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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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BillAnother double-header for me this weekend as I took in the games at Redruth and the Cornish Pirates, both had some cracking tries scored.
First to the Mennaye on Sunday when third placed Cornish Pirates took on second place Yorkshire Carnegie in the Championship and it was the visitors who took the spoils in an exciting encounter 35-28.
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BillSadly time has beaten me this week so a much truncated blog entry on last weekend’s games.
The big game locally was the derby in National 3 SW between Camborne and Launceston.
It was a great occasion as both sides locked horns in the league for the first time in twenty years.
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BillCamborne’s Sam Matavesi was announced Trelawny’s Army Player of the Year at their well attended Annual General Meeting held at St. Austell Brewery Visitor Centre last week, reports Bill Hooper.
Sam received his award, the Bill Osborne Shield, at the conclusion of Camborne’s home game last Saturday from Trelawny’s Army’s Viv Broadhurst and Ewart White plus Sam’s dad Sireli Matavesi.
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BillTRELAWNY’S ARMY MEMBERS ELECT THEIR PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE BILL OSBORNE MEMORIAL SHIELD
Cornwall’s triumph at Twickenham in retaining the Bill Beaumont Cup ensured huge interest from the membership in choosing this season’s player of the year. There were no shortage of candidates in the running for the Cornwall Senior Player of the Year award but in the end voting was pretty well unanimous for our winner,
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BillOur Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday 28th September at the St. Austell Brewery Visitor Centre 7:30 pm.
All paid up members are cordially invited to attend.
Strictly AGM agenda only any items raised by membership will discussed at the next committee meeting at St.
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Bill
Photo James Judge:Â Launceston final whistle
Where to start this week with all the excitement of the past few days?
It has to be Launceston, as they finally got the win they having been looking for since Jimmy Tucker took over as head coach.
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BillThe Cornish Pirates are set to sign an international deal that will trigger immediate investment in the club and lead to a potential tie-up with one of New Zealand’s top rugby organisations.
Former club owner Dicky Evans and fellow Pirates shareholder Martin Hudson, together with New Zealand-based Cornish businessman Colin Groves and the investment company Tamahere Limited,
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Bill
The Cornish Pirates are set to sign an international deal that will trigger immediate investment in the club and lead to a potential tie-up with one of New Zealand’s top rugby organisations.
See rest of article in the link
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Bill
Photo by Simon Bryant: Tom Duncan against Nottingham
The Cornish Pirates made it two wins away from fortress Mennaye in their Championship game at Nottingham on Sunday, in an impressive 35-19 bonus point win.
Stuart Townsend, Dan Lee, Tom Duncan and Alex O’Meara crossed for the Pirates’ four tries with Will Cargill and Laurence May adding the rest of the points with the boot.
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