Photo: Ben Hilton returns to Cornwall’s boiler house

By Bill Hooper

Due to unavailability and other circumstances, Cornwall’s selectors have picked a largely experimental side to face Hertfordshire at Bishop’s Stortford on Saturday 3 pm.

There are nine changes in the starting XV from the side that played against Devon at Camborne last week and just four players in the squad that faced Hertfordshire at Camborne last season.

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Photo Colin Hatch: Players l-r Jake Penprase, Luke Barnes, James Tucker, Declan Matthews & Torin Clarke.

Five Cornwall U.20 players took place in the inter-divisional games at Derby last weekend. The South West played the Midlands and lost, however Declan Matthews scored a try for the South West.

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BILL BEAUMONT CUP

CORNWALL 19-20 DEVON

By Bill Hooper, at the Recreation Ground, Camborne

The dream of a sixth successive trip to Twickenham for the Cornwall team was brutally scattered to the four corner of the Recreation Ground as Devon beat Cornwall for the first time in the County Championship in eight years.

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Cant’t get to Camborne tomorrow, no worries, follow the game live on this video link from 3 pm

Thanks to Dave Burrows.

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Photo: Penryn’s George Jones starts against Devon

Cornwall have made a few changes ahead of the game against Devon tomorrow at Camborne RFC kick-off 3 pm.

Into the side comes Redruth lock Edd Pascoe who partners his clubmate Luke Hattam in the second row.

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Former Cornwall player Lewis Paterson (pictured above) reckons that Devon are playing Cornwall at the right time and will travel to Camborne on Saturday confident of getting a result.

Paterson, interviewd on the Devon RFU site, who now plays his club rugby at Ivybridge following a spell at Launceston when he played for Cornwall,

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Five Cornish players were originally selected, however their has been a late call up for Camborne’s Luke Barnes.

Games will be played this weekend from which the England Counties Under 20 squad for Georgia will be picked.

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Photo: Saltash at Twickenham ahead of Senior Vase Final

Away from the county senior and under 20 sides there was still a fair bit of other rugby played over the weekend.

Sharing the billing with Cornwall Under 20s at Twickenham were Saltash in the final of RFU Senior Vase against Yorkshire side Wath-upon-Dearne.

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UNDER 20 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

JASON LEONARD CUP

YORKSHIRE 63-10 CORNWALL

By Bill Hooper

There are just some days in rugby when you have acknowledge that the other side were better and this turned out to be one of those.

Yorkshire were a different class to a brave,

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Photo Dan Barbary: Cornwall’s George Jones, Ben Humber & Jess Tompsett

BILL BEAUMONT CUP

CORNWALL 15 – 15 SURREY (HT 5-15)

By Bill Hooper at the Recreation Ground, Redruth

A new look Cornwall side battled to a creditable draw against Surrey at Redruth on the opening day of this season’s County Championship.

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