Glad Albion won without me

I MISSED Albion’s win over Doncaster on Saturday as I was playing for Canada against Ireland in Limerick.
But I was very pleased to see that the team won. I talked to a couple of the Albion boys on Saturday evening and I was so happy to hear that they had claimed another victory.
It was a huge win for the club and it shows that we are continuing on the up and up. I think everyone can see that there is a lot more confidence in the team now.
I really want the team to perform well while I’m away – even though it could make it tough for me to get back into the side.
I know when I come back I can’t expect to step straight back into the side if the person who has taken my position has been performing well.
But I like a challenge and it will be one to try and get my position back.
MY game for Canada against Ireland was very tough.We lost 55-0 but I don’t think they are 50 points better than us.
We just made quite a few mistakes – handling errors and missing some first up tackles – and they capitalised on them.Don’t get me wrong, Ireland are a good side, but we are a lot better than we showed on Saturday.
Both me and Sean-Michael (Stephen) started the match.I was quite happy with how I defended, but I did not get chance to make any game breaks, which I would have liked.
The conditions were terrible. We had a torrential downpour during the game and the wind was very strong, so it was not ideal conditions to throw the ball around, which is why I didn’t see a lot of it.We now play Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Friday night.
We flew to Cardiff on Sunday and we had a training session there yesterday.
I’m told the roof will be closed on the stadium on Friday, so conditions won’t be a factor in the match.
I have played under the roof once before when Canada played Wales two years ago.I did not start that game, but I came on in the second half and it was a good experience.
Hopefully, on Friday we can show we are a better team than we showed against Ireland.
Because I am playing for Canada I will miss Albion’s game away at Bedford, as will Sean-Michael.
Bedford’s James Pritchard, who was at Albion, is in the Canada squad and there is sure to be a bit of banter between him and Sean-Michael and myself.
There is always a lot of banter between the guys playing for rival National Division One clubs.
We have got a few guys from the Cornish Pirates and the week before we joined up together they had beaten Bedford, so they were giving James Pritchard some stick.
Hopefully, the Albion boys will perform well at Goldington Road and give me something to brag about.
James is pretty confident Bedford are going to win, but I’m confident Albion will.
BEFORE I met up with the Canadian squad I went to watch the Plymouth Raiders play.
I went with Alex Davies and we both enjoyed it.
I will definitely be going to watch some more games.However, although I enjoy watching and shooting a few hoops I have no regrets about choosing rugby over basketball.