ROTHERHAM WELCOME I Must Start Today with an Apology to Our Supporters and Chairman Sponsors for Our Poor Performance TITANS on the Pitch This Season
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ISSUE 8 £2.50 TITANS RUGBYOFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME TH OU ALB M IO LY N P RFC V PLYMOUTH NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 SATURDAY 4TH JANUARY 2020 KO 2:00PM MATCH SPONSOR CHAIRMAN’S ROTHERHAM WELCOME I must start today with an apology to our supporters and Chairman sponsors for our poor performance TITANS on the pitch this season. We simply Nick Cragg Who’s Who have not been good Contents enough and this from McDonalds, Andy Ellis was reinforced in our last from ACL Interiors Limited, TODAYS game of 2019 away at Sale Jonathan Ashley from ETI FC. Cloud, Philip Chadwick Chairman: Nick Cragg from Sunaxis Limited, 6 OPPOSITION During the summer we Director of Rugby: Tony Churchill and Titans recruited and retained VP’s Kenny Miller, Russ Martin Jenkinson TITANS good players; however Askwith, Dave Wright and the work needed to put in 12 Alf Hindmarsh who will offer Commercial Director: LOCKER performances on the pitch a warm welcome and “look hasn’t gone as it should, John Whaling after” the visiting Plymouth ROOM and the confidence in our Albion committee members. squad is now at rock bottom. General Managers: TITANS Changes need to be made if We welcome all our Tony Jenkinson & 22 we are to survive in National supporters and sponsors to Gill Farrington-Lee FIXTURES/RESULTS One this season. Clifton Lane, and we hope to provide a great game of Martin Jenkinson, our Director TEAM rugby on the pitch, and an Coach: of Rugby, will be working with enjoyable day all round. Matt Smith 27 MATES the squad and backroom staff, in an endeavour to turn I hope everyone enjoys the the situation around and get battle on the pitch today, Medical Staff: the season back on track. and the hospitality off it, both Dr Chris Myers & David Swift before the game and at ‘The Our opponents today are Third Half’ afterwards in the Plymouth Albion and we clubhouse, whoever you Team Assistants: offer a very warm welcome support. Tony Foster, Keith Haynes to their players, officials & John O’Brien and supporters and also to Thank you again for your our mascot Brooke, from support – I wish you all a very MATCH DAY PHOTOGRAPHY Our Lady and St Joseph’s Happy New Year. Primary School in Wath. Nick Cragg Joining us in hospitality today Chairman are Mick Appleyard from MAP Services, Franco Ventura 03 FROM THE COACH’S DEN I’d like to wish a DIRECTOR Happy New Year to OF RUGBY all our supporters! 2019 was not a vintage year MARTIN JENKINSON for Rotherham Titans, but as with everything in life it They, like us, are probably has to be a case of, “Out with under-achieving this season the old and in with the new,” and also need a win. as we look forward to 2020. We will be doing our level Our league position says we best to ensure that it is not have to battle in this New here today at Clifton Lane. Year and we will do battle. A key for us today will be to Sport has that unpredictability, start the game well; as in our at the start of every game you last game at Sale we never must believe that the hard ‘got out of the blocks’ and work which has been put in the affair was over within 20 will bear fruit – we will keep minutes. working until we get it right. That cannot happen today The injury position is still not and we must not give good as we wait to hear the Plymouth the time to settle current position on Lewis on our home ground. Wilson, Tom Bullough, Reece Please enjoy your day; Ward, Harry Newborn, Harry keep supporting the Titans Our business: Whitfield, Will Dennis and because your support is Rikki Stout (You will notice the crucial to ensuring this great number of front row players club achieves its goals. protecting your business since 1990 in there), fingers crossed we get some of these boys back 2020 is a new year with new in the immediate future. challenges and as always we look forward - not back. Proud patrons of For today’s game we Barnsley and Rotherham welcome our friends from Enjoy your day Chamber of Commerce Plymouth Albion. A traditional big west country club, we have always Martin New Ebury House, South Grove, Rotherham, S60 2AF enjoyed our ‘exchanges’ with Plymouth. Call 01709 821 400 Email [email protected] Web www.jenkinsoninsurance.co.uk Untitled-2 1 02/09/2011 16:54 TODAYS OPPOSITIONUTH AL O B M IO LY N PLYMOUTH ALBION P RFC went on a two-season unbeaten streak of Historically, Plymouth Albion were a major HISTORY over 50 games, starting when the club was force in English rugby union in the 1920s in Division Three South and ending after their having five internationals on their books at Plymouth Albion RFC was founded in 1920 promotion to what is now the Championship. one time. Around this period they attracted a from a merger between Plymouth RFC crowd of 18,000 to a midweek game against (founded 1876) and Devonport Albion RFC After competing, on the whole successfully, for Oxford University, which established a record (founded 1876) and since 2003 have played thirteen seasons in the second tier of English crowd for a club match in England, which was their home games at The Brickfields Stadium. rugby, Albion finished bottom in the 2014/15 not exceeded until the 1980s. RFU Championship, and have competed in Albion were promoted to level 2 of English National League 1 for the last 5 seasons. rugby in 2002, and finished third in the 2003/04 season. On their way to promotion, the team HEAD COACH: BEN GULLIVER Former Albion player, Ben Gulliver, was appointed head coach ahead of the current season and describes the post as his “dream job” as he returns to the club that played an important role in his professional playing career. Commenting on his appointment earlier this year, he said, “I’ve played in the Premiership, Championship and National One and it helps me understand the needs of a player. “You don’t necessarily have to be a player to be a good coach, but you do have to have an eye for detail and you need to be honest and trustworthy.” Coventry-born Ben has happy memories of his days on the pitch at Plymouth where he played Lock. It’s also where he met his wife of seven years, when she was playing for Plymouth Ladies and he was Captain of Albion. Ben started his playing career at Coventry and then headed west to join Plymouth Albion. He’s also played for Leicester Tigers, Worcester Warriors and Bedford Blues. He arrived back at Plymouth after a season at Coventry where he had a role with the Community Rugby team working alongside his dad, team manager and former player Tony. WHO TO LOOK OUT FOR? All new lower prices! HERBIE STUPPLE: NUMBER 8 Herbie Stupple, 29, is Plymouth Albion’s man-mountain of a captain as he stands at 6’ 3” and weighs in at almost 120kg’s. Herbie is in his tenth season at Brickfields and his fifth as their inspirational skipper. Commenting on his re-appointment ahead of the current season, the big number 8 said, “It’s quite a privilege; I’ve been doing it for four years and I really enjoy it. Next year I’ll have been at the club for ten years and it will be my testimonial year. Was £39.99, now £30... "I still feel a real passion for the club and I think that’s an important part of my leadership role. As I see it as Captain, it’s important for me to provide continuity for the players. When a lot of changes happen, it’s good to have that same face to go to. I can go back and forth and also help the new guys coming in.” DAN MUGFORD: FLY HALF P.S. 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