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Spy in the Camp - London Welsh

London Welsh
By Frank Stormont & CD
January 9 2009
Is it on or is it not, that is the question. There is a pitch inspection at 2pm on Friday by the RFU to see if there is any chance of the match being played on Saturday. Please come back to the website for updates on the messageboard. Callum is due to make his first start in an Albion shirt and James Owen should also be in the starting lineup!
 

This Weekend

v
Welsh v Albion
Saturday 10 January
K.O. 3 pm
and
Ladies v Trojans
Sun 2pm

Both matches subject to pitch inspection 24hrs before KO

 

A late decision will be made about the viability of the match with an RFU inspection at 2pm and the coach booked to leave at 3!

Changes to the line up for the proposed match have been released on the thisisplymouth website as follows.

Callum comes into the starting line up with Jannie moving to the bench. Another local prop has been seen at the club in training and it is unclear if he will take part with Jannie suffering from an injury.

James Owen comes back to the starting lineup after playing a full 80 minutes for the Warriors last Saturday.

Sean has been named in his international place at 8 with Kyle a possibility on the bench.

Colin is also a possibility on the bench after he also played 80 minutes but no place for Arran Cruickshanks. However Keni is named on the bench for the first time since his suspension.

Alex has not made it into the starting line up despite his good performance with the limited time he had on the pitch last week against Newbury.

LH Prop -Callum  Black
Callum
Hooker -James  Owen
James
TH Prop -Ryan  Hopkins
Ryan
Flanker -Wayne  Sprangle
Wayne
Lock -Mike  Lewis
Mike
Lock -Arthur  Brenton
Arthur
Flanker -Mike  Denbee
Mike
No 8 -Sean-Michael  Stephen
Sean-Michael
Scrum half -Greg  Nicholls
Greg
Fly half -Ross  Laidlaw
Ross
Left wing -Justin  Mensah-Coker
Justin
Inside centre -Ross  Allan
Ross
Outside centre -Matt  Hopper
Matt
right wing -Liam  Gibson
Liam
full back -Tom  Jarvis
Tom

Bench from

Bench -Matt  Newman
Matt
Bench -Alex  Davies
Alex
Bench -Keni  Fisilau
Keni
Bench -Jannie  Du Toit
Jannie
Bench -Graham  Dawe
Graham
Bench -Kyle  Marriott
Kyle
Bench -Danny  Thomas
Danny
Bench -Colin  Stewart
Colin


 

When London Welsh visited Brickfields in September, Albion crowd was getting restless, it was the Fifth game of the season and Albion had Won two and lost two.  The home crowd wanted to see another win, but instead they were to witness a ‘nail biting match’ that saw London Welsh Win by 25 to 24.  This time Albion make the 200 mile trip to Richmond, to see if they can make it another close game.

 For the travelling support, PLEASE NOTE KICK OFF IS AT 1400 (2PM) The travel club is running a minibus, please contact them for details if you want to go as there are still places (07837 530869).  For those travelling by other means,  By Road: take the M25, exit at the M3 and drive east towards London. Join the A316 towards Richmond over Twickenham Bridge. Turn left at the lights. The entrance is via double iron gates half a mile down the road on your left. By Rail: Richmond mainline and tube station is just a short walk from the ground.  When exiting the station, turn right and go straight across the large round-a-bout onto Kew Road.  Keep walking for around 1/4 of a mile and the club is on the left LW average gate is 1192, so there will be a bit of company for Albion, although, try no to step on the cricket pitch (if you can!)’ Last week the LW played the Bedford Blues, LW had previously whitewashed Sedgley park by 60 to nil, so were hopeful against Bedford, it was down to the wire, but LW eventually won by 33 to 32 London welsh sit just below Albion in the table, by two point and they have a game in hand, so could easily give Albion a run for their money.  THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONE

 

Players to look out for… Tom Brown (no 8) with 5 tries and 1 yellow Paul Sampson (wing) 5 tries Aled Thomas (fly half) 4 tries, 20 conversions, 22 penalties and 3 drop goals Mark Harris (full back) 4 tries, 14 converstions, 10 penalties and 1 drop goal Allen Chiltern (scrum half) and Micheal Tagicakibau (wing) with 3 tries Aaron Liffchak (prop) with 2 tries and 3 yellows Paul Doran-Jones (prop) with 2 tries and 1 yellow Peter Murchie (Centre), Paul Mackey (centre), Tom Rock (centre), Tom Tombleson (wing), Sunia Koto Vuli (hooker), with 2 tries each Ed Lewis-Pratt (full back) with one try, one conversion and one penalty Darrell Ball, Hugo Ellis (no. 8), Simon Etheridge (flanker) , Dan George (hooker), Aaron Hopkins (centre), Hywel Jenkins (wing) and Lawson (no details held) with one try each Mike Powell (lock) with one yellow card

 

CD’s prediction  
TOO CLOSE TO CALL – 2 point win – but either side could get the points  

National League One Data

League Table

  PWDLFAdifTFTABPPnts
1Leeds191900797225572111221389
 
2Chiefs18151269125243997301476
3Knights19131555035819265401165
4B Blues19130655629626075321264
5Nott'ham17130451728523270301262
6Albion191126411372394545654
7Welsh181107438360785041852
8Pirates1810174733421316036850
9Titans19811052252026566838
10Cov17809339368-294347638
11Moseley177010405415-1050611038
 
12Esher184113299506-2073865624
13Tigers184014281675-3943889622
14N Blues183114234635-4012688418
15Otley192017249701-4522498513
16Man191018246698-4523198711
ADJUSTMENTS

Nottingham -2 points
luding an un-registered player in their match squad for the match against Bedford played on 26th October.

Rotherham Titans -4 points
Back row forward Barry Jacobsz effective registration with the RFU expired on 18th Sept 2008 yet the player was included in Rotherham's match squad for 2 matches.

 

Points by type & Discipline Record

TeamTriesConsCon
Rate
PensDrop
goals
Pen
try
YellRed
Albion45/4334/247638/312/20/27/100/0
Welsh46/3935/287633/303/36/26/80/0

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


Saturday 10 January

CoventryvSedgley Tigers
Exeter ChiefsvBedford Blues
London WelshvPlymouth Albion
ManchestervLeeds Carnegie
Newbury BluesvDoncaster Knights
OtleyvMoseley
Rotherham TitansvEsher


Sunday 11 January

NottinghamvCornish Pirates

 

Side by side

 Gate
1199 avg 1931 max
Gate
3218 avg 6871 max
Form
home w l l l w w l l w
away w l w w l w w w w
Form
home d w w w w w w l l w w
away w w l l d w l l
Best home game
60 - 0 Tigers
Worst away game
Knights 26 - 13
Best home game
47 - 6 Man
Worst away game
Leeds 49 - 18
Most points in a match
21
Aled Thomas
Welsh 31 - 16 Knights
Most points in a match
21
Kieran Hallett
Albion 26 - 25 Nott'ham
Most tries in a match
1

see below

Most tries in a match
2
Matt Hopper
Albion 36 - 14 Esher
Justin Mensah-Cover
Albion 31 - 7 Tigers
Recent results

 

B Blues32 - 33Welsh
Welsh60 - 0Tigers
Knights26 - 13Welsh
Welsh23 - 38Pirates
Welsh21 - 23Cov
Welsh30 - 36Nott'ham
Man14 - 19Welsh
Otley6 - 9Welsh
 
Recent results

 

Albion17 - 17N Blues
Man5 - 31Albion
Albion26 - 25Nott'ham
Cov6 - 7Albion
Leeds49 - 18Albion
Albion20 - 12Pirates
Albion36 - 14Esher
B Blues37 - 9Albion
Albion21 - 18Knights
 
TRIES
5
Tom Brown
Paul Sampson
4
Mark Harris
Aled Thomas
3
Allen Chiltern
Micheal Tagicakibau
2
Paul Doran-Jones
Paul Mackey
Peter Murchie
Tom Rock
Tom Tombleson
1
Darrell Ball
Hugo Ellis
Simon Etheridge
Dan George
Aaron Hopkins
Hywel Jenkins
Sunia Koto
William Lawson
Aaron Liffchak
Aaron Lisschak
Ed Pratt
Sunia Koto Vuli
TRIES
5
Geoff Griffiths
Matt Hopper
4
Gareth Evans
Justin Mensah-Cover
3
Arran Cruikshanks
Keni Fisilau
Ryan Hopkins
Tom Jarvis
Wayne Sprangle
2
Mike Denbee
Kieran Hallett
1
Ross Allan
Jannie Du Toit
Liam Gibson
Ross Laidlaw
Kyle Marriott
Greg Nicholls
James Owen
Martin Rice
Kicking PointsConDGPenPoints
Aled Thomas20222112
Mark Harris1411061
Ed Pratt1-15
Kicking PointsConDGPenPoints
Kieran Hallett23227133
Ross Laidlaw11-1155
Discipline

SinBin
Tom Brown
Paul Doran-Jones
Aaron Liffchak
Aaron Lisschak (2)
Mike Powell
Discipline

SinBin
Arthur Brenton
Arran Cruikshanks
Gareth Evans
Keni Fisilau (3)
Sean-Micheal Stephen

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9 Jan, 2009 12:37 Report
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9 Jan, 2009 16:39 Report
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Nice one Frank winking smiley

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9 Jan, 2009 18:10 Report
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why has Jamie SAlter been dropped and sent on loan to Mount's Bay again? Starts 3 games and seems to do well in 2 wins and a draw and fair enough James Owen is number one preference but what a kick in the %$£@!&*( for salter if a 49 yr old who can't even throw in anymore, picks himself ahead of you - surely even the most die hard PA/ GD fan must think it is time to give the younger generation their chance?

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9 Jan, 2009 21:15 Report
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Hmmmm, propirate, is their a personal issue here ??

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9 Jan, 2009 21:36 Report
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I agree with propirate

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10 Jan, 2009 09:31 Report
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No personal issue at all just seems crazy business to me

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10 Jan, 2009 10:06 Report
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there is more than the one issue going on,imho

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10 Jan, 2009 14:27 Report
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Mounts Bay wanted him back as soon as possible

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10 Jan, 2009 15:32 Report
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They shouldn't have let him go then should they!!

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The big problem with having GD on the bench is if James gets injured very early in the game then we have a 49yr old trying to play for a long time.
As it is he can't keep up with play for twenty mins or so.

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