Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
Everybody connected with Trelawny’s Army are saddened to learn of the passing of our great friend and valued committee member Ewart White who sadly passed away yesterday following a short illness.
Ewart was rightly regarded as a stalwart of Cornish rugby, he was county team secretary for over twenty years,
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Redruth and Royal Navy lock Edd Pascoe is the only Cornish player to have been selected for this year’s England Counties tour to Romania.
Well done to Edd.
Full England Counties squad in the link
Congratulations to Josh Matavesi who has been called up to the Barbarians squad to face England on Sunday.
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There were plenty of Chris’ former and current team-mates on show Saturday for Fucs’ farewell game at Redruth.
Just a few photos by Dan Barbary to give you a flavour of the day.
Cheers Fucs.
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BILL BEAUMONT CUP – COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
HERTFORDSHIRE 50–0 CORNWALL
By Bill Hooper
Cornwall selectors rang the changes ahead of county side’s final fixture for this season with a view to looking at players ahead of next season’s campaign; however they were also hit by some late withdrawals which meant Cornwall fielding a side with not one Redruth player in the match day squad!
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Photo: Ben Hilton returns to Cornwall’s boiler house
By Bill Hooper
Due to unavailability and other circumstances, Cornwall’s selectors have picked a largely experimental side to face Hertfordshire at Bishop’s Stortford on Saturday 3 pm.
There are nine changes in the starting XV from the side that played against Devon at Camborne last week and just four players in the squad that faced Hertfordshire at Camborne last season.
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Photo Colin Hatch: Players l-r Jake Penprase, Luke Barnes, James Tucker, Declan Matthews & Torin Clarke.
Five Cornwall U.20 players took place in the inter-divisional games at Derby last weekend. The South West played the Midlands and lost, however Declan Matthews scored a try for the South West.
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BILL BEAUMONT CUP
CORNWALL 19-20 DEVON
By Bill Hooper, at the Recreation Ground, Camborne
The dream of a sixth successive trip to Twickenham for the Cornwall team was brutally scattered to the four corner of the Recreation Ground as Devon beat Cornwall for the first time in the County Championship in eight years.
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Cant’t get to Camborne tomorrow, no worries, follow the game live on this video link from 3 pm
Thanks to Dave Burrows.
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Photo: Penryn’s George Jones starts against Devon
Cornwall have made a few changes ahead of the game against Devon tomorrow at Camborne RFC kick-off 3 pm.
Into the side comes Redruth lock Edd Pascoe who partners his clubmate Luke Hattam in the second row.
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Former Cornwall player Lewis Paterson (pictured above) reckons that Devon are playing Cornwall at the right time and will travel to Camborne on Saturday confident of getting a result.
Paterson, interviewd on the Devon RFU site, who now plays his club rugby at Ivybridge following a spell at Launceston when he played for Cornwall,
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