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Gritty Cornish win a thriller!

LONDON SW2

LONDON CORNISH 26-10 KCS OLD BOYS

REPORT & PHOTOS By Ben Gilby

‘The Exiles’ remain top of London Two South-West with a 100% record following a great win over an impressive KCS Old Boys outfit,

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Cornwall RFU confirms senior representative rugby teams’ management for 2014-15

Cornwall Rugby Football Union (CRFU) confirmed this week the management structure for the senior representative rugby teams for the 2014-2015 season.

Senior Men’s XV
Coach – Graham Dawe
Coach – Ian Morgan
Strength & Condition Coach – James Earp
Team Manager – Ewart White
Assistant Team Manager –

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Derby Day Spoils for the Reds

National League 2 Cornish Derby lived up to it’s promises on Saturday, a game that was decided when Kieron Lewitt’s last-gasp penalty effort flew wide of the posts to leave the Redruth faithful in jubilation with a 14-13 win and two wins from as many games to start the season.

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Opening Day Win for Cornish Exiles in London SW2

LONDON CORNISH 36-0 WEYBRIDGE VANDALS    

By Ben Gilby, Press Officer LCRFC       

The Exiles opened their London Two South-West league season with a comfortable win over Weybridge Vandals at The REMPF.

On a mild afternoon with an occasional stiff breeze, it was Cornish who started the strongest,

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Redruth get off to a flyer

BILL HOOPER’S CORNISH ROUND UP

Here we go again, the season is up and running as most clubs return to the their league programs, with the Cornwall 1 & 2 clubs battling it out for places in the RFU Junior Vase competition proper.

I took in the games at Camborne and the Cornish Pirates this weekend,

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New season, fresh hopes for London Cornish

By Ben Gilby Press Officer London Cornish RFC

After the finishing the previous season on the crest of a wave, London Cornish are aiming to build on this with more success in 2014/15. First team head coach Tom Sincock has been speaking to club press officer Ben Gilby about his views ahead of the new league season in London Two South-West.

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Tribute Cornwall Cup

Following last weekend’s 1st Round ties  the Quarter-Final draw is as follows;

ST. AUSTELL VS. WADEBRIDGE CAMELS

BUDE VS. PENRYN

BODMIN VS. CAMBORNE

TRURO VS. PIRATES AMATEURS

Ties to be played on or before 8th November 2014.

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Chapple delighted with Town’s preparations

Camborne rounded off their pre-season games going down by just a solitary point to a very useful Cornish Pirates side 21-20 at the Rec on Wednesday evening.

With a little more luck the Cherry and Whites could have caused a major upset as they led 20- 7 as the game went into it’s closing stages.

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Reds give Pirates stern test

CORNISH PIRATES 46 – 14 REDRUTH

By Bill Hooper at the Mennaye Field.

Redruth will take plenty of positives from their game at the Greene King Championship side, it was a performance that pleased head coach Steve Larkins as the Reds look to build for next Saturday’s opening National League 2 South fixture at Southend.

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Cornish Rugby Legend “Bonzo” Johns

A true colossus of Cornish rugby Charles Robert “Bonzo” Johns has passed away at the age of 80.

He was a player revered not only by those he played with, but also and perhaps just important, those he played against.

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Picture- Cornwall’s 1958 County Championship side,

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