Category: 1st XV News

banner ad
St Ives 44 – BARFC 30

St Ives 44 – BARFC 30

| 01/12/2018

South West 1 Bridgwater and Albion put up a fighting performance and scored two late tries on their first visit to St Ives for many years but at the end of the game it was the hosts who ran out the winners. Despite kicking into a strong wind on the host’s hilltop ground Albion had […]

Read More

Geoff Says

Geoff Says

| 25/11/2018

Geoff Sluman the Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby agreed afterwards that Saturday’s fixture against Okehampton was a game of two very differing halves. “I thought that we played the first half brilliantly. Our tactical kicking was excellent, our ball carrying very solid and our defence operated to a high standard. As a result, we […]

Read More

Bridgwater and Albion 16 – Okehampton 61

Bridgwater and Albion 16 – Okehampton 61

| 25/11/2018

South West One (West) If ever there was a classic game of two halves then this was certainly one of them, Bridgwater and Albion scoring all of their points in the opening 40 minutes, after which the visitors were dominant.  Within five minutes of the kick off Bridgwater were 3-0 ahead after Stuart Heal slotted […]

Read More

Geoff says

Geoff says

| 20/11/2018

Geoff Sluman the director of rugby at Bridgwater and Albion said he had no complaints at the result of their game at North Petherton on Friday. Reflecting on the high intensity contest Sluman said: ” For the neutral supporter this would have been a great game of rugby, however, there could not have been many […]

Read More

North Petherton 25 – Bridgwater and Albion – 22.

North Petherton 25 – Bridgwater and Albion – 22.

| 17/11/2018

Bridgwater and Albion made the short trip down the A38 to play their local rivals where at the end of a humdinger of a match it was North Petherton who claimed the bragging rights in this local derby played under lights in front of a very large crowd on Friday evening. Almost from the kick […]

Read More

Geoff Says….

Geoff Says….

| 12/11/2018

Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby Geoff Sluman was a happy man after the way his side played against Newent on Saturday afternoon.“The win against Newent was an important result for us, the win puts us back up to fourth place in the league, just one point behind the third placed team. Probably more importantly though, […]

Read More

Bridgwater and Albion 24- Newent 15

Bridgwater and Albion 24- Newent 15

| 11/11/2018

South West One (West) Bridgwater returned to winning ways and move up to fourth place in the table after beating their visitors Newent in a pulsating match at College Way. Before the start of the match players and spectators observed a minutes silence to remember those who have lost their lives in conflict. Bridgwater kicked off […]

Read More

Albion host Newent this Saturday!

Albion host Newent this Saturday!

| 07/11/2018

Bridgwater and Albion return to South West One (West) action on Saturday when they host Newent at College Way, where the kick off is 2.30pm. Having lost both of their previous two matches the Albion have slipped from second place to seventh in the league table so will be keen to get back to winning […]

Read More

Geoff Says

Geoff Says

| 28/10/2018

After watching his Bridgwater and Albion side come frustratingly close to pulling off their first ever victory over Lydney at their Regentsholme ground Geoff Sluman, the club’s director of rugby admitted that his side were not good enough to win. Reflecting on the Albion’s 10-8 defeat Geoff said: “Sometimes, you just got to say it […]

Read More

Lydney 10 – Bridgwater and Albion 8

Lydney 10 – Bridgwater and Albion 8

| 27/10/2018

South West One (West) Bridgwater and Albion travelled north to the Forest of Dean to take on Lydney in search of their first ever victory at Regentsholme, where at the end of a hard fought game played in driving rain throughout it was the hosts who held on to win 10-8. The opening exchanges of […]

Read More