THREE Plymouth Albion players have been named in the England Counties squad for their match against a Scotland Club XV at Moseley next Friday. Albion player-coach Kieran Hallett, who has previously earned representative honours for Ireland Under-21s and the Championship Select XV, is joined in the squad by forward Nile Dacres and prop Dan Pullinger. … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Albion will make three changes to their starting line-up for Saturday’s tough National One trip to Butts Park to take on old rivals Coventry (3pm). All the changes come in the pack, with last week’s two-try hero Rupert Freestone, Tom Cowan-Dickie and top try scorer Dan Williams dropping out of the team and Sam … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Albion will continue their policy of rotating players when Darlington Mowden Park visit Brickfields this Saturday (3pm). Following last weekend’s defeat at Fylde, Albion make five personnel changes and a couple of positional switches. In the backs, Seti Raumakita returns at centre in place on Dean Squire, while Matt Crosscombe takes over from Robin … Continue reading →

HARRISON CULLY will make his first Plymouth Albion appearance of the season this Saturday when the club travel to Fylde in National One. The 19-year-old dual-registered winger from Exeter Chiefs made 18 appearances for Albion last season under Graham Dawe, 17 of which were starts. Cully missed the start of this season due to a … Continue reading →

DAN COLLIER and Rupert Freestone will make their first starts of the season on Saturday when Plymouth Albion meet James Shanahan’s Old Albanian side at Brickfields in National One (3pm). The forwards pair were key players for Albion last season but have had to be patient so far this term, just featuring from the replacements’ … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Albion have signed Exeter Chiefs forward Sam Skinner ahead of their National One match at Esher on Saturday. The England Under-20 back-row forward, who can also play lock, has arrived on a dual-registered agreement from Sandy Park. Albion announced the signing of eight players from the Chiefs in the summer – Ed Holmes, Jack … Continue reading →

PROP Sam Nixon will make his Plymouth Albion debut on Saturday when winless Rosslyn Park visit Brickfields in National One. The 20-year-old from Somerset is the third player in three games to be handed the number one shirt, following in the footsteps of Will Norton and Tom Cowan-Dickie. Albion, after their 37-14 defeat at Hartpury … Continue reading →

PLYMOUTH Albion will be expecting to face a fired up Hartpury College team on Saturday in their first away match of the 2016/17 campaign (2.30pm). Albion were the only team to complete the double over the Gloucestershire side last season, beating them 22-15 at their place and then triumphing 35-26 at Brickfields in April. Hartpury … Continue reading →

SEVEN players will make their Plymouth Albion league debuts on Saturday when they host Cambridge in their opening National One match of the 2016/17 season. Young prop Billy Keast and his Exeter Chiefs academy team-mates scrum-half Jack Maunder and fly-half Joe Simmonds are handed starts, along with flanker George Mills, centres Dan Powell and Dean … Continue reading →

NILE DACRES is hoping Plymouth Albion can make a statement at home in their opening National One match against newly-promoted Cambridge on Saturday. The 25-year-old forward is one of 14 players from last season’s first team squad, which won 22 out of their 30 league matches, who have stayed at Brickfields this summer. They have … Continue reading →