture is on and I will try and let you know if I hear it being called off, but I am away this weekend.

You will be able to listen to the full match on Radio Devon on Sunday or if you can not listen online or via the airwaves you could always check out the blow by blow account on this is Plymouth.

Team news:

The biggest headline is that Keni has been suspended from Sunday's match pending his disciplinary hearing on Monday. But this is truly an opportunity for Arran Cruickshanks or Ross Allan to get back into the starting line-up.

With a shortage of props Gareth Evans may be required to cover and has lost his place in the starting line-up to keep him fresh. That is unless another prop has been bought in.

With our two Canadian's back and available they may feature in the fixture but will this be from the bench.

The man himself may also be on the bench again to cover for James.

Matt Hopper has been a star in his first two matches for Albion may be one of the first on the team sheet.

Frank's Team to play Leeds

Ryan

James

Jannie

Sean-Michael

Mike

Arthur

Mike

Gareth

Greg

Kieran

Tom

Matt

Ross

Liam

Geoff

Bench

Matt

Alex

Justin

Graham

Kyle

Colin

Wayne

 But what do I know?

Leeds

This week Albion travel 550 miles to the Headingley Carnegie stadium, Leeds RUFC is only 16 years old, it was formed in 1992 by a merger of Roundhay and Headingley, they became the Leeds Tykes in 1998 and in 2007 became Leeds Carnegie. 

For those travelling, as far as I know there’s a minibus going – please contact the Travel club for more details. Tickets for ground entry are priced at £12 for Adults, £10 for concessions (over 65's and students with a valid student card) and Under 16's can go free of charge (no ticket required). For those of you that want to stay overnight there is a hotel based in the stadium, the Headingley Lodge is £39.50 per room at the weekend and telephone reservations can be made by calling 0113 278 5323 

Last week Leeds played Newbury, and won by a convincing 89 to 12. Well what else is there to say about Leeds, apart from played 14 won 14, although Exeter are chasing them all the way. With an average gate of 3221, close to Albion's 2849, it will be the first time this season the Albion have played on a Sunday.

Players to look out for

Hendre Fourie who plays on the back row, has scored 8 tries
Leigh Hinton playing fullback has scored 7 tries
Jon Goodridge who also plays fullback has scored 7 tries
Scott Armstrong (winger), Tom Biggs (winger), Lee Blackett (centre) and Richard Welding (winger) who have scored 5 tries each
Alberto Di Bernardo (fly half) who has scored 4 tries, 46 conversions and 9 penalties
Mike MacDonald (prop) and Jonny Hepworth (centre) who have scored 4 tries each
James Brooks (fly half) who has scored 3 tries and 3 conversions
John Dunbar (back row) and who has scored 3 tries
Scott Barrow (centre) , Scott Mathie (scrum half) , Kearnan Myall (2nd row), Danny Paul (2nd row), Rob Vickerman (centre) and Peter Wackett (full back) who have scored 2 tries each
Leight Hinton (full back)who has scored 2 tries and 7 conversions
Jason Strange (fly half) who has scored 1 try, 12 conversions and 3 penalties
Calum Clark (back row), Erik Lund (2nd row), Villami Ma'asi (hooker), Rhys Oakley (no. 8), Henry Paul (centre), Jonathan Pendlebury (lock) and Rob Rawlinson (hooker), Phil Nilsen (hooker), Joe Bedford (Scrum Half), Andy Boyde (no. 8) and Phil Murphy (2nd row) who have scored 1 try each

Cider Drinkers prediction, Leeds win again at least by 7– sorry Albion, but they’re on a roll, but please feel free to prove me wrong, and let Leeds work for it

Last Time Out

Two seasons ago Albion took Leeds close in the away fixture and held on to the tie at home in the last match of the season. The big question is can Albion do one better this time??

28 April 07
Plymouth Albion 22
Leeds 22

Attendance: = 4271

Earlier in the season we might have been happy with a draw against league champions on the last day of the season. And whilst a 22 - 22 draw was a fair result for both sides that put everything into the match it made a big difference to the end of season positions.

Albion opened the scoring with a try and conversion from Regardt van Eyk but then Tykes took hold of the match and scored three tries to go into the turn around 7 - 15.

With no changes to the sides at half time Albion seemed more determined and they came back with two tries to Tom Arscott in his last match for Albion.

After Leeds brought on 5 substitutions at one go they retook the lead with a converted try but Regardt slotted a penalty to bring the scores level. And dispite constant pressure on the Albion line Leeds never made in across again and the final score was 22 - 22 leaving Albion in 6th place.

A committed side from Albion gave, what some people were saying was the best game to watch of the season.

Team: Nat Saumi, Tom Arscott, Regardt van Eyk, Arran Cruickshanks, Nic Sestaret, Ed Barnes, Ed Lewsey, Tim Mathias, James Owen, Andy Williams, Mike Lewis, Dan Smith, Tom Hayes, Brett Stroud, Chris Lowrie Replacements: Sila Va'Enuku, Ross Allan(used), Matt Newman, Richard Oxley(used), Jake Childs, Gareth Evans(used), Ben Gulliver(used)

Scorers :- Tries Regardt van Eyk 2x Tom Arscott Penalties Regardt van Eyk Conversions 2x Regardt van Eyk

07 January 07
Leeds 14
Plymouth Albion 8

Attendance: = 2445

Albion travel to Headingley and very nearly come away with a win but could just not make it across the line and touch the ball down.

With Leeds spending most of the first half in Albion's half of the pitch and Albion reversed the run of play.

The team played with full commitment but had to be satisfied with a single bonus point.

Martin Schusterman scored Leeds first try taking Leeds into the lead that they never let go of.

More ...   Leeds Report

Team: Nat Saumi, Tom Arscott, Regardt van Eyk, Keni Fisilau, Nic Sestaret, Ed Barnes, Ed Lewsey, Martin Rice, Richard Oxley, Scott Zimmerman, Dan Smith, Tom Hayes, Federico Genoud, Danny Thomas, Chris Lowrie Replacements: Sila Va'Enuku, Nigel Cane, Arran Cruickshanks(used), Tim Mathias, James Owen, Francisco Deformes(used), Brett Stroud(used)

Scorers :- Tries Keni Fisilau Penalties Regardt van Eyk

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.

Next Fixtures

Side by side
Gate 3221 avg 4112 max	Gate 3134 avg 6871 max
Form home w w w w w w w away w w w w w w w	Form home w w w w w l l w w away l d w l l
Best home game 57 - 0 Man Worst away game Chiefs 13 - 14	Best home game 47 - 6 Man Worst away game B Blues 37 - 9
Most points in a match 23 Alberto Di Bernardo Leeds 53 - 20 Moseley Leeds 58 - 14 Otley	Most points in a match 16 Kieran Hallett Albion 26 - 17 Moseley
Most tries in a match 4 Lee Blackett N Blues 12 - 89 Leeds Jon Goodridge Leeds 53 - 20 Moseley	Most tries in a match 2 Matt Hopper Albion 36 - 14 Esher Justin Mensah-Cover Albion 31 - 7 Tigers
Recent results   N Blues 12 - 89 Leeds Leeds 53 - 20 Moseley Pirates 23 - 25 Leeds Leeds 19 - 8 B Blues Leeds 28 - 13 Knights Esher 8 - 52 Leeds Leeds 57 - 5 Cov Tigers 7 - 52 Leeds Welsh 0 - 38 Leeds Leeds 57 - 0 Man	Recent results   Albion 20 - 12 Pirates Albion 36 - 14 Esher B Blues 37 - 9 Albion Albion 21 - 18 Knights Albion 31 - 7 Tigers Titans 10 - 10 Albion Albion 26 - 17 Moseley Albion 14 - 41 Chiefs Otley 16 - 31 Albion
TRIES 9 Leigh Hinton 8 Hendre Fourie 7 Jon Goodridge 5 Scott Armstrong Tom Biggs Lee Blackett Richard Welding 4 Alberto Di Bernardo Jonny Hepworth Mike MacDonald 3 James Brooks John Dunbar 2 Scott Barrow Scott Mathie Kearnan Myall Danny Paul Rob Vickerman Peter Wackett 1 Joe Bedford Andy Boyde Calum Clark Erik Lund Villami Ma'asi Philip Murphy Phil Nilsen Rhys Oakley Henry Paul Jonathan Pendlebury Rob Rawlinson Jason Strange	TRIES 4 Justin Mensah-Cover 3 Arran Cruikshanks Gareth Evans Keni Fisilau Matt Hopper Tom Jarvis Wayne Sprangle 2 Geoff Griffiths Ryan Hopkins 1 Mike Denbee Jannie Du Toit Liam Gibson Kieran Hallett Kyle Marriott Greg Nicholls James Owen Martin Rice
Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Alberto Di Bernardo 46 - 9 119 Jason Strange 12 - 3 33 Leigh Hinton 7 - - 14 James Brooks 3 - - 6	Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Kieran Hallett 15 2 20 96 Ross Laidlaw 9 - 10 48
Discipline SinBin Juan Gomez Rhys Oakley Jonathan Pendlebury Rob Vickerman Richard Welding	Discipline SinBin Arthur Brenton Arran Cruikshanks Gareth Evans Keni Fisilau (3) Sean-Micheal Stephen

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