Spy in the Camp - Leeds

LEEDS
By Frank Stormont & CD
April 23 2009

The last weekend of the season and we again host to Leeds. Last time it was a draw but what will be the result this time.

 

This Weekend

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Albion v Leeds
Saturday 25 April
K.O. 3 pm

Don't forget Moseley on Wednesday Coach only £20
pay at the travel club hut on Saturday or you will get left behind!
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Short one this week, as we know all about Leeds, or should I say NATIONAL ONE CHAMPIONS LEEDS

This week sees Leeds play the return match and travel 550 miles to the Fortress. Leeds RUFC is only 16 years old, it was formed in 1992 by a merger of Roundhay and Headingley, they became the Leeds Tykes in 1998 and in 2007 became Leeds Carnegie. 

There are quite a few Leeds fans travelling down – so if you find one looking lost – direct them to the nearest bar

Players to look out for

Any player on the pitch not in an Albion shirt. They’re all good, fast and play very well.

CDs’ prediction – 
Not doing one. We need a point to avoid relegation, if not relying on Bedford to beat Esher, if not Wednesday a point from Moseley, if not Division 2 is beckoning.
WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND… SO CHEER ON ALBION UNTIL THE FINAL WHISTLE… AND IN THE BAR AFTERWARDS…


Ps.. Still room on the coach for Wednesday – you know it makes sense!!

National League One Data

League Table
		P	W	D	L	F	A	dif	TF	TA	BP	Pnts
1	Leeds	29	27	0	2	1221	370	851	171	39	21	129
2	Chiefs	29	23	1	5	1068	444	624	152	54	23	117
3	B Blues	29	22	0	7	842	464	378	116	50	18	106
4	Knights	29	21	1	7	886	562	324	107	65	17	103
5	Nott'ham	29	21	0	8	936	477	459	125	51	19	101
6	Welsh	28	17	0	11	728	566	162	87	64	16	82
7	Pirates	29	16	1	12	736	568	168	93	62	15	81
8	Cov	29	14	0	15	617	673	-56	80	88	16	72
9	Titans	29	14	1	14	755	769	-14	94	96	11	65
10	Albion	28	13	2	13	569	602	-33	63	75	9	65
11	Esher	29	12	1	16	668	780	-112	85	102	11	61
12	Moseley	26	10	0	16	657	679	-22	82	96	17	57
13	Tigers	29	5	0	24	428	1179	-751	59	166	9	29
14	N Blues	29	4	2	23	390	1017	-627	45	140	6	26
15	Otley	28	3	1	24	411	1059	-648	46	146	9	23
16	Man	29	2	0	27	412	1115	-703	52	163	10	18

ADJUSTMENTS

London Welsh -2 points
London Welsh fielded an ineligible player, Ben Thomas, against Rotherham due to a paperwork error.

Nottingham -2 points
Nottingham have had two league points deducted for including 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
Leeds	168/39	130/26	77	32/36	0/5	5/0	7/13	0/0
Albion	61/72	47/40	77	51/44	2/5	2/2	11/19	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

Saturday 25 April
Bedford Blues	v	Esher
Cornish Pirates	v	London Welsh
Coventry	v	Nottingham
Exeter Chiefs	v	Doncaster Knights
Manchester	v	Moseley
Newbury Blues	v	Sedgley Tigers
Otley	v	Rotherham Titans
Plymouth Albion	v	Leeds Carnegie
Wednesday 29 April
Moseley	v	Plymouth Albion

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Some interesting facts about this season

Leeds

Leeds need 100 points to equal most points in a season in level two rugby, the current holders are Northampton Saints who last year accumulated 1321 points.
They need 20 tries to pass Northampton's 1192 last season but have already passed the most conversions with 130. This season they have been the best away supported with on average gaining 161% of the average gate for each team. ( the next best was Bedford who picked up a gate of 116%)

Albion

Over the last two seasons two players have scored three drop goals in a match, both times this was against Albion. Before the travel club coach went to Esher Albion were the worst away supported team in the league. On average we were only picking up an average of 78%
 

Side by side
Gate 3288 avg 6871 max	Gate 3241 avg 5463 max
Form home l l w d w w w w w w l l w w away l l l l w l w w l l d w l l	Form home w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w away w w l l w w w w w w w w w w
Best home game 47 - 6 Man Worst away game Leeds 49 - 18	Best home game 66 - 0 Tigers Worst away game Knights 27 - 12
Most points in a match 21 Kieran Hallett Albion 26 - 25 Nott'ham	Most points in a match 26 James Brooks Otley 10 - 66 Leeds
Most tries in a match 2 Matt Hopper Albion 36 - 14 Esher Justin Mensah-Cover Albion 31 - 7 Tigers	Most tries in a match 4 Tom Biggs Man 0 - 104 Leeds Lee Blackett N Blues 12 - 89 Leeds Jon Goodridge Leeds 53 - 20 Moseley
Recent results Pirates 30 - 14 Albion Esher 31 - 28 Albion Albion 14 - 31 B Blues Welsh 22 - 9 Albion Knights 28 - 23 Albion Tigers 11 - 27 Albion Albion 20 - 33 Titans	Recent results Leeds 57 - 14 N Blues Man 0 - 104 Leeds Moseley 26 - 31 Leeds Leeds 33 - 9 Pirates B Blues 27 - 24 Leeds Knights 27 - 12 Leeds Leeds 47 - 21 Esher
TRIES 6 Matt Hopper Justin Mensah-Cover 5 Arran Cruikshanks Geoff Griffiths 4 Gareth Evans Wayne Sprangle 3 Mike Denbee Keni Fisilau Liam Gibson Ryan Hopkins Tom Jarvis 2 Kieran Hallett Greg Nicholls James Owen Sean-Michael Stephen 1 Ross Allan Arthur Brenton Alex Davies Jannie Du Toit Scott Ireland Ross Laidlaw Kyle Marriott Martin Rice	TRIES 15 Leigh Hinton 12 Tom Biggs 11 Scott Armstrong Lee Blackett Jonny Hepworth 10 Jon Goodridge 9 Hendre Fourie 8 James Brooks Mike MacDonald 7 Danny Paul 6 Scott Barrow Rob Vickerman Richard Welding 5 Andy Boyde John Dunbar 4 Alberto Di Bernardo Rhys Oakley 3 Calum Clark Kearnan Myall Jonathan Pendlebury 2 Joe Bedford Villami Ma'asi Scott Mathie Philip Murphy Phil Nilsen Peter Wackett 1 Tim Davidson Francisco Juan Gomez Erik Lund Tom McGhee Henry Paul Rob Rawlinson Jacob Rowan Jason Strange D White
Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Kieran Hallett 23 2 27 133 Ross Laidlaw 16 - 12 68 Alex Davies 8 - 12 52	Kicking Points Con DG Pen Points Alberto Di Bernardo 64 - 21 191 Jason Strange 37 - 11 107 James Brooks 18 - - 36 Leigh Hinton 8 - - 16 Scott Barrow 1 - - 2 Francisco Juan Gomez 1 - - 2 Danny Paul 1 - - 2
Discipline SinBin Arthur Brenton Arran Cruikshanks Jannie Du Toit Gareth Evans Keni Fisilau (3) Matt Hopper Tom Jarvis Sean-Michael Stephen (2)	Discipline SinBin Scott Armstrong Juan Gomez Rhys Oakley Jonathan Pendlebury Rob Rawlinson Rob Vickerman Richard Welding

Visiting Brickfields

If you haven't been to Brickfields before you will be in for a friendly welcome from the club and the home support.

The ground is growing into a great stadium with plenty of food and beverage outlets to suit all comers. You can get anything from a chocolate bar to a four course sit down meal.

Click to see more details on the ground

 

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Halftime Entertainment.

 

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Weather forecast

Current forecast is light rain max daytime temp 12^oC with light south westerly winds up to 20mph.