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Devils look to end run of home defeats

PLYMOUTH will be looking to end of run of three successive home defeats when they take on Redcar in the Premier League at the St Boniface Arena on Friday (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils will be without skipper Kyle Newman, who is on duty with his Elite League club Poole at Lakeside, but have called up Somerset’s Richie Worrall as a guest replacement.

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Exeter Chiefs star Slade up for RPA award

Plymouth-born Exeter Chiefs star Henry Slade has been nominated for the Rugby Players' Association (RPA) LV= Young Player of the Year Award 2015 as voted for by Aviva Premiership players based on performances in domestic rugby this season.

To qualify for the LV= Young Player of the Year Award players must have been 23 or under as of 1st September 2014.

The winner will be...

Panthers maul the Devils

Plymouth Skillsgroup Devils 40-52 Peterborough ReadyPower Panthers

PLYMOUTH suffered a disappointing 52-40 defeat against Peterborough in their first home Premier League match of the season at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening, writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils lacked the all round strength of the visitors, who provided 12 of the 15 race winners.

Team...

Shrewsbury 0 Argyle 2: Match report

Well, we're there - but we did not expect to get there like that.

It was going to take an extraordinary set of circumstances to prevent Argyle taking a spot in the Sky Bet League 2 play-offs, including an Argyle defeat and a monstrous Luton win, but Argyle chose not leave their fate in the Hatters' hands, instead producing perhaps their finest away performance of the season to win 2-0...

Panthers visit on Friday

Plymouth believe they could benefit from the fact that Ryan Fisher has been replaced at number one in the team’s averages by skipper Kyle Newman, writes Graham Hambly.

Teams are required to name the rider at the top of the averages in the number one position, which will now be taken by Newman, who has increased his average from 6.51 to 7.44.

The Skills Group Devils co-promoter...

Newton Abbot set for second busy evening fixture

It’s the second evening meeting of the summer at Newton Abbot on Thursday 30th April with the first race, the Newtonabbotrace On Twitter Maiden Hurdle, due off at 16.45.

With 132 horses having been entered across the seven races, including fifteen in the feature £10,000 Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Chase over three and a quarter miles, a good turnout is expected.

The race is...

25,000 Rugby World Cup tickets to go on sale

Fans will have further opportunities to buy tickets for Rugby World Cup 2015 matches from Tuesday April 28, via tickets.rugbyworldcup.com, from 10am.

25,000 tickets will go on sale for an additional 12 matches at Sandy Park (Exeter), Kingsholm Stadium (Gloucester), Brighton Community Stadium (Brighton), Elland Road (Leeds) and Villa Park (Birmingham). This is in addition to the 16...

Kyle returns to face the Witches

PLYMOUTH hope to round off their League Cup fixtures on a winning note when they face Ipswich at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils will have skipper Kyle Newman returning from injury and have called up Coventry’s National League rider Dan Greenwood as a guest replacement for injured reserve Sam Chapman.

Despite...

Thousands compete in Plymouth Half Marathon

Runners were greeted with glorious weather at Plymouth’s Half Marathon today, with 3,944 participants taking to the iconic startline on The Hoe.

Lined with thousands of supporters, the race was started by local fundraiser Steve Turner, who also took on his record breaking twentieth consecutive run at Plymouth’s Half Marathon 2015.

Kairn Stone from Newham and Essex Beagles was...

Carlisle 2 Argyle 0: Match report

LONG way to go for nothing! For a team whose first-choice colours are green, Argyle did not enjoy the rub of the same at faraway Brunton Park.

In a game from which victory would have put them within a point of qualifying for the Sky Bet League 2 play-offs, they started brightly but fell behind after a third of the match to a worldy strike from Gary Dicker which the Irishman will do...

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