Category: 1st XV News

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Geoff Says…..Happy New Year from all at BARFC

Geoff Says…..Happy New Year from all at BARFC

| 31/12/2018

Bridgwater and Albion return to league action on Saturday when they travel down the M5 to play against Cullompton in South West One West, where the game starts at 2.15pm. The Albion currently find themselves in fifth place in the table with 43 points from their 14 games, while their Devonian hosts are 13th with […]

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Geoff Says….

Geoff Says….

| 18/12/2018

Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby Geoff Sluman was a happy man after seeing his side notch up their second maximum points victory in as many weeks. “The best way to sum up how we feel about our win over Hornets is very satisfied. Another five point league win in difficult conditions against a competent […]

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Bridgwater and Albion 36 – 21 Hornets

Bridgwater and Albion 36 – 21 Hornets

| 15/12/2018

Bridgwater and Albion produced an excellent performance at the College Way Ground, and despite difficult conditions they saw off Hornets by 36 points to 21. With 10 minutes on the clock, Wayne Sprangle opened the scoring with an excellent try, after which Captain Stuart Heal added a penalty. After 21 minutes, Will Monro carried on […]

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Geoff Says

Geoff Says

| 14/12/2018

Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby Geoff Sluman was pleased with the team’s narrow victory over Teignmouth but admitted that there was still plenty for them to work on. “Games between Teignmouth and ourselves have historically been close and in the six previous league encounters each side has won three each. Teignmouth had not played […]

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Bridgwater and Albion 29- Teignmouth 28

Bridgwater and Albion 29- Teignmouth 28

| 08/12/2018

A hat trick of tries from Wayne Sprangle saw Bridgwater and Albion return to winning ways but they were run close by a Teignmouth side who remained competitive right until the end of a match. The hosts had the better of the early play and after six minutes took the lead with a try from […]

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The Musgrave Bro’s

The Musgrave Bro’s

| 03/12/2018

The Musgrave brothers George and Jack both played for Bridgwater and Albion at St Ives on Saturday. Jack, who is 23 years old came on as a replacement the previous weekin the home game against Okehampton, but this was the first time that he was included in the start line up, while older brother George […]

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Geoff Says

Geoff Says

| 03/12/2018

Despite his side losing out in Cornwall on Saturday, Geoff Sluman the Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby was pleased overall with his side’s performance. Reflecting on the game Geoff said: “You are never pleased to not win but I was pleased with the performance. The collective effort was excellent and was the response we […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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