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
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Plymouth Albion make three changes for trip to old rivals Coventry
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
TEAM NEWS: Albion make changes for Darlington Mowden Park’s visit
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
Young winger Cully to make his first Albion start of the season away at Fylde
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
Collier and Freestone to make their first Albion starts of the season against Old Albanian
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 sign forward Skinner from Exeter ahead of trip to Esher
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 Nixon to make Plymouth Albion debut alongside Hallett and Setter
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