Rotherham Titans ink deal with Plymouth Albion’s lock Robin Copeland – Rugby news
English professional rugby union club, Rotherham Titans, have signed the Plymouth Albion lock Robin Copeland for next season.
Titans have confirmed the signing of the impressive young lock, Copeland in a statement released at the clubs website on Friday, June 24.
Rotherham Titans compete in the Rugby Football Union (RFU) championships, which is the second division of English domestic rugby. Titans finished seventh at the end of the 2010/11 RFU championships. They won 10 of their 22 games
in the season and secured 47 points.
Wexford born Copeland started his rugby with the team at St Mary’s College. Later on, he played for Ireland Colleges’ and Ireland Amateurs outfits. He is a Leinster Academy product and joined the Plymouth Albion last season.
The 23-year-old Copeland made a great impression with his Albion squad in his first season. He made 20 appearances for Albion and scored seven tries against some very tough opposition.
Rotherham Titans’ head coach, Andre Bester, has expressed his pleasure at securing the services of the young lock. He has praised his speed and ball handling skills and termed him a good addition of the side.
Bester also said that Copeland’s signing is a big victory for the team and pointed at the player’s exceptional performance for the Plymouth Albion’s last season to verify his statment. He said, “He's a very highly-rated player and he will be a big signing
for us, the lad did very well at Plymouth last year and he likes what we are trying to achieve here at Rotherham Titans.”
The coach is confident that the six and a half foot tall player will definitely strengthen the Titans second row forwards pack. Bester has expressed confidence in Copeland and believes he has the potential to earn himself a place in Ireland’s national rugby
union side. He said, “Robin has a lot of quality and if he develops like I know he can, he can go on and achieve International honours.”
Copeland will join his countrymen James Sandford in the second row which is dominated by English players.
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