Photo: Cornwall celebrate their latest Cup win at Twickenham

Many of us have questioned the wisdom of those who occupy the ivory towers of the RFU at Twickenham over the years, often with good reason, so it will come as no surprise that those concerns are raised again as the ‘draw’

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Photo: Tommy Phillips, TASC 2015 Under 20 Player of the Year, with CRFU Chairman Denis Preece

Cornwall Under 20s will begin their campaign with two home games against Berkshire and Gloucestershire before an away trip against Hampshire in their pool games for this season’s Under 20 County Championship.

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Photo: Team assemble at County Hall

Cornish rugby fans turned out on the streets of Truro to cheer the Cornwall rugby team following their historic back-to-back win in the Bill Beaumont Cup against Cheshire 35-13 on Sunday.

The crowds may not have been the size of those in days gone by,

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Photos by Simon Bryant Iktis photo, words Bill Hooper

Cornwall deservedly retained the Bill Beaumont Cup, adding a fifth county title to their palmarès with a 35-13 win against Cheshire at Twickenham.

The black and golds scored four tries through Billy Searle,

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Cornwall’s Matt Shepherd has been called up for England Counties tour to Canada.

Shepherd joins fellow Cornish players Tom Cowan-Dickie and Craig Williams in the touring party.

The tour will begin on Friday 3 June in Vancouver with a match against BC Bears who they last played on the 2010 Canada tour.

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Bill Hooper reports from Camborne, photos by Simon Bryant Iktisphoto

Cornwall completed their preparations for Twickenham with their final training session last night (Thursday 26th May) at Camborne RFC.

Prior to training, it was the usual pre-Twickenham media scrum with BBC Spotlight, Radio Cornwall, Pirate FM and the written press all seeking that quote from the coaches and players!

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Full-back Tom Foden, who played in Cheshire’s final pool game against Lancashire, misses out through injury with Macclesfield’s Charlie Venables coming in from the bench.

Caldy’s Harrison Crowe, who was also on the bench, is the other player to miss out from Cheshire’s final pool game.

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Photo, by Simon Bryant: Camborne parade three of their new signings Leigh Hocking (middle), Brad Howe & Joel Matavesi

Despite his preoccupation with Cornwall’s County Championship campaign, Camborne’s new Director of Rugby Ian Morgan has wasted little time in adding to his squad for next season’s National League 3 SW campaign,

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Photo: Greg Goodfellow will be looking to bring the curtain down on his Cornwall career with a winner’s medal

Cornwall’s selectors have made just the one change to the starting line up for Sunday’s Bill Beaumont Cup Final at Twickenham, kick-off mid-day.

Plymouth Albion’s Rupert Freestone starts at hooker,

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