Quins Team v Plymouth Albion

Great win. Church Bank now Saturday for the Jersey game, should be good.

Well Done boys !!

Plymouth Albion name a strong side for the visit of Carmarthen Quins
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For the British & Irish Cup visit of Carmarthen Quins (Saturday kick off 3.00pm) Plymouth Albion have made just four changes to the side that recorded their first win of the season in Jersey last weekend.

Mark Kohler, who joined Albion from Coventry in the summer, makes his first start for the club having recovered from a long standing ankle injury.

Regular centre Toby Howley-Berridge, who was rested for the trip to Jersey, returns to the side replacing Marc Koteczky.

Up front powerhouse prop Tom Fidler is restored to the front row and there is a welcome return at No 8 for Iain Grieve.

Grieve, who has skippered Albion this season, has recovered from a shoulder injury but the captaincy remains in the hands of Fijian international Sam Matavesi who impressed in Jersey.

Carmarthen Quins came from behind to beat Albion 29-16 in the first encounter that was played at Parc y Scarlets.

Plymouth Albion: 15 Jack Arnott, 14 Mark Kohler, 13 Ben Woods, 12 Toby Howley-Berridge, 11 Lewis Warner, 10 Declan Cusack, 9 Cameron Setter, 1 Tom Fidler, 2 Sam Matavesi capt, 3 Andy Tiedemann, 4 Tom Jubb, 5 Neale Patrick, 6 Rob Langley, 7 Eoghan Grace, 8 Iain Grieve replacements 16 Tom Harrison, 17 Dan Pullinger, 18 Ali Bone, 19 Rhys Oakley, 20 Elliot Clements-Hill, 21 Josh Davies, 22 Lawrence Rayner

Referee: Nigel Correll

Gog paying the price for injuries and his time at 8, feel sorry for the guy.

Warren needs a change of scenery he would be a 1st teamer at the drags , possibly the blues.

I like that back 3, plenty of pace should do well

Mundoscarlet wrote: i have a feeling that rob isnt fitting into pivac mould by the looks.it seems he is getting game time for the feeder sides now more than the scarlets.maybe if pivac was here earlier, he would have been able to keep josh :(

I agree.He seems to like the more mobile/agile 6 like Shingler and whilst I thought it may also be in part due to injury recovery I think that after all this time, its clear that Rob is not in Wayne's eyes, the player he wants in the first 15 or perhaps the squad even, which is a huge fall from grace for someone who was nailed in by Easters at 6 (apart from his great service as an 8 fill in) and club captain. Although I never understood why Rob was captain to be honest. Indeed we may not have lost Josh too and who would fit Pivac's style a lot more. Pity.

RR1972 wrote: Ffidel Bennett wrote: In all but name it's a Scarlets A side - as it should be. What are the arguments against calling it what it is? None, it just should have been called that from the start and we shouldn't have had the qualifying rounds to decide what team played in it. From next season on, lets just call it scarlets a and everyone knows where they stand

In all but name it's a Scarlets A side - as it should be. What are the arguments against calling it what it is?

Edited by Ffidel Bennett - 05 December 2014 at 10:14am

i have a feeling that rob isnt fitting into pivac mould by the looks.it seems he is getting game time for the feeder sides now more than the scarlets.maybe if pivac was here earlier, he would have been able to keep josh :(