PLYMOUTH Albion have suspended three players following an incident that is being investigated by the police. In a brief statement the Championship club said: “The board of Plymouth Albion have been made aware of an alleged incident involving three players of the Plymouth Albion team. The board has taken the decision to suspend the players concerned … 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
TOM COWAN-DICKIE will face his former club Cornish Pirates on Sunday after earning a recall to Plymouth Albion’s starting line-up for the big derby match at Mennaye Field. Cowan-Dickie replaces Ted Stagg at hooker in one of two personnel changes Albion make to their team that lost last weekend to Yorkshire Carnegie. The other change … 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
PLYMOUTH Albion’s hopes of escaping relegation suffered a set-back on Saturday when they were beaten 28-17 at home by Yorkshire Carnegie. The loss was their first at Brickfields in 2015 and it leaves them five points behind second-from-bottom Moseley, who picked up a bonus point away at Nottingham. Albion, after a poor first half, looked … Continue reading
TOM JUBB will make his first league start since mid-November on Saturday when Plymouth Albion taken on Yorkshire Carnegie at Brickfields in a vital Championship match (3pm). The former Saracens forward, who has missed part of the season through injury, will start at flanker after impressing as a replacement against Worcester Warriors in Albion’s last … Continue reading
DUAL-REGISTERED Plymouth Albion winger Josh Watkins has been called up into the England squad for the Hong Kong Sevens. Watkins, who has made two Championship starts for Albion after arriving at the club on a short-term deal from Worcester Warriors, joins former Plymouth winger Tom Bowen in the England Sevens party for next weekend’s high-profile … Continue reading
DIRECTOR of rugby Graham Dawe is hoping city sports fans will turn out in force on Saturday for Plymouth Albion’s vital Championship match against Yorkshire Carnegie at Brickfields (3pm). It is possible for Albion to move off the bottom of the table this weekend for the first time since the start of the season, if … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Albion prop Tom Harrison has kept his place in the England Counties squad for their match against France Federale XV in Perigueux on Friday, March 20. Harrison, who is currently on loan at National Two South side Clifton, was part of the Counties side that beat Scotland Club XV 37-3 two weeks ago. Also … Continue reading