"I'll be looking after the game and getting the guys through it," said Addleton. "I always look forward to the game on Saturday and will try to get everbody focused on it.

"We played really well down there and took our chances when we got in their 22, and we need to do that again. We started really well again at Moseley last week, but there were six times when we were within five metres of their line and spilled the ball.

"We have addressed it in training to make sure than we get near the line we don't panic and stay in control of the ball. On the chances we had we should have put the game to bed, but we didn't and we paid for a spell before half-time when we lost our concentration.

"Plymouth aren't perhaps as strong as they have been at this moment, but they will still be physical and will look to drive at us from the line-out.

"We conceded a try that way at Moseley, which was disappointing as we've worked so much on that this season and stopped big teams doing it, but that's another of the things we've been looking at to make sure it doesn't happen again.

"If we can stay switched on for 80 minutes we are going to give someone a tanking before long."

Winger Lee Parry (hamstring) and prop Dai Maddocks (ribs) were injured at Moseley and lock Ollie Hodge rests an ongoing back problem.

Carl Rimmer comes off the bench to start in the front row, while Greg Gillanders has a week off from England Under-20s duty and returns in the second row.

Centre Donovan Sanders and fly-half Myles Dorrian are back in the side after being dropped for the Moseley game with Jack Cobden switching out to the wing.

The bench includes back row pair Jamie Miller and Henno Venter on their way back from injury, but Hendry Rheeders is ruled out by a hamstring problem.

Plymouth, who boast the third best defensive record in the division, arrive at the Butts Park Arena in search of their first league win of 2008.

Albion have progressed to the quarter-finals of the EDF Energy National Trophy, but have so far been unable to transfer their cup form to the league and last week suffered a 13-6 home defeat by Bedford after leading 6-0 half-time.

They were without eight senior players for that game, including former Cov favourite Ben Gulliver who is a long-term absentee after surgery to repair damaged medial knee ligaments and only scrum-half Nigel Cane - another former Cov player - is back this week.

Albion's new captain is Tom Hayes, the brother of Ireland and British Lions prop John, who took on the role a few weeks ago to allow Jannie Bornman, who is currently injured, to concentrate on his game.

Coventry: Toft; Johnson, Kirisome, Sanders, Cobden; Dorrian, Walls; Rimmer, Whitehead, Brits, Nimmo. Gillanders, D Hodge, Clayton, McGlone. Reps: McLean, Slater, Dugard, Friswell, Venter, Miller.

Plymouth Albion: Saumi; Ritchie, Cruickshanks, Fisilau, Sestaret; Davies, Lewsey; Mathias, Oxley, Zimmerman, Stewart, Hayes, Kettle, Denbee, Lowrie. Reps: Laidlaw, Lewis, Cane, Evans, Owen, Tripconey, Stroud

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