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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

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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

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INJURY UPDATE David Swift With David Swift First of all from the medical or so away from returning to should be close to being available. The winning team department we wish you a happy play. The good news is that his and prosperous New Year. We rehab is going incredibly well Gus Defelitto who dislocated his hope you had a very happy and he is ahead of schedule shoulder a couple of weeks before for recruiting festive period and have enjoyed compared to where we might Christmas is now out of his sling yourselves immensely. Let’s all expect him to be. and increasing his activities but hope that the New Year sees an we expect him to be out of action flexible and upturn in our fortunes this year The other bit of ‘good news’ from for another 6 weeks ago. both on and off the field. the Sale game was that Ianto Jones the young hooker we Adrienne and I had the misfortune permanent roles Our last game of 2019 brought signed in the summer made his to have to spend Christmas day more misfortune for us. Not only debut in the game and performed night in A&E at Doncaster Royal was the result a poor one but we creditably. Ianto signed for us Infirmary. Adie’s 85 year old mum right across suffered more bad luck in terms with a pre-existing shoulder had spent the day with us. We of injuries! The way our injury injury that had been ‘managed’ took her home only to receive a ‘luck’ has been this season, since December 2018. phone call to say that she had none of us will be sad to see fallen in the kitchen. On our return the UK the passing of 2019! Once we had assessed him I suspected she had broken her fully we gave him a strict hip. The ambulance duly arrived During the first half of the game rehab protocol to perform for a and once she had been made against Sale our starting tight month with the advice that if he comfortable we headed across head Reece Ward suffered hadn’t recovered after this he to the Infirmary. The care she a knee injury and had to would likely require a shoulder received from start to finish was be removed from the pitch. operation. This indeed proved outstanding from some very caring Assessment at half time and to be correct and he had his NHS staff; her hip was repaired again at full time confirmed shoulder repaired by our great late on Boxing Day. our fears that Reece appears friend David Potter over in Your local recruiter of choice to have ruptured his anterior Sheffield. We really are grateful and we cruciate ligament in his left should all thank our lucky stars Stafforce has been placing the right people in the right roles since 1983. By knee. We sent him to the district Ianto stuck to his rehab we have such fantastic people general on our return from Sale programme well and made and such a good service! Mind understanding your goals and ambitions, we can guarantee that the right quality and he is now booked to see our good progress. It is one of the you it’s a long time since I spent employees are never in short supply. knee specialist (Yesterday as pleasures of our job to see the a night out until the early morning you read this) for confirmation process through from initial in Donny (and for very different of our diagnosis. diagnosis to the player returning reasons!!) and I hope it’s a long We are proud of the relationships we have with employers and jobseekers alike. We are to the field and as I said it was time until my next! passionate about ethical employment and the rights of our workers, and we support Later in the second half our something of a delight to see replacement tight head Will Ianto play. Let’s hope for a good, injury free them to develop their skills through workplace training. At Stafforce our purpose is to Dennis had to be removed from performance today and a Happy enable people to be their best. the pitch as it appeared he had In terms of our other injured New Year for all of us! ‘sprung’ a rib cartilage. This has players they are slowly beginning left us with a major problem as to return to the fold and the week Enjoy the game, Call our consultant team today – 01709377177 our other tight head Rikki Stout off over Christmas should have is currently recovering from his helped them. Hopefully by today David and Doc For more information visit – stafforce.co.uk anterior cruciate ligament repair Tom Bullough, Harry Newborn, in September and is still a month Lewis Wilson and Harry Whitfield

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