Category: 1st XV News

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Geoff Says

Geoff Says

| 06/09/2018

Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby Geoff Sluman was pleased with the way that the side played at Thornbury and reflecting on the match he said:  “It’s always good to start off the season with a win, and even better when its away from home especially against a side we have traditionally struggled with on […]

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Thornbury 17- Bridgwater and Albion 18

Thornbury 17- Bridgwater and Albion 18

| 02/09/2018

South West One (West) Thornbury 17- Bridgwater and Albion 18. Bridgwater and Albion started their season with a narrow victory at Thornbury, where they turned in a battling all round performance against a team they have only beaten once in the last five years away from home. Thornbury kicked off down the slope and from […]

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Bridgwater and Albion get the 2018-19 South West One (West) campaign underway!

Bridgwater and Albion get the 2018-19 South West One (West) campaign underway!

| 28/08/2018

Bridgwater and Albion get the 2018-19 South West One (West) campaign underway with an away fixture at Thornbury on Saturday.  Ahead of the first match Geoff Sluman the Director of Rugby at Albion shared some of his thoughts.  “We have had a really busy summer. Our pre-season training started in early July and that feels […]

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2018 Coaching Set Up

2018 Coaching Set Up

| 17/07/2018

Bridgwater and Albion have announced three further signings to complete their coaching set up ahead of the 2018 season which gets underway in just over six weeks time. In addition to the appointments of Wayne Sprangle and Richard Bright as player coaches Albion have announced that Carl Rimmer and Ollie Deveto, who are both Exeter […]

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Albion add to the coaching staff ahead of 2018 season

Albion add to the coaching staff ahead of 2018 season

| 10/07/2018

Bridgwater and Albion have announced that Richard Bright, who is currently Development Coach at Exeter Chiefs, will be joining them for the coming season as a player coach. Bright started his professional career with the Cornish Pirates at the age of 18 from where he went to Launceston when they were in National One, where […]

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Coaching Announcement

Coaching Announcement

| 15/05/2018

Ahead of the new season Bridgwater and Albion RFC are announcing a change in their coaching structure.. Simon Morrell has decided not to apply to renew his contract on completion of the 2017/18 campaign. During the last season Simon and his wife had their second child so the demands of a young family, a busy […]

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End of Season Awards Ceremony and Annual Dinner

End of Season Awards Ceremony and Annual Dinner

| 08/05/2018

Bridgwater & Albion RFC held their senior club End of Season Awards Ceremony and Annual Dinner on Saturday at their College Way clubhouse last weekend. Steve Smith the Club Chairman welcomed everyone to the celebration before Club President Mike Berry reviewed the season and thanked all of the volunteers of the club for their tireless […]

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Geoff sums up

Geoff sums up

| 04/05/2018

With the 2017-18 season now over Geoff Sluman the Bridgwater and Albion director of rugby cast his eye back over the campaign which has just ended. This has certainly not been an easy or straight forward season, but despite the difficulties we have had to face Bridgwater and Albion will be remaining in South West […]

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Geoff Says

Geoff Says

| 27/04/2018

Reflecting on the Teignmouth game Geoff Sluman the Bridgwaster and Albion director  of rugby said: “Once again we put in a good performance and everybody worked really hard. The outcome was almost a reverse of last week where we won the game in the last play while this week we lost- but that’s sport. “We […]

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Teignmouth 32- BARFC 29

Teignmouth 32- BARFC 29

| 22/04/2018

South West One (West) Teignmouth 32- BARFC 29. Albion made the trip to South Devon for their final league match of the season where after producing another excellent effort performance they were denied a share of the spoils by a penalty in the 53rd minute of the second half. The hosts started strongly and and […]

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