PLYMOUTH Albion’s director of rugby Graham Dawe has been helping England prepare for their opening Six Nations match against Scotland. Dawe was invited up to Pennyhill Park on Tuesday by new head coach Eddie Jones to do some work with the England scrum. However, the Albion boss has insisted that any involvement he has with … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow and Dan Goodlfellow have all been named in the Great Britain squad for next month’s FINA World Cup event in Brazil. Plymouth-born Tom Daley, who now trains in London, is also named in the 15 person squad for the Rio competition, which is an Olympic test event. Final quota … Continue reading
CENTRE Marc Koteczky is hoping Plymouth Albion can keep their form going for the rest of the season. Albion beat Coventry 29-18 on Saturday to make it seven wins from their last eight National One matches. “It’s the most I’ve won at Albion,” said Koteczky, who in his second season at the club. “It’s good, … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athlete Poppy Tank produced an impressive run to finish second at the Cardiff British Athletics Cross Country Challenge event on Sunday. Tank took silver in the under-20 women’s category behind European Junior Cross Country Championship runner-up Harriet Knowles-Jones of Warrington. Knowles-Jones was well ahead of the rest of the field, coming home … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion’s hat-trick hero Jake Murphy insisted getting a bonus point home win over Coventry on Saturday meant more than his own try-scoring exploits. Murphy claimed his first-ever league hat-trick as Albion beat the Midlands club 29-18 at Brickfields. The former St Boniface School pupil crossed twice in the first half and once in the … Continue reading
TOM DALEY eased to victory in the men’s platform event at the British National Cup in Southend. The 2012 Olympic bronze medallist and former world champion was head and shoulders above the rest of Britain’s divers in Sunday’s final. Daley scored an impressive 545.80 points from his six dives. Although the Plymothian was down the … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE player-coach Lewis Paterson praised his team’s character for coming from behind in tough conditions to claim a vital 11-9 Devon derby win over Newton Abbot at Cross-in-Hand. The victory, Ivybridge’s second over the All Whites this season, has seen them move four points ahead of Newton Abbot with two games in hand. Ivybridge have … Continue reading
GRAHAM DAWE hopes supporters enjoyed Plymouth Albion’s 29-18 home win over Coventry on Saturday. Albion outscored Coventry five tries to two at a rain-soaked Brickfields to make it seven wins in eight games. The club’s only defeat since November 21 came in their previous home match when they lost 17-7 in horrendous conditions to Hull … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH ALBION 29 COVENTRY 18 PLYMOUTH Albion scored five tries for the second week running to claim their first home win of 2016. Captain Jake Murphy led the way with a hat-trick of touch-downs, with fellow backs Matt Shepherd and Marc Koteczky also going over as Albion secured their seventh National One victory in eight … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow made an impressive start to 2016 by finishing first and second in the women’s platform event at the National Cup in Southend. The experienced duo have been Britain’s best two platform divers for years, but youngsters like Lois Toulson, Georgia Ward and fellow Plymouth divers Victoria Vincent, Robyn … Continue reading