This Weekend

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Otley v Albion
Saturday 04 October
K.O. 3 pm
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Ladies v OA Saints
Sunday 2pm

5 Matches in and Albion are sitting 9th in the table and still to play Leeds, Bedford and Chiefs. With a number of injuries already in the season the team will be looking for the return of James Owen and hope that Liam is also fit to take his place in the starting line up. Whilst Gareth has been playing well at 2 he works even better at the back of the scrum.

According to This is Plymouth James Tideswell will be out for a while but that could see the return of Ryan to the side as he will not be required for the Warriors as their match against Newbury was called off at noon on Wednesday.

Otley have failed to pick up a win this season and if they want to stay in a league that next season may contain just 12 teams they will need to pick up a few wins. Albion have not won since 13th September when they won at home against Manchester 47 points to 6 have still to win away from home.

This being one of the longest trips of the season will probably have limited support from the touchlines although with gates averaging of under 600 it will still be more than the 320 that arrived at Monks Lane just 2 weeks ago.

In terms of discipline Otley have already seen 4 yellow cards to Sean-Michael's one. Only 4 of the penalties awarded against them have resulted in three points, but with 27 tries (2nd highest in league) against them I expect that the favoured option would be to attack for a try. 

Frank's Squad for Otley

Martin

James

Jane

Sean-Michael

Mike

Arthur (c)

Wayne

Gareth

David

Kieran

Justin

Arran

Keni

Tom

Geoff

Bench

Greg

Ross

Wihan

Ryan

Colin

Kyle

Danny

RECENT MEETINGS

With Otley spending a season in NL2 it has nearly 2 years since the two teams have met but of the last 4 meetings Albion have won all but one.

Of  15 that started in December 06 only 4 remain at Albion with a further 2 of the replacements.

16 December 06
Plymouth Albion 52
Otley 20

Attendance: = 2748

With the skies clearing for the match and the sand down the west side of the pitch Albion played well for 70 minutes playing a wide game with the whole team playing their part in the moves.

Sila & Francisco made their starting debuts and Sila rewarded the club by scoring his first try under the posts in around 5 minutes.

Tactical replacements around 15 minutes of the second half with all bar Scott used, but with Sila down the only replacement left was Scott who came on and played at flanker with Danny moving out to centre.

The last ten minutes allowed Otley to run in 3 tries and claim a bonus point.

Full report to follow.

More ...    Opponents Report

Team: Nat Saumi, Tom Arscott, Regardt van Eyk, Sila Va'Enuku, Nic Sestaret, Ed Barnes, Ed Lewsey, Martin Rice, Richard Oxley, Francisco Deformes, Colin Stewart, Tom Hayes, Federico Genoud, Danny Thomas, Chris Lowrie Replacements: Nigel Cane(used), David Delaney(used), Arran Cruickshanks(used), Brett Stroud(used), Scott Zimmerman(used), Tim Mathias(used), James Owen(used)

Scorers :- Tries 2x Ed Lewsey 2x Nic Sestaret Regardt van Eyk Richard Oxley Sila Va'Enuku Tom Arscott Conversions 2x David Delaney 4x Regardt van Eyk

23 September 06
Otley 3
Plymouth Albion 36

This must be one of the best starts to the season for some time after 4 games 2 points clear at the top and the only side to have won every game. The team may feel as though they are on the top of the world, or at least top of the league but as Graham Dawe said on BBC Radio Devon the only time to look at the league tables is after the last game of the season.

With tries for Richard Oxley, Colin Stewart, Wihan Neethling and Tom Hayes and 16 points from the boot of Wihan it brings his own personal tally to 48 of the 115 points in the league for the team so far.

More ...  Opponents Report

Team: Wihan Neethling, Ed Lewsey, Regardt van Eyk, Keni Fisilau, Nic Sestaret, Ed Barnes, Nigel Cane, Martin Rice, Richard Oxley, Scott Zimmerman, Colin Stewart, Ben Gulliver, Brett Stroud, Danny Thomas, Tom Hayes Replacements: David Delaney(used), Nat Saumi(used), Arran Cruickshanks(used), Tim Mathias(used), James Owen(used), Federico Genoud(used), Chris Lowrie(used)

Scorers :- Tries Colin Stewart Richard Oxley Tom Hayes Wihan Neethling Penalties 4x Wihan Neethling Conversions 2x Wihan Neethling Sin Bin Ben Gulliver

11 March 06
Otley 15
Plymouth Albion 14

Attendance: = 862

More ...

Team: Luke Arscott, Nick Defty, Regardt van Eyk, Keni Fisilau, Nic Sestaret, Ed Barnes, Nigel Cane, Martin Rice, Stewart Pearl, Ryan Hopkins, Tom Hayes, Brett Luxton, Martin Schusterman, Danny Thomas, Alfie Tooala Replacements: Graham Dawe(used), Sam Leung Wai, Nat Saumi, Matias Albina, Altan Ozdimer, Brett Stroud, Nic Rouse

Scorers :- Tries Martin Schusterman Penalties 3x Nick Defty

29 October 05
Plymouth Albion 33
Otley 3

Attendance: = 2415

Team: Luke Arscott, Nic Sestaret, Nat Saumi, Keni Fisilau, Jon Fabian, Ed Barnes, Matias Albina, Martin Rice, Stewart Pearl, Scott Zimmerman, Nic Rouse, Tom Hayes, Chris Lowrie, Danny Thomas, Alfie Tooala Replacements: Regardt van Eyk(used), Sam Leung Wai(used), Nigel Cane(used), Graham Dawe(used), Ryan Hopkins(used), John Henry Brown(used), Brett Stroud(used)

Scorers :- Tries Alfie Tooala Danny Thomas Jon Fabian Matias Albina Stewart Pearl Conversions 4x Nat Saumi

National League One Data

This table shows the for and against for each team. eg Tries 74/17 is 74 tries scored and 17 conceded. Con Rate is the percentage tries converted.

w/e Fixtures

Side by side
Gate 595 avg 675 max	Gate 2552 avg 2892 max
Form home l l away l l l	Form home l w w away l l
Most points in a match 12 Rob Kitching Otley 12 - 18 Esher	Most points in a match 15 Ross Laidlaw Albion 47 - 6 Man
Most tries in a match 2 Paul Mooney Moseley 36 - 26 Otley Stephen Parsons Otley 25 - 31 Pirates	Most tries in a match 1 Arran Cruikshanks Nott'ham 43 - 19 Albion Keni Fisilau Albion 47 - 6 Man Nott'ham 43 - 19 Albion Liam Gibson Albion 47 - 6 Man Geoff Griffiths Albion 47 - 6 Man Albion 24 - 25 Welsh Kieran Hallett N Blues 19 - 11 Albion Ryan Hopkins Albion 13 - 5 Cov Justin Mensah-Cover Albion 47 - 6 Man Greg Nicholls Albion 47 - 6 Man Martin Rice Albion 24 - 25 Welsh Wayne Sprangle Albion 47 - 6 Man Albion 24 - 25 Welsh
Recent results Moseley 36 - 26 Otley Otley 25 - 31 Pirates Leeds 58 - 14 Otley Otley 12 - 18 Esher Knights 36 - 15 Otley	Recent results Albion 24 - 25 Welsh N Blues 19 - 11 Albion Albion 47 - 6 Man Nott'ham 43 - 19 Albion Albion 13 - 5 Cov
TRIES 2 Robert Baldwin Paul Mooney Stephen Parsons 1 Rob Kitching David McCormack Michael McCormish Danny Smith Paul Williams	TRIES 2 Keni Fisilau Geoff Griffiths Wyne Sprangle 1 Arran Cruikshanks Liam Gibson Kieran Hallett Ryan Hopkins Justin Mensah-Cover Greg Nicholls Martin Rice
Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Tom Rhodes 7 - 2 20 Rob Kitching 1 - 5 17	Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Ross Laidlaw 5 - 8 34 Kieran Hallett 4 2 1 17
Discipline SinBin Robert Baldwin Michael McCormish Stephen Parsons Ian Shuttleworth	Discipline SinBin Sean-Micheal Stephen

The Ladies will be playing on the main pitch on Sunday with kick off 2pm. Plying against Old Albanian Saints they will have to step up a gear to pick up a win.

They have a number of returning players and a couple of new players to add to the team that almost made it against Richmond 2 weeks ago.

The ladies will be looking for a had physical match but expect to make OAS work hard for any points. Saints have proved to be a bit of a banana skin for Albion and have always managed to come out on top even if it has been by only a few points at times.

One thing is sure and that is you will see some great open play !

The ladies play in Championship south which is level two rugby, the equivalent level to the men's side. 

The Ladies squad have very limited financial support from the club this season so a good presence would be greatly welcomed. If they have programmes like they did against Richmond please put your hands in your pockets.

If you know of any person or company that are willing to sponsor the team in a small or big way please contact Sonia Clatworthy on 07977 092 014. Everything will help towards the cost of away trips and other on going costs.

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