This season Albion have a played 17 won 8 record to lie 7th in the National 1 table 12 points behind our 4th placed 1stXV. After a difficult start to the season Plymouth have hit a rich vein of form winning 4 games on the bounce including defeating Blackheath away last weekend. The reverse fixture against us in September saw the visitors win at home 17-5, games between the two sides are always physical and close, rarely being decided by more than one score.
After their Boxing day heroics at Bedford Blues the 1stXV came back to Earth with a bump at Esher last week, trailing 35-5 after 25 minutes and 49-22 after 60 minutes they staged a mighty fightback to close to 49-48 with 2 minutes to play before a miss-understanding saw the ball kicked dead after time had expired. The 15 try thriller which Ampthill edged 7 tries to 8 was wonderful festive fare for spectators if not for both defence coaches!
“Albion on current form are the best team in National 1 taking 18 out of the last 20 points available to them and winning four out of four including a massive win last week away at second placed Blackheath. Challenges don’t come any bigger, both teams know each other well and matches have always been exciting.
Ampthill would rather forget about last week, conceding 7 tries for the first time this season and frankly looking like a team of schoolboys in defensive terms. However there were some positives after twice coming back from 30pt deficits and, with a little more composure at the death may even have snuck the win.”
Match Gallery: 20190112 Ampthill 1st XV vs Plymouth Albion
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Ampthill Squad
Henri Williams
Plymouth Squad
Will Norton
Paul Davis
Dan Pullinger
Lewis Pearson
Dan Collier
John Kelly
George Mills
Herbie Stupple
Cam Setter
Connor Eastgate
Matt Shepherd
Dean Squire
Seta Raumakita
Josh Skelcey
Dan Powell
Jamie Salter
James Kenny
Kieran Westlake
Dan Mugford
Jack Arnott