Cambridge Camp
By Frank Stormont
February 14 2007
Team changes! A look ahead at the weekend for 1st XV against Cambridge in the EDF Trophy. And Ladies and Warriors against Redruth sides on Sunday.
Squad to play Cambridge
Martin Rice
Richard Oxley
Tim Mathias
Harry Spencer
Mike Lewis
Brett Stroud
Danny Thomas
Tom Hayes
Nigel Cane
Daniel Hawkes
Nic Sestaret
Keni Fisilau
Regardt van Eyk
Ed Lewsey
Nat Saumi
Arran Cruickshanks
Ed Barnes
Ross Allen
Scott Zimmerman
James Owen
Ed King
Chris Lowrie
Camp Cambridge
Cambridge are a rising star team having gained successive promotions in the last three seasons. They sit 11th of 14 in National League 2 and have won 7 of 19 league matches this season.
As a National League 2 side they enter the competition in the 3rd round and have won convincingly against Bedford Athletic (77-0) and Westoe RFC First (32-5).
Check out their website which has plenty of information on it and well laid out crufc.co.uk
History in National knock out competitions.
How far have they got?
| Albion | Cambridge | |
| 05/06 | QF | 3R |
| 04/05 | 6R | 1R |
| 03/04 | 4R | 2R |
| 02/03 | 5R | DNQ |
| 01/02 | 2R | DNQ |
| 00/01 | 4R | DNQ |
| 99/00 | 1R | DNQ |
| 98/99 | 2R | 1R |
| 97/68 | 1R | 1R |
| 96/97 | 2R | DNQ |
| 95/96 | 2R | DNQ |
Cambridge's last three league matches
EDF Energy matches
| 32 | Cambridge | Westoe RFC First | 5 |
| 77 | Cambridge | Bedford Athletic | 0 |
Check out the match reports on the links above
Last meeting
10th Sept '05
Last time Plymouth entertained Cambridge was at the beginning of last season when the Warriors hosted and won 81 - 7. A 13 try to 1 victory with 4 Plymouth players who may make an appearance on Saturday in the EDF Energy Trophy.
Starting line-up Richard Hewitt, Jon Marlin, Darren Ritchie, Sam Leung Wai, Ed Binham, David Hall, Matt Newman, Alister Livesey, Stewart Pearl, Rivhard Culley, Mike Lewis, Seru Bai,Jamie Houston, Ben Rowntree, Gareth Evans
Scorers: Tries Darren Ritchie, 3xDavid Hall, Ed Binham, 2xGareth Evans, Mat Newman, Mike Lewis, Richard Hewitt, Sam Leung Wai, 2xSeru Bai Convs 8xRichard Hewitt
Predictions
BetFred
| Leeds | 11/8 |
| Plymouth Albion | 4/1 |
| Cornish Pirates | 9/2 |
| Bedford | 7/1 |
| Doncaster | |
| Exeter Chiefs | |
| Coventry | 8/1 |
| Newbury | 12/1 |
| Pertemps Bees | 14/1 |
| Nottingham | 16/1 |
| London Welsh | 33/1 |
| Nuneaton | 100/1 |
| Cambridge | 150/1 |
| Lydney | 200/1 |
| Bridgwater & Albion | 300/1 |
| North Walsham | 350/1 |
Albion are now 2nd favourites to win the trophy.
(Prices to win outright)
Rugby Round up
Not Available yet normally out on Friday
Franks Prediction
Albion to win by 40 points
Don't forget you can register your own predictions!
Visiting fans
Tickets available on the gate:
| Ground | Seated grandstand | |
| Adult | £12 | £17 |
| Concession | £9 | £14 |
| Child | £3 | £10 |
Car park - £3 per car
Programme £2
Good selection of hot food such as pasties and curry. Beer at £2 a pint in the Ryearch Village bar upto 30 mins before kick-off.
Match Day Hospitality - only £10.00 per head..
Match Day Ticket must be bought to gain entry to the Ground.
Lunch is served between 12:00pm and 2pm
Please note that the burger bar outside the ground is nothing to do with Albion
Local Map
Officials
not yet available check back here later for update
Other Matches
Other matches in the EDF Energy National Trophy 5th round
Friday
Leeds v Cornish Pirates [Leeds by 5]
Saturday
Bedford v Exeter [Exeter by 7]
Pertemp Bees v Nuneaton [Pertemps by 16]
Bridgwater & Albion v Newbury [Newbury by 22]
Coventry v Nottingham [Cov by 10]
Doncaster v London Welsh [Donny by 16]
North Walsham v Lydney
Bold teams are Frank's predicted wins
[BetFred]
Albion matters
With Cambridge sitting some way below us in the league structure I would expect that a number of players that do not always get a look at the first team may be given a chance on Saturday.
Wihan Neethling and Mike Lewis both came through the Warriors match against Launceston and I would have thought that they will start on Saturday. With the proposed Warriors match set for Saturday I think the starting XV may look something like this.
Frank's Team: Wihan Neethling, Jon Fabian, Arran Cruickshanks, Sila Va'Enuku, Nic Sestaret, Dave Delaney, Matt Newman, Tim Mathias, James Owen, Martin Rice, Mike Lewis, Mariano Castany, Ben Rowntree, Brett Stroud, Chris Lowrie(capt)
Westcountry Warriors
Warriors v Redruth Development
2:30 Sunday
The proposed match against Rosslyn Park on Saturday has been cancelled/postponed and a Tamar shield match rearranged for Sunday at home against Redruth Development.
The Warriors have been forced to postpone a number of matches against Redruth but last time they met back in November the Warriors came out on top 10 - 27.
Ladies
The Ladies have no Premiership match this weekend and are travelling to Redruth for a Sunday 2pm KO. They will be passing the men's team half way down!
Georgina Rozario has been named in the England A squad to play France next month and will be away at training camp this weekend. She is also sitting by the phone waiting for a call up to the first team to take part in the Six Nations. Georgina started her rugby at Avon RFC 14 years old playing for their under 16 side and moved to Plymouth for this season.