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Match Preview - Plymouth Albion RFC (A)

Match Preview - Plymouth Albion RFC (A)

Tom Bulmer14 Feb 2018 - 12:00
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This Saturday Mowden 1st XV make the longest trip of the season, down to Plymouth Albion (3pm Kick Off).

Mowden make the 380-mile trip to Brickfields Recreation Ground to take on Plymouth Albion on Saturday afternoon. Plymouth are currently sat in 4th position on 68 points after playing 19 games out of a possible 22 games. In their last 5 games, they have won 3 and lost two. They have beaten Caldy (21-16), Fylde (0-26) and Esher (29-33) and lost away to Old Elthamians 16-12 and away to Cambridge 16-14. Like Mowden, Plymouth are undefeated on their home patch, they have won 7 and drawn 1. The draw happened in October against Old Elthamians, 17-17.

Plymouth’s top points scorer is Fly Half, Dan Mugford with 162 points, including 8 tries. Rupert Freestone, Hooker, is joint top try scorer with Mugford, also with 8 tries.

National 1 as it stands:

1 Coventry 99
2 Darlington Mowden Park 83
3 Ampthill 72
4 Plymouth Albion 68
5 Blackheath 66
6 Old Elthamians 62
7Bishop's Stortford 55
8 Birmingham Moseley 54
9 Caldy 53
10 Cambridge 51
11 Esher 50
12 Rosslyn Park 48
13 Loughborough Students 39
14 Hull Ionians 38
15 Old Albanians 27
16 Fylde 18

Top points scorer- Dan Mugford 162
Top Try scorers- Dan Mugford and Rupert Freestone 8 tries

Last time Mowden met Plymouth this season:

28th October 2017

Mowden Park 33
Tries: G. Connon, McCartney, Hodgson (2), Frankland
Conversion: B. Connon (4)
Penalties:

Plymouth Albion 31
Tries: Skinner, Mugford, Freestone, Grace, Kelly
Conversions: Mugford (3)
Penalties:

This weekend, Plymouth will be looking for revenge after a last-minute conversion resulted in Mowden taking the win at the Arena. Mowden will be looking to continue their winning streak and upset Plymouth’s undefeated home record. It is all set up to be a great National 1 clash.

Address for travelling support:
Brickfields Recreation Ground,
25 Damerel Close,
Plymouth, PL1 4NE

This weekend’s fixtures in National 1:
15:00 Plymouth Albion V Darlington Mowden Park​
14:00 Hull Ionians V Loughborough Students
14:15 Ampthill & District V Caldy
15:00 Birmingham Moseley V Fylde​
15:00 Blackheath V Esher
15:00 Coventry V Cambridge
15:00 Old Albanian V Bishop`s Stortford
15:00 Rosslyn Park V Old Elthamians

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