Bill“CORNWALL RFU PREPARE FOR THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP”
Photos – Simon Bryant Itkisphoto
Cornwall Rugby Football Union (CRFU) has started it’s preparation for the 2016 Bill Beaumont County Championship campaign that gets underway in May.
Selectors and coaches have been observing games and watching eligible players at all levels since the start of the season.
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Photos – Mark Collet – Huw Wright heads for the posts
Photo – CSM support cheers try
I took in two back-to-back games at Penryn on Saturday, the first a fairly dire display from a Penryn side that made far too many mistakes going down 8-0 to Cullompton in their Tribute Western Counties West encounter.
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The Tribute South West 1 West game at Camborne saw the leaders forced to battle hard to overcome a resilient Clevedon side in a game that at times threatened to erupt into major fisticuffs.
There were four yellow cards in the game with Camborne players being shown three!
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BillHISTORIC BOTTLE MATCH RETURNS TO PENRYN
By Ben Gilby
Penryn Rugby Club will be hosting the latest encounter of the second oldest inter-university rugby match on 20th February when Camborne School of Mines take on the Royal School of Mines once more.
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Photo- last season’s Under 20 player of the year Tommy Phillips on the charge
Cornwall’s Under 20’s lost their opening pool fixture in this season’s County Championship, on Sunday against last season’s beaten finalist’s, Berkshire at Redingensians.
Cornwall found themselves twelve points down in the opening in ten minutes of the game as winger SJ Mahon and then hooker Allen Crawshaw scored tries to stun the Cornish lads.
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Photo- Jack Nowell with England coach Eddie Jones post Calcutta Cup
Yet again what a weekend weather-wise, which saw loads of already re-arranged fixtures postponed once more!
The league program was completely wiped-out in Cornwall, with just Wadebridge Camels Intermediate Cup SW Final taking place at the Molesworth Field against Matson,
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BillCORNWALL RFU UNDER 20 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
Photo – Locryn Williams set to feature once again for Cornwall Under 20s
Cornwall Rugby Football Union (CRFU) Under 20 County Championship campaign 2016 begins on Sunday 7 February.
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Photo Jamal Ford-Robinson & Ben Hilton two Cornish players who have played in recent years for England Counties
Two Cornish players have been selected for this season’s spring Internationals against Scottish Clubs XV at Netherdale, Gala on Friday 26th February and against France Fédérale at Blackheath on Friday 11th March.
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The weather was the winner once again with a number of fixtures in the regional leagues again being postponed.
The backlog for some clubs is now so serious that no further free dates remain up until the proposed end of the season in April.
With my original game at Penryn going by the way on Saturday morning I took in the Tribute Cornwall &
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Pic- Tyler Gendall scored two of the Pirates’ tries against London Welsh
The Cornish Pirates got the win they needed at Old Deer Park to qualify for the last eight of this season’s British & Irish Cup.
They defeated London Welsh 35-17 thanks to tries from from Aaron Carpenter,
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