Plymouth Albion RFC News

Match report by Peter Redmond / Photography by David Cunningham Plymouth Albion bounced back from last week’s narrow defeat at Tonbridge with a dominant 49-22 victory over Darlington Mowden Park at Brickfields in National League One. Albion overwhelmed their opposition in an inspired display, scoring seven tries to the Sharks four, to lift themselves out of the bottom two in the table. Head coach Damien Welch was delighted with the performance in front of an appreciative home crowd before a crunch match at home to Leeds Tykes next week. He said: “Everything we discussed during the week as a group,...

Albion v Darlington Mowden Park – Saturday 4th December Plymouth Albion’s topsy turvy season starts a defining run as the midseason approaches with the visit of Darlington Mowden Park this weekend. With a similarly punishing travel schedule, the team from the far Northeast have had an equally tough start to the season with just one win more on the log than the Ocean Cities finest and they will certainly be targeting their visit to the Brickfields. Of note, and perhaps quite ominous for Albion, is the fact DMP have won four of their last six games. Like Albion, this includes...

Albion take all 5 in huge comeback win! After the opening season loss to Rosslyn Park, a dejected head coach Damian Welch commented how the result would do his team good in the long term. Following a match forged on 80 minutes of honest endeavour and grit, it would appear his point was just. In a spectacular advert for the National League Division, Albion and Chinnor exchanged the lead four times with the visitors stealing the most unlikely of victories having been down 36-22 with 6 minutes left to play! The game started well for a slightly altered Albion line-up, after...

Match report by Peter Redmond / Photography by David Cunningham  Plymouth Albion were out-muscled in a bruising encounter with Cambridge RFC which saw them suffer a 17-0 loss at Brickfields in National League One. Having enjoyed a decent run of form coming into this home match Albion gave their all in a tight first half, with the visitors having scored two tries and one conversion by the interval. The second half saw Albi struggle with a bad injury, lost lineouts and a dominated scrum which allowed Cambridge to score once more, shutting Albion out of the game as they dropped into...

Here’s your Albion away team for our clash against Chinnor on Saturday 13th November. Don’t miss our next home game against Cambridge on Saturday 20th November!   Gates open at 12:00 pm We’ve got a happy hour from 12:30 ‘till 1:30 pm with pints at just £3. K/O 2:00 pm We’ve got our Dartmoor Brewery supporter challenge and the Plymouth Cheerleaders performing at half-time, plus ‘Germanys got talent’ winner Angel Flukes will perform in the Old J Rum marquee after the game. We hope you can make it!   BOOK YOUR TICKETS   Please note that we can only accept card...