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Photo: London Cornish DoR Dickon Moon
Nicolas De Battista’s try scored in the dying moments of the game gave the Pirates a bonus point win 34-5 against Rotherham Titans. The win sees the Cornish side leap-frog Jersey in the championship table back into fifth place.
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UNDER 20 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
CORNWALL 9 – 18 GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Bill Hooper at the Recreation Ground Redruth.
Cornwall have it all to do in three weeks time against Hampshire following defeat in their second pool game of this season’s Championship.
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Photo: Cornwall u.20 in action against Gloucestershire last season
Cornwall Rugby Football Union Under 20 County Championship campaign 2017 continues on Sunday 26 February with a home game at Redruth against Gloucestershire kick-off 2 pm.
Following the first game against Berkshire,
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Photo: Sam Matavesi in action for Cornwall in 2016 Bill Beaumont Cup Final
Trelawny’s Army are indebted to Neale Harvey for allowing us to re-print his article that appeared in Sunday’s The Rugby Paper and which concerns us all.
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY
Lancashire head coach Mark Nelson has slammed cost-cutting proposals that could see the England Counties team and the County Championship axed.
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County Championship joy in jeopardy
Unwelcome news in Sunday’s papers that the County Championship is once again facing an uncertain future. Both the Rugby Paper and the Sunday Independent carry an article by Neale Harvey that certain power-brokers in the RFU are again considering scrapping the competition,
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Plenty of smiles up at Polson Bridge on Saturday evening after Launceston’s 43-12 win against Newton Abbot. It was the Cornish All Blacks first bonus point win this season and a result which gives them a fighting chance to avoid a second successive relegation.
Try scores for Launceston were Marc Williams Fred Bulut,
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Photo: Cory Teague leaps high for Cornwall
Cornwall Under 20s put on a superb show of running rugby at Camborne on Sunday afternoon running in ten tries against Berkshire in their first County Championship pool game.
After a shaky opening Cornwall gradually got on top going ahead with a try from Toby Robinson.
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Photo: Tommy Phillips in action for Cornwall against Berkshire last season
Following a trial session before Christmas, the Under 20 squad have trained for a number of weeks. In preparation for the Championship they played a friendly against Devon U20 at Launceston RFC on the 22 January winning 33 – 19.
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Photo: Ducker bags a further two tries at Barnes
With the Cornish Pirates Championship game at London Welsh being cancelled as the Welsh exiles find themselves in liquidation the centre of attention switched to the Reds’ trip to Barnes in National League 2 South.
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Photo: Marek Churcher
Redruth head coach Marek Churcher has been appointed Cornwall’s backs coach taking over the role from Ian Morgan who stepped down earlier this season.
Speaking about the appointments to the coaching staff Cornwall’s head coach Graham Dawe said,
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