BILL BEAUMONT CUP

CORNWALL 31 – 34 KENT

By Bill Hooper

On World Bee Day, Kent drew the sting of the Cornish swarm to book their place in this season’s Bill Beaumont Cup final at Twickenham next Sunday.

Cornwall can have no complaints,

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CORNWALL NAME SIDE TO FACE KENT

By Bill Hooper

Cornwall’s selectors have named the side to face Kent in the group decider at Camborne on Saturday, kick-off 2 pm.

With Camborne’s Jack Kessell ruled out of the rest of the competition due to injury,

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Cornwall Women’s semi-final in the Gill Burns Division 2 against either Kent Women or Hampshire Women, will be played at Polson Bridge, Launceston on Sunday 28th May.

Further details will be advised early next week.

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12 Cornwall U20’s selected for Southwest trials.

Following the completion of the SW pools 1 + 2 the SW selectors have invited several players from the 7 SW counties to attend the SW trials on Sunday 28 May.

At each game that is played in the 2 SW pools,

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BILL BEAUMONT CUP

HAMPSHIRE  20 – 24 CORNWALL

By Bill Hooper at Fraser Road, Havant RFC

“Cometh the hour, cometh the man.” For Cornwall the hour was time added on as they trailed 20—17, the man was replacement prop Tommy-Lee Southworth, he emerged from the melee of players clutching the ball having been driven over by the never say die Cornish pack.

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CORNWALL NAME SIDE TO FACE HAMPSHIRE AT HAVANT

By Bill Hooper

Cornwall selectors have named the side to face Hampshire for Cornwall’s second group game.

The Black and Golds travel to Hampshire to take on a side that narrowly lost at Kent by 20-15 last Saturday.

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Dorset and Wilts U.20, 27 – 23 Cornwall U.20

Cornwall U.20’s travelled to North Dorset RFC to face D+W in the quarter-final of the Jason
Leonard Cup.
A good crowd with lots of black and gold on display from Trelawny’s Army joined the players
in a minute’s silence at the start of the game to recognise the tragic events that occurred in
Bodmin earlier in the month.

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GILL BURNS CUP DIVISION 2

CORNWALL WOMEN 57 – 0 OXFORDSHIRE WOMEN

By Bill Hooper, at Polson Bridge

With Somerset Women having pulled out of the competition earlier this week, this game became a knock-out match with the winner guaranteed a place in the semi-finals.

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Ian Gordon made the match ball presentation to Cornwall skipper Fraser Honey ahead of the Somerset game.

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