Everything about Plymouth Albion totally explained
Graham Dawe
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Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a
rugby union club who play in
Plymouth,
England. The club was founded around
1915 from Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC.
Albion's traditional strip and club colours are white, strawberry (red or cherry) and green.
Plymouth RFC
Formed
1875, during its existence it played at South Devon Place.
In 1912, the
Northern Union attempted to form a Western League of clubs in Devon and Cornwall. Huddersfield beat Oldham 31-26 in an exhibition game at South Devon Place in front of 8,000 spectators and as a result a meeting was held and the Plymouth Northern Union club was formed.
In July, the Northern Union club took over South Devon Place and as a result Plymouth RFC disbanded, later to re-emerge as part of a merger with Devonport Albion to become Plymouth Albion.
Devonport Albion RFC
Albion was formed in
1876 from apprentices at
Devonport Dockyard and originally played at Devonport Park. After moving to Bladderly in
1887 they then moved to Home Park in 1893. In
1895 Albion moved to the Rectory (the current home of
Devonport Services R.F.C.).
Current club
The current club continued at the Rectory until an enforced move in
1957 to Beacon Park. In 2003, they moved from the run-down Beacon Park ground to a considerably more modern ground, The Brickfields, in
Devonport. The Brickfields also has an adjacent
athletics stadium.
Albion were a major force in English rugby union in the
1920s having five internationals on their books at one time. Around this time they attracted a crowd of 18,000 to a midweek game against
Oxford University which established a record crowd for a club match in England which wasn't exceeded until the
1980s.
They were promoted to
National Division One in
2002, and finished third in the
2003/
04 season. Observers say it was Plymouth Albion's best position nationally since the
1920s. On their way to promotion, the team went on a two season unbeaten streak of over 50 games, starting when the club was in Division Three South and ending after their promotion to National Division One.
The major local rivals are
Exeter Chiefs who also have an impressive new stadium at Sandy Gate perched above the services junction of the M5. Devon local derbys have become major popular events.Together these clubs have reinvigorated the passion for rugby in the county.
Other local rivals are Cornwall teams
Cornish Pirates and
Cornish All Blacks
Current Team
Adam Kettle Martin Rice
Arron Cruickshanks Matt Newman
Ben Gulliver Mike Lewis
Brad Davis Nat Saumi
Brett Stroud Nic Sesteret
Chris Lowrie Nigel Cane
Colin Stewart Richard Oxley
Craig Wilson Ross Allan
Dan Hawkes Ross Laidlaw
Darren Ritchie Scott Zimmerman
Ed King Steve Baretto
Ed Lewsey Steve Johns
Emyr Lewis Tim Mathias
George Davis Tom Hayes
Jacob Childs Wihan Neethling
James Owen
Jamie Tripconey
Jannie Bornman
Keni Fisilau
Ross Batten
Liam Gibson
Further Information
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