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PIRATES EASE PAST ESHER & THAT FINAL

Esher made the Cornish Pirates work hard for their 34-18 win at the Mennaye yesterday afternoon in the RFU Championship.

An entertaining game saw seven tries scored with the Pirates getting five. Winger Dave Doherty again showed his prowess with a brace, whilst

other tries came from lock Mike Myerscough,

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PENBERTHY & GOODFELLOW MASTER REDRUTH TRIUMPH

An eight try win over London side Barnes was just the tonic
required by Redruth to help erase memories of last Saturday’s National League 2
South defeat in the capital to Richmond, reports Bill Hooper at the Recreation
Ground.

Aaron Penberthy marked his starting return following
injury at fly-half with an impressive eight conversions in a faultless kicking
display coupled with excellent marshalling of the game from the pivotal
position.

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PIRATES NAME SIDE TO FACE ALBION IN B&I CUP TIE

BY PHIL WESTREN CORNISH PIRATES’
MEDIA OFFICER

A week and half after winning 20-16 at Plymouth Albion in the RFU
Championship, it’s a return for the Cornish Pirates to the Brickfields on
Wednesday evening for a British Irish cup encounter.

The match kicks off at 7.45pm.

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PIRATES CAN’T BANISH THE BLUES

A disappointing result for the faithful at the Mennaye on Sunday afternoon as the Cornish Pirates slipped to their first defeat of the RFU Championship campaign going down 34-24 to old foes Bedford Blues.

No doubt Bedford will be happy to have earned a small measure of revenge for their semi-final defeat at the hands of the Pirates last spring.

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SEMMENS KICKS REDS TO VICTORY

REDRUTH 18 – 17 HARTPURY COLLEGE

Another nail-biter went down to the wire at the Rec on
Saturday as Redruth for the second home match running had a late penalty to win
the game.

Two weeks ago the penalty effort failed, this time centre
Jamie Semmens,

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WINNERS NAMED OF PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS PLUS SPONSORSHIP NEWS FOR 2012

Trelawny’s Army are pleased to announce that Cornish All
Blacks second row BEN HILTON has been named our player of the year for 2010/11,
becoming the latest recipient of the Bill Osborne Memorial Shield.

Ben’s sterling performances in the boiler house in no
small measure helped maintain Cornwall’s place in the Bill Beaumont Cup top
tier for 2012.

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PIRATES MAINTAIN STORMING START

After last Saturday’s televised 52-10 dismantaling of Leeds Carnegie at fortress Mennaye, the Cornish Pirates crossed the Tamar to take on local rivals Plymouth Albion at the Brickfields.And on a scorching October day that would not have looked out of place on the set of the Pirates of the Carribean the Pirates maintained top spot in the RFU Championship with a solid 20-16 win on Devonian soil.

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HEARTBREAK FOR REDS AS FINAL KICK SAILS WIDE

REDRUTH  13  HENLEY HAWKS 14

A dramatic finale at the Recreation Ground saw a last gasp penalty attempt from
Reds fly-half Brett Rule sail agonisingly wide of the posts, leaving the Reds’
No.10 inconsolable as the final whistle sounded, reports Bill Hooper.

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PHIL WESTREN’S PRE-MATCH PREVIEW CORNISH PIRATES V LEEDS CARNEGIE

The Cornish Pirates will on Saturday (ko 4.15pm) welcome a
Leeds side to Cornwall who they played at Camborne in 2006 and in 2008, but it
the first time that they will have played them at the Mennaye Field.

Matches against the men from Leeds Carnegie have generally
been incredibly close.

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UGLY WINS – FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH

Three matches into this season’s RFU Championship and the good news is that the Cornish Pirates are still unbeaten. As they are favourites with some to actually win the Championship this season – on the face of it unspectacluar news! Well for the fans it’s been a roller-coaster ride already with the Pirates seeming to put in a big first 40 minutes and then going awol during the second half.

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