CORNWALL LEAGUE 2
 
REDRUTH ALBANY 13 – 14 ROSELAND
 
By Bill Hooper at Trewirgie
 
As luck would have it the top two sides in Cornwall league 2 at the start of the day were scheduled to play each other on the Army’s presentation day to Cornwall 2 clubs.
 
Conditions were well nigh perfect at Trewirgie and we were entertained to a fine game, which saw Roseland remain in top spot in the league after this narrow win against Albany.
 
Roseland had the edge in the set-piece with their well-drilled forwards giving the Albany pack a torrid time. Albany looked sharper outside and looked to move the ball when they could.
 
Roseland opened the scoring after 5 minutes when fly-half Will Thomas kicked a penalty goal. Albany were soon level when their fly-half Derek Baker replied in kind.
 
Two further penalties by Thomas gave the visitors a 9-3 half-time lead. It seemed at that point that Roseland would build on their advantage, Albany had other ideas and hit the visitors with a very good try scored by their full-back James Hardy with Baker adding the conversion after 55 mins. Baker then increased the Albany lead with a drop goal putting the home side 13-9 up.
 
Roseland put in a big effort as time began to run out, they were denied a couple of tries by some determined Albany defence, however eventually Roseland set up a catch-and-drive with lock Will Palmer crashing over for what proved to be the match winning score.
 
A good game from both sides and a credit to Cornwall 2 rugby.
 
St. Just’s win over Callington sees them leap-frog Albany into second place with one more round of matches to be played on 14^th April.

Roseland now two points clear of the Cape Cornwall side will be hoping to add some more silverware when they take on Liskeard & Looe next Saturday in the Skinners Brewery Cornwall Clubs Cup Final at Camborne.       
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday March 31st saw committee members of the Army make presentations to all eight Cornwall League 2 clubs of rugby kit, which comprised of rugby match balls and tackle bags.  

Our Chairman Alan Mitchell was present at the St. Agnes vs. Lankelly Fowey match.

Our Hon Secretary. Ian Gordon travelled to the far west to make presentations at the St. Just vs. Callington match.

Hon Treasurer Viv Broadhurst made the short trip for her, to Veor to make the presentations at the Veor vs. St. Day game.

Vice Chairman Phil Trevarton and former Chairman Bill Hooper did the honours at the Redruth Albany vs. Roseland match at Trewirgie.

The Army are delighted to be in a position to help our grassroots league clubs this season.

We are extremly grateful and thankful for the assistance of Cornwall’s Rugby Development Officer Mike Bratt, who obtained the kit on our behalf.   

See photos link of some of the presentations on the main page of the TASC site. 

What a tremendous weekend for Cornish rugby with both the Cornish Pirates and Mount’s Bay reaching their respective EDF-Energy Finals at Twickenham on Sunday 15th April! Congratulations to both clubs, we know you will both do Cornwall proud on the day.

There is no doubt that a massive exodus to TW1 will be taking place that weekend, on a par with the Cornish team’s trips to Twickenham for County Championship finals during the 1990’s. The numbers swelled by many Cornish exiles who will also descend on Twickenham. Between now and the day of the finals the excitement and anticipation will grow and grow. Both the Cornish Pirates and Mount’s Bay will no doubt be making announcements in the very near future with regards to ticket allocations and travel arrangements both on their websites and via the local media. Please listen out for the relevant information.

It must be remembered that the EDF-Energy Cup Final day comprises of four finals, with the Senior Vase kicking off at 10 a.m., the National Trophy Final, Cornish Pirates vs. Exeter Chiefs, kicking off at 12 noon, the Anglo/Welsh Cup kicking off at 3 p.m., and finally the Intermediate Cup Final, Mount’s Bay vs. Dunstablians, kicking-off 5 p.m.

With Cornish clubs about to storm Twickenham it was ironic that this week it was announced that the County Shield Final and the County Plate Final will not be held at Twickenham this season. Should Cornwall win their three matches and top the Southern Group they will be obliged to travel to the winner of the Northern Group for the County Shield Final.

Cornwall took a young side up to Ivybridge yesterday to contest the Tamar Cup with Devon. Despite a brave show the Duchy lost to Devon by 26-3. Mark Stevens of the Western Morning News has kindly let us post his match report from Cross-in-Hand.

There was other important rugby played in Cornwall over the weekend, not least the Cornish All Blacks in National League 2, who played their match-in-hand against Bradford & Bingley at Polson. The Cornish All Blacks ran in eight tries to secure all five points on offer in a 54-14 win to leapfrog the Henley Hawks, back into second spot with a single point advantage over their Oxfordshire rivals. Launceston’s try scorers were scrum-half Richard John, prop Wayne Reed (2), centre Marc Sweeney, winger Andy Matchett (2), flanker Wayne Sprangle and winger Marc Dibble.

Hayle played a re-arranged Western Counties West league match, hosting and defeating Minehead Barbarians 42-7. The Lions scored a penalty try, converted by Jimmy Tresize, who also added a penalty for a first half lead of 10-7. The second half was all one way traffic with Hayle adding further tries through Callum Osborne, Jamie Thomas, James Jago and Tresize again, with Tresize kicking the other points.

Penryn entertained Taunton in South West 2 West and suffered another heavy defeat by 58-17. Chris Mann, Steve Uphill and Chris Johnson scored tries for the Borough, with Justin Hocking adding a conversion.

In the Cornwall & Devon League, Wadebridge Camels won at South Molton by 39-10 to keep the pressure on table toppers Paignton. Skipper Julian Wilce had a day to remember, scoring all seven of the Camels’ tries — a club record in the leagues. James Kneale kicked two conversions for the Camels. A great weekend for Wadebridge Camels as Wilce went on to captain Cornwall in the Tamar Cup match against Devon the following day.