Bill
Having surprisingly lost at home the previous week to bottom side Richmond in the Championship, the Pirates turned their attention to British & Irish Cup action against London Irish on Sunday.
With a rotated squad the Pirates slipped to a 33-24 defeat leaving the exiles in control of their pool prior to next Sunday’s return fixture at the Mennaye.
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Bill
On Sunday the Cornish Pirates travelled to Doncaster Knights, last season’s beaten play-off finalist’s, and came away from Castle Park with an emphatic 35-26 win.
It put an end to a losing Championship run of five games and showed that this squad can compete with the best in the Championship.
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Bill
The Cornish Pirates played a home game on Saturday when they entertained Championship leaders London Irish at the Mennaye.
Despite a crowd of 2,043 packed in at the Mennaye the Pirates couldn’t deny Irish as the exiles continue their march back towards the Premiership following their 35-24 win.
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Bill
Not much rugby locally this past weekend as we had to endure another “catch up weekend” in the league program.
The focus of attention for most was the England v South Africa test at Twickenham.
With the Cornish Pirates resting before Saturday’s big game at the Mennaye against London Irish,
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Bill
Not the best weekend for some of our high-flying Cornish sides who were brought back down to earth with a bump!
In the RFU Championship Cornish Pirates were in the air for their trip to Jersey and just like last week up at Rotherham lost to a late score for the hosts.
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BillThis Saturday Western Counties West league leaders Truro travel to St. Ives for what will no doubt be a keenly contested local derby, writes Bill Hooper.
Truro travel with confidence having defeated Bude 70-21 last Saturday at St. Clements Hill scoring ten tries, to maintain their promotion push at the top of the table.
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BillCAMBORNE 57 – 17 NEWTON ABBOT
Camborne made it eight win in a row with a nine try demolition of mid-table side Newton Abbot with flanker Sam Matavesi scoring a hat-trick of tries as his departing gift before starting ten weeks basic training with the Royal Navy, reports Bill Hooper from the Recreation Ground.
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Bill
Photo: Alan Paver – it was an OK performance from his side on Sunday
Back to a full league program last weekend plus of course the second round of pool games in the British & Irish Cup.
On Sunday the Pirates made it two Cup wins with an impressive 41-5 win against an Ospreys Select.
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BillA tremendous team performance by the reds full of skill, tenacity and guts and comfortably their best of the season so far saw Redruth bring home a bonus point win from a pulsating game in Suffolk, reports Ed Bawden.
There were a number of outstanding displays for the reds,
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Bill
The Cornish Pirates travelled to the west of Ireland to take on Connacht Eagles in their opening British & Irish pool 3 ties.
The Sports ground had staged a remarkable Champions Cup tie the day before which saw Connacht come from behind to defeat the once mighty Toulouse 23-21 in front of a packed crowd,
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