BillTHE CORNISH PIRATES took the honours on the opening day of the National League 1 campaign with a hard fought 26 – 12 at new boys the Cornish All Blacks.
Whilst the Cornish Pirates will be satisfied with the win they will no doubt be less than satisfied with their second half performance which the East Cornwall side shaded by 12-7.
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BillThere really couldn’t be a bigger game to start the National League campaign than the National League 1 derby between the Cornish All Blacks and the Cornish Pirates, or for the purists Launceston v Penzance & Newlyn. East versus West with all roads leading to Polson on Saturday, quite what the exodus of holiday makers heading back to England will make of the mass hords of the Pirates’
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BillIt certainly was a very busy weekend with all four of the Duchy’s National League sides in action on Saturday.
At Camborne the Cornish Pirates played host to now familiar pre-season adverseries Celtic League side Newport Gwent Dragons. Once again the Welsh regional side ran out winners 21 –
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BillCORNISH ALL BLACKS 12 – 16 NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
A report in the link from the Western Morning News on last night’s pre-season friendly at Polson Bridge.
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BillThe build up to the new National League season continued on Saturday with two of our Cornish clubs in action across the border in Devon.
National League 2 side Redruth travelled to Exeter’s Sandy Park to play the Chiefs taking up also a Development XV to face an Exeter United XV.
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BillEXETER CHIEFS 38 – 19 REDRUTH
NEWTON ABBOT 24 – 39 CORNISH ALL BLACKS
CORNISH PIRATES 28 – 57 LEICESTER TIGERS
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BillThe waiting is almost over with the first pre-season friendly being played tomorrow afternoon at the Recreation Ground when the Cornish Pirates entertain Leicester with a 4 pm kick-off.
It will be a chance to see at first hand some of Jim McKay’s new recruits for this season’s campaign.
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BillThe days pass by tediously as we all wait for the start of the rugby season. The pre-season friendlies are now just around the corner edging ever closer. The Tri-Nations is over with the All Blacks coming out on top in the championship decider over the Wallabies to retain the Bledisloe Cup and the Tri-Nations trophy,
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BillHard to believe that for some of our clubs pre-season training is almost upon them. Jim McKay welcomes his troops back next Monday along with the new recruits as the Cornish Pirates prepare for another campaign in National League 1. Naturally their Rugby World Cup players will be absent as they begin preperations for the jamboree in France in September.
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Bill…that I wrote this week to the papers has certainly caused more than a few ripples in the normally calm waters of the CRFU. It is not easy to make someone stand in front of a mirror and to see themselves as others do. Being under the spotlight is not something that the CRFU are comfortable with,
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