Spy in the Camp - London Welsh
London Welsh
By Frank Stormont & CD
January 9 2009
Is it on or is it not, that is the question. There is a pitch inspection at 2pm on Friday by the RFU to see if there is any chance of the match being played on Saturday. Please come back to the website for updates on the messageboard. Callum is due to make his first start in an Albion shirt and James Owen should also be in the starting lineup!
This Weekend
v 
Welsh v Albion
Saturday 10 January
K.O. 3 pm
and
Ladies v Trojans
Sun 2pm
Both matches subject to pitch inspection 24hrs before KO
A late decision will be made about the viability of the match with an RFU inspection at 2pm and the coach booked to leave at 3!
Changes to the line up for the proposed match have been released on the thisisplymouth website as follows.
Callum comes into the starting line up with Jannie moving to the bench. Another local prop has been seen at the club in training and it is unclear if he will take part with Jannie suffering from an injury.
James Owen comes back to the starting lineup after playing a full 80 minutes for the Warriors last Saturday.
Sean has been named in his international place at 8 with Kyle a possibility on the bench.
Colin is also a possibility on the bench after he also played 80 minutes but no place for Arran Cruickshanks. However Keni is named on the bench for the first time since his suspension.
Alex has not made it into the starting line up despite his good performance with the limited time he had on the pitch last week against Newbury.
 |  Callum |  James |  Ryan | |
 Wayne |  Mike |  Arthur |  Mike | |
|  Sean-Michael | |
|  Greg |  Ross | |
 Justin | |  Ross |  Matt |  Liam |
|  Tom | |
Bench from
 Matt |  Alex |  Keni |  Jannie |  Graham |
 Kyle |  Danny |  Colin |
When London Welsh visited Brickfields in September, Albion crowd was getting restless, it was the Fifth game of the season and Albion had Won two and lost two. The home crowd wanted to see another win, but instead they were to witness a ‘nail biting match’ that saw London Welsh Win by 25 to 24. This time Albion make the 200 mile trip to Richmond, to see if they can make it another close game.
For the travelling support, PLEASE NOTE KICK OFF IS AT 1400 (2PM) The travel club is running a minibus, please contact them for details if you want to go as there are still places (07837 530869). For those travelling by other means, By Road: take the M25, exit at the M3 and drive east towards London. Join the A316 towards Richmond over Twickenham Bridge. Turn left at the lights. The entrance is via double iron gates half a mile down the road on your left. By Rail: Richmond mainline and tube station is just a short walk from the ground. When exiting the station, turn right and go straight across the large round-a-bout onto Kew Road. Keep walking for around 1/4 of a mile and the club is on the left LW average gate is 1192, so there will be a bit of company for Albion, although, try no to step on the cricket pitch (if you can!)’ Last week the LW played the Bedford Blues, LW had previously whitewashed Sedgley park by 60 to nil, so were hopeful against Bedford, it was down to the wire, but LW eventually won by 33 to 32 London welsh sit just below Albion in the table, by two point and they have a game in hand, so could easily give Albion a run for their money. THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONEPlayers to look out for… Tom Brown (no 8) with 5 tries and 1 yellow Paul Sampson (wing) 5 tries Aled Thomas (fly half) 4 tries, 20 conversions, 22 penalties and 3 drop goals Mark Harris (full back) 4 tries, 14 converstions, 10 penalties and 1 drop goal Allen Chiltern (scrum half) and Micheal Tagicakibau (wing) with 3 tries Aaron Liffchak (prop) with 2 tries and 3 yellows Paul Doran-Jones (prop) with 2 tries and 1 yellow Peter Murchie (Centre), Paul Mackey (centre), Tom Rock (centre), Tom Tombleson (wing), Sunia Koto Vuli (hooker), with 2 tries each Ed Lewis-Pratt (full back) with one try, one conversion and one penalty Darrell Ball, Hugo Ellis (no. 8), Simon Etheridge (flanker) , Dan George (hooker), Aaron Hopkins (centre), Hywel Jenkins (wing) and Lawson (no details held) with one try each Mike Powell (lock) with one yellow card
CD’s prediction
TOO CLOSE TO CALL – 2 point win – but either side could get the points
National League One Data
League Table | ||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | dif | TF | TA | BP | Pnts | ||
| 1 | Leeds | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 797 | 225 | 572 | 111 | 22 | 13 | 89 |
| 2 | Chiefs | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 691 | 252 | 439 | 97 | 30 | 14 | 76 |
| 3 | Knights | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 550 | 358 | 192 | 65 | 40 | 11 | 65 |
| 4 | B Blues | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 556 | 296 | 260 | 75 | 32 | 12 | 64 |
| 5 | Nott'ham | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 517 | 285 | 232 | 70 | 30 | 12 | 62 |
| 6 | Albion | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 411 | 372 | 39 | 45 | 45 | 6 | 54 |
| 7 | Welsh | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 438 | 360 | 78 | 50 | 41 | 8 | 52 |
| 8 | Pirates | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 473 | 342 | 131 | 60 | 36 | 8 | 50 |
| 9 | Titans | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 522 | 520 | 2 | 65 | 66 | 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 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 234 | 635 | -401 | 26 | 88 | 4 | 18 |
| 15 | Otley | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 249 | 701 | -452 | 24 | 98 | 5 | 13 |
| 16 | Man | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 246 | 698 | -452 | 31 | 98 | 7 | 11 |
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 | 45/43 | 34/24 | 76 | 38/31 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 7/10 | 0/0 |
| Welsh | 46/39 | 35/28 | 76 | 33/30 | 3/3 | 6/2 | 6/8 | 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
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| Gate 1199 avg 1931 max | Gate 3218 avg 6871 max | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Form home w l l l w w l l w away w l w w l w w w w | Form home d w w w w w w l l w w away w w l l d w l l | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best home game 60 - 0 Tigers Worst away game Knights 26 - 13 | Best home game 47 - 6 Man Worst away game Leeds 49 - 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most points in a match 21 Aled Thomas Welsh 31 - 16 Knights | Most points in a match 21 Kieran Hallett Albion 26 - 25 Nott'ham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most tries in a match 1 see below | Most tries in a match 2 Matt Hopper Albion 36 - 14 Esher Justin Mensah-Cover Albion 31 - 7 Tigers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recent results
| Recent results
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| TRIES 5 Tom Brown Paul Sampson 4 Mark Harris Aled Thomas 3 Allen Chiltern Micheal Tagicakibau 2 Paul Doran-Jones Paul Mackey Peter Murchie Tom Rock Tom Tombleson 1 Darrell Ball Hugo Ellis Simon Etheridge Dan George Aaron Hopkins Hywel Jenkins Sunia Koto William Lawson Aaron Liffchak Aaron Lisschak Ed Pratt Sunia Koto Vuli | TRIES 5 Geoff Griffiths Matt Hopper 4 Gareth Evans 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 Ross Laidlaw Kyle Marriott Greg Nicholls James Owen Martin Rice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline SinBin Tom Brown Paul Doran-Jones Aaron Liffchak Aaron Lisschak (2) Mike Powell | Discipline SinBin Arthur Brenton Arran Cruikshanks Gareth Evans Keni Fisilau (3) Sean-Micheal Stephen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As it is he can't keep up with play for twenty mins or so.