RFU CHAMPIONSHIP Albion, Bristol & Pirates play tonight
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- Created on Friday, 28 September 2012 19:06
- Last Updated on Friday, 28 September 2012 18:23
- Published on Thursday, 27 September 2012 19:06
Bristol Rugby, Plymouth Albion and Cornish Pirates are in RFU Championship action tonight.
The SWSN team are set to head down to see Nat Saumi’s new-look Albion play Rotherham Titans (Brickfields 1945ko) especially as two of our England Under 20 favourites, Luke Cowan-Dickie and Henry Slade are playing.
Exeter Chiefs prop Cowan-Dickie – from Penzance - and gifted back Slade – from Plymouth – are dual registered and on loan at Albion.
Fit again Cowan-Dickie, 19, is set to make his first Albion start of the season after recovering from injury.
Plymouth - 24-22 winners at Moseley last Saturday - start the evening third in the table, Rotherham - who beat visitors Jersey 54-31 - fourth.
Seventh placed Bristol host 10th placed Moseley at the Memorial Stadium (1945) aiming to get back on track following Sunday’s 50-31 defeat at Leeds Carnegie.
Eighth placed Pirates also seek a return to winning ways, at second from bottom Doncaster, following a 25-3 Sunday home defeat by high flying Newcastle Falcons. Dick Straughan and Jack Murley will be covering the match for BBC Radio Cornwall Sport.
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