Plymouth Albion prepare for tough test
Sep
PLYMOUTH Albion will be hoping to build on last week's home performance against Worcester Warriors when they travel to Nottingham on Sunday (3pm).
Graham Dawe's side led the former Premiership club for nearly three quarters of last week's match, but in the end their resistance was finally ended by three Andy Goode penalties which secured Worcester a 26-19 win.
However, Albion did pick up a valuable bonus point for their efforts and also denied Worcester one.
Dawe is keen for his team to continue that level of performance but he knows it will not be easy at Nottingham.
"Consistency is what you strive for in every rugby team," said Dawe.
"But Nottingham is going to be a really hard game.
"I don't think we have ever won a game at Meadow Lane, although we have come close a couple of times."
Albion's last win on Nottingham soil came in January 2005 when the Green and Whites were still at Ireland Avenue. However, they could not have come closer to winning at Meadow Lane last season when they went down 20-19 in January, with fly-half Alex Davies coming agonisingly close with two penalties and a drop-goal attempt.
Plymouth, who were able to welcome Davies back last weekend, are still likely to be without club captain Kieran Hallett, long-serving centre Keni Fisilau and props Martin Rice and David Morton.
Lock Dan Collier is also struggling with a shoulder injury he picked up against Worcester last weekend.
Albion and Nottingham have met 14 times in league rugby, with Albion winning eight of those meetings and Nottingham six.
