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Chapple pleased to get a win

 

 

A win was the only objective for Camborne on Saturday and they got just that with 25-18 success against Ivybridge.

It’s been a tough few weeks at Crane Park and the Cherry and Whites mounting injury crises will not ease matters in the short term.

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Redruth thrill crowd with bonus point win

Ducker scored a great try against Chinnor

 

It was good to get back to rugby and see my first game for 2017, and what a game it was as Redruth defeated Chinnor 29-12 scoring four superb tries in a National League 2 South thriller.

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Reds retain Milk Cup with style

Photo- Redruth’s Brad Howe receives the Tony Pill Memorial Cup as man-of-the-match

 

REDRUTH 54-7 CAMBORNE

Words By Bill Hooper, Photos Phil Trevarton

Redruth comfortably retained the Rodda’s Milk Cup against old rivals Camborne in front of a large crowd on a sunny Boxing Day afternoon.

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Shock as Morgan departs Camborne

 

Only one place to start this week and that’s in Camborne, where it has been an eventful 48 hours for all the wrong reasons.

I could sense all was not well when arriving at the ground on Saturday and this was soon confirmed when told Ian Morgan was not at the game.

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Round up of rugby news and reports

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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Pirates storm Knight’s Castle

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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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Big crowd see Pirates go down against London Irish

 

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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Tribute Cornwall Cup last four sorted

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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Local top dogs suffer defeats

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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Preview of Saturday’s St. Ives v Truro game

This 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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