RICHMOND 39 PLYMOUTH ALBION 40 PLYMOUTH Albion’s players produced another sensational display to end their season with a bonus point win away at champions Richmond. A week after becoming the first team to do the double over second-placed Hartpury, they achieved the same feat against Richmond. The spirit and the rugby they produced to come … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Devils opened their home Premier League fixtures with a 52-41 victory over Sheffield that was more comfortable than suggested by the final scoreline. Despite operating rider replacement for injured skipper Kyle Newman, the Devils took an eight-point lead in the first two heats and extended that to 19 points by heat nine. It was not until … Continue reading
BACK-ROW forwards Herbie Stupple and Nile Dacres will achieve an impressive feat on Saturday when Plymouth Albion bring their 2015/16 National One season to a close at champions Richmond (3pm). The pair will have started every single one of Albion’s 30 league games this campaign. For Stupple the turnaround in fortune is incredible as he … Continue reading
TAMAR Saracens will look to end their most successful season in their history with yet another trophy on Saturday when they take on South Molton away in the Devon Junior Plate final. Saracens have already won the Devon One title, Pedrick Cup and South West Junior Vase. “This could be our fourth honour of the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Devils will be looking to get their home Premier League programme off to a winning start against Sheffield at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm). The Devils will be without skipper Kyle Newman, who is suffering from a groin injury, and will operate rider replacement to cover his absence. Team manager Lee Trigger … Continue reading
OLD Techs chairman Dave Evans was over the moon after seeing his son lift the Lockie Cup on Wednesday evening – 16 years after he had helped the club last win it. Techs had not won the famous Plymouth Combination trophy since 2000, but they put that record straight with a 20-10 win over the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion prop Christian Judge will join Championship play-off side Bedford Blues this summer. Judge is the latest player to opt to leave Brickfields in the light of the departure of Graham Dawe. Albion have now lost their entire current starting front-row, with hooker James Penman agreeing a move to Darlington Mowden Park and loose-head … Continue reading
PLYMPTON Victoria team manager Chris Hunt believes the future is bright for the Devon Two strugglers after they produced an encouraging display in Wednesday’s Ellis Trophy final at the Rectory. Plym Vic could have won the cup but ended up losing 17-15 to Devonport Services IIIs after narrowly missing a last-gasp penalty. They had earlier … Continue reading
FORMER Plymouth Albion chairman Peter Vosper has admitted his surprise that the new owners of the club, Dave Venables and Bruce Priday, did not want to work with Graham Dawe. Former England international Dawe was asked to stand down from his coaching role last week despite totally rebuilding Albion in the summer and helping them … Continue reading
ANDY CHESTERS admitted he could not have asked for a better day on Saturday than scoring a try to help Plymouth Albion to a memorable 35-26 win over his former club Hartpury College. The former Ivybridge junior had not scored before for Albion, having joined the club in the summer from Launceston. “That was unbelievable,” … Continue reading