Plymouth Albion RFC News

Plymouth Albion 33  –  22 Sale FC By Jack Guthrie Plymouth Albion cruised to a 33-22 victory, after their best first half performance of the season aided them in shutting out Sale FC in their National Division one clash. In his pre-match notes, Plymouth coach Ben Gulliver sang the praises of the work that had been put in off the pitch, writing: “the work of James Earp, Gareth Steenson and Carl Rimmer is starting to bear fruit in training and as a coaching group we are really excited at the prospect of taking on Sale.” Albion truly bloomed in the first half...

Rosslyn Park 33 Plymouth Albion 17.  Report by Kevin Westlake at Priory Lane Round 6 of the National One campaign saw Albion travel to South West London following an impressive 41 – 20 triumph against a resolute Canterbury team at Brickfields a week ago. A number of injuries and a red card meant that Head Coach Ben Gulliver was forced to make changes for the trip to the current second placed team in the league, Rosslyn Park. Dan Mugford and Luke Chapman were both lost to serious injury, whilst influential winger Josh Skelcey has been omitted whilst he waits for judgement...

Plymouth Albion 41  – 20  Canterbury RFC By Jack Guthrie Plymouth Albion were able to claw back from what seemed to be an inevitable loss at half time to get their second bonus point win of the season against Kent side Canterbury on Saturday afternoon, as the home side romped to a  41-20 win, despite an abundance of first half set-backs. Albion coach Ben Gulliver described the game as bewildering, commenting; “I don’t think I’ve been involved in a game where you have two tries disallowed in the first 15 minutes, your fly-half breaks his leg, your loose-head snaps his Achilles, and to...