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Bill
REDRUTH 39 – 3 LONDON IRISH WILD GEESE
By Bill Hooper, at the Recreation Ground. Photo, Dan Barbary.
A stirring second half performance from Redruth saw them
home to a comfortable bonus point win.
Director of Rugby Nigel Hambly was pleased with the win but
felt his side could have played better.
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Bill
Richmond 10Â Â Cornish Pirates 23
By Phil Westren, Cornish Pirates Media Officer. Photo Brian Tempest
In
front of their loyal travelling supporters, an uplifting last-minute try scored
by full-back Kyle Moyle, his second in the match, delivered a sought after and
ultimately deserved bonus point victory for the Cornish Pirates in this Round
14 Greene King IPA Championship match played at the historic Richmond Athletic
Ground.
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Bill
Jersey Reds 13Â Â Cornish Pirates 17
By Phil Westren, Media Officer Cornish Pirates
During a period of less than kind weather conditions,
having negotiated their road and air travel safely to Jersey, for the Cornish
Pirates the outcome of this Championship Cup quarter-final tie proved oh so
worthy.
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BillJASON LEONARD CUP
U.20S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
CORNWALL 29 – 20 DEVON
By Bill Hooper at
Tregorrick Park
With the final play of the game centre Jake Penprase, surged towards the try-line from a horde of players, to dot down bonus point try and confirm an opening day win for Cornwall in this season’s Championship.
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BillCornwall U.20s defeated their Devon counterparts 29-20 in an enthralling encounter at St Austell, thanks to tries from Reuben Edwards, Aaron Simmonds, Stan Somers and Jake Penprase. Full report to follow Monday.
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BillIt is with great sadness that Trelawny’s Army learned today of the passing of Harvey Richards who played for Penzance & Newlyn and Cornwall and later on became a county selector and President of the CRFU 1994/97.
We wish to express our sincerest condolences to Harvey’s family and friends.
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BillJASON LEONARD CUP U.20 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
By Bill Hooper, photos Simon Bryant Iktis photo
Cornwall U20s Team Building 181118Cornwall Rugby Football Union (CRFU) Under 20 County Championship
campaign 2019 gets underway with their first fixture in
the Jason Leonard Cup.
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BillCornwall U.20s put
in an encouraging performance in their final warm-up game ahead of this
season’s Jason Leonard Cup campaign.
Under the Hayle
floodlights coaches Josh Lord and Richie Kevern gave all their extended squad a
good run out as the youngsters defeated a willing RNAS Culdrose XV by 47-5.
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Bill
Coventry 18 Cornish Pirates 17
On
the road for a second week running, there was always a feeling that another
real challenge lay in wait at the Butts Park Arena, and so it proved. Leading
14-6 at half-time, the Pirates sadly succumbed to pressure applied by their
hosts in the second period,
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Bill
Frustration for Below Par Pirates
by Phil Westren
Yorkshire Carnegie 18Â Â Cornish Pirates 13
It was known pre-match that this contest would inevitably be a tough
one, and likely enjoyably entertaining against a rapidly improving Yorkshire Carnegie
side whose Director of Rugby is former Pirates High Performance Manager Chris Stirling.
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