BillOnce ag
ain the weather got the better of most of the fixtures last weekend in Cornwall.
With the Cornish Pirates “enjoying” a weekend off in the calendar, they get back to Cup action next Sunday against Nottingham, it down to other sides to take centre stage.
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Photo – Darren Jacques Truro’s skipper
The weather almost won the day last weekend with many league and cup matches having to be postponed and those that were played having to contend with fierce wind and driving rain.
I went to Truro to see their game in Tribute Western Counties West against Devonport Services along with about fifty other hardy souls!
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Picture Geoff Hitchens – Brad Howe & Peter Joyce
There was a good fixture list around the duchy on Boxing Day to tempt out the fans to the various clubs.
Whilst some were holiday fixtures there were others that have stood the test of times,
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Photo- Reds’ head coach Steve Larkins felt his side were comfortable throughout
The Cornish derby between Redruth and Launceston is always a fixture that is eagerly anticipated by both sets of supporters and Saturday’s encounter was no different.
The heavy rain overnight and during the morning made the pitch heavy,
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Photo – The Tony Pill Memorial Cup will once again be up for grabs for the Man-of-the-Match between Camborne & Redruth
Check with clubs re kick-off times.
BUDE V PRESIDENT’S XV
BODMIN PRESIDENT’S XV V LANKELLY-FOWEY KO 11 AM
CAMBORNE V REDRUTH (RODDA’S MILK CUP) KO 2:30 PM
HELSTON V PRESIDENT’S XV
PERRANPORTH V CHAIRMAN’S XV KO 2PM
PENRYN V FALMOUTH KO 2:30 PM
ST.
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BillExeter Chiefs star Jack Nowell (pictured below) says he and his team-mates are expecting much tougher resistance from French rivals ASM Clermont-Auvergne when the two lock horns again this Sunday in the European Champions Cup, writes Exeter Chief’s media officer Mark Stevens.
Fresh from seeing off last season’s beaten finalists 31-14 at Sandy Park last weekend,
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The Cornish Pirates came out on top of their British and Irish Cup encounter on Sunday against Cardiff Blues (Premiership Select) at the Arms Park 22-10.
There were two tries from winger Jack Arnott plus a touchdown from skipper Aaron Carpenter with fly-half Laurence May kicking a penalty and two conversions.
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A try from flanker Alex Cheesman, in the final minutes of a pulsating match, allowed fly-half Laurence May the chance to kick a conversion to win the game. May didn’t flinch, and the Pirates won their Championship game by a single point 32-31 against Bedford Blues, to earn five invaluable points which sees them climb off the foot of the table.
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It’s not often I start on a loss, but the Cornish All Blacks showed a lot of character last Saturday in going down at Bury St. Edmunds by a score 29-26.
By all accounts the All Blacks could have nicked the win; such was their pressure on the Bury line near the end.
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BillThe Cornish All Blacks stopped the rot last Saturday as they avoided defeat for the first time this season, with a 17-all draw at home to Southend, in what was new head coach Jimmy Tucker’s first game in charge.
Skipper Jamie Salter, No.8 Dan Lee and winger Eddie McGinley scored tries for the National League 2 side with Fraser Honey adding a conversion.
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