mini Spy in the camp - Newbury

NEWBURY
By Frank Stormont & CD
January 2 2009

Almost a local derby with Newbury being the closest club to us outside of Devon and Cornwall. It sort of makes up for the long trip up north last weekend when we had a good number of travelling supporters.

This Weekend

v
Albion v N Blues
Saturday 03 January
K.O. 3 pm
and
Warriors v Newton Abbot
5:15 pm (main pitch)

Jannie

Jamie

Ryan

Sean-Michael

Mike

Arthur

Mike

Kyle

Greg

Ross

Tom

Ross

Matt

Liam

Geoff

Bench from

Alex

Justin

Matt

Callum

Graham

Colin

Danny

Wayne

Last week saw Ross Allan take on the captains role when Arthur Brenton was replaced late in the match against Manchester.

With Albion's form looking impressive and Newbury on a fall it should be a good result for the hosts. But as we found out last time we played anything can happen in this league.

Some of the bench players from the main match may well get a chance against the team coached by Nigel Cane at 5:15. Why not stay around and get good value for your money.

Newbury

In the first match of the New Year Albion play host to Newbury ‘Blues’. When Albion visited the Blues in September, there were high expectations for Albion as it was the Fourth game of the season, Albion had Won two and lost one. But the Home crowd saw Albion literally have the blues, with a score of Blues 19 to Albion’s 11 this time Newbury make the trip to Brickfields. Albion having won the last home game by a point are hoping to do the same again.

Last week the Blues played the Blues, Newbury were away against Bedford, unfortunately Newbury were ‘whitewashed’, Bedford scoring 34 to nil

Newbury’s average gate is 472, so travelling support may be sparse, but Fortress Brickfields will make both the ‘Blues’ and their supporters welcome.

Players to look out for…….

TRIES
Waylon Gasson, 5 tries
Jack Bentall, Mark Lee and Andrew Henderson who with 2 tries and 1 yellow each
Nathaniel Catt, J Hilton, Chris Ridgers and Mathew Williams with 2 tries each
Matt Humphries with 1 try and 1 yellow
Paul Fincken, Sean Fox, Jonny Hylton, Bradley Mockford and Martin Nutt with 1 try each
The two main kickers for the Blues are:
Gareth Griffiths with 5 conversions, 2 drop goals and 13 penalties
Ben Stevenson with 9 conversions and 7 penalties

Also look out for ‘bad boy’ Chevvy Pennycock with 2 yellow cards

CD’s prediction
not sure as last time they played Albion lost, but think that was just an ‘off day’ for Albion. If Albion ‘play’ then there could easily be a bonus point for them

National League One Data

League Table
		P	W	D	L	F	A	dif	TF	TA	BP	Pnts
1	Leeds	18	18	0	0	769	222	547	107	22	12	84

2	Chiefs	18	15	1	2	691	252	439	97	30	14	76
3	B Blues	18	13	0	5	524	263	261	71	27	10	62
4	Nott'ham	17	13	0	4	517	285	232	70	30	12	62
5	Knights	18	12	1	5	498	348	150	58	38	10	60
6	Albion	18	11	1	6	394	355	39	43	44	6	52
7	Welsh	17	10	0	7	405	328	77	45	37	7	47
8	Pirates	17	9	1	7	418	329	89	53	35	7	45
9	Titans	18	8	1	9	519	492	27	65	62	8	38
10	Cov	17	8	0	9	339	368	-29	43	47	6	38
11	Moseley	17	7	0	10	405	415	-10	50	61	10	38

12	Esher	18	4	1	13	299	506	-207	38	65	6	24
13	Tigers	18	4	0	14	281	675	-394	38	89	6	22
14	N Blues	17	3	0	14	217	618	-401	25	86	4	16
15	Otley	18	2	0	16	236	646	-410	23	91	5	13
16	Man	18	1	0	17	236	646	-410	29	91	7	11

ADJUSTMENTS

Nottingham -2 points
luding an un-registered player in their match squad for the match against Bedford played on 26th October.

Rotherham Titans -4 points
Back row forward Barry Jacobsz effective registration with the RFU expired on 18th Sept 2008 yet the player was included in Rotherham's match squad for 2 matches.

Points by type & Discipline Record
Team	Tries	Cons	Con Rate	Pens	Drop goals	Pen try	Yell	Red
Albion	43/42	32/24	74	37/27	2/2	0/2	7/9	0/0
N Blues	25/83	14/58	56	20/23	2/0	0/4	11/8	0/0

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.

Next Fixtures

Saturday 3 January
Bedford Blues	v	London Welsh
Doncaster Knights	v	Manchester
Esher	v	Coventry
Moseley	v	Exeter Chiefs
Plymouth Albion	v	Newbury Blues
Sedgley Tigers	v	Nottingham
Sunday 4 January
Cornish Pirates	v	Otley
Leeds Carnegie	v	Rotherham Titans

Side by side

Gate
3131 avg 6871 max

Gate
518 avg 879 max

Form
home w w w w w w l l w w
away w w l l d w l l

Form
home l l l w w l l w l
away l l l l l l l l

Best home game
47 - 6 Man
Worst away game
Leeds 49 - 18

Best home game
26 - 6 Man
Worst away game
Titans 62 - 5

Most points in a match
21
Kieran Hallett
Albion 26 - 25 Nott'ham

Most points in a match
16
Gareth Griffiths
N Blues 26 - 20 Otley

Most tries in a match
2
Matt Hopper
Albion 36 - 14 Esher
Justin Mensah-Cover
Albion 31 - 7 Tigers

Most tries in a match
2
Jack Bentall
Tigers 42 - 37 N Blues
Andrew Henderson
N Blues 26 - 6 Man

Recent results

Man	5 - 31	Albion
Albion	26 - 25	Nott'ham
Cov	6 - 7	Albion
Leeds	49 - 18	Albion
Albion	20 - 12	Pirates
Albion	36 - 14	Esher
B Blues	37 - 9	Albion
Albion	21 - 18	Knights
Albion	31 - 7	Tigers

Recent results

N Blues	0 - 34	B Blues
Moseley	36 - 9	N Blues
Tigers	42 - 37	N Blues
N Blues	12 - 89	Leeds
Titans	62 - 5	N Blues
N Blues	20 - 37	Chiefs
N Blues	26 - 6	Man
Cov	31 - 5	N Blues

TRIES
5
Matt Hopper
4
Gareth Evans
Geoff Griffiths
Justin Mensah-Cover
3
Arran Cruikshanks
Keni Fisilau
Ryan Hopkins
Tom Jarvis
Wayne Sprangle
2
Mike Denbee
Kieran Hallett
1
Ross Allan
Jannie Du Toit
Liam Gibson
Kyle Marriott
Greg Nicholls
James Owen
Martin Rice

TRIES
5
Waylon Gasson
2
Jack Bentall
Nathaniel Catt
Andrew Henderson
J Hilton
Mark Lee
Chris Ridgers
Mathew Williams
1
Paul Fincken
Sean Fox
Matt Humphries
Jonny Hylton
Bradley Mockford
Martin Nutt

Kicking Points	Con	DG	Pen	Points
Kieran Hallett	23	2	27	133
Ross Laidlaw	9	-	10	48

Kicking Points	Con	DG	Pen	Points
Gareth Griffiths	5	2	13	55
Ben Stevenson	9	-	7	39

Discipline

SinBin
Arthur Brenton
Arran Cruikshanks
Gareth Evans
Keni Fisilau (3)
Sean-Micheal Stephen

Discipline

SinBin
Ian Ashcroft-Leigh
Jack Bentall
Joe Clark
Andrew Henderson
Matt Humphries
Mark Lee
Mark Lilley
Chevvy Pennycock (2)
Sebastian Perkins
Scott Witcomb

Visiting Brickfields

If you haven't been to Brickfields before you will be in for a friendly welcome from the club and the home support.

The ground is growing into a great stadium with plenty of food and beverage outlets to suit all comers. You can get anything from a chocolate bar to a four course sit down meal.

Click to see more details on the ground

Halftime Entertainment.

New for this season the Plympton Rotary Club, together with the Plympton Rotaract Club (junior version of Rotary) and with the DoR's blessing will be (weather permitting) running a charity event at home games from now on.

At half time we will be inviting up to 50 kids a chance to take part in a drop goal competition at the club house end of the pitch.

The cost will be £1 entry and each entrant has just 1 life. The last one standing will win the prize.

50% of the profits will be going to Albion with the other 50% going to Rotary charities - this year both the Plympton Rotary and Rotaract Club's are supporting Ellie's Haven - a charity based down near Looe.

Those of you with kids, please bring them along and encourage them to take part. We will be limiting to the first 50 though - unlike the one we held at the end of last season where we wanted as many as possible.

Book your place on arrival with Darren Hands who will be at the north end (main car park end) of the grandstand. Any steward will be able to point him out.

Best of luck!

Weather forecast

Current forecast is sunny max daytime temp 3^oC with light westerly winds up to 9mph.

mini Spy in the camp - Newbury

Posted by: Unofficial Plymouth Albion (IP Logged)

Date: 02/01/2009 13:40

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