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Army set to support St. Austell U9 Festival

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Photo – Phil & Marina make the presentation on behalf of TASC to St. Austell RFC

TASC was invited to attend the 2015 Festival with the trade-stand, but was unable to participate owing to work commitments, however TASC members Phil & Marina Trevarton met with Tony Payton and Darryl Cook to present and donate training balls for the 2015 tournament.

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Tamar Cup report plus quotes from Ian Morgan


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Report by Nigel Walrond at Brickfields with photos by Simon Bryant Iktisphoto

CORNWALL warmed up for the County Championship by lifting the Tamar Cup for a fourth successive year with a convincing victory over their old rivals at Brickfields.

The Duchy were penalised off the park by Hampshire referee Adam Leal in the first half and struggled to get any continuity going,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Five try Cornwall retain the Tamar Cup in style

DEVON 13 – 38 CORNWALL

Report by Nigel Walrond at Brickfields

CORNWALL lifted the Tamar Cup for the fourth successive year with a convincing victory over arch-rivals Devon at a very wet Brickfields last night.

The Duchy struggled to get any continuity going in the first half as they gave away a stream of penalties,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


The State of the Union

Final league fixtures were completed this weekend and I think all the clubs can now breathe a huge sigh of relief that the leagues are over for another season.

There is still the matter of both CRFU Cup Finals to be played on Monday May 4th with Veor taking on Lanner in Clubs Cup at 1 pm and then Camborne playing St.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Cornish promotion hopes sunk in the Medway

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A section of the large crowd at Medway’s Priestfield’s Ground

Report & Photos by Ben Gilby

Medway 29-12 London Cornish

London Cornish’s historic season came to a disappointing end in the city of Rochester, as an impressive Medway side claimed the spoils in the London Two South Promotion Play-Off.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Cornwall look to retain Tamar Cup

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Photo – Cornwall’s new skipper Kyle Marriott

CORNWALL go into Tuesday evening’s Tamar Cup game looking to retain the Cup for a fourth successive year whilst more importantly looking for a good win going into a challenging Bill Beaumont campaign, writes Bill Hooper.

Stern tests await Cornwall captain Kyle Marriott and his squad as they face two difficult away hurdles in Gloucestershire and Kent before receiving Hertfordshire at Redruth in their final pool game.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Day of destiny approaches for Cornish

By Ben Gilby LCRFC Press Officer

The biggest game in the history of London Cornish RFC is getting nearer, as Cornish Exiles supporters and officials count down the hours for their London Two South promotion play-off clash at Medway RFC in Rochester this Saturday.

In this winner takes all clash,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Almost dried and dusted as league season draws to close

The Cornish Pirates wrapped up their home Championship program going down to promotion favourites Worcester Warriors 69-8.

The Warriors ran in ten tries in a comprehensive win, which shows the gap facing the Pirates’ at the moment.

People will point to the win against Bristol and to a degree they have a point,

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Penberthy wins it for Jersey – but Pirates are up to sixth

By Cornish Pirates’ Media Officer Phil Westren

Jersey 28 – Cornish Pirates 26

The Cornish Pirates outscored their opponents by four tries to three but ultimately lost this closely-fought contest when a former ‘Pirate’, Aaron Penberthy, held his nerve to land a match-winning conversion.

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Posted in Bill's Blog


Red hot start & finish sees off Vandals

Report & Photos by Ben Gilby

London Cornish head into the London Two South Promotion Play-Off on the back of a 41-17 win at Weybridge Vandals this afternoon.

The game was a rather strange affair in so far that Cornish scored thirty-one of their forty-one points in either the opening twelve minutes or the final twelve minutes –

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Posted in Bill's Blog


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