CORNWALL coach Graham Dawe will be on familiar territory on Tuesday night when his side take on Devon in the annual Tamar Cup. This year’s clash between the two counties is taking place at Plymouth Albion’s Brickfields ground (7.45pm). Dawe, who now combines his Duchy job with being Albion’s new director of rugby, will be … Continue reading
ATHLETES from around Devon and Cornwall descended on Brickfields on Sunday for the start of the track and field season. The annual Spring Warm-up Meet, hosted by City of Plymouth Athletics Club, once again attracted a good turnout. There was a particularly pleasing amount of under-eight (panthers) and under-11 athletes. Next Saturday (April 11) Newquay … Continue reading
THE looks on the Plymouth Albion players’ faces as they trudged off the muddy Mennaye pitch on Sunday said it all. They and the club’s loyal supporters know their hopes of staying in the Championship are now hanging by a thread. The loss at the hands of their West Country rivals the Cornish Pirtes leaves … Continue reading
JAMES SHANAHAN and Graham Dawe have both described Sunday’s West Country derby match against the Cornish Pirates as ‘huge’ for Plymouth Albion (kick-off 3pm). Albion head to Mennaye Field bottom of the Championship table, seven points behind Moseley, who claimed two valuable bonus points against Rotherham on Friday night. It means, with only three games … Continue reading
DIRECTOR of rugby Graham Dawe says Plymouth Albion must not worry about how their relegation rivals Moseley get on this weekend. Moseley, who sit five points ahead of basement side Albion, play Rotherham two days before Plymouth travel to their West Country rivals the Cornish Pirates on Sunday. If Moseley were to beat Rotherham at … Continue reading