Plymouth Albion retain just about all their players

Only one leaves ahead of 2022/3 season

Plymouth Albion have released a bumper retained list that contains all bar one of the 21/22 squad. As the team returns to commence preseason, the faithful can certainly expect a stronger showing from the Albion men.

With 17 new faces last term, consistency was always going to be key for Albion and they have certainly achieved that. The team found its feet in the closing stanza of the National League One season, in which they gained 17 league points out of a possible 25.

With more new signings in the pipeline alongside a few Exeter Chiefs' academy players, expectation is for a more positive campaign from Albion.

Head coach Damian Welch said, “For us this off-season squad retention has been vital. We struggled a bit at the beginning of the season with a lot of new faces and new systems which naturally will take time to gel.

"There’s a huge benefit in consistency of tenure amongst the playing squad and so we are really pleased to have been able to retain the squad ready to work and improve for next season.

"There’s a lot of talent that’s been retained and coupled to the experience gained last season and a few new faces coming in we are excited to get back to work and play some rugby.”

Echoing the sentiment was ‘inspiring player of the year’ Phil Jones. He said: “We had a mixed year with lots of highs and plenty of lows but seasons like this are what brings a group stronger together and we’ll be better for it.

"We’ve been to some dark spots throughout the year and now we’ll be better at dealing them and I think as we showed towards the back end of the season, we will give any team in the league a run for their money.

"I’m excited to be staying at the club, there’s something special building and I love the city, being by the water and there’s definitely a togetherness of the city which not many other places have. Everyone should be excited for the next few seasons I think, the setup and investment at the club and the buy in from the fans only points one way and that is towards the top spots of the league where we want to be.”

Albion commence their preseason training this Saturday with both preseason and league fixtures due to be announced later this month

ALBION RETAINED PLAYER LIST

 Props

Dan Pullinger

James Mcfarlane

Luke Chapman

Ramaz Rakhadze

Hookers

Adam Northcott

Jamie Salter

Reece Bartlett

Locks

Dan Collier

Dan Goldsmith

Jake Clemson

Shek Sherriff

Backrow

George Mills

Herbie Stupple

Torin Clarke

Wayne Sprangle

Halfback

Henry Clement 

Olly Mulberry   

Philip Jones

Tom Putt

Centre

Jeremy To'a

Seta Raumakita

Outside Backs

Alex Ducker

Craig Duncan