Plymouth Albion RFC News

Robert Tunley at Brickfields A second half riddled with mistakes cost Plymouth Albion dearly Saturday, as the depleted squad dropped another home game in a 35-21 National League One defeat to Rosslyn Park. Albion seemed competitive for the opening 40 minutes, but a gradual abrasion to the squad proved too much to handle, as the visitors quite literally ran away with the result. After playing the majority of the game to cover the landslide of injuries in his squad, player-coach Kieran Hallett admitted his side wasn’t good enough to win. He said: “We’re not good enough. “If you can’t win...

A spectacular start ends with defeat for Plymouth Albion in a hard fought encounter against Darlington Mowden Park. Albion arrived in the North East, after stopping over in Wakefield overnight, however from the first whistle, Plymouth Albion got straight down to business, scoring a try in the third minute courtesy of hooker Jamie Salter, who profited from a typical catch and drive effort from the first lineout of the game, converted by full back Matt Shepherd to bring the score very quickly to a 0-7 lead to Albion. It seemed that the lads were up for the fight and laying...

Plymouth Albion 15 Old Elthamians 19 Robert Tunley at Brickfields Plymouth Albion were pipped to the post Saturday, as the side were beaten by top of the table Old Elthamians, in a close National League One contest at Brickfields. Both sides seemed evenly matched through the wind-swept game, but a couple of missed conversions proved fatal for Albion, who couldn’t quite keep up. Albion’s head coach Kieran Hallett was naturally disappointed after his sides second loss in a row. After the match he said: “We practiced all week to do certain things, but two minutes in we lose a player...