PLYMOUTH Albion supporters may not have to wait much longer for the club to announce their first signings of the summer. Director of rugby Graham Dawe (pictured above) had called on fans to be patient while the club tried to sort themselves out following their relegation from the Championship and their much-published financial problems. But … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion are ‘working on’ trying to put together the right coaching set-up for life in National One next season. Last year, Albion had their largest-ever backroom team, led by head coach James Shanahan. However, Shanahan left Brickfields three games before the end of the campaign with Albion rock bottom of the Championship. Ruairi Cushion, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion have confirmed that 11 players will definitely be leaving them following their relegation from the Championship. Nottingham revealed on Monday morning that Rob Langley, Ben Woods, Lawrence Rayner and Tom Heard would be joining them, while long-serving scrum-half Ruairi Cushion announced in January he would be leaving at the end of the season. … Continue reading
FOUR Plymouth Albion players are to join Championship side Nottingham. Centre Ben Woods, fly-half Lawrence Rayner, flanker Rob Langley and prop Tom Heard have all signed deals with Martin Haag’s side. Nottingham are looking to fill gaps after announcing the departure of 12 players last week. Haag said of the Albion quartet: “They are coming … Continue reading
GRAHAM DAWE felt Plymouth Albion should have brought the curtain down on their 13-year stay in the Championship with a home victory against Doncaster Knights on Saturday. It looked like already-relegated Albion were on their way to only their fourth league win of the season, and first since February 21, when they led the South … Continue reading
PROP Dan Pullinger will make his first league start for his hometown club on Saturday when already-relegated Plymouth Albion bring the curtain down on their troubled season against Doncaster Knights at Brickfields (3pm). The 20-year-old tight-head takes the place of Canadian international Andrew Tiedemann and will line-up alongside Tom Harrison and James Penman, who made … Continue reading
‘A LOT of players’ will be wearing the Plymouth Albion jersey for the final time on Saturday when they entertain Doncaster Knights in their last match of a troubled season (3pm). Albion only have pride to play for this weekend after their relegation from the Championship to National One was confirmed last Saturday with defeat … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion player-coach Rhys Oakley suffered a spiral fracture of his lower left leg during Saturday’s defeat at Moseley. The 34-year-old former Wales international forward is currently in hospital waiting to undergo an operation. The injury happened right at the end of the first half in the vital Championship match at Billesley Common, which Albion … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion have to build some strong values at the club this summer in order to recover from their relegation to National One. That’s the message from recently-appointed director of rugby Graham Dawe after the club’s demotion from the Championship was confirmed on Saturday following their 29-0 defeat at Moseley. Although Dawe and the players’ … Continue reading
THE first thing Nat Saumi is likely to do when he wakes up in Fiji on Sunday morning will be to find out how his former club Plymouth Albion got on against Moseley. It will be nearly 4am in Saumi’s homeland when Albion’s must-win match at Billesley Common finishes, but the club’s former head coach … Continue reading