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Trelawny’s Army coaches to Twickenham 2016 – updated


Trelawny’s Army Supporters Club will once again be running coaches to Cornwall’s away fixture against Hertfordshire at Bishop’s Stortford, and to Twickenham for the Bill Beaumont Cup Final, which this season is the curtain-raiser for the Old Mutual Wealth Cup fixture between England and Wales.

Tickets for the day are likely to be in short supply,

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Jack & Luke help England to Grand Slam win

A fantastic weekend for Cornish rugby culminated on Saturday evening with Jack Nowell and Luke Cowan-Dickie both being on the pitch at the final whistle as England’s 31-21 win clinched a first Grand Slam for the red rose since 2003.

Jack played every minute of the whole campaign,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Former Penryn & Cornwall player Roger Harris passes away


Photo- Roger Harris (left) with former Penryn & Cornwall team mate Graham Bate

Former Penryn hooker and captain, Roger Harris, who was part of the Cornwall side that played Lancashire in the 1969 County final at Redruth, has sadly passed away aged 76 following a short illness.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Trelawny’s Army & Cornwall RFU joint raffle of framed Cornwall shirt signed by squad

Win a framed 2016 Cornwall County Players’ shirt signed by the squad

For further details or to purchase tickets contact:
Marina Trevarton
Merchandise Secretary
Tel: 01726 843822
Email: m.dudley052@btinternet.com

Proceeds to be divided between Trelawny’s Army Supporters Club and Cornwall RFU.

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Cornish Pirates book semi-final place in B&I Cup

Cornish Pirates 38 Doncaster Knights 19

By Phil Westren Cornish Pirates Media Officer


This win for the Cornish Pirates in the quarter-final of the British & Irish Cup was one to please – on two fronts.

Firstly, emerging winners after having lost their last five encounters against the Knights provided satisfaction,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Vital Cornish win comes at a heavy price


Cornwall Under 20s defeated their Devon counterparts 44-29 at Camborne on Sunday afternoon to ensure their continued participation at this level for next season.

However, the win came with a heavy price when flanker Locryn Williams suffered a bad concussion, having just started playing after a similar injury last season.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


England Counties make changes to face France Fédérale tonight

A busy weekend for England Counties head coach James Shanahan as he oversees his Counties side at Blackheath tonight before heading to Redruth tomorrow for his club Old Albanian’s re-arranged National League 2 encounter at the Rec.

Perhaps not surprisingly the two Old Albanian players involved start on the bench,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Cornwall under 20s forced into changes for Devon clash

Cornwall go into their final pool game against Devon in this season’s Under 20 County Championship knowing that only a win will do, reports Bill Hooper.

Sadly, neither side are in the running for the quarter-finals this season, having both featured last season, but with relegation having been brought in this year the loser of this game will be demoted to a lower level next season and neither county will relish that prospect.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Redruth overcome Titans to jump to fourth

Photo – Tom Cowan-Dickie scored for the Reds against Taunton

St. Piran’s Day served up it’s very own rugby classic as Redruth powered to an impressive 38-3 win against Taunton Titans at the Recreation Ground.

The win saw the Reds leap-frog Taunton the National League 2 table and with a mouth-watering game this Saturday against Old Albanian again at the Rec the prospect of in the case of a win moving up to third!

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Cornwall’s hopes dashed in Gloucestershire defeat

Gloucestershire U20 36 – 14 Cornwall U20

Cornwall travelled to Cinderford RFC in the Forest of Dean for their second championship game of the season, despite a bright opening, Cornwall found their hosts too hot to handle especially with two yellow cards during the game.

Cornwall got off to a flying start with a try after 12 minutes when scrum half Dan Rutter dived over after some hard work by the forwards close to the Gloucestershire line.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


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